Speaker 1: That keep looking down fail touchdown, Miami drawn? What is up?
Speaker 1: Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast, part of
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: How's it going everybody? It's a Thursday. I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield and as always, I am here to bring
Speaker 1: you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. And on
Speaker 1: today's show, it's a preview Thursday. We played a game
Speaker 1: one week ago, but we'll have to wait three more
Speaker 1: days for this one. As the Dolphins travel up to
Speaker 1: MetLife and bring a bunch of rowdy fans with them,
Speaker 1: including myself, Seth Levin O J. Mcduffee for the MetLife Takeover.
Speaker 1: We'll break this game down with an introduction to the
Speaker 1: current Jets position by position matchups, the three keys to
Speaker 1: the game, and how Miami can win their third straight.
Speaker 1: From the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex,
Speaker 1: this is the Drive Time Podcast. It's time for a
Speaker 1: preview podcast and a trip to Jersey to take on
Speaker 1: the New York Jets. As we do every week here
Speaker 1: on the preview edition, we start with an intro into
Speaker 1: our opponent the first time this season Dolphins and Jets,
Speaker 1: and they actually will break a deadlock in this game,
Speaker 1: provided there's no tie fifty five to fifty five to
Speaker 1: one all time in this series. And we're gonna see
Speaker 1: this team twice in a four week span. And I
Speaker 1: always like saying it's a team with the wrong shade
Speaker 1: of green, and I know Aqua isn't technically green. I
Speaker 1: think it's more on the blue side of the spectrum,
Speaker 1: if I'm correct on that, but it still works, right.
Speaker 1: I mean, I remember seeing a promo for college hoops
Speaker 1: back in like I don't know, two thousand two. I
Speaker 1: used to be really into the Tar Heels and Blue
Speaker 1: Devil's rivalry, like the Antoine Jamison days, and I think
Speaker 1: that was about as good as it ever got. Maybe
Speaker 1: I'm wrong on that, you basketball fans can't correct me,
Speaker 1: but anyway, there was a promo for that game that
Speaker 1: ran for like a week up to it, and the
Speaker 1: voiceover on the promo said something to the effect of
Speaker 1: two teams separated by only eight miles in six shades
Speaker 1: of blue or something like that. And now I apply
Speaker 1: it to my own personal most hated division rival. It
Speaker 1: is Jets weak. And as I mentioned on the Seth
Speaker 1: and o J podcast. The Rex Ryan years was what
Speaker 1: really stirred up the victual for me. But since then
Speaker 1: it's been a rough road for our division rivals up
Speaker 1: to the North. They won fifty nine games the last
Speaker 1: ten years and only two teams had less victories over
Speaker 1: that span in Cleveland and Jacksonville. Are you guys fans
Speaker 1: of the Around the NFL podcast on NFL Media. I'm
Speaker 1: always privy to the successes and failures of our a
Speaker 1: f C East rivals. But Dan Hans is the host
Speaker 1: of that podcast, is as die hard for the Jets
Speaker 1: as we all are for the Dolphins, and he has
Speaker 1: talked a lot about how devoid of joy the last
Speaker 1: deck Gata football has been for the Jet fan and
Speaker 1: even more so you know these last five or six years.
Speaker 1: And in fact, the first year I began listening to
Speaker 1: the A t N pod was the off season of ten,
Speaker 1: when they were coming off a ten win season in
Speaker 1: which they had a chance to go into Buffalo in
Speaker 1: Week seventeen win and get in. And I believe that
Speaker 1: Buffalo team was either six or seven win team that season,
Speaker 1: and the Jets came up short behind the arm of
Speaker 1: Ryan Fitzpatrick. He had three picks in that game. But
Speaker 1: since then, it's been a really rough go for them
Speaker 1: from steen to present five and eleven, five and eleven,
Speaker 1: four and twelve, seven and nine, which was kind of
Speaker 1: propped up at the back end of the schedule after
Speaker 1: a slow start and a softer part of the schedule,
Speaker 1: and they kind of won some games there down the stretch,
Speaker 1: then two and fourteen and now currently two and seven,
Speaker 1: But those wins this year came against the Titans and Bengals,
Speaker 1: So don't think they won't pick you off. You cannot
Speaker 1: have that mindset. You have to get that in there.
Speaker 1: But this segment is more about how the Jets got
Speaker 1: to this current place and as we do every week
Speaker 1: on the Preview podcast, want to talk about this team,
Speaker 1: and actually I think they are on the right track.
Speaker 1: It's just too early into their process to truly evaluate
Speaker 1: the win lost total that first year on a kind
Speaker 1: of tear down, rebuild, the wind lost whole thing. Not
Speaker 1: that big of a deal lot to me for the
Speaker 1: most part, but I think Joe Douglas has done a
Speaker 1: fantastic job of really maximizing the resources and assets that
Speaker 1: he had, namely parlaying Jamal Adams, you know, into a
Speaker 1: into a pair of first round draft picks for a
Speaker 1: guy who right now, you know, he's a pressure and
Speaker 1: run defense safety who's just not doing a whole lot
Speaker 1: for the Seahawks on that side of the football. And
Speaker 1: to get two first rounders and possibly a top ten
Speaker 1: pick next year, which I believe will go below that
Speaker 1: because the seahawks current struggles will probably stop now that
Speaker 1: Russell Wilson's back at the controls. But that's besides the point.
Speaker 1: They maximize that resource the way Miami did with their
Speaker 1: resources back in twenty nineteen. Right. In a lot of ways,
Speaker 1: it was kind of Miami's approach in that same time span.
Speaker 1: Anytime you're presented better than market value, or I should
Speaker 1: say at least the perceived market value, you want to
Speaker 1: capitalize on that. And if you do that enough times repeatedly,
Speaker 1: you'll start to see it kind of bare fruit for you. Process, process, process, Right.
Speaker 1: We talked about that all the time. It's kind of
Speaker 1: the theme of the Drivetime podcast. Now, some of their
Speaker 1: draft capital has had some injury problems. McKay Beckton looked
Speaker 1: like a future All pro before the medical begin to
Speaker 1: take a toll on him and he's a big body, dude.
Speaker 1: I love Elijah Vera Tucker, although I'm not crazy about
Speaker 1: spending multiple mid round draft picks to go up for
Speaker 1: one guy on the offensive line when they really had
Speaker 1: multiple spots to fill this offseason, But at the end
Speaker 1: of the day, you get a good player and Elijah
Speaker 1: Vera Tucker. I thought Elijah Moore was an absolute steal
Speaker 1: for them in the second round. Quentin Williams is a
Speaker 1: true shop wrecker, so was John Franklin Myers. Michael Carter
Speaker 1: the running back. They also have a cornerback by the
Speaker 1: same name is having a stellar rookie season, and I
Speaker 1: thought Corey Davis was a nice signing this offseason to
Speaker 1: give Zack Wilson some more weapons. So they're loaded with
Speaker 1: draft capital and have a very young team, and this
Speaker 1: year is certainly one for building for them. But the
Speaker 1: one thing you always want to see in those kind
Speaker 1: of rebuild the years is the flashes, right and I
Speaker 1: mean we all pointed as Dolphins fans in twenty nine
Speaker 1: team to the Eagles and Patriots victories, and rightly so
Speaker 1: as great signs of progress. And the Jets have a
Speaker 1: pair of wins over the best team right now as
Speaker 1: far as record goes in the a f C and
Speaker 1: Tennessee and another playoff contender in the five and four Bengals,
Speaker 1: who have kind of fallen off since that loss, but again,
Speaker 1: a competitive team, so this league, you always gotta bring
Speaker 1: your best. It'll be interesting to see how these two
Speaker 1: teams progress in their different stages of building under their young,
Speaker 1: first time coaches. But enough of that. Let's get to
Speaker 1: the game on Sunday, and as we do weekly, we
Speaker 1: start with the Jet quarterback against the Miami Safeties and
Speaker 1: first off, major thanks to the Jets for announcing early
Speaker 1: on Wednesday before recording this podcast that it would be
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco starting under center for the Jets. Robert Sala
Speaker 1: announced this citing Flacco's experience over Mike White, who threw
Speaker 1: four picks and their loss to Buffalo last week, after
Speaker 1: Jets fans were kind of excited to see if maybe
Speaker 1: he could up end Zach Wilson's early start here to
Speaker 1: his career. That obviously will not happen now, but Zack
Speaker 1: Wilson's at the four week mark of a two to
Speaker 1: four week injury, so giving him a little more time
Speaker 1: to heal up. You have to imagine we'd see him
Speaker 1: in that game down here at hard Rock Stadium in
Speaker 1: about a month. But it's flat go for now. And
Speaker 1: this is intriguing to me for a number of reasons.
Speaker 1: I'm sure the topic of last year's game, a Dolphins
Speaker 1: shutout over Flacco in the Jets, will make its rounds
Speaker 1: on Twitter and the pregame shows and whatnot, but I
Speaker 1: don't think that plays here. Obviously, both teams are gonna
Speaker 1: be different from the year ago, but that system couldn't
Speaker 1: be more different than it is now. And truthfully, I
Speaker 1: think the idea of Mike Lafleur coming from that NFL
Speaker 1: current predominant system, of that Shanahan McVeigh tree and system
Speaker 1: to kind of construct a play action slash boot heavy
Speaker 1: attack to maximize Zach Wilson's ability to kind of go
Speaker 1: off platform, off script and throw from different arm angles
Speaker 1: with the arm talent and mobility he has. But again,
Speaker 1: he's not in the lineup this week, So how does
Speaker 1: that system ish with what Joe Flacco does. Well, Flacco
Speaker 1: isn't gonna be a part of designed runs. He's not
Speaker 1: gonna be your wildcat r P O or zone read
Speaker 1: quarterback out of the pistol. He's just not gonna beat
Speaker 1: your contain on rollouts. But he does have a giant
Speaker 1: arm and can drive the football field the football down
Speaker 1: the field, so you definitely have to be privy to
Speaker 1: some of those deep passing concepts. He steps into an
Speaker 1: offense that currently operates almost exclusively out of two packages
Speaker 1: eleven personnel, which of course is the NFL's bread and butter,
Speaker 1: and then this year you've seen a huge increase in
Speaker 1: twelve personnel across the league. That's one back, two tight ends,
Speaker 1: and two receivers at so if my math is right,
Speaker 1: that's eight nine percent, and honestly, it's a very standard
Speaker 1: look in today's NFL, not a bunch of two back sets,
Speaker 1: which was something Flacco had a bunch of success with
Speaker 1: up in Baltimore, as well as twelve personnel. And obviously
Speaker 1: he's made four stops with three teams since that time
Speaker 1: with Broncos, Jets, Eagles now back boom ringing to the
Speaker 1: Jets once more. But they're only other offensive package with
Speaker 1: more than two percent utilization is ten personnel. That's one back,
Speaker 1: no tight ends, four receivers set. So you generally know
Speaker 1: what you're getting with this Jets offense as far as
Speaker 1: personnel goes, and we saw Miami have a bunch of
Speaker 1: success against both twelve and twenty one personnel. The heavy
Speaker 1: approach of the Baltimore Ravens obviously vastly different quarterbacks and offenses.
Speaker 1: But I'm really intrigued to see what they cook up
Speaker 1: after that game plan they rolled out last week. It
Speaker 1: was brilliant, tasted great, five stars. But we get to
Speaker 1: the Miami safeties here Before we do, I should say
Speaker 1: here is exactly what Sala said of the decision to
Speaker 1: go with Joe Flacco. Quote Joe. One of the reasons
Speaker 1: we got Joe was the experienced part of it, not
Speaker 1: only for the playing ability for the room, but also
Speaker 1: situations just like this. Miami's got a dynamic coverage situation
Speaker 1: when it pertains the defense with Cover zero and all
Speaker 1: the different coverages that they run. Joe has been kind
Speaker 1: of a kind of been there, done that, and just
Speaker 1: kind of steadying experience that we felt like a post
Speaker 1: in the best position to win this game. So there
Speaker 1: you go. We've covered a lot of the safety play
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins over the last few weeks, and that's
Speaker 1: because these two guys are just playing really good ball
Speaker 1: right now. And actually it's three because Eric Rose having
Speaker 1: his best stretch of the season as well, and it's
Speaker 1: been through plenty of blitzing, as we've noted here on
Speaker 1: the podcast and otherwise. And while I don't have the
Speaker 1: blitz numbers on Flacco this year, because while he just
Speaker 1: took three snaps for the first time this season and
Speaker 1: mop up duty against Buffalo and he actually went three
Speaker 1: for three for forty seven yards and a teddy, good
Speaker 1: for him, good for Joe. But last year in that
Speaker 1: game against Miami, the Dolphins sent an extra rusher on
Speaker 1: twenty two of his forty seven dropback, so a little
Speaker 1: less than fifty I know that math enough. At least
Speaker 1: against the blitz, Flacco was ten for twenty three with
Speaker 1: four sacks, eighty eight yards in a pick. So it
Speaker 1: was very effective against him a year ago. Will it
Speaker 1: be this year? He's got better weapons and a better
Speaker 1: offensive line in a different system, so we'll find out.
Speaker 1: And just to finish it off, we talked about the
Speaker 1: La Fleur and Shanahan mckmcveigh connection there. Miami played both
Speaker 1: of those teams last year, the Rams and the Niners
Speaker 1: and had great game plans for really all those wide runs,
Speaker 1: the quarterback boots and blitzing to flash color. But then
Speaker 1: once you flash the color and force a Jared Goff
Speaker 1: or a Jimmy Garoppolo or a Joe Flacco to kind
Speaker 1: of hitch and tuck the ball and try to protect
Speaker 1: himself as he climbs and searches for an escape route.
Speaker 1: That's when you can have a lot of success and
Speaker 1: put hits in the quarterback negatively impact there down in
Speaker 1: distant situation, maybe you force an Erran throw. And those
Speaker 1: were two of the Dolphin's most successful game plans a
Speaker 1: year ago, where they really pressured the naked boot option
Speaker 1: off the wide runs to really contain the edge from
Speaker 1: both the run and the quarterback trying to leak out
Speaker 1: and give himself a clean pocket, which I'm sure you'll
Speaker 1: see some of that in this game. I'll be curious
Speaker 1: see how Miami goes after that. And really, if you
Speaker 1: look at the average points allowed, takeaways, third down comparison
Speaker 1: against those two opponents a year ago, compared to what
Speaker 1: they do what they did against everybody else, it was
Speaker 1: a huge departure for this Dolphins defense to get those
Speaker 1: teams off track. So hopefully we see that again, but
Speaker 1: I'm just generally curious to see the planned adjustment for
Speaker 1: both sides, and Miami's gonna need both Holland and Jones
Speaker 1: to continue disguising the coverages and making plays on the
Speaker 1: back end moving out wide to the Jets receivers slash
Speaker 1: tight end versus the Miami cornerbacks. They made two additions
Speaker 1: this offseason that really bolstered this unit from the one
Speaker 1: we saw a year ago. Corey Davis is a big, strong,
Speaker 1: physically gifted receiver, you know, physically gifted enough to go
Speaker 1: fifth overall in the draft a few years back to
Speaker 1: the Tennessee Titans. And before we get into these matchups,
Speaker 1: I found it interesting that in forty four coverage snaps
Speaker 1: a week ago, Tradavious White for Buffalo saw just two
Speaker 1: pass targets against the Jets, so they went away from
Speaker 1: him and you can watch it on tape. They didn't
Speaker 1: want any part of Trey White. Will the story be
Speaker 1: the same here this week regarding Xavien Howard. I mean,
Speaker 1: Byron Jones is pretty damn good too, but x did
Speaker 1: get a pick in both Jets games. Last week's so
Speaker 1: might not be the worst idea. But as for Davis,
Speaker 1: a lot of his work came late in the game
Speaker 1: when the result was already in hand. He's been their
Speaker 1: go to guy for hundred forty two receiving yards in
Speaker 1: the season and four touchdowns, but he's catching less than
Speaker 1: six of his targets, while Elijah Moore has kind of
Speaker 1: come on here late in the season. He has two
Speaker 1: hundred and seventy four yards and far more limited time,
Speaker 1: but he's starting to come on here. For this Jets offense,
Speaker 1: he's gonna get open. He's a tough ask inside. He's
Speaker 1: one of those glue hands guys that just catches everything
Speaker 1: that doesn't really make sense to you. And in a
Speaker 1: game where you obviously want to get pressure on Flacco,
Speaker 1: he might be that quick outlet that you want to
Speaker 1: take away off the top to force Flacco into a
Speaker 1: secondary decision or to hold the ball for an extra
Speaker 1: beat and look elsewhere. They also love to get the
Speaker 1: football to Michael Carter in space or all those quick checkdowns.
Speaker 1: More on that here in just one moment. So whether
Speaker 1: that's a bracket or a double team, or even chipping
Speaker 1: and disrupting the release of a Elijah More with a
Speaker 1: backer or an edge defender, I think you probably want
Speaker 1: to get hands on him early in the route and
Speaker 1: make him take some more time to get to that release.
Speaker 1: You don't want to get any quick access here for
Speaker 1: Elijah More in this game, and they're gonna find a
Speaker 1: way to stack him and to motion him and get
Speaker 1: him clear access. So just keep an eye on Elijah More.
Speaker 1: I think he's kind of the key to the offensive
Speaker 1: game plan here for the Jets. After that, it's kind
Speaker 1: of a mixture of guys that they have made play
Speaker 1: slash been active options for the Jets this season. I
Speaker 1: mean Denzel Mims, he's only been up for six games
Speaker 1: after a rookie season where he looked like he might
Speaker 1: be a solution there. Jamison crowd of the same deal,
Speaker 1: six games. Keelan Cole, a guy that's only seen twenty
Speaker 1: nine targets. So when I look at who takes who,
Speaker 1: I have to imagine the Jets will move guys around
Speaker 1: because they just are not beholden to one guy at
Speaker 1: one position with this receiving corps and kind of buying
Speaker 1: into that flexibility mindset, so they're gonna try to dictate
Speaker 1: matchups my thing here again, Elijah More, I think he's
Speaker 1: the answer to the quick game for them, And again,
Speaker 1: kind of one thing that this offense does is condensed
Speaker 1: the field and forces you to play inside, so that
Speaker 1: can also kind of help Miami with regards to getting
Speaker 1: extra hats in the box, but also kind of the
Speaker 1: pressure package, and I think that's where the success came
Speaker 1: from a year ago, where you have, you know, this
Speaker 1: wide zone and kind of misdirection and get linebackers taking
Speaker 1: false steps and create knows in the passing game. With
Speaker 1: all that I candy, because of those condensed packages, you
Speaker 1: can then get even more creative with your rush and
Speaker 1: who bails out because there's not as much distance to
Speaker 1: cover when you do bill out. So I think it's
Speaker 1: kind of beneficial to Miami in that regard. And of course,
Speaker 1: your primary answer for the Jet passing game is the
Speaker 1: blocking up front, which takes us to the Dolphins defensive
Speaker 1: line versus the Jets offensive line. Some pressure numbers here
Speaker 1: for these big dudes. Still no McKay Beckton back for
Speaker 1: the Jets, so we get to look at the fan
Speaker 1: slash Moses tackle combo with Vera, Tucker McGovern and Van
Speaker 1: Rotten Rotten inside just the name power alone. Another tip
Speaker 1: of the hat here to Joe Douglas for getting this
Speaker 1: line at least partially turned around from what it had
Speaker 1: been in years prior. Obviously still some work to go,
Speaker 1: but getting Moses really kind of saved them from having
Speaker 1: to go to the practice squad for a swing tackle.
Speaker 1: With Chuma Adoga also down, Moses and Fan obviously playing
Speaker 1: a lot now at those positions, and that veteran presence
Speaker 1: inside I think can really help along with first rounder
Speaker 1: Elijah Vera Tucker. So for four d and twenty three
Speaker 1: little snaps on this offensive line, Greg Van Rotten, Elijah
Speaker 1: Vera Tucker, and Connor McGovern have all played wire to wire.
Speaker 1: Moses on three nine two pass blocking snaps and pant
Speaker 1: three eight six, so pretty good continuity there. They just
Speaker 1: haven't had well those tackles they normally had for most
Speaker 1: of the season, but Fan four team pressures allowed, two
Speaker 1: sacks and no hits. He's been by far their best
Speaker 1: offensive lineman in past protection. Vera Tucker twenty seven pressures,
Speaker 1: one sack and five hits. McGovern thirteen pressures, three sacks
Speaker 1: and no hits. Van roten thirty two pressures, three sacks
Speaker 1: and a hit, with Moses getting twenty nine pressures, two
Speaker 1: sacks and eight hits on him, and a few things
Speaker 1: here stand out to me. George Fan has been really good.
Speaker 1: He was a guy that I actually targeted a couple
Speaker 1: of years back as a possible free agent idea just
Speaker 1: because of his athletic ability and lengthen the size composition
Speaker 1: that he fits with the Dolphins down here, but he
Speaker 1: wind up with the Jets. Moses has been solid despite
Speaker 1: the high pressure total and then the guard positions have
Speaker 1: been kind of vulnerable, not just in terms of total
Speaker 1: pressures allowed, but converting those pressures into sacks. And that's
Speaker 1: the sign that those guys kind of when they get beat,
Speaker 1: it's not good for them. Even over the center position,
Speaker 1: where McGovern has allowed just third team pressures this season.
Speaker 1: So how do teams get those pressures? Well, Van wrote
Speaker 1: and allowed nine pressures the last two weeks against Indian Buffalo.
Speaker 1: That's a Grover Stewart DeForest Buckner combination, which two different
Speaker 1: players ones long and strong and incredibly powerful with with
Speaker 1: wicked hands, and Grover Stewart's more of a squatty body
Speaker 1: power guy that can run three you, and then Buffalo
Speaker 1: has kind of the same mindset there At Oliver he's
Speaker 1: more of your Buckner where Starlatu Delay is more of
Speaker 1: your Grover Stewart. But he had a two game stretch
Speaker 1: with third team pressures allowed back in weeks two and
Speaker 1: three versus Denver in New England, and those are completely
Speaker 1: different schemes stylistically, so I guess there's different ways to
Speaker 1: approach this. But to be fair, he did bounce back
Speaker 1: with one pressure allowed against that tough Patriots front slash
Speaker 1: system just five weeks later. I'd be an area to
Speaker 1: dolf for the Dolphins to attack their Elijah Vera Tucker
Speaker 1: third team pressures over the last three weeks against the Bengals, Colts,
Speaker 1: and Wills obviously same as the above players, but his
Speaker 1: lowest PFF pass blocking grades occurred the last two weeks,
Speaker 1: so maybe there's something happening there. And you know what,
Speaker 1: as we kind of continue this, this is just a
Speaker 1: theme for this team. A lot of the pressures have
Speaker 1: occurred over the last few weeks, and that coincides with
Speaker 1: the QB change. QB change quarterback change. Obviously, Zack Wilson
Speaker 1: was and is a very mobile quarterback so an adjustment
Speaker 1: period for them to get a little more familiar with
Speaker 1: a more of a pocket style quarterback, and no quarterback
Speaker 1: is more of a pocket quarterback than Joe Flacco. But
Speaker 1: back to the offensive line, Moses twelve pressures last three
Speaker 1: weeks against that same group, six against the Colts, and
Speaker 1: Comoco to Ray had a great game there, so did
Speaker 1: Quitty Pay and you know Terray and Pay kind of
Speaker 1: Actually it's a bad round. I'm trying to go for
Speaker 1: a stupid rhyme. But Terray compares kind of in the
Speaker 1: same mold of Agba with the length and that first
Speaker 1: step quickness. But it was Quity Pay who had the
Speaker 1: biggest game there. He had nine pressures, working both sides
Speaker 1: of the offensive line. And what does he have. He's
Speaker 1: an explosive first step rusher and the ability to really
Speaker 1: work through contact and shed blocks again, two things I
Speaker 1: think are real strengths of both of Jalen Phillips and
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Ogbass. So trying to find that matchup hairing there
Speaker 1: that looks good for the Dolphins and working off that
Speaker 1: left side. Fan has only allowed three pressures or more
Speaker 1: in just one game, and that was last week. But
Speaker 1: obviously that was a ton of pass attempts because that
Speaker 1: game got out of hand quickly for the Jets up
Speaker 1: in Buffalo. Maybe it was in New York, I can't remember,
Speaker 1: but just one pressure allowed in two games against the Patriots.
Speaker 1: So I think the idea here I'm trying to get
Speaker 1: to is the interior rush kind of takes precedence, and
Speaker 1: that's where Miami is really really good and has a
Speaker 1: lot of those games they can call upon. Adam Butler's
Speaker 1: first step quickness I think comes into play here. Christian
Speaker 1: Wilkins and what he's done all season long. Obviously Zax
Speaker 1: either getting after a rerae Kwon Davis. I like that
Speaker 1: matchup from Miami inside with those guys going up against
Speaker 1: this kind of young and experienced Jets interior. So that's
Speaker 1: why I think Miami can exploit in this matchup, condensing
Speaker 1: guys inside and getting that kind of look where Phillips
Speaker 1: goes into three tech or the four eye, same Emmanuel
Speaker 1: Ogba showing pressure with backers and safeties mug up those
Speaker 1: games up inside, Butler setting the table, Wilkins getting the
Speaker 1: job done. Agba and Phillips pairing up together on the
Speaker 1: same side of the formation to get in position to
Speaker 1: come off the edge or inside. Interesting matchup here. I
Speaker 1: like Miami's chances. Let's go ahead and finish up with
Speaker 1: the position group that has one of my favorite players
Speaker 1: in this past year's draft class, and that's the Jets
Speaker 1: running back versus Dolphins linebackers Michael Carter formerly of North Carolina,
Speaker 1: and I like Javonte Williams a lot too. Is up
Speaker 1: to of their workload, and that's actually been pretty consistent
Speaker 1: since the beginning of the season. He's got speed to burn.
Speaker 1: If he gets clear into the second level, he can
Speaker 1: turn a chunk gain into a home run. Even though
Speaker 1: his season long is eighteen yards, he only has two
Speaker 1: runs of plus fifteen yards this season. Just don't let
Speaker 1: them get out of the gate, because we saw what
Speaker 1: he can do down at the Senior Bowl and mobile
Speaker 1: in that arena. Can't have that. Also, the passing game
Speaker 1: production he leads the team and receptions and they'll just
Speaker 1: they'll do it almost exclusively from the backfield. He has
Speaker 1: just thirty seven of three snaps coming anywhere besides the backfield.
Speaker 1: So Texas routes flat screens that type of thing, and
Speaker 1: with Fara, Tucker is kind of a lead guy. You
Speaker 1: can see why. But once again, though, there's a spike
Speaker 1: in his workload based upon the change of quarterback and
Speaker 1: the old adage says that young quarterbacks rely on backs
Speaker 1: and tight ends more right, And since Mike White entered
Speaker 1: the lineup, Carter has twenty nine targets. Where prior to that,
Speaker 1: in the first five games with Zack Wilson a rookie,
Speaker 1: he had just third team. So will that continue with
Speaker 1: Joe Flacco. I don't know the answer to that, but
Speaker 1: if it does, Miami has options, and I would imagine
Speaker 1: one of those options is to just directly blitz at
Speaker 1: him and force him to stay in like, hey, you
Speaker 1: gotta pick me up. Because if you can't get into
Speaker 1: the route when your scan produces an alert like ping,
Speaker 1: gotta go get that guy in pass pro, then you're
Speaker 1: not gonna be able to get in your passing routes.
Speaker 1: That might be one way you can limit Michael Carter's
Speaker 1: receding production in this game. They also put the football
Speaker 1: a lot to Tie Johnson, the other running back that
Speaker 1: plays the most. Uh. Well, we saw it last week
Speaker 1: with the speed at the linebacker position really benefiting Miami
Speaker 1: in that game with Jerome Baker, Andrew Van Gink, Goldiland Phillips.
Speaker 1: I think they need the same thing here this week
Speaker 1: against this Jets offense. Onto the other side. Hello from
Speaker 1: the and I'm not gonna do the adoo Dolphins quarterback
Speaker 1: versus Jet safeties. To is expected to start this game,
Speaker 1: as Brian Florest holes on Wednesday, And if you haven't
Speaker 1: seen it already, make sure you go back and check
Speaker 1: out Tungo by Lois press conference on Wednesday and keep
Speaker 1: close eye on the very end when he does a
Speaker 1: little dance for us at the podium. It's I don't
Speaker 1: know how you can't love to. He's the best, but
Speaker 1: he sure does hold the attention of the press when
Speaker 1: he does media in that little room back there here
Speaker 1: up in our building. But as for the game goes,
Speaker 1: Marcus May went on injury reserve last week and they
Speaker 1: went back to Jared Wilson last week after he didn't
Speaker 1: play since the Week five game in London against the Falcons.
Speaker 1: Wilson is a coverage slash run defender. In fact, both
Speaker 1: safeties are just four pass rush attempts on his one
Speaker 1: d and seventy six total snaps, and he's been pretty
Speaker 1: solid and run defense, which checks out because Ashton Davis
Speaker 1: is more of a coverage guy. He was a slot
Speaker 1: safety combo at Cal. He was a coverage dynamo and
Speaker 1: a playmaker there, but it hasn't quite clicked for him
Speaker 1: here yet. One of my favorite players not that year's
Speaker 1: draft cycle, but he also does not blitz three pass
Speaker 1: rush attempts on three total reps. This season, it hasn't
Speaker 1: been as smooth of a transition. He's been targeted eighteen
Speaker 1: times and allowed seventeen catches this season. That's gonna be
Speaker 1: a theme throughout the podcast here for the Dolphins offense
Speaker 1: as a whole. The Jets are surrendering explosive plays of
Speaker 1: their past plays. Those are twenty plush yard gains and
Speaker 1: that's thirty second in the National Football League in that ranking.
Speaker 1: And again to kind of bring this back to solos philosophy, philosophy,
Speaker 1: when he was with the forty niners, it was aggressive,
Speaker 1: one gap penetrating style to crank up the heat with
Speaker 1: those guys and play coverage. So perhaps Miami has a
Speaker 1: little more time to set up longer developing plays and
Speaker 1: some shot plays down the football field. I mean, we
Speaker 1: saw Jalen Waddle catch some routes, some deep over routes
Speaker 1: from those deep crossers the last couple of weeks, and
Speaker 1: those came from max pro looks, working off play action
Speaker 1: or just finding ways to create those clean pockets. With
Speaker 1: the Jets on balance blitz of the time, it's actually
Speaker 1: middle of the pack, and that probably has a lot
Speaker 1: more to do with the personnel opposed what they had
Speaker 1: in San Francisco with Joey Bosa and DeForest Buckner and
Speaker 1: Eric Armstead and all the guys. They had to bring
Speaker 1: pressure on the quarterback, but their pressure rate is twenty
Speaker 1: at three point nine. I'll be curious to see if
Speaker 1: they do that this time around, or if there's some
Speaker 1: adapting to try to maximize the opportunity with the big
Speaker 1: plays this Jets defense has allowed. You don't just show
Speaker 1: up and hit it. You've got to execute. But how
Speaker 1: will Miami try that, because as it pertains to toa
Speaker 1: I mean, we've seen teams approach him differently all season long.
Speaker 1: Buffalo brought the heat and really helped limit the offense
Speaker 1: and both those outings, albeit for just a few snaps
Speaker 1: the first time around, but the Patriots played more coverage
Speaker 1: and rarely blitz to Uh in that game, and he
Speaker 1: made some big plays to thirty plush yard completions in
Speaker 1: that game, but the offense ultimately only had three scoring drives.
Speaker 1: And outside of those big plays and the three scoring drives,
Speaker 1: wasn't much cooking for the Miami offense. And the Falcons
Speaker 1: did the exact same thing, played coverage any three for
Speaker 1: four touchdown passes in that game. And one way he
Speaker 1: can replicate that success is from some help from his friends.
Speaker 1: Taking us into our next matchup here, the Dolphins receivers
Speaker 1: and tight ends against the Jets cornerbacks again, Jalen Waddle.
Speaker 1: He's seeing an increasing role at the receiver position. We
Speaker 1: heard coach Grizzard talk a little bit about him playing
Speaker 1: outside more last week, and to I talked about this
Speaker 1: Wednesday how having guys that played every position makes his
Speaker 1: job easier to identify matchups. And that's gonna be the
Speaker 1: theme of the week from me here. Who do the
Speaker 1: Jets having that back end? Well? Marcus may is out law.
Speaker 1: Marcus Joiner was hurt in Game one only who played
Speaker 1: nine snaps after signing here as a free agent, He's
Speaker 1: gone for the season. Their best cover guy has been
Speaker 1: Bryce Hall, who they were able to get late in
Speaker 1: the draft because of an injury his final year there Virginia.
Speaker 1: He was like cornerback one, I think for a lot
Speaker 1: of folks before the injury. But he starts alongside Brandon
Speaker 1: Eccles last week and then Javelin Gidgerey played the same
Speaker 1: number of snaps as equals both twenty nine snaps each,
Speaker 1: so they're really going by committee there though Michael Carter
Speaker 1: not the running back, a different player is second and
Speaker 1: snaps at the position with four and twenty six. This
Speaker 1: is a unit that was coming into the season an
Speaker 1: area they had to focus on, you know, next offseason,
Speaker 1: a little bit undermanned coming into the year because they're rebuilding, right,
Speaker 1: they can't do every position at once, but it has
Speaker 1: really been bitten by the injury bug. So I think
Speaker 1: about finding matchups as it usually is. You know, I'll
Speaker 1: be curious to find out if Miami will find their rabbit,
Speaker 1: the guy they want to go after an attack relentlessly,
Speaker 1: or will it be more about feeding someone specifically on
Speaker 1: your own offense and just kind of looking at some
Speaker 1: of the numbers here from coverage standpoint, Bryce Hall three
Speaker 1: hundred and fifty six coverage snaps allowed three hundred thirty
Speaker 1: seven yards and three touchdowns Carter to sixty seven and
Speaker 1: coverage three hundred nineteen yards seventy five point six percent
Speaker 1: completion rate, echoes two hundred and fifty seven coverage snaps
Speaker 1: just a hundred and twelve yards and javel and Gidrey
Speaker 1: one thirty six coverage snaps a hundred and seventy six yards.
Speaker 1: There So giddre mostly an outside corner eighteen reps in
Speaker 1: the slot equals has just two slot reps. And then
Speaker 1: Bryce Hall has not played in the slot at all,
Speaker 1: so to use a combination of backs and safeties to
Speaker 1: help fill that role. But last week with Hole Beasley
Speaker 1: for the Buffalo Bills, he only saw two targets for
Speaker 1: fifteen yards. Both were catches. But teams have gone back
Speaker 1: and forth in terms of who they go after inside
Speaker 1: or outside Michael Carter, Bryce Hall, Brandon Eccles or Javelin Gudrey.
Speaker 1: So I just don't I don't think it's about trying
Speaker 1: to go over the matchups here in Miami likes to
Speaker 1: move people around, and I think it'll be a play
Speaker 1: by play deal to just find out who you want
Speaker 1: to go after. There's options there. But in order to
Speaker 1: do that, how about the past protection upfront? Dolphins offensive
Speaker 1: line versus the Jets defensive line, and this is where
Speaker 1: the Jets strength lies on the d line, particularly inside
Speaker 1: with big Old Quinnin Williams. What an impressive player. Twenty
Speaker 1: three pressures this year, twenty run stops. He does everything,
Speaker 1: so does John Franklin Myers. One of the most underrated
Speaker 1: players in the league. And I blamed that on a
Speaker 1: very generic name, like if it was skid bart boot Bop,
Speaker 1: he'd probably be a lot more popular, right, And that's
Speaker 1: you go ahead and isolate that sound for you for Twitter.
Speaker 1: But anyway, John Franklin Myers, this guy is outstanding. You
Speaker 1: have to find a way to not let these two
Speaker 1: guys erect the game. The Jets were pretty excited back
Speaker 1: and Hamp with the prospect of wrecking things inside with
Speaker 1: those two guys and then Carl Lawson doing his thing
Speaker 1: off the edge, but Lawson was lost with the season
Speaker 1: back in training camp and after those two guys, there
Speaker 1: is a significant drop off in pressure numbers because Bryce Huff,
Speaker 1: the edge player, is third on the team with just
Speaker 1: thirteen quarterback pressures. Luckily, for Miami. The pass pro on
Speaker 1: the interior has been solid this year, so it could
Speaker 1: be a big week for the tackles in their one
Speaker 1: on one matchups where you kind of slide to help
Speaker 1: with those interior bodies, which to me would say you
Speaker 1: might get some instances where you have either of your
Speaker 1: tackle and one on one situations with one pass rusher
Speaker 1: and you try to help. Otherwise it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: big matchup there if that is the case. But John
Speaker 1: Frank la Myers had nine pressures and the win over Tennessee,
Speaker 1: and Williams had five in that game, So there you go.
Speaker 1: That's how they won at least one of their games,
Speaker 1: half of their games with those two guys inside piling
Speaker 1: up fourteen quarterback pressures. They had just three in the
Speaker 1: Bengals win, but that game was a shootout, the Mic
Speaker 1: White game, so you found out how they won that
Speaker 1: one is it's a little some weird bounces here and there.
Speaker 1: But finally, we don't want to be one dimensional, right,
Speaker 1: So the Dolphins running back first as Jets linebackers, but
Speaker 1: first before we talk about the running game as pass rushers.
Speaker 1: Mosley leads all Jet linebackers with thirty nine pass rush
Speaker 1: reps and just three quarterback pressures. And I'll be curious
Speaker 1: to see how Miami wants to play this because you
Speaker 1: can obviously dictate defensive packages with your own personnel. We've
Speaker 1: seen Miami run more twelve personnel than anybody else in
Speaker 1: the league. So do they want to get more linebackers
Speaker 1: on the field or they want to go after that secondary. Well,
Speaker 1: both matchups are pretty favorable. Both Mosley and Quincy Williams
Speaker 1: play a significant number of reps in coverage and they've
Speaker 1: combined to be hit for fifty nine catches on seventy
Speaker 1: targets Mosley thirty eight receptions on forty two targets combined.
Speaker 1: That's eighty four percent completion for five hundred and fifteen yards,
Speaker 1: and three hundred and ninety nine of those yards have
Speaker 1: come after the catch. So tight ends and backs, I mean,
Speaker 1: really the whole gamut. There's really options across the board.
Speaker 1: But also you want to find a way to balance
Speaker 1: that in the running game. If it's not working, though,
Speaker 1: I would just find a way to go after these
Speaker 1: guys in coverage because they had a tough time all
Speaker 1: year long and over the last four games since nineteen sixty.
Speaker 1: Nobody's allowed more points in a four game stretch than
Speaker 1: that Jets defense, So there's your opportunity. Special teams d
Speaker 1: v o A rankings Dolphins twenty five, Jets fifteen. Their punter,
Speaker 1: or rather their kicker, check that Matt a Mandola is
Speaker 1: ten for thirteen. He's over two though from beyond fifty yards.
Speaker 1: His other miss came in the forty nine yard range,
Speaker 1: and Thomas Moore Stead averages forty eight point two yards
Speaker 1: per punt. With Braxton Barrios their primary return man, just
Speaker 1: six punt returns, they don't really get very many punt
Speaker 1: opportunities there, but he does average a nice twelve point
Speaker 1: eight yards per punt return and also twenty four point
Speaker 1: seven yards on thirteen kick returns. The Dolphins will win
Speaker 1: this game if the defense keeps it up. I mean,
Speaker 1: if they play like they have the last three weeks,
Speaker 1: they're gonna suffocate the Jets offense, and if they can
Speaker 1: get pressure on the quarterback out of the multiple looks
Speaker 1: they've executed in those games over the last couple of weeks,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be another tough day of sledding for the
Speaker 1: opposing offense. And then Miami can execute their complimentary game
Speaker 1: plan on the offensive side, the Jets will win if
Speaker 1: Quentnin will Hims and John Franklin Myer's ruined the game
Speaker 1: that Miami wants to execute by crashing the interior pocket
Speaker 1: and wiping out the run game. Can't have that. Don't
Speaker 1: hit the quarterback. Three keys of the game. Generate pressure
Speaker 1: on Flacco and account for Elijah Moore and Michael Carter
Speaker 1: in the passing game. Get that pressure, take away the
Speaker 1: first option, force him into tucking the ball and hitching up,
Speaker 1: and get your quarterback pressure and mistakes from that big
Speaker 1: plays on offense. This is the thirty second ranked big
Speaker 1: play defense in terms of big plays allowed and the
Speaker 1: thirty first ranked big play defense on the running game.
Speaker 1: So both run and pass game can allow big plays
Speaker 1: and number three, don't let defensive tackles Quinnin Williams and
Speaker 1: John Franklin Myer's ruin the game. Thursday Night Football Patriots
Speaker 1: and Falcons. I really want to take the Falcons here,
Speaker 1: but if Cordel Patterson can't go, which I don't know
Speaker 1: if you will, I probably gotta go Pats even on
Speaker 1: the world on the Thursday Night. I hate to say it,
Speaker 1: but I think I'm going Patriots here to beat the
Speaker 1: Falcons on Thursday Night football. All right, that's gonna be
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