Speaker 1: Tour Fires touch stop by Waddle stocked into the end
Speaker 1: zone of Miami tight pro tide window. They had to
Speaker 1: get that touchdown on that play. They gave it what
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Speaker 1: on the Tuesday show talking about the All twenty two.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and dive right in sit hut and
Speaker 1: we're going twelve personnel package early in this game that
Speaker 1: featured Preston Williams and savan Akhmed flanking to a tongue
Speaker 1: of Byloa with Durham Smith and Mike Gasicki as the
Speaker 1: balanced inline tight ends that means on either side of
Speaker 1: the formation, and then you get an Albert Wilson jet
Speaker 1: sweep pop pass on the run. Thought he was a
Speaker 1: little bit indecisive attacking the whole. But the idea here
Speaker 1: I'm looking at is the mix of personnel, the utilization
Speaker 1: of this pretty unique skill set of the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: I think we're seeing more and more of it here
Speaker 1: as we go along, and it makes me very curious
Speaker 1: to see what they cook up for this final four
Speaker 1: game stretch with a week off to kind of put
Speaker 1: some more tendency breakers self scouting into the fold and
Speaker 1: get all that stuff accomplished. Also, I think we saw
Speaker 1: maybe some jokes about this earlier in the season with
Speaker 1: this deep tie end room, but it finally happened. Wildcat
Speaker 1: with four personnel, that's one back Miles Gaskin, with four
Speaker 1: tight ends. They got Hunter long Seethan Carter, Durham Smith
Speaker 1: and Mike get Sick all four active tight ends that
Speaker 1: were dressed on Sunday. We're in the game for this
Speaker 1: very crucial four or five yard pickup to help set
Speaker 1: up that third and short, which later went as a
Speaker 1: touchdown from Tuah Tunga by Loa to Isaiah Ford. Speaking
Speaker 1: of Tah, let's go ahead and get to his game.
Speaker 1: I thought the ball handling and the ability to get
Speaker 1: to multiple reads throughout his progression were very important in
Speaker 1: this game, on top of ideal ball placement, which got
Speaker 1: away from him a couple of times in this game.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about that, but for the most part, once
Speaker 1: again one of the more accurate quarterbacks in the National
Speaker 1: Football League, he was accurate again, and that ball placement
Speaker 1: does so much to create yards after the catch, not
Speaker 1: just on slants where you see guys, you know you
Speaker 1: talk about the Wattle fifty seven yard catch last week.
Speaker 1: It's not just those. It's the three, four or five
Speaker 1: yard hitch routes, the speedouts where he puts the ball
Speaker 1: in the outside shoulder and leads the runner into extra yardage,
Speaker 1: which on a third and four can give you the
Speaker 1: difference between coming up short. We'll talk about that in
Speaker 1: one play and picking up a first down. We'll talk
Speaker 1: about that in another play. But very right off the
Speaker 1: top of the very first play, of the game. A
Speaker 1: couple of others as we went along we saw this
Speaker 1: I thought were indicative of this false narrative I've seen
Speaker 1: out there, and the Fox broadcast actually mentioned this in
Speaker 1: their kind of lead into the game. How the Giant's
Speaker 1: focus was to squat on two was first read and
Speaker 1: the idea that he can't execute a progression for some
Speaker 1: reason is odd to me because Nick Saban had an
Speaker 1: entire episode on ESPN Detail where he talked about two
Speaker 1: of going through full field reads and getting to his
Speaker 1: third and fourth progression into the read, and how there
Speaker 1: are so few college quarterbacks that could do this and
Speaker 1: could ever do this at that level. And on the
Speaker 1: very first play you get Albert Wilson motion across the formation.
Speaker 1: Two has the round option in RPO with gasking from
Speaker 1: the pistol, but he keeps that mesh point pulls that
Speaker 1: thing out and you see it. Drham Durham Smith get
Speaker 1: turned free down the seam into that second level, but
Speaker 1: there's a safety capping it over the top and it's
Speaker 1: gonna be a headache ball if he throws it, so
Speaker 1: he does not. But because two was kind of deciphering
Speaker 1: between going to the flat, going to the hook going
Speaker 1: to the seam. There's a free rusher who was trying
Speaker 1: to process all of that at the same time, and
Speaker 1: all these ball fakes get him to leave his feet
Speaker 1: and creates a passing lane to get the football out
Speaker 1: wide to Wattle. And that pump also influenced the flat
Speaker 1: defender to give Wattle room to make a run after
Speaker 1: the catch for nine yards. Also on that play, really
Speaker 1: good blocking up front, solid double teams prevented penetration. That's
Speaker 1: gonna be a theme throughout this review of the Dolphins
Speaker 1: win over the Giants. I thought the floater to Durham
Speaker 1: smythe up the sideline the wheel route was a nice throw.
Speaker 1: Thought Durham misstime that jump a bit, but DeVante Parker
Speaker 1: came clean over the middle behind the second level linebackers
Speaker 1: who pulled up on the play fake, thought too had
Speaker 1: a chance to make that RiPP put have been an easier,
Speaker 1: more high percentage throw. That third down miss on the
Speaker 1: opening drive was un characteristically behind Galan Waddle and Austin
Speaker 1: Jackson had an awesome rep here where he stone walls
Speaker 1: the first man then passes off and picks up a
Speaker 1: second block and the same thing happened from Michael Dieter
Speaker 1: thought both those guys played pretty well in this game
Speaker 1: on the instances where they did have to go to
Speaker 1: more of a traditional drop back game, because you know,
Speaker 1: basically a fifth or a fourth of this offense is
Speaker 1: is pretty well mitigated by the quick game with the
Speaker 1: quarterback's quick release and the play call. There was another
Speaker 1: quick hitter in this game to Mike get Sicky where
Speaker 1: he got hit immediately. I'm sure you guys recall what
Speaker 1: I'm talking about, and it's a two man route combination,
Speaker 1: a flattened hook and Devontae checks up on the hook
Speaker 1: up route. All that means the hook zones the middle
Speaker 1: portion of the field, like five or six yards off
Speaker 1: the football. They call that the hook zone, where you
Speaker 1: know the hook defender defends that area and you can
Speaker 1: try to kind of capitalize against zone coverage in that area.
Speaker 1: So Devantae checks up on the hook and Mike runs
Speaker 1: the flat and there was a cover to look there
Speaker 1: with an over the top safety in the underneath corner,
Speaker 1: and I thought maybe the corner behind that, but behind
Speaker 1: that flat route, a seven route was opened for an
Speaker 1: opportunity there, but it's not and it goes for a
Speaker 1: short game there on the side and quarter there was
Speaker 1: a slant to Davanta Parker his first catch of the game,
Speaker 1: and to A wants him in the first window, but
Speaker 1: he doesn't have it, so he rolls left and fakes
Speaker 1: the ball to the flat and once again the free
Speaker 1: defender is influenced by the ball fake of Ta. So
Speaker 1: it's not just the eyes and the hips and the
Speaker 1: feet and the stuff before he throws the football, it's
Speaker 1: the use of the football as a pump fake to
Speaker 1: get defenders off their feet, to get them to take
Speaker 1: false steps, whatever the case may be. And then after
Speaker 1: that he comes right back into that second window to
Speaker 1: Parker for a catch and a first down. And these
Speaker 1: details will never really get talked about by you know,
Speaker 1: your general mainstream type of coverage, but they matter so much.
Speaker 1: And that's why I think that some folks out there
Speaker 1: are missing the boat on this quarterback because they aren't
Speaker 1: seeing those fine details that really make a difference between
Speaker 1: winning and losing. And it's on a play by play basis,
Speaker 1: kind of like Devanta's next catch. We talked about this already,
Speaker 1: a seemingly innocuous five yard hitch route on third and two,
Speaker 1: and James Bradberry, one of the best quarterbacks in the
Speaker 1: National Football League, is playing off coverage. He has eyes
Speaker 1: in the quarterback. He knows they want to go short,
Speaker 1: and he thinks he might have a chance to drive
Speaker 1: inside for a pick six here. But not so fast.
Speaker 1: My friend to a throws this ball wide, which spins
Speaker 1: Parker not just away from play on the football, but
Speaker 1: from any kind of hit. It gives him a free
Speaker 1: run to the sidelines. You don't gotta take a hit.
Speaker 1: You have a catching a conversion to move the sticks
Speaker 1: up the sideline. He did it again too, plays later
Speaker 1: to Jalen Waddle on a hook up from the field
Speaker 1: side slot, and to put him in between a pocket
Speaker 1: of Giants defenders right out of harm's way. That's gonna
Speaker 1: make receivers make more better, tougher catches for you. The
Speaker 1: short hot throw to Albert Wilson on third down, and
Speaker 1: there wasn't much there for him to work with. But
Speaker 1: I thought he could have planted and driven the ball
Speaker 1: to get more behind it on that throw because he's
Speaker 1: slid and kind of in one motion does a little
Speaker 1: hot step and then throws from those flat feet, and
Speaker 1: I think it costs him some velocity. That's an area
Speaker 1: I think too it can maybe work on over the
Speaker 1: bye week is finding more free space in the pocket
Speaker 1: to set those feet and throw with more velocity on
Speaker 1: some of those throws. That's the only time I ever
Speaker 1: see his arm kind of lose velocity on those particular throws.
Speaker 1: Then some good stuff here the first touchdown drive man,
Speaker 1: the ball was out, the ball is on target. It
Speaker 1: was meeting guys right as they hit the top of
Speaker 1: the route, very precision like. He completes eleven of twelve
Speaker 1: passes on the drive, and I think that's where you
Speaker 1: really saw him kind of settle into the game. They're
Speaker 1: all different kinds of platforms, arm angles, and yet the
Speaker 1: ball is right where it needs to be each and
Speaker 1: every time. There was a concern about his height coming out.
Speaker 1: I don't really get into that. I don't care. As
Speaker 1: long as you can play, you can play. But you
Speaker 1: would think for a six ft quarterback that he would
Speaker 1: have all kinds of passes swatted back in his face
Speaker 1: of the line, right remember Ryan Tannehill back in his
Speaker 1: rookie season. It happened over and over again. It was
Speaker 1: six ft four, but two what does a good job
Speaker 1: to manipulate the coverage and the defensive line with those
Speaker 1: ball fakes and the footwork in the pocket, and he's
Speaker 1: very adept at finding those passing lanes and adjusting to
Speaker 1: get it through, said Lane. I loved the read on
Speaker 1: the past to Mike Gatsicki in the corner of the
Speaker 1: end zone that hit him in the helmet. He was
Speaker 1: even he was leaving to a lays it out there
Speaker 1: and it was just beyond the defensive backs reach. But
Speaker 1: I won't blame Mike here because the defensive back's hand
Speaker 1: is directly between his two hands, and that's tough to
Speaker 1: make a catch like it hit him in the face,
Speaker 1: so you say he should have caught it. But when
Speaker 1: the ball was going towards his hands, the DB's hand
Speaker 1: was right there too, so tough to make that play.
Speaker 1: I praise the location of two in the first half,
Speaker 1: the third down ball early in the third quarter to
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle where he comes up short of the sticks
Speaker 1: and the punt team comes on. That's a good example
Speaker 1: of what happens when the ball does not take the
Speaker 1: receiver on an out route to the sideline. Ball placement
Speaker 1: is so critical, both good and bad. On the very
Speaker 1: next play, a crossing route to Mike GATSICKI a dime
Speaker 1: over the top of that second level linebacker trying to
Speaker 1: get depth, but it's too late, but the football is dropped.
Speaker 1: I think across the whole offense and TOA talked about
Speaker 1: this a little bit that he's glad they won, but
Speaker 1: he felt they left some chances out there. I thought
Speaker 1: this play was a very embodiment of that type of game,
Speaker 1: pretty evident on tape. Something to work about here going
Speaker 1: down the stretch. Something to work on going down the stretch.
Speaker 1: I'm flying baby. Jalen Waddles drop was a nice catch,
Speaker 1: rock throw right into the run. After the catch, he
Speaker 1: rips another strong one to Wilson on the next play,
Speaker 1: but Julian Love makes a great play to put his
Speaker 1: hands on it and prevent a third and eight conversion.
Speaker 1: But on that Wattle one, he I think he was gone.
Speaker 1: I think he was going for for a house call
Speaker 1: on that one. But it's okay. We got one soon
Speaker 1: after the twenty five yard rip to Waddle It's a
Speaker 1: double over cross, deep crossing routes from either side of
Speaker 1: the formation and Jalen hashing, but green Grass out in
Speaker 1: front of him to run to and two has that
Speaker 1: football come out early, great timing. Now the throw could
Speaker 1: have been there a little bit more out in front
Speaker 1: to keep him running maybe, but the pass pro was terrific.
Speaker 1: And I'm a huge fan of these split zone looks
Speaker 1: where you fake the handoff. Tight end comes across the
Speaker 1: formation to join the running back on the same side
Speaker 1: of the formation, and they go up and chip the
Speaker 1: outside tackle while the rest of the line slides the
Speaker 1: opposite direction. So you get better and more favorable one
Speaker 1: on one matchups and you take on their edge rusher
Speaker 1: with a two on one look, and that on top
Speaker 1: of the possibility of a possible false step laterally, it
Speaker 1: just helps out the line so much. That's been a
Speaker 1: big part of these game plans recently, helping the offensive
Speaker 1: line of pass protection and onto a that ball came
Speaker 1: out before Waddle begin to make the cross of the
Speaker 1: crossing route, but again a little bit better location I
Speaker 1: think maybe has a bigger play there. The same drive,
Speaker 1: the little flip out wide to Albert Wilson going in
Speaker 1: towards the end zone. Man two arrides that mesh point
Speaker 1: for quite a minute there, and it influences the edge
Speaker 1: who had one around the outside. To me, that's two
Speaker 1: is best trade in this particular game. His ability to
Speaker 1: manipulate the defense, you have to imagine that's very frustrating
Speaker 1: for a defense try to defend that also with a
Speaker 1: quick set up and throw where he's not set non
Speaker 1: ideal mechanics, but still he manages to put the ball
Speaker 1: out wide, which turns Albert Wilson into a cutback for
Speaker 1: a nice catch and run. Again, placement is so very
Speaker 1: critical on the Isaiah four touchdown just a couple of
Speaker 1: plays later. As a matter of fact, you know what
Speaker 1: Isaiah talked about this in his press conference. Let's just
Speaker 1: go ahead and go to Isaiah to talk about the
Speaker 1: touchdown catch. They really put the Dolphins out in front
Speaker 1: by Lomon points in that fourth quarter. Let's go ahead
Speaker 1: and hear from the Dolphins receiver. It was weird because
Speaker 1: I hadn't ripped that play all week. Um, it's just
Speaker 1: something that we put in the game plan. Um. And
Speaker 1: uh it was for Dalen, but he was happening and everything,
Speaker 1: so they trusted me to go in there and uh
Speaker 1: know what to do. Um, and when out then executed.
Speaker 1: But that the Giants actually covered it pretty well, uh
Speaker 1: until I did a extremely good job buying some time
Speaker 1: and kind of deceiving the defense with his eyes a
Speaker 1: little bit and gave me up time to boil bag
Speaker 1: right at the front Pilo Hunt and he threw a
Speaker 1: great ball and I was able to make Now he's
Speaker 1: not going to talk about it himself, I'll go ahead
Speaker 1: and do it for him. Great toe tap and awareness
Speaker 1: to make sure he knew where his feet was before
Speaker 1: making the catch. Attempt to make sure that it counted
Speaker 1: when he secured that thing and pulled it in good
Speaker 1: time or a big time touched on there. I should
Speaker 1: say for the Dolphins quarterback to receiver go ahead and
Speaker 1: finish up with the two third down throws to ice
Speaker 1: this game here. Late DeVante Parker talked about this on
Speaker 1: Monday as well, said he loves how to recognizes one
Speaker 1: on one situations and gives his guy a chance, and
Speaker 1: that's what this was. The Giants had bracketed the field
Speaker 1: side trips with zone and then man on the backside
Speaker 1: to the boundary to Davante Parker, who got on the
Speaker 1: upfield show older of that corner and turned him into
Speaker 1: a full sprint to catch up to the potential deep ball,
Speaker 1: which then allows him to slam on the brakes come
Speaker 1: back to the football. It's a terrific route. The throw
Speaker 1: is just as good and even better catch from Davante
Speaker 1: moving that or bringing that thing into his body away
Speaker 1: from his body while contorting towards the sideline, getting the
Speaker 1: feet into the same time then too, Mike. This one
Speaker 1: was also very nice. The Giants switched up to man
Speaker 1: free and they pressed across the board man on man coverage,
Speaker 1: single high safety up top, and Gassicky stacks his man
Speaker 1: and blocks him out. It's a four man pass rush
Speaker 1: to Ah throws a perfect ball. Had to do it right,
Speaker 1: Go ahead and try it. Okay, I'll blash. There's a
Speaker 1: perfect pass, but not before sliding up in the pocket
Speaker 1: to mitigate a little bit of pressure off the edge,
Speaker 1: throwing it in rhythm. Really nice touch pass. That's a
Speaker 1: dime to put the game away. Great job, young man,
Speaker 1: and again Mike Gasicky his best route and catch of
Speaker 1: the game. Boom baby, let's go, Jillian waddle the second catch,
Speaker 1: the toe tap on the sideline, short motion to stack
Speaker 1: gets himself a little bit of a chip on the
Speaker 1: defender just to kind of get his route set up
Speaker 1: there and then he shows his number two, plants his
Speaker 1: feet and bounds some nice nuance there from the rookie receiver.
Speaker 1: More veteran type work from him, and the location is
Speaker 1: very very good, just as it was all day on
Speaker 1: those perimeter throws away from danger but still in reach
Speaker 1: for his wide receiver. The second and ten first down
Speaker 1: conversion on that opening drive, he just sets down the
Speaker 1: in between a giant zone. He presses outside, and this
Speaker 1: is why I like about this play. He presses outside
Speaker 1: and you see the corner get with and immediately turned
Speaker 1: his butt to the sideline, which the time indicates zone coverage,
Speaker 1: and he flattens it right back in behind that curl
Speaker 1: hook defender at the sticks, and the ball is out
Speaker 1: right when he hits the break and right on him
Speaker 1: as he turns to the football. That type of stuff
Speaker 1: to force the cornerback to show their hands early only
Speaker 1: helps to I D coverage post snap. That's why one
Speaker 1: of the many many things about Wattle you have to love,
Speaker 1: and we talk about meat on the bone, just watch
Speaker 1: him run all of his reps, because even when the
Speaker 1: ball is not going there, you see some of his
Speaker 1: best reps in the game the Parker first back shoulder ball.
Speaker 1: They try to reroute waddle with a linebacker in addition
Speaker 1: to the coverage he has by the cornerback. He gets
Speaker 1: on top of the reroute, completely sheds it, stacks the slot,
Speaker 1: and breaks that thing off inside. He's open. Obviously we've
Speaker 1: got sixteen yards on that play, but he's open for
Speaker 1: a potential big game there as well. Very pretty work.
Speaker 1: His third down conversion on the first touchdown drive towards
Speaker 1: the end of the half, he takes a slow release
Speaker 1: and then a quick explosion step inside with a nice
Speaker 1: little robe designed from Davonte Parker. I just don't know
Speaker 1: how you cover that. He slow steps offline of scrimmage
Speaker 1: and basically he sets that cornerback up for that kind
Speaker 1: of I have a headstart because I'm moving and you
Speaker 1: have to react to me. With his speed and explosiveness,
Speaker 1: you can't react fast enough. And I love the location
Speaker 1: from Tah to lead him into the ground to get
Speaker 1: both the first down past the sticks, but also protect
Speaker 1: his receiver. On the mac Hollins touchdown, you see both
Speaker 1: the flat and deep defender come up and take the
Speaker 1: cheese on the flat to waddle. They're focused on him.
Speaker 1: Awesome play design to play off of that focus and
Speaker 1: sneak that receiver in back to the back pylon. That's
Speaker 1: a very good throw from two to the back corner
Speaker 1: and makes a tough catch for six. And we saw
Speaker 1: to A, or rather Wattle get really upset after that
Speaker 1: Loan drop. I have to say, I think it's because
Speaker 1: he probably thought he was going to score on that play.
Speaker 1: The safety is coming straight downhill. Parker's man who's right
Speaker 1: there as well, doesn't have an angle. If he can
Speaker 1: run at full speed, which I think he could have,
Speaker 1: because the ball was right on the money. I think
Speaker 1: it might have been a sixty one yard touchdown if
Speaker 1: he runs the same way he did in the Carolina game.
Speaker 1: As for Davante, Parker kind of covered his game a
Speaker 1: little bit, a little bit, but he really caught everything.
Speaker 1: I was so impressed with. Obviously the body control on
Speaker 1: the sideline grabs, with the concentration, the feet, all of it,
Speaker 1: but even on the other throws, he just vacuums that
Speaker 1: thing and it protects it. First quarterback and that first
Speaker 1: back shoulder throw, just nice timing to see it, feel
Speaker 1: it break it off at the time of arrival, and
Speaker 1: again terrific location on that ball. Thought. Savon Akhmed had
Speaker 1: the best run of the day, nice patience and a
Speaker 1: great jump cup after pressing inside to help Jesse Davis
Speaker 1: sustained a block and then really nice run outside for
Speaker 1: twelve yards. Big Rob Hunt had a downfill block on
Speaker 1: a linebacker that was terrific, and Jylen Waddle also had
Speaker 1: a nice outside block on that run. Austin Jackson I
Speaker 1: think continues to get better. I mentioned this in his
Speaker 1: pass pro mentioned his passport, I should say on the
Speaker 1: very next play. After that play we talked about the
Speaker 1: next series, he catches a double team with Michael Dieter.
Speaker 1: It's perfectly played hip to hip, shoulders shoulder, and he
Speaker 1: climbs up to the second level and blocks out the
Speaker 1: sun on that second level linebacker. Him and deeeder Man.
Speaker 1: We'll talk about this in the stats portion. They were
Speaker 1: getting some push, a nice seven yard pop on that
Speaker 1: drive to end the first half, and a nice call
Speaker 1: to run the ball there. With three time outs in
Speaker 1: plus territory, a minute four or five from the clock,
Speaker 1: you both take time off the clock and get yourself
Speaker 1: into a second and short, which is obviously a very
Speaker 1: fortunate position. To be in. Later on, he gets himself
Speaker 1: a pancake on a short gas and run. I thought
Speaker 1: he was driving guys off the football pretty continuously and
Speaker 1: consistently throughout the course of this game. In general, I
Speaker 1: think the doubles on this line are really good across
Speaker 1: the board. There's lots of opportunities that where they create
Speaker 1: situations where the running back is one on one at
Speaker 1: the set at level with a linebacker, and hopefully we
Speaker 1: can start winning some more of those matchups. Hunter long,
Speaker 1: I think there's something there with him In the run
Speaker 1: blocking game. Early on, he had a really good rep
Speaker 1: on Leonard Williams, which he did enough to keep him
Speaker 1: at bay while Robert Hunt pulled backside to help wipe
Speaker 1: him out on a double. That's a tough ask for
Speaker 1: a tight end, though much less a first year player
Speaker 1: against a guy Leonard Williams, She's played like a hundred
Speaker 1: and seven straight games in his pro career, keeping one
Speaker 1: on number eighty four in the run blocking game. Going
Speaker 1: forward here and then Rob Hunt really good day in
Speaker 1: pass pro. I liked how when Dexter Lawrence would try
Speaker 1: to one gap him and shoot upfield for a quick
Speaker 1: run stuff or even a pass rush. He would just
Speaker 1: take him where he wanted to go. He didn't lose
Speaker 1: power against him, and he would just basically use that
Speaker 1: speed against him and ran him out of the play completely.
Speaker 1: A nice game here from Big Rob. I also like
Speaker 1: how Hunter Long got north and south. I just skipped
Speaker 1: this note, but on his one reception in the game,
Speaker 1: the way he got north and south after the catch.
Speaker 1: Was impressed by that good stuff there from the rookie.
Speaker 1: Let's move on to the defense here, as it was
Speaker 1: a pretty busy one as pretty much everybody got in
Speaker 1: the notes here because of production across the board, but
Speaker 1: as a whole the way they rallied and tackled all
Speaker 1: game long. Personally, I love this usage of Nick need
Speaker 1: Um and Eric row at their safety slash nickel cornerback
Speaker 1: positions slot cornerback positions. They've really stepped up to fill
Speaker 1: the role slash void left by Brandon Jones and his
Speaker 1: absence last couple of games, as you have seen a
Speaker 1: big increase in safety snaps for Nick need Hum, which
Speaker 1: then puts Eric Rowe in more of a slot cornerback position.
Speaker 1: So he's playing a little bit of both finding his
Speaker 1: way under the football field, not just in sub packages here,
Speaker 1: but also in base and that's kind of the complement
Speaker 1: of this Dolphins defense and the cross train they have
Speaker 1: done all really since Brian Flores got here. The more
Speaker 1: you can do, the more you can help your team,
Speaker 1: and I think that's a big reason why the Dolphins
Speaker 1: kind of survived the attrition of a season so well
Speaker 1: and have a seventeen and six post Halloween record here
Speaker 1: under Brian Flores. Guys go down, next man up. It's
Speaker 1: a big mentality down here, and they execute it very well.
Speaker 1: I think one of the greatest elements of this defense
Speaker 1: right now is the communication between the second and third
Speaker 1: level of the defense. The way they pass off without
Speaker 1: missing a beat and then they rally up and tackle
Speaker 1: on the short game. It's just so hard to beat
Speaker 1: this defense with the way they're playing. You have to
Speaker 1: stay patient, you have to try to compete on first downs.
Speaker 1: More on that in just a moment, and if you
Speaker 1: come up short on those first down players and get
Speaker 1: behind schedule, it unlocks all the games and complex rush
Speaker 1: packages this defense has at their disposal. But the shirt
Speaker 1: tackling and sound communication within that second level sure is
Speaker 1: a big key for this defense right now. And cutting
Speaker 1: down those four or five yard plays, not letting me
Speaker 1: go out the back door for ten eleven, twelve yards
Speaker 1: and first downs. And say Kwon Barkley in this game,
Speaker 1: he consistently had to stop his feet and change direction
Speaker 1: upon approaching the line of scrimmage. In Miami, played that
Speaker 1: bare front which is going to cover up the center
Speaker 1: and the two guards with Ray Kwan on the nose
Speaker 1: seeler and Wilkins at the two or two eye techniques
Speaker 1: that's either on the head up over the guard or
Speaker 1: on the inside shoulder of the guard, and they just
Speaker 1: got no push the Giants on those looks. Again, more
Speaker 1: on the first down defense and run defense coming up.
Speaker 1: But Andrew Van Ginkle also in those looks plays a
Speaker 1: hell of an edge to kind of rush the pastor
Speaker 1: play and coverage play the run. And so is Jerome
Speaker 1: Baker with a kind of evolving role playing some more
Speaker 1: weak side edge basically going back to that Ravens game
Speaker 1: back in week ten, and these looks and you can
Speaker 1: really see his speed and ability to cut down angles
Speaker 1: really come into play in this position. This staff right
Speaker 1: now is pushing all the right buttons on how to
Speaker 1: use these weapons on defense. And again more on the
Speaker 1: first down defensive success here in a minute. But there's
Speaker 1: a run play second and ten, early second quarter, and
Speaker 1: you just have Eric Row, Jerome Baker, and Christian Wilkins
Speaker 1: to a man, all attacking their blocks and that allows
Speaker 1: them to stack them up and again Barkley has nowhere
Speaker 1: to go, and then Xavian Howard comes in and sticks
Speaker 1: his face and the fan to the toughness, the tackling,
Speaker 1: the beating blocks have all been keys to this Dolphins
Speaker 1: defense if turner out and I thought they schemed up
Speaker 1: pressure so well from about the second quarter on. Baker
Speaker 1: has multiple free runs that create pressure on the quarterback
Speaker 1: throughout the course of the second half, and his fourth
Speaker 1: quarter past rush really took off in this game. One
Speaker 1: other thing I really like is how they can load
Speaker 1: up with four defensive backs and their seven man front
Speaker 1: and compete against bullyball, or they can go to their
Speaker 1: seven defensive backpackage and do it there as well. They're
Speaker 1: they're very well versed in multiple looks and very deep
Speaker 1: in all those spots. Some of the individuals ray Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis kicked off the first two plays of the first
Speaker 1: two drives, shed shedding a tackle or a block rather
Speaker 1: and making a run stop, then stacks up another one
Speaker 1: later on to help out his friends. He's playing with
Speaker 1: so much power right now, and he's kind of the
Speaker 1: one that gets the least amount of stat production here,
Speaker 1: but he consistently plays well. And a strong nose tackle
Speaker 1: here from Miami Christian Wilkins. It's more of the same
Speaker 1: for him. He stays on balance, the feat stay active,
Speaker 1: his hands are in position to disengage and make plays,
Speaker 1: whether it's at the point against a power running team
Speaker 1: or down the line making you know, seven or eight
Speaker 1: crossover steps against his own Such a solid player against
Speaker 1: every kind of look you can throw at him. He
Speaker 1: also picked up a TfL or I guess it was
Speaker 1: a no gain in the third quarter by completely dismissing
Speaker 1: a polling guard. He swipes the hands down and side
Speaker 1: steps him. When you see the guard just basically fall
Speaker 1: over the front of his skis because of that work.
Speaker 1: Zach Seeler first splash player of the game for him
Speaker 1: was on the Javon Holland near interception. He just chucks
Speaker 1: his man and gives himself a free line, a free
Speaker 1: run to put a big hit on Mike Glennan the
Speaker 1: very next drive as a four technique, he has an
Speaker 1: absolutely devastating swim move on the guard, who again stumbles
Speaker 1: forward out over his skis. After a heavy handed slap
Speaker 1: to the back, Steiler hits Glennon and forces a throwaway
Speaker 1: on that play, staying up front Adam Butler, his sack
Speaker 1: was awesome. First of all. Jalen Phillips inside pressure completely
Speaker 1: removes the guard from the equation, and Butler just waits
Speaker 1: for that pick and comes around the edge and explodes downhill,
Speaker 1: showing that first step quickness to put a big shot
Speaker 1: on the quarterback for a big time sack and a
Speaker 1: great celebration following up that as well. Andrew Van Geigle,
Speaker 1: what a game he had, I thought one of the
Speaker 1: best games of his entire career. He starts off with
Speaker 1: a shoe string tackle on safe Kawon Barkley on a
Speaker 1: screen pass where he might have been able to get
Speaker 1: around that corner and move the sticks. Instead, it goes
Speaker 1: for a no game as they had just gotten to
Speaker 1: plus territory as well, so kind of a crucial points
Speaker 1: type of drive right there. The very next drive, he
Speaker 1: works so hard to stay on the upfield shoulder of
Speaker 1: the tight end on an off tackle run or off
Speaker 1: end run, and Barkley tries to string this thing out,
Speaker 1: but Gink's tackle attempt forces him to bubble backwards negative
Speaker 1: two yards, and then here comes a Landon Roberts to
Speaker 1: clean that thing up. On a Kenny Golladay catch early
Speaker 1: in the second quarter, Van Geigle loops inside and you
Speaker 1: see that lateral agility and the ability to cut down
Speaker 1: the angle to put a good shot on the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I just noticed this because he's playing so fast right now.
Speaker 1: You can see forty three playing on a different speed
Speaker 1: than he was earlier in the season, I think. And
Speaker 1: then a drive later, it looks like he tries to
Speaker 1: steal one by kind of sho across the face of
Speaker 1: the tackle. And that's one of those things where you
Speaker 1: play within the scheme, but you start to get more
Speaker 1: comfortable within the scheme and then you can start taking
Speaker 1: some more chances. Maybe it was by design, but it
Speaker 1: looked to me like he tried to take a chance
Speaker 1: here and give himself a big play. And he gets
Speaker 1: there and Barkley sidesteps out of it, but not far enough,
Speaker 1: as Van Ginkl lays out and makes another run stop
Speaker 1: right there. Pretty Much every play he made in the
Speaker 1: run game was right at the line. Had a few
Speaker 1: quarterback hits as well, so we had a fantastic game
Speaker 1: for Andrew. Van Ginkle also covered it well. Jalen Phillips's
Speaker 1: first sack Byron Jones had tremendous coverage on the read
Speaker 1: that Glennon wanted to go to, but the closing speed
Speaker 1: of Phillips really stood out on this sack. He saw
Speaker 1: his line to the quarterback and he took off and
Speaker 1: Glennon could not get through the tight coverage. The downfield
Speaker 1: reads quick enough and he has to eat that sack.
Speaker 1: On the very next play. He does a great job
Speaker 1: of staying true to his rush lane. You can tell
Speaker 1: that he wants to disengage and was ready to do it,
Speaker 1: but because of a nice little step up window they
Speaker 1: had given him Mike Glennon, he doesn't want to, you know,
Speaker 1: disengage right and then have glenn sneak around the left
Speaker 1: or vice versa. Uh. So, he didn't choose the wrong direction,
Speaker 1: just kept pushing the tackle into the quarterback and then
Speaker 1: once Mike Glennon made his choice, he comes off the
Speaker 1: block and gets there. He took the drive over and
Speaker 1: basically wiped out that entire possession and gave Miami great
Speaker 1: field position on the other end on the next drive.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba didn't have tons of chances in the pass
Speaker 1: rush game. Here they chipped in, they doubled him, but
Speaker 1: he really impacted the game that way. But also his
Speaker 1: run defense off the edge of Stout. Once again, Jerome
Speaker 1: Baker mentioned him off the top of this segment. Here
Speaker 1: in the first quarter, he has a really nice rep
Speaker 1: against a now route which is a catch the football
Speaker 1: with the quarterback and get it out of your hands
Speaker 1: quickly where he gets wide and that forces Darius Slate
Speaker 1: into bubble and change direction for a loss on the play.
Speaker 1: And again his fourth quarter pass rush was ferocious, consistent
Speaker 1: pressure in that period. I thought Duke Riley filled well
Speaker 1: in the running game all game long. He's taken on
Speaker 1: a bigger role here and played very well. A land
Speaker 1: and Roberts same deal with him. He played so aggressive
Speaker 1: in this game and was the freeman in the gap often.
Speaker 1: I know he wants that inner option opportunity back because
Speaker 1: he did a great job getting depth getting to his landmark.
Speaker 1: You then see his head whip around and locate the
Speaker 1: route right next to him. He breaks on it but
Speaker 1: just cannot quite squeeze the football. But a big game
Speaker 1: from a landing Roberts Sam ego Von has a crucial
Speaker 1: pressure on a third down in completion, running the pipe
Speaker 1: as the looper off a game where Adam Butler kind
Speaker 1: of set that pick and creates a lane. As eg
Speaker 1: Van comes from the three technique, it loops around inside
Speaker 1: for a pressure on the quarterback. And the second dary
Speaker 1: Eric Rowe got to play on the now route out
Speaker 1: wide to Darius Slayton on drive number two where he
Speaker 1: comes from depth and makes an open field tackle. He
Speaker 1: looked so fast on that play. The very next play
Speaker 1: they sneak one behind him, and if one more step
Speaker 1: of depth, could have gotten the defense off on third
Speaker 1: down and really helped flip the field earlier in the game.
Speaker 1: But that was about as much as the Giants got
Speaker 1: cooking and Eric Row I thought played very well. We
Speaker 1: talked about the run defense off the top. He talked
Speaker 1: about this openly back in two thousand nineteen, two thousand
Speaker 1: and twenty about how far he's come or how far
Speaker 1: he had to go against the run in his transition
Speaker 1: to safety. I see a really confident and aggressive player
Speaker 1: in the way he attacks things. He kind of plays
Speaker 1: the linebacker mentality down in the mess, and it's showing
Speaker 1: up for him here in recent weeks Exavian Howard on
Speaker 1: the pick. You can see the corner route that's supposed
Speaker 1: to design to pull Xavian Howard down off deep coverage
Speaker 1: with him and Javon Holland, but Mike Gland loads up
Speaker 1: and takes a shot anyway, and right when ex sees this,
Speaker 1: he gets back and gets depth, He finds the football,
Speaker 1: he high points it, makes an unreal catch. It. The
Speaker 1: way he makes those catches, you just do not see
Speaker 1: that very often from a defender. And throughout the course
Speaker 1: of this game, consistently good coverage where he not only
Speaker 1: is in position but disrupts the route and eventually the timing.
Speaker 1: And I think it's a big reason why when quarterbacks
Speaker 1: go after him he has such a high propensity for interceptions.
Speaker 1: Byron Jones a lot of the same here. I like
Speaker 1: the way he presses the receiver into decisions and into
Speaker 1: their routes quickly, and because of his long speed, he
Speaker 1: can kind of pin them to the perimeter, get his
Speaker 1: eyes back to the quarterback and then he has the
Speaker 1: recovery speed to get vertical if he has to, or
Speaker 1: drive back down the stem. Another big game for Jones
Speaker 1: and X and then Javon Holland the speed to the
Speaker 1: quarterback as a blitzer. That first pressure on Mike Glennon.
Speaker 1: He was moving and it made Glennon pay for letting
Speaker 1: that route develop a little bit and hang onto the
Speaker 1: ball a little bit and take a big shot there
Speaker 1: from Javan Holland. Literally the next player on the next
Speaker 1: drive or the next play, which is on the next drive,
Speaker 1: he's reading Mike Glenn's eyes and a crosser off play
Speaker 1: pass and he drives on that thing, drops the shoulder,
Speaker 1: makes a clean hit to separate the football. Seems like
Speaker 1: every week this guy comes up with a textbook level
Speaker 1: hit on the near pick with he an X and
Speaker 1: the end zone. This time he he goes right as
Speaker 1: Mike Glennon starts to throw the football and gets himself
Speaker 1: in position to make that play to make a pick.
Speaker 1: But there were six hands in the equation with the
Speaker 1: receiver and X, so it goes down as a pass breakup.
Speaker 1: So that's your film review. Let's go ahead and do
Speaker 1: the stats now. From this game. I had to put
Speaker 1: some counting stats, some volume stats in here, because there's
Speaker 1: some pretty impressive ones this week, and his passer rating
Speaker 1: splits in the fourth quarter to itsngvolo. That is, it's
Speaker 1: the best among all quarterbacks since when stat had that's
Speaker 1: as far back as they go. It's one on nine
Speaker 1: point seven, the best over a twenty eight year period
Speaker 1: for Tongue by Lowa. On the season, he ranks second
Speaker 1: in completion percentage seventy point nine and eight and total
Speaker 1: QBR at fifty eight point one. His completion percentage is second,
Speaker 1: his total QBR is eight right now, his passer rating fifteen,
Speaker 1: his touchdown percentage fifteen, his interception percentage also fifteen. He
Speaker 1: has the seventeenth highest y p A yards per attempt
Speaker 1: and his sack percentage two a. Tongue by Loah is
Speaker 1: sacked the sixth lowest rate in the National Football League.
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle is tied for second in the NFL, not
Speaker 1: among rookies, among all receivers with eighties six grabs, He's
Speaker 1: fourteenth and receiving yards Jalen Phillips is tied for eleventh
Speaker 1: and sacks. Phillips Emmanuel Ogba and Andrew Van Gigel are
Speaker 1: all top fifteen in quarterback hits. Miami is allowing currently
Speaker 1: five point eleven five point one one yards per play
Speaker 1: on first down. That's tenth best in the NFL this season.
Speaker 1: Since Week nine, the start of the winning streak, their
Speaker 1: tops at four point one nine yards per first down play.
Speaker 1: That early down success teas up the splash plays later
Speaker 1: in the series, as Emmanuel Ogba nineteen QB hits, Andrew
Speaker 1: Van Gingle eighteen, Jalen Phillips with sixteen, again all in
Speaker 1: the top fifteen. The Dolphins also have three players in
Speaker 1: the top twenty and passes defense. Xavian Howard has fourteen,
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogba has nine. There's no other defensive linemen in
Speaker 1: that category. Javon Holland also has nine. Holland leads all
Speaker 1: safeties not rookies, all safeties and QB pressures with fifteen.
Speaker 1: He's also tied for third among all safeties not rookies
Speaker 1: with nine passes defense. Some Pro Football Focus numbers two
Speaker 1: on throws twenty plus yards, one for two twenty five
Speaker 1: yards in the ten to nineteen yard range, eight for thirteen,
Speaker 1: a buck o six and a touchdown. Pass in the
Speaker 1: short zero to nine yards eighteen for one one oh
Speaker 1: nine and one touchdown. All those pass ratings were ninety five.
Speaker 1: Are better in the mid range. It was one third team.
Speaker 1: If you combine all the throws ten plush yards nine
Speaker 1: for fifteen hundred and thirty one yards and a touchdown
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins dropped free ball, so twelve for fifteen
Speaker 1: on target balls. There on throws ten plush yards under pressure,
Speaker 1: four for six forty three yards when blitzed, eight for
Speaker 1: twelve seventy four yards and a tuddy when he was
Speaker 1: kept clean twenty six for thirty five with two oh
Speaker 1: one two touchdowns, and p F credits Miami with four drops,
Speaker 1: So again kept clean thirty of thirty five on target
Speaker 1: throws on the season. His adjusted completion percentage actually ranks
Speaker 1: the same as his actual completion percentage. PF has him
Speaker 1: at seventy nine percent. That stat wipes away all the drops,
Speaker 1: so he's on target four out of five of his throws.
Speaker 1: That's not bad. Kirk Cousins is the only one high
Speaker 1: in the NFL right now. Receiverstavante Parker called all five
Speaker 1: of his targets, that's twelve point one yards per target
Speaker 1: one point nine four yards per out run number two
Speaker 1: yards is about where you want to be on that stat.
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle nine for eleven for nine yards per target,
Speaker 1: two point for three yards per route ran. Mac and
Speaker 1: Ford each caught one passed. They were both touchdowns. Mike
Speaker 1: ga Sicky seven for ten ten yards per target and
Speaker 1: one point three five yards per route ran and pressures allowed.
Speaker 1: Liam Eichenberg, Austin Jackson, and Michael Dieter all allowed one apiece.
Speaker 1: That sack where Jackson didn't get over enough before on
Speaker 1: the green dog blitz, they gave him the sack. The
Speaker 1: other sack went to two a tongue by lower from
Speaker 1: PFF Rob Hunt. No pressures allowed. Jesse Davis four pressures allowed.
Speaker 1: The rushing direction Best's right end off right tackle, there
Speaker 1: was one carrier for eleven yards at an eleven yard average,
Speaker 1: but the middle left. Jackson and Dieter, who I thought
Speaker 1: played fantastic in this game in the running game, had
Speaker 1: a four point oh average. Defensively, Phillips leads the way
Speaker 1: with five pressures. Jerone Baker has four, Adam Butler has three, Seiler, Wilkins,
Speaker 1: and Van Ginkel all have two. Apiece. Javon holland Sam Ego,
Speaker 1: Von Duke, Riley, and Eric Rowe all had one apiece.
Speaker 1: As far as run stops go, Van Ginkel and Row
Speaker 1: had four apiece, Wow Seiler, Phillips, Wilkins and Roberts had
Speaker 1: two apiece, and a lot of guys had one need
Speaker 1: hum ra Kwon Bake, Butler, Duke and Byron. How about
Speaker 1: some coverage stats Byron Jones forty eight snaps and coverage
Speaker 1: forty seven yards loud. That's very good. Eric Roe forty
Speaker 1: seven coverage snaps, forty five yards allowed. Nick need Um
Speaker 1: twenty eight coverage snaps forty three yards allowed. How about
Speaker 1: these two Xavian Howard forty eight coverage snaps Javon Hall
Speaker 1: and forty five coverage snaps goose egg for both no
Speaker 1: yards allowed, no catches allowed. Next Gen has two at
Speaker 1: a two point five time to throw. That's the second
Speaker 1: quickest this year in the National Football League behind Ben Roethlisberger.
Speaker 1: His seven teen point eight percent aggressive percentage, which tracks
Speaker 1: at the catch point a defender being within one yard
Speaker 1: of the receiver. His aggressive rate is the sixth highest.
Speaker 1: His completion above expected is plus three point two percent
Speaker 1: that's also sixth best in the National Football League. Some
Speaker 1: snap counts here quarterback in offensive line all went wire
Speaker 1: to wire. They played sixty nine snaps. Nice that's of
Speaker 1: the work Jillen Waddle leads receivers with fifty three apps,
Speaker 1: seventy seven percent of the workload. Tavante Parker plays forty
Speaker 1: nine back in his return, Albert Wilson plays forty snaps
Speaker 1: on the game, Isaiah Ford had fourteen, Preston Williams eleven,
Speaker 1: and Mac Hollands nine snaps. At running back, Miles Gaskin
Speaker 1: plays forty four percent of the workload. Savan akmed gets
Speaker 1: an increase after Patrick Laird goes down. He plays twenty
Speaker 1: two snaps. Laird has the two at tight end, Mike
Speaker 1: Sick forty six snaps. That's sixty seven percent of the workload.
Speaker 1: Durham Smith forty two. Hunter Long played ten Seethan Carter
Speaker 1: played three. On defense, Christian Wilkins thirty seven snaps. That's
Speaker 1: fifty seven percent of the workload. Davis thirty four, Sealer
Speaker 1: thirty three, Butler thirty three. All those guys giving you
Speaker 1: a lot of snaps in this game. Off the edge,
Speaker 1: Van Ginkle leads the way with fifty four snaps, a
Speaker 1: three percent of the workload. Emmanuel Ogbad plays thirty eight,
Speaker 1: Phillips twenty nine, and Vince Beagle two. At linebacker, Jerome
Speaker 1: Baker missed I believe, let's see two snaps. He played
Speaker 1: sixty three in the game. That's nine seven percent. Roberts
Speaker 1: played already five, Riley thirty three, big increased role for him,
Speaker 1: and eg Von played three. Both Byron and X played
Speaker 1: every snap all sixty five, need him thirty eight, Coleman
Speaker 1: twenty two, and only two safety's had snaps On defense.
Speaker 1: Holland and Row both played every single snap. As far
Speaker 1: as specialists go, Beagle played twenty five federalum so Van
Speaker 1: Gigel in addition to his what was it fifty four
Speaker 1: defensive snaps, also gave you twenty two special team snaps. Hollands,
Speaker 1: egg Von, Riley and Carter all played eighteen apiece. Eggbo
Speaker 1: played seventeen. Smythe and red Wine had fifteen special team
Speaker 1: snaps in this game. Should we scan the social I
Speaker 1: was going to, but it seems pretty harmonious out there,
Speaker 1: So let's go ahead and punt that to next week.
Speaker 1: Sixty five yards out of here, just like a Michael
Speaker 1: Pollardi career long punt like he had in the game
Speaker 1: on Sunday. All right, that's gonna be my time on
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