WEBVTT - Dolphins Run All Over Patriots in 22-12 Win 0:00:00.760 --> 0:00:15.080 Exact field touchdown, Miami Run. What is up, Dolphans, And 0:00:15.280 --> 0:00:18.680 welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:18.720 --> 0:00:23.200 Dolphins official podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins, 0:00:23.239 --> 0:00:26.360 each and every day. How's it going, everybody? It is 0:00:26.440 --> 0:00:30.240 Sunday night. I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I 0:00:30.240 --> 0:00:33.639 am here to bring you your daily dose of Miami 0:00:33.680 --> 0:00:36.960 Dolphins football. And on today's show you already know what 0:00:37.080 --> 0:00:42.320 time it is. We're breaking down Miami's twenty two to 0:00:42.360 --> 0:00:45.800 twelve win over the New England Patriots. Dolphins moved to 0:00:45.880 --> 0:00:49.199 nine and five, eliminate the Patriots from post season contention 0:00:49.240 --> 0:00:52.199 for the first time since two thousand eight, and maintain 0:00:52.240 --> 0:00:54.560 the Dolphins position at seven in the a f C. 0:00:54.960 --> 0:00:57.600 We'll get to the individuals here from John con Jemmy, 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:01.440 breakdown the storylines here from coach and Towah and Christian 0:01:01.440 --> 0:01:04.480 Wilkins and some others, and get you my five takeaways 0:01:04.520 --> 0:01:07.119 from this Dolphins win. All of that and more on 0:01:07.160 --> 0:01:13.160 this Sunday, December the twentie edition of the Drive Time Podcast. 0:01:14.760 --> 0:01:18.240 Hey Dolphins fans, the new year starts now at Auto Nation. 0:01:18.520 --> 0:01:21.440 Let's skip the rest of and get two big new 0:01:21.520 --> 0:01:26.080 year's savings on your favorite Auto Nation, Chevy's Forwards, Toyotas, Hondas, 0:01:26.120 --> 0:01:28.840 and a whole lot more shops safely at the Auto 0:01:28.920 --> 0:01:32.679 Nation store near you or auto nation dot com and save. Now, 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:34.600 let's go ahead and start this game off or this 0:01:34.640 --> 0:01:37.480 podcast off talking about this game with the stats from 0:01:37.760 --> 0:01:41.280 Sunday's contest, because it was pretty much a departure from 0:01:41.319 --> 0:01:43.919 the games we've been used to recently. With the Miami Dolphins, 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.800 the running game just gets it going in this one. 0:01:45.959 --> 0:01:48.520 The Dolphins have three eighty three total yards of the 0:01:48.520 --> 0:01:51.440 Patriots three oh three to fifty of that from Miami 0:01:51.520 --> 0:01:54.160 on the ground. The Patriots just one seventeen on the ground, 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:56.240 so more than double the Patriots total there. With the 0:01:56.320 --> 0:01:59.600 rushing yards, Miami passes for one thirty three, the Patriots 0:01:59.600 --> 0:02:02.760 one six. The Dolphins are seven for twelve on third down, 0:02:02.760 --> 0:02:05.880 the Patriots two for nine, one takeaway a piece. Miami 0:02:05.920 --> 0:02:08.720 gets three sacks on Cam Newton, they get too onto 0:02:08.720 --> 0:02:11.520 a tongue of baloa. Dolphins had seven penalties for forty 0:02:11.600 --> 0:02:14.639 yards to the Patriots two for twenty. But Miami possesses 0:02:14.680 --> 0:02:17.600 the ball for thirty seven minutes and twenty six seconds 0:02:17.639 --> 0:02:20.080 in this game, and that was one of the I 0:02:20.120 --> 0:02:22.799 suppose storylines I was looking at heading into the game. 0:02:22.840 --> 0:02:26.040 How would the run game stop the Patriots, the run 0:02:26.040 --> 0:02:28.480 defense stop the Patriots run game, and how would Miami 0:02:28.560 --> 0:02:30.959 rush the football? And we'll get more into that here 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:33.040 in the first takeaway. I wanted to see how the 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:35.799 Patriots would play coverage or bring pressure against the Dolphins 0:02:35.880 --> 0:02:38.760 quarterback and then offensive line. How would the Dolphins fair 0:02:38.800 --> 0:02:41.679 against the multiple looks of the Patriots. That as well 0:02:41.720 --> 0:02:45.800 as the Dolphins pace offensively, going quickly, going aggressive, going 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.280 more spread looks. Will jump into that, as well as 0:02:48.320 --> 0:02:51.640 a conversation about the Dolphins special teams hidden yards in 0:02:51.639 --> 0:02:53.560 this game, because two of these teams in this game 0:02:53.720 --> 0:02:55.920 are two of the top three teams rather in special 0:02:55.960 --> 0:02:58.359 teams production this season. So we'll talk about all that. 0:02:58.520 --> 0:03:01.040 Let's go ahead and jump right away to the first takeaway, 0:03:01.200 --> 0:03:03.959 and how can you start anywhere else besides the running game. 0:03:03.960 --> 0:03:05.960 They started off early in this game with ten carries 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:08.120 and fifty yards to get things going, and I just 0:03:08.200 --> 0:03:11.880 wrote down consistent surge from Solomon Kinley. He was pushing 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.120 guys all over the field in that first half, getting 0:03:14.280 --> 0:03:16.880 connected on double teams, getting to the second level and 0:03:16.919 --> 0:03:19.640 creating big, big lanes. He did later leave the game 0:03:19.680 --> 0:03:21.920 on the cart with an injury and did not return. 0:03:22.240 --> 0:03:24.960 Was replaced by Michael Dieter at that left guard position. 0:03:25.160 --> 0:03:27.520 We'll have more for you on Solomon Kinley as the 0:03:27.520 --> 0:03:29.840 week goes along, but I thought he played tremendous. I 0:03:29.840 --> 0:03:32.280 thought Austin Jackson was a big part of those double 0:03:32.280 --> 0:03:35.000 teams just wiping people out off the edge. Plenty of 0:03:35.000 --> 0:03:37.440 those big runs off the edge for Matt Breeda created 0:03:37.520 --> 0:03:39.760 off that side of the left part of the offensive 0:03:39.800 --> 0:03:42.240 line by Austin Jackson, as well as some work from 0:03:42.240 --> 0:03:44.760 the tight ends. Thought Ted Carriss was excellent as well, 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.480 getting to the second level, being part of double teams, 0:03:47.560 --> 0:03:50.600 just getting leverage and getting things turned out to create 0:03:50.640 --> 0:03:53.120 gaps inside for the running game. And that really continued 0:03:53.120 --> 0:03:55.160 into the second half as the Dolphins ran the ball 0:03:55.200 --> 0:03:57.200 so well in the first half only to come out 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.600 in the second half and do it even better. Season 0:03:59.680 --> 0:04:02.040 high the two d and fifty yards the second half 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:05.440 looked like just added contributions from everybody that maybe I 0:04:05.440 --> 0:04:07.800 didn't talk about in that first part there, Robert Hunt, 0:04:07.880 --> 0:04:10.240 Jesse Davis getting pushed off the right side. You don't 0:04:10.320 --> 0:04:12.760 run for two hundred and fifty yards without everybody coming 0:04:12.800 --> 0:04:14.520 to the party. So we'll dive into the work of 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.880 the offensive line a little bit more on the Tuesday 0:04:16.920 --> 0:04:20.200 All twenty two review podcast here on Drivetime, part of 0:04:20.240 --> 0:04:23.400 the Miami Dolphins podcast network. But they were consistently getting 0:04:23.400 --> 0:04:26.080 four to six yards early, setting up the offense in 0:04:26.080 --> 0:04:28.920 position to convert third downs, and that was a huge 0:04:29.040 --> 0:04:30.760 key in this game if you had the fourth downs. 0:04:30.760 --> 0:04:33.080 To those numbers, the Dolphins were eight for thirteen on 0:04:33.120 --> 0:04:35.719 the money downs quote unquote, and the Patriots just two 0:04:35.760 --> 0:04:39.400 for ten on those money down So Miami gets the 0:04:39.440 --> 0:04:42.160 successful short runs early, and then off of that broke 0:04:42.240 --> 0:04:46.680 some big ones in that second half runs of thirty one, fourteen, 0:04:47.120 --> 0:04:50.680 thirteen and twelve yards. I mean that's five. The first 0:04:50.680 --> 0:04:53.000 two are really kind of field flipping plays. But to 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.560 consistently run the ball for more than ten yards like that, 0:04:55.760 --> 0:04:57.960 you hit those consistently, you're just not gonna be stopped. 0:04:58.000 --> 0:04:59.440 I mean, we've seen that in the past, whether it 0:04:59.440 --> 0:05:01.400 was Ricky will Games back in the early two thousand's, 0:05:01.600 --> 0:05:04.360 j G I E back in ten. You can create 0:05:04.480 --> 0:05:06.960 chunks in the running game like that. It's just so 0:05:07.120 --> 0:05:10.080 demoralizing and so crippling to a defense because you suddenly 0:05:10.240 --> 0:05:12.479 put the pass rush kind of at bay. They have 0:05:12.600 --> 0:05:14.560 to be more at it, they have to adhere more 0:05:14.640 --> 0:05:16.520 to the running game. It kind of just takes me 0:05:16.720 --> 0:05:18.640 wins out of the sales of the defense when you 0:05:18.640 --> 0:05:21.760 consistently chew them up for big chunks of running plays 0:05:21.800 --> 0:05:23.839 like that like Miami did in this game, and it 0:05:23.880 --> 0:05:26.200 helped the Dolphins score on three of those final four 0:05:26.240 --> 0:05:28.800 possessions in the second half end of the game, notwithstanding 0:05:28.920 --> 0:05:30.640 a two play drive to round the clock out there 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.679 from Miami, and they were doing it in a variety 0:05:32.680 --> 0:05:35.599 of ways. Savon akhmed up the middle between the tackles, 0:05:35.600 --> 0:05:37.880 pushing the pile. I thought that was really impressive how 0:05:37.880 --> 0:05:39.840 he showed his strength and power on a couple of 0:05:39.839 --> 0:05:42.039 those runs and obviously broke some big ones. Late in 0:05:42.040 --> 0:05:45.120 the game, Lynn Bowden the double reverse little pitch back 0:05:45.120 --> 0:05:47.560 to him where he made about eight team players miss 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.520 on that play and worked from one side of the 0:05:49.520 --> 0:05:50.839 field all the way back to the part of the 0:05:50.880 --> 0:05:53.159 field where he lined up pre snap. Thought that was 0:05:53.440 --> 0:05:55.080 just it showed you a little bit of the electricity 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:57.360 that Lynn Bowden has in his game and his skill 0:05:57.400 --> 0:05:59.520 set and how he can help you in multiple ways. 0:05:59.680 --> 0:06:01.599 And then Matt Breda finding a way to win the 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:03.720 edge consistently. I thought that was a big part of 0:06:03.760 --> 0:06:06.000 this game plan. Big tip of the hat to the 0:06:06.000 --> 0:06:08.120 tight ends as well. You don't win the edge without 0:06:08.120 --> 0:06:10.240 tight end play out there also, and Matt Brita got 0:06:10.240 --> 0:06:13.159 a few big chunks of yardage off either side. And 0:06:13.200 --> 0:06:15.320 with the running game, how do you get the most 0:06:15.320 --> 0:06:17.840 out of your running game. Well, it's gotta be a 0:06:17.880 --> 0:06:20.880 total team effort, like Brian Flores tells us post game. Yeah, 0:06:20.880 --> 0:06:24.039 I think Chan did a great job really throughout the week. Really, 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:28.440 the entire office staff, Jane Marsh's, Eric Scudsville, George, you know, 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:33.120 the entire staff, Robbie Brown. But the players executed though 0:06:33.160 --> 0:06:36.200 a document ran hard, Breeda ran hard, Patrick Lad ran hard. 0:06:36.800 --> 0:06:39.520 Offensive line blocked. Well, we have received blocking down field. 0:06:39.560 --> 0:06:41.520 I think, you know, we execute. They should be proud 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:43.360 of themselves. And it's a tough it's a world coach 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.720 team over there. We played both today. Let's go ahead 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:47.200 and hear from the man of the hour as well. 0:06:47.200 --> 0:06:49.680 And Savon Akmt the Dolphins leading rusher on the day 0:06:49.680 --> 0:06:52.480 of the Dolphins first one yard rusher in the last 0:06:52.480 --> 0:06:54.240 two seasons. Well, you know, it's just fun to be 0:06:54.279 --> 0:06:56.040 a part of fun, to be a part of a win. Um. 0:06:56.080 --> 0:06:57.440 You know, this is a big win for us and 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.479 our team, and we work hard for it, so you know, 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:01.440 I'm just happy to be a part of it, to 0:07:01.480 --> 0:07:04.760 be a part of organization. And takeaway number two here 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:07.159 for us on the Sunday Night recap podcast of the 0:07:07.160 --> 0:07:10.800 Dolphins down the Patriots twenty two to twelve, is finding 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:13.000 different ways to win. We talked about two d and 0:07:13.040 --> 0:07:15.880 fifty yards on the ground is kind of a new 0:07:16.760 --> 0:07:18.880 a new route to victory for this team this year. 0:07:18.920 --> 0:07:21.040 I think we we saw some really successful work in 0:07:21.080 --> 0:07:23.760 the ground game in the Jacksonville game, the Chargers game, 0:07:23.800 --> 0:07:26.480 for instance, but nothing like this. They nearly double up 0:07:26.480 --> 0:07:29.320 the previous season high, which was that one thirty three 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:33.360 in Jacksonville. We've seen this team win with special teams dominance, 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:36.360 whether it's Jason Sanders hitting five field goals, or Andrew 0:07:36.400 --> 0:07:39.640 Van Gingle blocking a punt, or Jacquine Grant having a 0:07:39.680 --> 0:07:43.160 punt return touchdown himself, or just consistently winning the hidden 0:07:43.240 --> 0:07:46.360 yards battle. As well in association with those big plays 0:07:46.360 --> 0:07:49.880 on special teams, which Miami actually probably didn't do that. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:52.720 In today's game for the first time maybe all year, 0:07:53.000 --> 0:07:55.360 they were dropping some pooch kicks under. The Patriots were 0:07:55.520 --> 0:07:59.640 getting some some short kickoff returns, angling coffin corner punts. 0:08:00.120 --> 0:08:02.160 Slater had the ball down the two yard line like 0:08:02.200 --> 0:08:04.840 he does every single week, it seems like, but none 0:08:04.880 --> 0:08:07.120 of that mattered today because of the running game. We've 0:08:07.120 --> 0:08:09.840 also seen the defense just shut down the Bengals and Jets, 0:08:09.840 --> 0:08:11.920 and back to back weeks we've seen them create four 0:08:11.920 --> 0:08:14.640 turnovers and multiple games this year, we've seen the passing 0:08:14.640 --> 0:08:16.680 game really get the job done and the win over 0:08:16.720 --> 0:08:20.720 the Cardinals. We've seen complete dominant team wins in the game, 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:22.800 like the forty nine game. But today it was the 0:08:22.800 --> 0:08:24.760 first one that I really felt like the running game 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:26.800 just put their hat in the ring and said we 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.840 got this. And that's how you win in January, having 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:33.640 the full capability of everybody on your roster, every position group, 0:08:33.679 --> 0:08:36.320 having the capability of picking up other sides of the 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:38.760 football team. And maybe they're not at their peak, and 0:08:38.840 --> 0:08:40.640 I'm not saying we're gonna make a run to the 0:08:40.679 --> 0:08:42.760 Super Bowl this year or that we're not. I'm just 0:08:42.800 --> 0:08:45.559 saying that that's the most tried and true way to 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.480 win consistently against good football teams. You take away one thing, Okay, 0:08:49.679 --> 0:08:52.000 we can beat you in this area. And that's something 0:08:52.000 --> 0:08:54.439 I always harkened back to the breeze the Drew Brees 0:08:54.480 --> 0:08:56.679 in New Orleans Saints conversation, because a couple of years 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.520 ago they became way more balanced opposed to a team 0:08:59.520 --> 0:09:01.600 that went up and down the field and broke records 0:09:01.600 --> 0:09:03.280 in the passing game, and he started to throw the 0:09:03.320 --> 0:09:06.280 football list so people questioned can he still do it? 0:09:06.360 --> 0:09:08.440 And he proved to them, Hell yeah, I can. We 0:09:08.559 --> 0:09:10.400 just kind of reserve that until we need it because 0:09:10.400 --> 0:09:12.760 the defense and the ground game can get us wins. 0:09:13.000 --> 0:09:15.600 And speaking of that, actually, first hold on, let's do 0:09:15.679 --> 0:09:17.520 some audio first. But I'm gonna come back to this 0:09:17.559 --> 0:09:19.680 point one second. I want to hear from coach Flora's 0:09:19.679 --> 0:09:22.440 about the resiliency of this group because it's a theme 0:09:22.480 --> 0:09:24.720 that goes along with multiple ways to win and finding 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:27.200 depth on the roster and different units to step their 0:09:27.240 --> 0:09:29.760 game up and make big plays and get you to victory. 0:09:30.080 --> 0:09:31.960 Let's go ahead and hear from coach Flora's on the 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.600 resilient group he has in that locker room. I think 0:09:34.600 --> 0:09:37.880 we overcame the tough first half. Look that that just 0:09:37.920 --> 0:09:42.760 speaks to the resiliency and the mental toughness of this team. 0:09:42.920 --> 0:09:45.920 Didn't play great in the first half, you know, got 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.440 down into the red zone, turned it over. This team, 0:09:49.440 --> 0:09:52.400 we don't go in the tank and we just keep playing. 0:09:52.760 --> 0:09:55.640 Just battle for them. That's what they did. Came in 0:09:55.840 --> 0:09:58.679 and halftime, made some adjustments and the cha made some adjustments. 0:09:58.760 --> 0:10:01.000 Josh meet some minut ask me as dating me, just 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.920 m they went up here and executing, and I think 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:07.440 a great guy to ask about something similar to that 0:10:07.520 --> 0:10:10.080 question for coach Flora's as Christian Wilkins, because he was 0:10:10.120 --> 0:10:13.440 the first draft pick of the career and Flora's regime, 0:10:13.520 --> 0:10:16.200 or the Greer and Flora's pairing here in Miami. So 0:10:16.240 --> 0:10:18.559 we had a question for Christian Wilkins here about how 0:10:18.559 --> 0:10:20.760 does it feel to come out from where you were 0:10:20.800 --> 0:10:23.320 back in day number one, back in to be here 0:10:23.320 --> 0:10:26.120 in at nine and five with a chance to control 0:10:26.200 --> 0:10:29.280 your own destiny, to make your own success going forward 0:10:29.280 --> 0:10:32.840 the season. Here's Christian No, It's good to see um 0:10:32.880 --> 0:10:35.079 you know since day one. You know, it was never 0:10:35.120 --> 0:10:37.120 done my mind. After I Mets coach Flores and got 0:10:37.160 --> 0:10:39.360 around the organization that you know, we could you know, 0:10:39.400 --> 0:10:42.840 do some good things. Um, you know, but um, you know, 0:10:43.360 --> 0:10:45.760 I just hope that good things can continue, you know, 0:10:46.280 --> 0:10:47.760 to keep having them for us. But it's all about 0:10:47.800 --> 0:10:49.839 putting the work in. Uh, putting to work in each 0:10:49.880 --> 0:10:52.920 and every week. Uh, you know, just keep it moving. 0:10:52.960 --> 0:10:55.000 I'm just excided to be a part of it. So 0:10:55.040 --> 0:10:57.440 he is a part, a big part of this football team. 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.480 We talked a little bit about Chris career here on 0:10:59.520 --> 0:11:02.320 this podcast, asked the Dolphins personnel staff and the team 0:11:02.320 --> 0:11:04.880 they've assembled, and we talked about it all offseason, the 0:11:04.920 --> 0:11:08.240 free agency, you know, purchases with Van Noy and Byron 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:12.560 Jones and the land and Roberts and Shack Lawson, Emmanuel Ogball, 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:15.520 all these guys having a massive impact. Eric Flower's Ted Carress. 0:11:15.520 --> 0:11:17.600 I'm gonna forget names because there's so many good ones 0:11:17.800 --> 0:11:20.240 you could put on this list. The Dolphins also drafted 0:11:20.280 --> 0:11:22.920 a bunch of rookies and today they started six rookies 0:11:22.920 --> 0:11:25.520 on offense seven in total. The rookies on offense to 0:11:25.679 --> 0:11:29.480 a savan Akhmed, Lynn Bowden, Austin Jackson, Solomon Kiley, and 0:11:29.559 --> 0:11:32.000 Robert Hunt. Was the first time since eighteen that the 0:11:32.040 --> 0:11:35.040 team started six rookies on offense and the Dolphins get 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.480 the win in that game. Seven rookies in total if 0:11:37.520 --> 0:11:40.559 you count defense, because ray Kwon Davis started on defense 0:11:40.559 --> 0:11:43.120 as well, but Brandon Jones did not start, and he 0:11:43.240 --> 0:11:45.680 nearly made the play of the game with that force 0:11:45.760 --> 0:11:49.120 fumble as it was overturned after the fact after exabing, 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.079 Howard picked it up and took it back eighties six 0:11:51.160 --> 0:11:53.520 yards for a touchdown. But still an excellent job there 0:11:53.520 --> 0:11:55.560 from the rookie to get Cam out in space, to 0:11:55.600 --> 0:11:58.160 stand him up in the open field. He misses that tackle. 0:11:58.200 --> 0:12:00.360 It's first and ten in the red zone with the 0:12:00.400 --> 0:12:01.960 three death and leads, so you never know how the 0:12:01.960 --> 0:12:05.600 game turns from there. But just a consistent impact from 0:12:05.600 --> 0:12:08.079 this rookie class all the way around. And it's not 0:12:08.160 --> 0:12:10.120 just with the guys that were drafted or the guys 0:12:10.160 --> 0:12:12.439 that were signed to the big money free agent contracts. 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.679 Savon Akman was picked up after he was cut from 0:12:14.679 --> 0:12:18.120 the fort We saw that consistently throughout the year last season, 0:12:18.120 --> 0:12:20.319 bringing over a guy like Zach Seiler, who now gets 0:12:20.400 --> 0:12:23.319 himself a contract extension this year, trading for Lynn Bowden, 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.200 who never played a game for the Raiders before he 0:12:25.240 --> 0:12:27.800 was traded, swapping fourth and sixth round picks to go 0:12:27.840 --> 0:12:29.920 out and get Lynn Bowden to bring him in here 0:12:30.040 --> 0:12:32.480 and look at the impact he's having. The best front 0:12:32.480 --> 0:12:35.240 offices don't just win in the first round of the 0:12:35.320 --> 0:12:37.920 draft and with their top free agent signing every off season, 0:12:37.960 --> 0:12:40.520 because if that was the case, everybody would do it. 0:12:40.559 --> 0:12:43.439 They win with the you know, the deals like the 0:12:43.480 --> 0:12:45.680 Linn Bowden deal, like picking up with Savan Akhmed like 0:12:45.960 --> 0:12:48.280 undrafted Nick Needom last year and bringing him in and 0:12:48.280 --> 0:12:50.680 getting him to play just really good slot cornerbacks for 0:12:50.679 --> 0:12:53.400 the whole season for you. The Dolphins find multiple avenues 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:55.440 to get players in here and have an impact on 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:57.760 the fifty three man roster. And it's been a whole 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.560 bunch of fun to watch this then come together fourteen 0:13:00.600 --> 0:13:03.440 games in to your number two. But back to the 0:13:03.600 --> 0:13:06.400 speaking of idea that I had on the previous part 0:13:06.400 --> 0:13:08.440 before those those quotes they are from coach and from 0:13:08.480 --> 0:13:11.600 Christian Wilkins talking about the multiple ways to win. Speaking 0:13:11.600 --> 0:13:15.280 of that that's takeaway number three. A quarterback who plays 0:13:15.360 --> 0:13:18.400 winning football, and I just there's winning time in this 0:13:18.520 --> 0:13:22.400 league when things are kind of magnified and things get bigger, 0:13:22.440 --> 0:13:26.040 and certain situations become more amplified, and you just see 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:29.640 the calm nature, the consistent poise of this this young man, 0:13:29.720 --> 0:13:31.720 this twenty two year old quarterback to be in there 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:33.920 and to have the moment never be too big for him. 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:36.080 And it's not like I'm breaking ground here, breaking news. 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.760 We've heard that from Daniel Jeremiah and Bucky Brooks on 0:13:38.800 --> 0:13:41.200 The Move the Sticks podcast. Who got his college coaches, 0:13:41.520 --> 0:13:44.040 his his mom and dad, and Trent Dilfer his his 0:13:44.240 --> 0:13:46.839 uh his post or pre draft coach leading up to 0:13:46.880 --> 0:13:48.920 the draft process. All the people that have been around him, 0:13:48.920 --> 0:13:51.199 from Nick Saban to his teammates at Alabama to the 0:13:51.200 --> 0:13:53.880 people to talk about his spirit and his energy. These 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:56.680 people all talk about his ability to be in the 0:13:56.760 --> 0:13:59.600 moment and to make plays no matter how how you 0:13:59.600 --> 0:14:02.040 know at the lights flash on him. And there was 0:14:02.080 --> 0:14:04.320 a play in this game where it's third and eight, 0:14:04.320 --> 0:14:06.840 Patrick Larry picks up twelve yards on a rushing play 0:14:06.960 --> 0:14:09.840 just on the fringe of the red zone, slash like 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:11.920 field goal range. I think if they get four or 0:14:11.920 --> 0:14:13.559 five yards there, they're in a good spot to kick 0:14:13.559 --> 0:14:16.480 a field goal. But the Dolphins get the first down 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.560 on the ground there and take a lead of six 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:22.520 points with a two point conversion afterwards, opposed to kicking 0:14:22.520 --> 0:14:24.440 a field goal and going up by one point in 0:14:24.520 --> 0:14:27.840 that spot, because they finished that drive with a touchdown 0:14:27.880 --> 0:14:30.960 run from to on third down, which you know, he fights, 0:14:31.040 --> 0:14:32.800 He gets away from the initial rush and then fights 0:14:32.800 --> 0:14:34.800 his way through an arm tackle to get into the 0:14:34.840 --> 0:14:36.720 end zone. Just a big, big play there, A couple 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:38.600 of big plays on that drive. Would have loved to 0:14:38.640 --> 0:14:40.800 have gotten a quote on this from coach or to 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.440 about if he decided to change the play himself or 0:14:43.480 --> 0:14:45.760 if it was something they called in that running play. 0:14:45.880 --> 0:14:47.240 I'll ask that later in the weekend. Get it for 0:14:47.320 --> 0:14:49.200 you guys here. But you know, I just love the 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:51.640 way he plays the game, the way he manages the situation. 0:14:51.720 --> 0:14:53.720 And you hear the word manage a quarterback and you think, 0:14:53.720 --> 0:14:56.360 oh no, that's the kiss of death, the addrested game manager. 0:14:56.400 --> 0:14:58.560 But that's that's not what it is. It's about being 0:14:58.600 --> 0:15:01.040 in control of the situation. We heard Patrick Mahomes talk 0:15:01.080 --> 0:15:03.560 about a post game last week. He was effusive in 0:15:03.640 --> 0:15:06.280 his his praise for to his ability to recognize the 0:15:06.320 --> 0:15:08.360 moment and to play within the structure of how the 0:15:08.400 --> 0:15:10.840 game calls for at that moment, and when he knows 0:15:10.880 --> 0:15:12.920 he's got the ground game in the defense going, he 0:15:13.000 --> 0:15:15.560 plays smart football. In fact, he was very upset with 0:15:15.640 --> 0:15:18.840 himself after the interception on that uh second drive of 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:21.280 the game that got you know was yard drive down 0:15:21.320 --> 0:15:22.920 to the three yard line, throw a pick in the 0:15:22.960 --> 0:15:24.800 end zone on third and goal from the three yard line, 0:15:24.960 --> 0:15:26.840 and that interception really bothered him. Let's go ahead and 0:15:26.840 --> 0:15:29.120 hear from two on that pick. And I think going 0:15:29.160 --> 0:15:31.920 into the third quarter, you know, we we wanted to 0:15:31.960 --> 0:15:34.880 start better than we did in the first first half. 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:38.440 I think the first half we we did pretty well, 0:15:39.040 --> 0:15:41.320 but you know, the decision I made down there and 0:15:41.800 --> 0:15:44.080 in the red area kind of put us back a 0:15:44.080 --> 0:15:47.440 little bit and kind of kept the Patriots in the game. 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:52.480 And yeah, that whole first half, I I was droughting 0:15:52.520 --> 0:15:55.360 that that was you know, my fault because we we 0:15:55.440 --> 0:15:58.800 had points there and I try to force that. So, um, 0:15:59.080 --> 0:16:02.080 you know a third earth quarter and fourth quarter, second half, 0:16:02.120 --> 0:16:04.680 we we just wanted to come out and you know, 0:16:04.760 --> 0:16:07.240 to take what the defense gave us. And you know, 0:16:07.320 --> 0:16:10.280 then you guys seen what what the old line and 0:16:10.360 --> 0:16:14.880 the running backs what we're doing so pretty consistent throughout 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:16.760 the game. They're the running backs in the offensive line. 0:16:16.800 --> 0:16:18.880 You know, the nine yard drive to start things off, 0:16:19.040 --> 0:16:21.640 plenty of running in that action to two of US 0:16:21.640 --> 0:16:23.560 seven for his first eight passes, but the one in 0:16:23.600 --> 0:16:26.240 completion was the interception, and it just got him. I mean, 0:16:26.320 --> 0:16:28.000 the pressure caved in around him. He tried to throw 0:16:28.040 --> 0:16:30.040 the ball to a receiver to make a play and 0:16:30.080 --> 0:16:31.800 try to go from three points to four points, but 0:16:31.920 --> 0:16:33.760 a bit in there on that play, so it didn't 0:16:33.760 --> 0:16:36.040 work out there. But all in all the way he 0:16:36.080 --> 0:16:38.960 manages the game. And we talked about the Bill Belichick 0:16:39.040 --> 0:16:42.120 versus rookie quarterbacks number twenty and five since he got 0:16:42.160 --> 0:16:44.080 to New England, and we saw what he did earlier 0:16:44.080 --> 0:16:46.600 this season to Justin Herbert, you know, limiting that rookie 0:16:46.680 --> 0:16:49.400 quarterback to his worst game of his rookie season, possibly 0:16:49.600 --> 0:16:52.000 a Rookie of the Year season there for Herbert and 0:16:52.160 --> 0:16:55.000 we there was a good clip from the NFL matchup 0:16:55.040 --> 0:16:58.360 with with Matt Bowden and Great Coastel and they talked 0:16:58.400 --> 0:17:00.960 about how you know team scheme things up and they 0:17:01.000 --> 0:17:04.080 show you how the Chargers game, the Patriots would show 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:06.520 pressure and then peel off and drop themselves into a 0:17:06.520 --> 0:17:08.960 passing line and confused Herbert A few times. We saw 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:10.600 the same looks in this game where they would get 0:17:10.640 --> 0:17:13.040 the pressure looks up front and show you five and 0:17:13.040 --> 0:17:15.240 then drop out and bring a different guy and still 0:17:15.240 --> 0:17:17.959 blitz at the quarterback. I thought, too did well to 0:17:17.960 --> 0:17:19.880 to manage that and to see that and to not 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:22.119 play into those traps. There was a play where the 0:17:22.200 --> 0:17:24.719 edge came down and showed pressure on one snap and 0:17:24.720 --> 0:17:27.200 two saw him fall back into a hook zone where 0:17:27.320 --> 0:17:29.399 Savan akh Mad ran a slant route that was supposed 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:31.320 to be in behind him if he rushes here on 0:17:31.359 --> 0:17:33.479 the slant route behind him, but to us saw that 0:17:33.560 --> 0:17:36.159 broke the pocket and through an off platform throw that 0:17:36.200 --> 0:17:38.639 went incomplete. But he saw it. He didn't throw the 0:17:38.680 --> 0:17:40.760 ball right into a dropping defender, kind of like Christian 0:17:40.760 --> 0:17:43.840 Wilkins got that pick back in the Ram game. Rams game. 0:17:44.119 --> 0:17:46.760 So this Patriots defense, you know, they come there with 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:48.920 the ninth lowest blitz rate, and I'll be curious to 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:51.240 see that number for this game. How much they blitz 0:17:51.280 --> 0:17:53.200 to ah but they were bringing five guys a lot 0:17:53.240 --> 0:17:54.960 in this game, and it was always from that kind 0:17:54.960 --> 0:17:57.760 of amba pass rush look, different guys from different gaps 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.440 and backing out. Definitely a lot on a young order back. 0:18:00.440 --> 0:18:01.840