WEBVTT - Dolphins Bills Week 3 Preview 0:00:01.600 --> 0:00:05.400 You're listening to the Miami Dolphins podcast network. This is 0:00:05.519 --> 0:00:08.559 drive time with Travis Wheatfield. Back to throw to a 0:00:08.720 --> 0:00:16.720 looking gips wine, open touchdop, clerk kill. Unbelievable. Just blue 0:00:16.800 --> 0:00:19.599 fire for a second time. Don't know where he was going. 0:00:19.720 --> 0:00:22.680 Right away. A hit of that man. I want to 0:00:22.720 --> 0:00:27.080 help you soon. Up on the wattle. Waddle to a shotgun. 0:00:27.200 --> 0:00:31.680 Back to throw, looking ups up fires TOUCHPA. It's waddle. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:38.120 It's six touchdown past. The drive time with Travis winfield 0:00:38.360 --> 0:00:45.239 begins now. Let me check your pulse. If new intro, 0:00:45.560 --> 0:00:49.600 who this and what up? Dolphans and welcome to the 0:00:49.720 --> 0:00:53.239 drive time podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, 0:00:53.520 --> 0:00:58.400 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going, everybody? 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.880 I am your host, Travis Ing Field, and on today's show, 0:01:02.400 --> 0:01:04.520 Thursday means the start of a new week in the 0:01:04.600 --> 0:01:09.319 national football league. steelers and browns tonight. We'll pick that game, 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.119 but that's not why you're here. You're here for the breakdown. 0:01:12.520 --> 0:01:17.520 Excuse me. Dolphins and bills, a clash of two to 0:01:17.720 --> 0:01:20.920 a nose squaring off here at hard rock stadium. We'll 0:01:20.920 --> 0:01:23.720 break it down position by position, tell you what's at 0:01:23.760 --> 0:01:26.720 stake and give you the three keys to victory and 0:01:26.760 --> 0:01:29.000 a whole heck of a lot more from the Baptist 0:01:29.000 --> 0:01:31.920 health studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:01:33.880 --> 0:01:42.440 the drivetime podcast and here we go again. This is 0:01:42.480 --> 0:01:45.480 my third year with the team. The preview pods haven't 0:01:45.480 --> 0:01:48.080 really changed all that much. I'm quite a fan of 0:01:48.080 --> 0:01:50.840 this format, as I don't think you'll find a preview 0:01:50.880 --> 0:01:54.640 that gives you more about each and every matchup out there. 0:01:54.800 --> 0:01:58.040 But I will say, having written the preamble on the bills, 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:00.720 as we do weekly with the state of the opponent 0:02:00.760 --> 0:02:03.800 intro that we do on the podcast, that there's really 0:02:03.840 --> 0:02:06.480 not a lot that's changed for the Buffalo Bills. It's 0:02:06.480 --> 0:02:09.000 really just an update from the last time we played them. 0:02:09.040 --> 0:02:11.320 So with that mind, let's do a quick rundown of 0:02:11.400 --> 0:02:14.360 things I've told you about this team for the last 0:02:14.400 --> 0:02:18.560 few years. They are incredibly admirable in their process of 0:02:18.720 --> 0:02:23.160 building developing a culture, hitting on draft picks, free agents, 0:02:23.320 --> 0:02:26.280 veteran trades, you name it. They set that up by 0:02:26.320 --> 0:02:29.520 acquiring draft capital and moving off some veterans in that 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.840 first year under Sean McDermott and Brandon Bean, and their 0:02:33.960 --> 0:02:37.280 arrival getting rid of guys like Ronald Darby, Marcel Darius, 0:02:37.520 --> 0:02:40.360 Sammy Watkins, trading off a lot of talent, but getting 0:02:40.400 --> 0:02:42.880 the right guys in that building for their culture and 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:45.720 they assembled the bulk of this really good secondary we're 0:02:45.720 --> 0:02:48.200 gonna talk about here in just a second really in 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:52.120 one offseason by signing Micah Hyde and Jordan poyer and 0:02:52.240 --> 0:02:54.600 drafting Trey White, who will not be available this week 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:57.960 he's on P U P but that secondary really drives 0:02:57.960 --> 0:03:01.040 what they do on defense. I asked to about that 0:03:01.160 --> 0:03:04.280 last year, about how tough poyer and hide make it, 0:03:04.360 --> 0:03:06.680 and he talked about how they can flip and rotate 0:03:07.040 --> 0:03:09.800 and totally change the post nap picture based upon your 0:03:09.840 --> 0:03:12.600 pre snap read. We'll get to that matchup in a moment. 0:03:13.200 --> 0:03:15.360 Then you take the quarterback and you develop him and 0:03:15.360 --> 0:03:18.320 you start to surround him with premium talents. To fond digs. 0:03:18.960 --> 0:03:21.440 They had brought in Emmanuel Sanders, who was really good 0:03:21.480 --> 0:03:25.200 for them. Gabe Davis has taken that. Torch Isaiah Mackenzie's 0:03:25.200 --> 0:03:28.120 a beast, Dawson Knox, they draft Dion Dawkins up front, 0:03:28.320 --> 0:03:31.880 they signed Mitch Morris and Roger Saffold Upfront. Then comes 0:03:31.919 --> 0:03:33.680 that final step, the teams that are sort of in 0:03:33.720 --> 0:03:37.680 that favorites category where they do that thing where they 0:03:37.680 --> 0:03:40.200 go all in. I mentioned saffolds, a big get for them. 0:03:40.360 --> 0:03:43.320 They get another great draft pick and James Cook and 0:03:43.360 --> 0:03:46.920 of course the big marquee name is von Miller. So 0:03:46.960 --> 0:03:49.119 that's where they are, where they've been and where they're going. 0:03:49.480 --> 0:03:52.040 You know about this team and they've come out of 0:03:52.080 --> 0:03:55.760 the gates red hot to really respond after that crushing 0:03:55.760 --> 0:03:58.560 playoff defeat a year ago. And all they've done is 0:03:58.600 --> 0:04:01.800 topple last year's super bowl winner and the one seed 0:04:02.120 --> 0:04:04.840 in the A F C playoffs a season ago by 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:08.720 a combined score of seventy two to seventeen. A juggernaut 0:04:08.920 --> 0:04:11.720 is blown in from the northeast. Let's actually go ahead 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:14.520 and start here and hear from coach mcdaniel on preparing 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:17.440 for the buffalo bills and that defense. And isn't more 0:04:17.440 --> 0:04:19.840 of a challenge with them coming off a shorter week 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:22.880 and having one less day to see their game from 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:26.760 the previous Sunday? If it's a new, uh, I don't know, 0:04:26.760 --> 0:04:33.520 a coordinator or new head coach. Um, that's a bigger issue. Um, 0:04:33.640 --> 0:04:35.919 when when you have you know, I've been fortunate to 0:04:35.920 --> 0:04:41.320 be Um and NFL long enough to know exactly you know, 0:04:41.520 --> 0:04:45.120 Um really for all the way back from the Carolina Days, 0:04:45.760 --> 0:04:50.560 Um Coach uh, well really, and and coach Fraser. But 0:04:50.839 --> 0:04:54.680 they've they've both Um done a great job and so 0:04:54.760 --> 0:04:57.600 you kind of understand. You know, like any really good 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:02.040 high level coaches, Um, they have a principality to them, 0:05:02.120 --> 0:05:04.400 a starting point, and then it's whether or not they're 0:05:04.440 --> 0:05:08.080 doing little nuances within it, um points of emphasis. But 0:05:08.120 --> 0:05:13.880 you know, just like uh, you guys Um know that, uh, 0:05:13.960 --> 0:05:19.200 regardless if it works or not, you're gonna see outside zone. Um, 0:05:19.400 --> 0:05:23.680 you know, I know exactly. They're gonna Um play unbelievable, 0:05:24.080 --> 0:05:28.520 UH strenuous defense. They're gonna UM play hard and run 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:32.240 to the ball, Um and they're gonna force you into 0:05:32.320 --> 0:05:34.720 mistakes because they can get home with their four man rush. 0:05:34.920 --> 0:05:39.520 So Um that it. It wasn't it was. It's always 0:05:39.520 --> 0:05:43.200 good to see and you get um different you get 0:05:43.240 --> 0:05:45.960 a different perspective of where they're at, especially game two. 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:49.080 But it didn't really put us behind Um just because 0:05:49.560 --> 0:05:54.800 there that defense in general. Um, it's kind of like 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:58.240 you know what it is. That's what I appreciate so 0:05:58.400 --> 0:06:01.080 much about it is because they're not hiding from what 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.360 they are. Um, they say, you know, we're gonna take 0:06:04.400 --> 0:06:08.000 our guys and line up and we're gonna play the 0:06:08.040 --> 0:06:11.400 same type of same type of defense against every offensive structure, 0:06:11.440 --> 0:06:14.839 and our guys are, um, really good players that that 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.880 play hard for each other and, you know, do something 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.680 about it. It's what they kind of do. So Um it. 0:06:21.120 --> 0:06:24.760 In this circumstance it wasn't that big deal. And before 0:06:24.800 --> 0:06:26.919 we really get cranking here, I think it's important to 0:06:27.080 --> 0:06:29.880 update you with the Wednesday injury report because there were 0:06:29.920 --> 0:06:32.400 several guys on it for the buffalo bills as well 0:06:32.480 --> 0:06:34.440 as the Miami Dolphins. But in terms of buffalo and 0:06:34.480 --> 0:06:37.839 putting this preview together, they had four players who d 0:06:38.040 --> 0:06:41.599 MP on Wednesday. Did not practice, Micah hide, Dane Jackson, 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:45.400 Dawson Knox and Jordan Phillips, four very important players for them. 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:48.560 Gabe Davis, who missed last game with an ankle, was limited, 0:06:48.760 --> 0:06:51.240 so was Mitch Morse, who exited the last game at 0:06:51.240 --> 0:06:54.080 Oliver was as well. He also missed the previous game. 0:06:54.400 --> 0:06:57.800 Jordan poyer and Tim settle, who also missed the previous game, 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:00.480 was we're all limited in Wednesday's pray this and then 0:07:00.520 --> 0:07:04.760 cornerback Cam Lewis and Linebacker Matt Mlano were full participants 0:07:04.800 --> 0:07:08.320 for the Miami Dolphins. Five D MP's to Ron Armstead, Seethan, 0:07:08.360 --> 0:07:12.560 Carter Xaviing, Howard hunter long and then Melvin Ingram, also 0:07:12.640 --> 0:07:15.760 d MP, but he was a vet rest day for himself. 0:07:16.040 --> 0:07:19.080 Channing Tindall and Cedric Wilson were limited in practice, and 0:07:19.080 --> 0:07:22.640 then tight end Tanner Connor, Break Kwon Davis fullback Alec 0:07:22.760 --> 0:07:27.440 Ingold were all full participants in Wednesday's practice. The dolphins 0:07:27.440 --> 0:07:29.080 offense is how we start this thing off, with the 0:07:29.160 --> 0:07:32.160 quarterback position versus the safety position of the buffalo bills. 0:07:32.440 --> 0:07:36.200 And the bills have been stifling opposing quarterbacks, very good 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:40.040 quarterbacks for that matter, for a while now. So far 0:07:40.160 --> 0:07:42.960 this year stafford had five point nine yards per pass, 0:07:43.040 --> 0:07:46.400 one touchdown, three picks, was sacked seven times for a 0:07:46.440 --> 0:07:50.760 passer rating of sixty yeah, sixty three point one. Almost 0:07:50.760 --> 0:07:53.640 got dyslexic there for a second. Ryan Tannehill, five point 0:07:53.720 --> 0:07:57.360 nine yards per attempt, no touchdowns, two picks, two sacks, 0:07:57.400 --> 0:07:59.560 thirty two point seven passer right in that place has 0:07:59.560 --> 0:08:02.160 always been in his house of horrors for most quarterbacks 0:08:02.160 --> 0:08:04.880 it is. What about last year passer rating against in 0:08:05.640 --> 0:08:08.760 one eighty three point nine, fifty nine point three. That 0:08:08.800 --> 0:08:12.920 was Jacoby Beru said, eighty point six, twenty three point four, 0:08:13.240 --> 0:08:16.920 seventy point nine, that was Mahomes, seventy point five, fifty 0:08:16.920 --> 0:08:20.200 eight point two. That was to a, sixty nine point one, 0:08:20.200 --> 0:08:22.960 thirty three point four, Eighty six point seven, seventy one 0:08:23.040 --> 0:08:26.440 point five, eighty four, one, oh five point six. That 0:08:26.520 --> 0:08:29.880 was Brady, Fifty six point five, thirty one point four, 0:08:29.960 --> 0:08:33.440 eighty four point nine and sixty six. It's a lot 0:08:33.480 --> 0:08:36.520 of low numbers, guys. Only one over one hundred, in 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:41.720 fact only one over ninety. That's only one over eighty 0:08:41.760 --> 0:08:44.280 four point nine. That that should tell you how good 0:08:44.280 --> 0:08:47.360 this defense is. I think what you're going to need 0:08:48.440 --> 0:08:51.319 is a repeat from last week from Twa, in this 0:08:51.360 --> 0:08:53.360 sense that there were so many throws in that game 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.560 where he moved defenders in the intermediate portion of the 0:08:56.600 --> 0:09:00.400 field and through with anticipation and accuracy into some very 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.520 tight windows. It's a fascinating matchup for so many reasons, 0:09:03.520 --> 0:09:06.400 but perhaps none more than the fact that Miami is 0:09:06.440 --> 0:09:09.480 generating a ton of space right now. Next Gen has 0:09:09.520 --> 0:09:13.400 them as a top five separation creating offense through two games. 0:09:13.840 --> 0:09:17.120 Excuse me, but buffalo also clamps thanks down themselves. They 0:09:17.160 --> 0:09:20.840 play fast and aggressive and it really permeates beyond those 0:09:20.840 --> 0:09:24.520 two safeties into that linebacker room. More on them shortly. 0:09:24.920 --> 0:09:27.240 So you have to be precise and I think if 0:09:27.280 --> 0:09:29.559 there's a week where you really can't afford to give 0:09:29.600 --> 0:09:33.360 the football away is this one. It's never a good thing, 0:09:33.360 --> 0:09:36.280 but the bill's outfit has the look of that chiefs 0:09:36.280 --> 0:09:39.080 operation where the only way you could pick them off 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.560 was by winning a couple of by by a couple, 0:09:41.600 --> 0:09:44.640 I should say, in the turnover department. So for two 0:09:44.679 --> 0:09:48.200 of that high level processing, identifying where poor and hide 0:09:48.240 --> 0:09:51.280 are at all times and making sure the post snap 0:09:51.280 --> 0:09:54.160 picture jives with your pre snap read, because they're gonna 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:56.480 bat you. They will turn you over and, like I 0:09:56.520 --> 0:10:00.000 talked about in the ravens preview tips and overthrows, they 0:10:00.040 --> 0:10:03.360 tend to have a way of finding those free footballs. 0:10:03.400 --> 0:10:05.920 Some data here. Micah Hide's replacement in the game on 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:09.480 Monday night was Jakwon Johnson, a fourth year safety from 0:10:09.480 --> 0:10:12.520 the U. He has two eight career snaps in those 0:10:12.520 --> 0:10:15.560 four years. Twenty of his twenty two snaps this season 0:10:15.600 --> 0:10:19.000 came in that Monday night football game, replacing Micah hide. 0:10:19.320 --> 0:10:21.200 Just hasn't had to play a whole lot over his 0:10:21.280 --> 0:10:23.920 career because hide has been so reliable and with their 0:10:23.920 --> 0:10:26.439 base defense being their nickel package and one of the 0:10:26.480 --> 0:10:28.959 best slots in the game and two Ron Johnson. In fact, 0:10:29.360 --> 0:10:31.480 they rarely come out of that package. He's played eight 0:10:32.200 --> 0:10:34.480 of the snaps this season. So you don't very often 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:37.360 get three safety packages, big nickel, is what I'm saying. 0:10:37.679 --> 0:10:40.600 The other backup is Tamar Hamlin and he is in 0:10:40.640 --> 0:10:42.920 his second season where he's played a total of just 0:10:42.960 --> 0:10:46.920 seventy eight snaps. So again, hide employer, our mainstays. Beyond that, 0:10:47.200 --> 0:10:49.760 the depth is really untested. Just hasn't played that much. 0:10:50.400 --> 0:10:52.080 So Michael Hides a big name to look at this 0:10:52.120 --> 0:10:54.320 week on the injury report. But just how good are they? 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:56.560 I mean hide balls every year and ten year career 0:10:56.559 --> 0:10:59.680 pro football focus has him on the field for five thousand, 0:10:59.760 --> 0:11:02.560 one hundred and thirty one coverage snaps and just a 0:11:02.640 --> 0:11:05.400 smidge over three thousand yards allowed. We talked about one 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:07.280 yard per coverage snap. Is a good place to be, 0:11:07.880 --> 0:11:09.880 not a math guy, but you get it. And then 0:11:10.040 --> 0:11:13.040 also consistently of force down around the line of scrimmage. 0:11:13.120 --> 0:11:17.240 Nineteen run stops a year ago, sixteen, fifteen, nineteen, seventeen. 0:11:17.480 --> 0:11:20.360 It's consistent for him like that every year in that category, 0:11:20.440 --> 0:11:23.360 for a guy that largely plays in the post. But 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:26.400 he also or this also speaks to his versatility, because 0:11:26.440 --> 0:11:28.559 he can come down there and stick his face in 0:11:28.600 --> 0:11:31.000 the fan against the running game. Jordan Poyer, it's more 0:11:31.040 --> 0:11:34.120 of the same. A career passer rating against of seventy 0:11:34.160 --> 0:11:39.280 five point nine. UH, he has one thousand. There's a 0:11:39.320 --> 0:11:42.079 space in my my notes here that I messed up on. 0:11:42.080 --> 0:11:45.200 One thousand five hundred eighty four yards against and three 0:11:45.200 --> 0:11:47.760 thousand eight hundred and sixty five coverage snaps. So again, 0:11:48.400 --> 0:11:50.439 not a lot happening there for the opposing receivers that 0:11:50.480 --> 0:11:52.800 go up against him. His run stop numbers are crazy. 0:11:52.840 --> 0:11:55.760 Those are tackles within two yards of the line. Nineteen 0:11:55.840 --> 0:11:59.360 last year, thirty, thirty, one, three thirty the years prior 0:12:00.440 --> 0:12:02.960 and no. Yeah, they've combined for thirty five picks since 0:12:02.960 --> 0:12:06.080 their seventeen arrival. Before we get to our next matchup, 0:12:06.160 --> 0:12:08.760 let's go ahead and hear from coach again about Qb 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:11.400 one and the support of his teammates. Coming off of 0:12:11.440 --> 0:12:13.760 an a F C player of the week award for 0:12:13.800 --> 0:12:17.480 to a Tunga Byloa, he's done a great job, Um, 0:12:17.520 --> 0:12:20.080 handling all the stuff that he can control and not 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:24.200 worrying about the stuffy can't and Um, I think all 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:28.240 our entire team felt a little ownership too, because they 0:12:28.240 --> 0:12:32.079 all have they all have his back and if um 0:12:32.160 --> 0:12:34.360 as an organization, we'd allow it, you'd hear a ton 0:12:34.440 --> 0:12:38.240 more rants from players because they see him work each 0:12:38.240 --> 0:12:41.599 and every day. Um. And like I said on Um 0:12:41.760 --> 0:12:44.480 whenever I talked to you guys last it was, I 0:12:44.480 --> 0:12:47.679 can't remember the day, Um that I don't think his 0:12:47.720 --> 0:12:51.280 teammates were totally surprised. They were just excited. Big Test, 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:54.960 big matchup, big opportunity to keep it rolling for qb one. 0:12:55.280 --> 0:12:58.240 Moving on to the receivers and tight ends versus their cornerbacks, 0:12:58.280 --> 0:13:00.760 this is the matchup, I think that offense have to 0:13:00.800 --> 0:13:03.280 get to. Ron Johnson is one of the five best 0:13:03.400 --> 0:13:06.160 nickels in the game, but trey whites on P U 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:09.120 P and Dane Jackson, I don't think he'll play after 0:13:09.160 --> 0:13:11.720 that very scary hit on Sunday. We'll see. I just 0:13:11.800 --> 0:13:13.760 hope he's gonna be okay and I'm happy that it 0:13:13.760 --> 0:13:16.079 sounds like he is gonna be okay. But this means 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:18.800 the bills if he were to miss the game. Top 0:13:18.880 --> 0:13:23.400 Two available perimeter cornerbacks in terms of snaps played this 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:27.720 season Arkayer Elam and Christian Benford, two rookies. When Dane 0:13:27.800 --> 0:13:29.960 Jackson exited the game on Monday, the bills went with 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:32.840 the rookie duo on the perimeter of Elam and Benford. 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:36.199 Those two battled all camp and the sixth rounder Benford 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:40.200 actually starts the Games for this team, but first rounder 0:13:40.240 --> 0:13:42.280 ELAM comes in and out snaps him. So it's been 0:13:42.320 --> 0:13:44.680 a bit of a platoon. But if Jackson can't go, 0:13:44.800 --> 0:13:47.040 they should both get the full game and I like 0:13:47.120 --> 0:13:49.000 to keep track of these every week because we know 0:13:49.040 --> 0:13:52.520 how shifty and quick and and dynamic tyreek and Jalen are. 0:13:53.440 --> 0:13:56.280 If you guys watched inside the NFL, there's a great 0:13:56.320 --> 0:13:59.480 clip of the Ravens Defenders talking about how hard it 0:13:59.520 --> 0:14:01.360 is to defend and guys that run the way they do. 0:14:01.520 --> 0:14:03.600 But I want to look at these numbers. Uh Kyer 0:14:03.679 --> 0:14:06.839 Elam had a four, three ninety. so the straight line 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:09.920 speeds fantastic, but a six, eight, three cones a notch 0:14:10.000 --> 0:14:12.400 above average in terms of the R A s scorecards. 0:14:12.640 --> 0:14:14.839 The shuttle and ten yards splits are a bit more 0:14:14.840 --> 0:14:18.679 average as well. So change a direction, explosion. Tyrek and 0:14:18.720 --> 0:14:21.680 Jalen really kind of shine in those areas. Christian Benford, 0:14:21.920 --> 0:14:24.000 his testing really showed his strength in terms of his 0:14:24.160 --> 0:14:28.120 imposing stature and physical play with seventeen bench reps at 0:14:28.200 --> 0:14:31.080 six FT and a half with two eight pounds. But 0:14:31.200 --> 0:14:34.240 a seven, one, three cone, four, three, four shuttle are 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.600 both significantly below average, and also that four or five, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:40.800 three forty for the long speed. Uh. And then Johnson, 0:14:40.960 --> 0:14:43.440 Tron Johnson inside had a six three R A S, 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.000 and I love to use the numbers to support these ideas. 0:14:47.400 --> 0:14:49.360 Averages five, by the way, so just over average in 0:14:49.400 --> 0:14:51.800 terms of the athletics scorecard. But I think this one 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:56.440 doesn't really track because Johnson is incredibly instinctive and coverage 0:14:56.480 --> 0:14:59.280 and he plays way faster than he timed in every area. 0:14:59.320 --> 0:15:02.760 He did receive poor marks in terms of his grade 0:15:02.880 --> 0:15:05.840 on the three cone and shuttle time back at the combine. 0:15:05.880 --> 0:15:09.120 So the matchup in terms of matching the speed and quickness. 0:15:09.280 --> 0:15:11.680 It favors Miami, but we'll see how that plays out. 0:15:11.880 --> 0:15:16.120 The dolphins spacing and speed has really helped to US 0:15:16.680 --> 0:15:19.960 excellent performance in that game go to another level. Some 0:15:20.000 --> 0:15:22.280 of those rips down the middle. Was a good job 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.720 of pressing the safeties and coming off that stem, just 0:15:24.760 --> 0:15:28.160 as you flip your hips. But that can also generate 0:15:28.280 --> 0:15:30.920 a lack of patients where they begin to squat, and 0:15:30.920 --> 0:15:35.400 we saw what happens there. Just the way speed impacts 0:15:35.400 --> 0:15:37.480 defense and the way they have to prepare for it 0:15:37.480 --> 0:15:40.000 and the backs guys off. You've already seen it happen here. 0:15:40.000 --> 0:15:42.040 We've seen the problems that tyreek and Jayly can cause 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:44.920 for anybody. I have to imagine they'll have a good 0:15:44.920 --> 0:15:47.480 deal of help on those two. But then we also 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:49.920 saw what the rest of this cast is capable with 0:15:49.960 --> 0:15:53.760 sensational touchdowns by Mike Gasicki and river cracraft, some clutch 0:15:53.800 --> 0:15:56.920 plays by Trent Surfield, Cedric Wilson before he got hurt, 0:15:56.920 --> 0:15:59.600 then obviously the backs in the passing game as well. 0:16:00.000 --> 0:16:02.840 And not wait to see what mcdaniel comes up with, 0:16:03.000 --> 0:16:05.960 because this dolphin skill group is so deep but also 0:16:06.240 --> 0:16:09.920 obviously electrifying, with two guys leading the team and first 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:11.880 and third in the NFL and receiving yards right now. 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:14.560 to Ron Johnson is the straw that stirs that drink. 0:16:14.840 --> 0:16:16.920 He's good in both man and zone coverage and he 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.400 can fit the run. Always keep your eye on seven 0:16:19.440 --> 0:16:22.120 and I would try to maybe facilitate matchups outside of 0:16:22.200 --> 0:16:25.960 his area of coverage. Some numbers for them to Ron 0:16:26.040 --> 0:16:28.800 Johnson's seventy three coverage snaps this year, just fifty seven 0:16:28.880 --> 0:16:32.240 yards allowed, nine of twelve completions, no touchdowns, no picks 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.400 and a pass breakup. Benford's played fifty eight coverage snaps 0:16:35.400 --> 0:16:37.840 and allowed seventy three yards. That's a little over one 0:16:37.880 --> 0:16:39.520 per coverage snap. The one guy on this team that 0:16:39.560 --> 0:16:42.560 has that stat five of eight, no touchdowns, no picks, 0:16:42.560 --> 0:16:44.760 one P bu. been really good for them. So is 0:16:44.840 --> 0:16:47.960 ELAM forty one coverage snaps, forty yards allowed. Five of six, 0:16:48.200 --> 0:16:50.520 no touchdowns, no picks, one P bu. I mean again, 0:16:50.560 --> 0:16:53.040 across the board. This team has just been so tough 0:16:53.480 --> 0:16:56.040 through the first two games and coach talked about the 0:16:56.040 --> 0:16:59.440 performance of Jalen waddle and tyreek Hill and his desire 0:16:59.480 --> 0:17:03.480 for bald attribution. Let's go back to coach. I hadn't 0:17:03.720 --> 0:17:09.440 personally been around, UM, two players in the same position, 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:13.960 group of that caliber. Um. I think you know, it's 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:18.840 the what, if you had to is exciting thought. Um. 0:17:18.880 --> 0:17:22.560 But then, more than anything, I tried not to get 0:17:22.600 --> 0:17:25.320 ahead of myself with any of it. You know, you're 0:17:25.320 --> 0:17:28.720 trying to acquire, Um, you're trying to get your hands 0:17:28.760 --> 0:17:32.600 on some talented players for Um, our quarterback to throw to, 0:17:33.280 --> 0:17:38.160 Um as well as to hand it to and Um, etcetera, etcetera. Um. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:41.840 But you Kinda I think it's important to put stuff 0:17:41.920 --> 0:17:45.640 in the player's hands and kind of see how they 0:17:45.680 --> 0:17:49.800 digest all the stuff and really how they Um, you know, 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:53.840 to kind of let your offensive scheme evolve. So, Um, 0:17:53.920 --> 0:17:57.399 I wouldn't say I would envision it. Um, and I 0:17:57.560 --> 0:18:02.280 probably didn't allow myself to hope that they they would 0:18:02.280 --> 0:18:06.159 be that productive on a given game. Um. But you know, 0:18:06.200 --> 0:18:10.240 the best thing about it is is, uh, I I 0:18:10.280 --> 0:18:14.359 don't think, if you ask them point blank if they're 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:16.399 very happy with the game, I think they were happy 0:18:16.480 --> 0:18:20.080 with being able to make plays. Um, but you know, 0:18:20.119 --> 0:18:21.920 there's a lot of stuff for them to clean up, 0:18:22.720 --> 0:18:27.440 especially in the first half. So while they were making plays, Um. 0:18:27.480 --> 0:18:31.200 You know, I that's not the final product of the vision. 0:18:31.320 --> 0:18:35.320 To me, I think. Um. I think the final product 0:18:35.440 --> 0:18:40.800 is uh is uh, you know, better execution with other 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:42.919 things that where they're not at the point of attack, 0:18:42.960 --> 0:18:47.879 and then, Um, offensively, it would be everyone. Um. You know, 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:52.280 I don't think you ever wanna uh go that extreme 0:18:52.359 --> 0:18:56.560 with targets. Um. I think the best Um your offense 0:18:56.640 --> 0:19:00.360 can be is when you can distribute the ball. Um. Um. 0:19:00.359 --> 0:19:02.639 But shoot, I'M NOT gonna argue with hot, hot hands. 0:19:02.640 --> 0:19:06.560 So Um, I'm also not hardheaded that way. So I 0:19:06.600 --> 0:19:08.920 think we um there's a lot more to see from 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:10.840 them for the for the rest of the course of 0:19:10.840 --> 0:19:14.520 the season. Um, but they also know that's on them 0:19:14.520 --> 0:19:18.800 to develop their game um within the offense, because I'm 0:19:18.840 --> 0:19:23.200 pretty sure every other defense um also took note and 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.560 we'll have a plan um to to get in front 0:19:26.600 --> 0:19:29.440 of them as well. It's gonna be a long podcast today. 0:19:29.480 --> 0:19:31.360 We have a very important game coming up and I'm 0:19:31.359 --> 0:19:33.040 excited for it. So we're gonna go ahead and take 0:19:33.040 --> 0:19:34.760 our first break and we'll come back and talk about 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:38.000 the dolphins offensive line versus the bills defensive line and 0:19:38.000 --> 0:19:40.359 plenty more matchups to come. Here next on the drive 0:19:40.440 --> 0:19:43.440 time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:19:43.480 --> 0:19:52.760 auto nation. Now where these dolphins and bills games went 0:19:52.800 --> 0:19:55.399 in the other direction the last couple of years and 0:19:55.440 --> 0:19:57.720 they've added to that. Unit is on the offensive line 0:19:57.800 --> 0:20:00.760 versus the defensive line, to pass rush of the bills 0:20:00.880 --> 0:20:03.399 versus the pass pro for the Miami Dolphins. But the 0:20:03.440 --> 0:20:07.200 dolphins have also added to their pass pro and offensive lineabilities. 0:20:07.880 --> 0:20:11.040 Vaughan on Tehran is elite on elite, two of the 0:20:11.080 --> 0:20:14.240 best in the game going toe to toe in this matchup. 0:20:14.480 --> 0:20:17.399 Tehron has been everything you'd hoped he'd be through two games. 0:20:17.400 --> 0:20:20.119 Eighty eight pass blocking snaps, three pressures, not a single 0:20:20.240 --> 0:20:24.080 qb hit. He's helping the inside post with enough athletic 0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:26.600 ability to get back to the edge and run guys 0:20:26.640 --> 0:20:28.800 around the ARC. Watch the job he does on the 0:20:28.840 --> 0:20:32.240 first tyreek touchdown. He squeezes inside then races back to 0:20:32.280 --> 0:20:35.040 get a shot on Justin Houston, to just keep him 0:20:35.080 --> 0:20:38.240 off of two in time for him to make that throw. Very, 0:20:38.359 --> 0:20:41.400 very good. But Vaughan's also doing his thing too. Man 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:44.479 Six pressures, two sacks, three qb hits and a variety 0:20:44.520 --> 0:20:47.480 of pass rush moves, that ghost move he pulled in 0:20:47.520 --> 0:20:50.320 the opener to dip under Joe, note, boom and then 0:20:50.359 --> 0:20:53.840 accelerate off that pivot foot. It's unreal. It's kind of 0:20:53.880 --> 0:20:58.000 equivalent to Jalen waddle and the way he generates space 0:20:58.040 --> 0:21:00.119 on that game winning touchdown with that pivot step and 0:21:00.160 --> 0:21:02.080 the reverse kind of spin out and the way he 0:21:02.160 --> 0:21:05.240 exploded out of that break. Vaughan is the pass rusher 0:21:05.320 --> 0:21:08.600 version of that. That's the headliner. But wait, there's more. 0:21:09.080 --> 0:21:12.639 Vaughan has the six pressures. Boogie Basham who. If you 0:21:12.640 --> 0:21:16.359 guys listen to the draft episodes back in I was 0:21:16.359 --> 0:21:18.679 a huge fan of his game. He's got seven to 0:21:18.760 --> 0:21:21.960 lead the club at that position. Jordan Phillips has more inside. 0:21:22.200 --> 0:21:24.800 Greg Russeau has six of his own. They have waves, 0:21:24.840 --> 0:21:27.679 they've got scheme, they've got guys that can win head up. 0:21:27.960 --> 0:21:31.000 A J epiness as a pocket collapsing extraordinary in terms 0:21:31.040 --> 0:21:33.680 of his power and heavy hands with which he plays. 0:21:34.040 --> 0:21:36.600 He's primarily been on the offense. Is Right, and Greg 0:21:36.640 --> 0:21:40.080 little is also powerful as hell with exceptional length. The 0:21:40.119 --> 0:21:42.200 matchups in this one are interesting, but I think little 0:21:42.240 --> 0:21:43.639 can go get that one if he plays like he 0:21:43.680 --> 0:21:46.879 did last Sunday. Rousseau and Basham are similar with their 0:21:46.960 --> 0:21:49.080 length and power. We talked about this last week. The 0:21:49.160 --> 0:21:51.719 styles that make fights types of matchups right with our 0:21:51.760 --> 0:21:55.119 offensive line and that Ravens big defensive line. It's not 0:21:55.240 --> 0:21:58.040