Speaker 1: Fires touch stop by Waddles knocked into the end zone
Speaker 1: of Miami More tip Prohi window. They had to get
Speaker 1: that touchdown on that play, they give it. What is up? Dolphins?
Speaker 1: And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's
Speaker 1: it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and
Speaker 1: I am here to bring you the final game recap
Speaker 1: podcast edition of the Drivetime Podcast and your daily dose
Speaker 1: of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, the Dolphins
Speaker 1: win to get to nine and eight. That's right, it's
Speaker 1: our final victory Monday edition. Are right when when win? Win? Win?
Speaker 1: Edition of the Drivetime Podcast four season, the Dolphins win
Speaker 1: thirty three to twenty four over the New England Patriots.
Speaker 1: We'll get that game broken down for you with the
Speaker 1: five takeaways, talk about some of the storylines I had
Speaker 1: coming in, and will also play a segment from the
Speaker 1: post game show on five sixty with myself, SETH Levitt
Speaker 1: and O J. McDuffie from somewhere in South Florida. This
Speaker 1: is the Drive Time Podcast. So it is a second
Speaker 1: win over the Patriots this season. That is the first
Speaker 1: sweep over the Patriots for the Dolphins since two thousand.
Speaker 1: You might recall two thousand one was Tom Brady's first
Speaker 1: year there in New England and two thousand was Belichick's
Speaker 1: first year there with the New England Patriots when they
Speaker 1: were five and eleven. They then went eleven and five
Speaker 1: and won the Super Bowl in that second season. So
Speaker 1: Miami gets their first sweep over the division rival in
Speaker 1: twenty one years. They also secured their second consecutive winning
Speaker 1: season that has not happened since the O two oh
Speaker 1: three seasons. And also the last time a team had
Speaker 1: consecutive winning seasons and did not qualify for the postseason,
Speaker 1: and either of those two years was the O two
Speaker 1: oh three Dolphins. So you can look at that and say, Wow,
Speaker 1: that's horrible luck for the Dolphins, or you can look
Speaker 1: at that and say right on the cusp, right on
Speaker 1: the fringe and kind of build momentum here going into
Speaker 1: the off season. But I want to talk about this
Speaker 1: game on this podcast and really get to the five
Speaker 1: takeaways here here from coach Flores as well as the
Speaker 1: Dolphins put a bow on another victory here and get
Speaker 1: to nine and eight on the season to close things up,
Speaker 1: and I just finished watching the Chargers and Raiders game.
Speaker 1: I actually got home for the from the postgame show,
Speaker 1: like middle of the third quarter, and I got myself
Speaker 1: I was eating some some dinner before I came down
Speaker 1: to the podcast and got myself sucked into the game
Speaker 1: and just kept watching it and kept watching it. And
Speaker 1: it felt like the NFL had like twenty tricks left
Speaker 1: and it's bag if the NFL was like a person
Speaker 1: that had a bag full of tricks and they had
Speaker 1: like twenty left with only a quarter to play in
Speaker 1: the season, and was like, all right, emptied, all out
Speaker 1: right here, let's go ahead and make everything that possibly
Speaker 1: crazy can happen happen. And it did, and the Raiders
Speaker 1: get the victory of the last second field goal where
Speaker 1: if they miss, they still go to the postseason. What
Speaker 1: a crazy finished that was. The season just makes you
Speaker 1: appreciate and I love this league, in this sport that
Speaker 1: we all love so much, especially when the Dolphins are
Speaker 1: victorious on a Sunday. Of course, it will not result
Speaker 1: in a playoff appearance for the Miami Dolphins, as they
Speaker 1: finished on the outside looking in, but with a strong
Speaker 1: victory over their division rivals here to close the season,
Speaker 1: and a few of the things I was looking at
Speaker 1: here before we get into the takeaways and hear from
Speaker 1: head coach Brian Flores was I was curious to see
Speaker 1: how the Dolphins pressured mac Jones and what the approach
Speaker 1: was defensively in this game. If it was going to
Speaker 1: be more coverage, if it was going to be more blitzing.
Speaker 1: We'll look at the numbers on the podcast tomorrow, but
Speaker 1: I thought there was a good mix and probably more
Speaker 1: coverage than I expected personally in terms of four man
Speaker 1: rushes and kind of daring him to break the pocket
Speaker 1: and run and make plays with his legs. There was
Speaker 1: a couple of opportunities for him to do so, and
Speaker 1: I think on one of the instances he hit up
Speaker 1: a big thirty yard pass or so, and there was
Speaker 1: another one where he had some room to run, tried
Speaker 1: to throw and it fell incomplete. So Miami, I thought,
Speaker 1: did well to kind of force him to do some
Speaker 1: things that maybe he hadn't done a whole bunch this year,
Speaker 1: rather than just heat him up and get those blitz
Speaker 1: is coming after him and let him get those quick
Speaker 1: hitters that he is so quick at processing and finding
Speaker 1: and and hitting in rhythm and let that offense stay
Speaker 1: on the field for long periods of time. So I
Speaker 1: thought the Dolphins had a good plan executed it that
Speaker 1: way against this rookie quarterbacks had a very strong rookie season.
Speaker 1: Scarious about the red zone. The Dolphins first red zone possession,
Speaker 1: the Patriots score touchdown, they would force a field goal
Speaker 1: on a later one, and then right on the doorstep
Speaker 1: of the red zone the Patriots also fumbled a ball
Speaker 1: back there as well. I was curious to see about
Speaker 1: third downs, in the length of those third downs, if
Speaker 1: Miami could get to those exotic looks. And that's a
Speaker 1: good part about this mixed game plan was they did
Speaker 1: have some instances of third and seven plus what they
Speaker 1: could dial up that pressure play, that kind of off
Speaker 1: zero look where you can't really dial up the quick
Speaker 1: hitters and get yak because you have to find a
Speaker 1: way around those off cornerbacks. Miami had a good mix
Speaker 1: of that as well. I was also curious about two
Speaker 1: was last game of the season here and trying to
Speaker 1: get to three and oh all time in his career
Speaker 1: against the Patriots. That's a good box to check. First
Speaker 1: sweep since two thousand against the Patriots. That's a good
Speaker 1: bucks to check. And back to back winning seasons, you
Speaker 1: love to check that box as well. I wanted to
Speaker 1: play some audio here from head coach Brian Flores, and
Speaker 1: I was gonna choose one or two, but the first
Speaker 1: three Q and as in his Sunday night postgame press conference,
Speaker 1: I was a big fan of let's just go ahead
Speaker 1: and go and order. Here's the first one. When he
Speaker 1: was asked about how his team responded and how they
Speaker 1: came out and played in the game, which of course
Speaker 1: you knew had no playoff implications, and that was a
Speaker 1: question coach answered all week and he said, hey, we're
Speaker 1: playing like it's another game. That mean you get seventeen
Speaker 1: the opportunities. We're gonna go out there and try to
Speaker 1: win it. Dolphins did, and they did. Here's Brian Flores
Speaker 1: tea proNT of the fight, their resiliency, their ability to
Speaker 1: deal with diversity. M h. We got ups and downs
Speaker 1: and it's it's it's a year I'll certainly remember. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Coach was then asked a follow up question, or not
Speaker 1: a follow up question, just the next question and orders
Speaker 1: of the questions here about how much pride he took
Speaker 1: in the back to back winning seasons and mentioned he
Speaker 1: was the first one to do it since we mentioned
Speaker 1: two thousand three. Here's Brian Flores. Look, I mean the
Speaker 1: credit goes to the to the to the players, coaches.
Speaker 1: I just you know, I always I'm always gonna feel
Speaker 1: like wish I could have done more. Um, and are
Speaker 1: guys they work hard from uh, you know, the players
Speaker 1: and coaches, but obviously our supports, staff, and it's it's
Speaker 1: it's a special group. Happy and proud to be a
Speaker 1: part of it. And uh excited for for for the
Speaker 1: way they played today. UM, proud of the way they
Speaker 1: played today and really the second half of the season.
Speaker 1: So here is the follow up to that first question
Speaker 1: when coach was asked about in which ways have you
Speaker 1: grown and learned this year? Like he mentioned in that
Speaker 1: first answer, Here's head coach Brian Flores. I mean, I think, look,
Speaker 1: every year, every time you step out on the field,
Speaker 1: going to a meeting to do a walk through, I
Speaker 1: think you know those experiences. I think you're learning every
Speaker 1: time you every day, and I try to improve every day.
Speaker 1: I try to preach that to our players that that's
Speaker 1: that's the goal. Really in all areas, not just football,
Speaker 1: but m you know, as husbands, as fathers, as sons,
Speaker 1: and really in every way. So UM, I try to
Speaker 1: take those experiences and try to be better in every
Speaker 1: area of my life. So you know, specific to football,
Speaker 1: I mean it's you know, it's across the board and
Speaker 1: from leadership standpoint, from a UM preparation standpoint, from the
Speaker 1: scheduling standpoint, from a practice standpoint, from a walk boo standpoint.
Speaker 1: I think you take all those those things and say, hey,
Speaker 1: you know, what's the right formula. But every year is
Speaker 1: different to different players, different situations. So I think, you know,
Speaker 1: as I time to reflect all together. So many variables
Speaker 1: in football, offense, defense, special team scheduling, you know what
Speaker 1: I mean. That is just so many things, so many
Speaker 1: areas where you can learn. I try to be bettering
Speaker 1: every one of those areas. So you have head coach
Speaker 1: Brian Flores discussing this season ending victory. The Dolphins close
Speaker 1: out the season with eight victories in their final nine
Speaker 1: games to finish eight and nine on the season. We're
Speaker 1: gonna come back into the five takeaways, but real quick,
Speaker 1: a short break. We're back on the Sunday Night Slash
Speaker 1: Monday morning recap edition of the Drive Time podcast. Dolphins
Speaker 1: win thirty three four over the Patriots in the season finale,
Speaker 1: and our first takeaway. It started early in the game.
Speaker 1: Jalen Waddle sets the record for receptions by a rookie receiver.
Speaker 1: He has four in the game. He needed three to
Speaker 1: get the record, so he winds up with one oh
Speaker 1: three on the season for a thousand fifteen yards and
Speaker 1: seven total touchdowns. He caught six of those had rushing
Speaker 1: touchdown against the New York Jets. So Waddle, I mean,
Speaker 1: what a great rookie season he had this year for himself.
Speaker 1: The number six picking the draft, Dolphins go back to
Speaker 1: the twelfth pick, go back up to the six picks
Speaker 1: starting at the third to move around and get an
Speaker 1: additional first round draft pick and draft this explosive playmaker
Speaker 1: from Alabama, and he did not disappoint. And that was
Speaker 1: kind of a fun part of this early part of
Speaker 1: the game plan was not just to get Waddle involved
Speaker 1: and to get him the football and to get him
Speaker 1: the record and to get him into the end zone,
Speaker 1: to get the Dolphins offense crankin which I think really
Speaker 1: set a tone for this game, especially after the exhabing
Speaker 1: Howard pick six to put them up fourteen nothing early,
Speaker 1: which this Dolphins team sure can play with the lead,
Speaker 1: but the way they got there with two a completing
Speaker 1: seven of his first seven passes for fifty four yards
Speaker 1: and that touchdown pass with the Dolphins altering different formations
Speaker 1: and heavy looks and unbalanced looks and more receivers, more
Speaker 1: tight ends, more backs, varying, Duke Johnson varying, Philip Lindsay,
Speaker 1: good mix of early down passing in some third it
Speaker 1: in short runs that convert and move the chains, and
Speaker 1: playing off of the some of the looks we've seen
Speaker 1: all year long, like that little motion where Albert Wilson
Speaker 1: goes along the formation and then runs that little mini
Speaker 1: wheel route, and then Durham Smith has the dash pass
Speaker 1: option into the flat and to it has the potential
Speaker 1: zone read or keeper option, and then from there they've
Speaker 1: unveiled some wrinkles and different looks like, for instance, Durham
Speaker 1: Smith later in the game caught an eighteen yard passed
Speaker 1: up the sideline on one of those little it's not
Speaker 1: a wheel route, but it's kind of like off the
Speaker 1: motion a wheel route up the sideline, and they were
Speaker 1: able to uh get a couple of those looks in
Speaker 1: this game. Snuck Waddle into that kind of corner of
Speaker 1: part of the end zone off of a similar look
Speaker 1: here with with two A coming rolling to that side
Speaker 1: of the formation. So just a good mix of running
Speaker 1: past different formations, getting different guys involved, different guys touching
Speaker 1: the football. Loved the opening plan to that game. Love
Speaker 1: getting the football to Waddle, and just to kind of
Speaker 1: expand upon that takeaway and really make it about, you know,
Speaker 1: the entire season for this Dolphins team, because the takeaways
Speaker 1: ultimately about the game, but also about where the team
Speaker 1: is at that moment. And to just look back at
Speaker 1: this draft class with Waddle, with Javon Holland, who made
Speaker 1: another big impact in this game with his physicality and
Speaker 1: his hits and his range and his speed and his
Speaker 1: ability to close short distances from deep depth and just
Speaker 1: make all kinds of plays and get to become a
Speaker 1: factor in the game whether he's down in the box
Speaker 1: or playing in that high post in the safety position.
Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips, the other first round draft pick, didn't get
Speaker 1: credited for the sack that Christian Wilkins picks up, but
Speaker 1: he was a big part of that play that dumped
Speaker 1: Mac Jones and helped the Dolphins get off the field
Speaker 1: again on defense and a day where they were very
Speaker 1: good on that side of the field. So those first
Speaker 1: three draft picks. Liam Eichenberg will break down the tape
Speaker 1: on the game tomorrow on Drive Time, But I thought
Speaker 1: he opened the season pretty well in New England left
Speaker 1: tackle and closes it pretty well against the Patriots at
Speaker 1: that left tackle position. Hunter Long was not active for
Speaker 1: this game, but you saw him for the course of
Speaker 1: the season, and then Robert Jones gets that start at
Speaker 1: the right tackle position as well. So some Dolphins key's
Speaker 1: continue to come along here. That's kind of a convoluted
Speaker 1: edition of the first takeaway. But Jalen sets the record
Speaker 1: and sets the pace for a strong rookie class. I
Speaker 1: should say both Jalen's set records, as Waddle has franchise records.
Speaker 1: Also now the NFL record for most catches by a
Speaker 1: rookie in a single season, while Jalen Phillips has the
Speaker 1: all time Dolphins rookie record for sacks in a season.
Speaker 1: Takeaway Number two was how the Dolphins altered their their
Speaker 1: game plan in this one. How they altered their defensive
Speaker 1: looks they show the young quarterback and just the preparation
Speaker 1: for your opponents. That's kind of the key part of
Speaker 1: the takeaways, how the Dolphins put themselves in position to
Speaker 1: prepare for the specific opponent, and talking mostly about the
Speaker 1: Xaviing Howard picks six where he just flat out basically
Speaker 1: so that they had two receivers to his side of
Speaker 1: the field, and he's the furthest wide out split corner
Speaker 1: on the number one right. The number one is the
Speaker 1: furtherest split next inside is two and three and so
Speaker 1: forth and so on. And he turns the number one
Speaker 1: down the field where a safety has to come over
Speaker 1: the top, and that's that does create that turkey who
Speaker 1: they talk about in the cover to look where you
Speaker 1: have the behind the underneath corner underneath the over the
Speaker 1: top safety. And he turned that free and jumped inside
Speaker 1: a little hookup route, a little snag route that mac
Speaker 1: Jones tried to find on his very first pass of
Speaker 1: the game after a pair of running plays put the
Speaker 1: Patriots in third and short, and he does what Xavian
Speaker 1: Howard does, gets his hands on the football, winds up
Speaker 1: with his fifth pick, his second touchdown of the season,
Speaker 1: and I just love the way they had a feeling
Speaker 1: for how the Patriots wanted to play this kind of
Speaker 1: a similar style to Miami. You control the football, you
Speaker 1: control the clock, and that's how you wind up, you know,
Speaker 1: letting your defense do what does best and limit the
Speaker 1: amount of possessions they have on the field so that
Speaker 1: they're fresh, they can alternate their guys in there and
Speaker 1: get that pass rush going and eventually get takeaways when
Speaker 1: the offense becomes more one dimensional. Well, the Dolphins read
Speaker 1: that red kind of the the keys for the Patriots
Speaker 1: this season, and that third and short pass right there,
Speaker 1: jump right in front of that little hookup route that
Speaker 1: has been such a reliable chain mover for that offense.
Speaker 1: Not so fast on this one, and it quickly puts
Speaker 1: Miami out into a four team point lead, which I
Speaker 1: thought was really really key in this game for them
Speaker 1: to just kind of salt the game away, and not
Speaker 1: not salted away, but to to be able to dictate
Speaker 1: the terms of the game based upon that and force
Speaker 1: the Patriots into a bit more of a one dimensional attack,
Speaker 1: which they had to do throughout the course of the
Speaker 1: second half and really into that first half as well.
Speaker 1: So the defensive performance, the preparation, the big play by
Speaker 1: your big playmaker and xaviing Howard. We mentioned earlier playing
Speaker 1: a lot of coverage on Mac Jones and just rushing
Speaker 1: for but then there was like a third and tent
Speaker 1: play where they had that zero pressure look where they're
Speaker 1: all playing off coverage right at the sticks. You want
Speaker 1: to try to throw a hook up, you want to
Speaker 1: try to throw a hitch, you want to try to
Speaker 1: throw a slant or a dret, whatever you want to
Speaker 1: try to throw, We're gonna rally up and tackle because
Speaker 1: that's what this defensive Backs DNA says they're going to do.
Speaker 1: And with the pressure we're gonna put in your quarterback.
Speaker 1: If you don't take that quick hitter that we're probably
Speaker 1: gonna put pressure on him either get him down for
Speaker 1: a sack and get a loose ball. Whatever the case.
Speaker 1: Maybe you just put the offense in into a position
Speaker 1: where they don't have many options and you forced them
Speaker 1: to play a certain way when you get into that.
Speaker 1: And so Miami's defense with the run defense, helped them
Speaker 1: set that up early in this game with more Christian Wilkins,
Speaker 1: with more Andrew Van Geinkle, with some Zack Seedler involvement
Speaker 1: in their Emmanuel aug I mean, so many guys Landing
Speaker 1: Roberts your miss if we don't mention him, so many
Speaker 1: guys contributing to the early down success to put them
Speaker 1: in position and make the big plays on those third downs.
Speaker 1: They wind up with two takeaways against the team who
Speaker 1: came into the game plus ten in the turnover department,
Speaker 1: which was number five in the NFL coming into action
Speaker 1: on Sunday. So, I mean, it began with the pick six,
Speaker 1: but it just kind of kept going from there. Pick six, punt, touchdown, punt, punt,
Speaker 1: field goal, fumble was the Patriots drive chart to help
Speaker 1: Miami get a seven team point lead at that point
Speaker 1: of the game. I also mentioned how it was concerned
Speaker 1: about how the Dolphins might fare on third down in
Speaker 1: this game. The Patriots wind up five for ten after
Speaker 1: an eleven for six team performance back in the opener,
Speaker 1: but they were one for their first five and that's
Speaker 1: kind of that drive chart there, where they were able
Speaker 1: to keep the Patriots offense lead two short drives, keep
Speaker 1: him from scoring points, and help the Dolphins offense sustain
Speaker 1: in their long drives, which was a really good, complimentary
Speaker 1: brand of football for the Dolphins. So the defense knowing
Speaker 1: your opponent and attacking accordingly was takeaway number two. We
Speaker 1: got there. Eventually, didn't really have the name for it
Speaker 1: there when we began to take away, but we got there.
Speaker 1: Takeaway number three. Robert Jones makes us first start. Now,
Speaker 1: I've been kind of mentioning him on the podcast here
Speaker 1: that the course of the season from training camp. You know,
Speaker 1: we talked I think it was I think it was
Speaker 1: Emery Hunt did the podcast back, Yeah, it was Emory,
Speaker 1: But my good buddy, Emery. We have so many draft
Speaker 1: guests on I can't remember who says what all the time.
Speaker 1: But Emery, we had him on to talk about U
Speaker 1: d f as on the Dolphins roster and who he
Speaker 1: likes because he covers all kinds of wide scoping ranges
Speaker 1: of college football down at the FCS subdivisions, and and
Speaker 1: he does a great job calling games and analyzing games.
Speaker 1: He's on CBS all that fun stuff, And we'll have
Speaker 1: that type of content for you here in this offseason
Speaker 1: as well, getting plenty of good draft and offseason content
Speaker 1: guests for you guys here on Drive Time. But Emory
Speaker 1: on that podcast talked about Robert Jones and when I
Speaker 1: asked him, which undrafted rookie do you think this on
Speaker 1: this Dolphins roster has the best chance to stick around
Speaker 1: long term? And he said, without hesitation, said Robert Jones.
Speaker 1: And so we talked about him as he kind of
Speaker 1: built through the training camp program and you know, he
Speaker 1: was third and fourth team and just kind of working
Speaker 1: his way trying to get himself into a position. And
Speaker 1: we talked about his play in the preseason. We just
Speaker 1: kind of saw grow each game before eventually I thought
Speaker 1: he played really well in the Bengals game and he
Speaker 1: was kind of one of the stars of that game
Speaker 1: on the postgame podcast that week. And then we see
Speaker 1: him get inserted into the lineup early in the season
Speaker 1: for like three or four snaps and I liked those snaps.
Speaker 1: Undered one drive like eight snaps. And then we've seen
Speaker 1: him get on the field on some heavy offensive line
Speaker 1: personnel where you bring six offensive linemen onto the field,
Speaker 1: and we've been a big fan. I've been a big
Speaker 1: fan of his game there. And then he comes out
Speaker 1: in this one and I haven't seen the tape yet,
Speaker 1: but I remember some pretty good push off the right
Speaker 1: side where I was kind of focusing on sixty five
Speaker 1: and sixty eight, and they had some good combo blocks
Speaker 1: and some good some good work dent in the edge
Speaker 1: and kind of create in some space off the outside
Speaker 1: there for some runs. You know, Duke kind a nice
Speaker 1: twenty seven yard run to open up the first the
Speaker 1: third quarter for the Dolphins offense. And I like what
Speaker 1: I saw from Robert Jones and the Dolphins were able
Speaker 1: to kind of mix their run game with different leads
Speaker 1: and polls. You know, they have that we talked about
Speaker 1: that dash pass to Durham Smith dash pass, not Pasha.
Speaker 1: It's like when someone says horse shreddish. We have that
Speaker 1: little dash pass to Durham smythe where he pulls across
Speaker 1: the formation and it simulates split zone where you have
Speaker 1: the tight end peeling across the grain of the potential
Speaker 1: running game and it can cause some you know, some
Speaker 1: wandering eyes for linebackers for lack of a better term.
Speaker 1: And they work off of that with with the throw
Speaker 1: the passing game as well. But they pulled Durham Smith
Speaker 1: around that split zone with you know, the backside guard
Speaker 1: leading up to So sometimes it was sometimes it was
Speaker 1: Robert Hunt, sometimes it was Austin Jackson and then off
Speaker 1: the edge too, with with the times that Jackson did
Speaker 1: pull to the right side, you see Robert Jones and
Speaker 1: they're just kind of kind of pinning that thing in
Speaker 1: tight to the formation man the offensive line creatings all
Speaker 1: kinds of space on the ground for the Dolphins to
Speaker 1: rush for a buck ninety five in this game, and
Speaker 1: they open up with six straight runs on the field
Speaker 1: goal drive that moved Miami kind of from the fringe
Speaker 1: of the field goal range of field goal range down
Speaker 1: to the red zone in that third quarter and just
Speaker 1: kept running it, just kept running it and having success.
Speaker 1: So good work by Robert Jones and his first career start.
Speaker 1: I thought Robert Hunt was good, and you know, we've
Speaker 1: we've been talking about him for weeks now having a
Speaker 1: really strong second half of the season. And then Michael
Speaker 1: Dieter and Durham Smith. I thought both had some good
Speaker 1: blocks as well as some nice work by Austin Jackson
Speaker 1: and leam Meikeenberg. You know, I think that when I
Speaker 1: when I plugged the tape on this week, I think
Speaker 1: I'm gonna see plays from all five of these guys
Speaker 1: and the tight ends in the running game. I think
Speaker 1: I'm gonna really like what I see from most of
Speaker 1: their work throughout most of the game. But we'll find
Speaker 1: out when we watch the tape from from the live
Speaker 1: broadcast or from the live press box view. Enjoy what
Speaker 1: I saw up front, Robert Jones at right tackle. I'm
Speaker 1: intrigued by saying that all year number four, welcome home
Speaker 1: now potential stay home for Duke Johnson. I mean, you know,
Speaker 1: you could say if we know he'll be back, but
Speaker 1: he's earned an opportunity to be in that conversation, hasn't he.
Speaker 1: I mean, he starts that third quarter drive with the
Speaker 1: twenty seven yards rushing out wide. Then he has the
Speaker 1: one yard touchdown where it's basically just hey, Duke, go
Speaker 1: win with your speed and the way he can sustain
Speaker 1: contact whether he's at full speed or working through the backfield,
Speaker 1: and he hits the accelerator the footwork to to put
Speaker 1: himself in position to explode off of those cuts where
Speaker 1: he's kind of pressing the hole and he kind of
Speaker 1: gets himself skinny behind the block and then the feet
Speaker 1: are still active and then he's out the backside or
Speaker 1: out the front side, wherever it may be. He really
Speaker 1: sets his blocks up well, and I like the way
Speaker 1: it pairs with the size of this Dolphins offensive line
Speaker 1: that guys. You know, we talked about Robert Hunt swallowing
Speaker 1: guys up in the running game, Robert Jones off the
Speaker 1: right side as well. Austin Jackson's had some of that
Speaker 1: this year and the rest of the crew up front.
Speaker 1: The way he can kind of set those blocks up
Speaker 1: and just give those big guys an extra inch of
Speaker 1: leverage or an extra inch of width, and where their
Speaker 1: hand placement goes, and the way they turn their butt
Speaker 1: to to create a lane and create a seal there.
Speaker 1: For Duke Johnson, I think he pairs well with how
Speaker 1: they blocked this thing up for him, and he's really
Speaker 1: maximizing what's been there in the running game. And you know,
Speaker 1: Miami ran for two fifty in the game last year
Speaker 1: in Week fifteen. They had a hundred and forty through
Speaker 1: three quarters this time around and wind up with a
Speaker 1: buck ninety five and twenty five of those carries for
Speaker 1: a buck seventeen went to Duke Johnson and then also
Speaker 1: Philip Lindsay eleven for forty on the ground and two
Speaker 1: a tongule. Valoa had two big runs, a couple of
Speaker 1: first down conversions, on third down, including the twenty three
Speaker 1: yard or he finishes five for thirty eight on the
Speaker 1: day for seven point six yards per rush from your
Speaker 1: starting quarterback there. So the Dolphins get the running game
Speaker 1: going and it goes heavily through Duke Johnson one seventeen.
Speaker 1: And we mentioned the defense, and how about trying to
Speaker 1: play a complimentary style of football. Four drives of seven
Speaker 1: twenty six, six fifty eight, six thirty and three fifty
Speaker 1: four really helped Miami squeeze the air out of the
Speaker 1: ball in this game and play a time possession game
Speaker 1: and get that victory and and really assaulted away there late.
Speaker 1: If you look at the final numbers in this game,
Speaker 1: I'm he possessed the ball for thirty three minutes and
Speaker 1: thirty six seconds. To newing this, you add a pick
Speaker 1: six in there, and then you get fifty conversion on
Speaker 1: third down, although it was one for six at one
Speaker 1: point or possibly two for six at one point below.
Speaker 1: You do all that, you possess the football, you run
Speaker 1: the ball, You're gonna be tough to beat. Let's come
Speaker 1: back with takeaway number five and a look ahead to
Speaker 1: what's next, but real quick, a short break al right
Speaker 1: back here with the Monday version, the recap edition of
Speaker 1: the Drive Time podcast. I am your host, Travis Wingfield.
Speaker 1: We are presented by Auto Nation, and then the fifth
Speaker 1: takeaway from the Dolphins thirty three to victory over the
Speaker 1: New England Patriots is their spirit and fight to go
Speaker 1: out and win this season finale. I think it says
Speaker 1: a lot about this team with what was not at stake.
Speaker 1: I mean, when we talked about it, I mentioned off
Speaker 1: the top of the show the Week eighteen finale on
Speaker 1: Sunday Night Football with the Raiders and Chargers and all
Speaker 1: the chaos and how much exhilaration there was in that
Speaker 1: game and around the league today in certain games that had,
Speaker 1: you know, more seating and playoff implications, the Dolphins game
Speaker 1: had that feel and that was because the Dolphins brought
Speaker 1: that field to the game. I mean, the Patriots were
Speaker 1: playing for something. They had a potential division title to
Speaker 1: go capture, and Miami lived up to it and got
Speaker 1: out to an early start, got the crowd involved, and
Speaker 1: it was a fun day at the ballpark. It was
Speaker 1: just a whole bunch of fun for the Dolphins to
Speaker 1: be out there on that field. And we we played
Speaker 1: the clip last week with Jed Alexander talking about how
Speaker 1: you only get seventeen of these opportunities every single year.
Speaker 1: We never take that for granted, and then he tweeted
Speaker 1: about it on Sunday. I believe a great photo of him,
Speaker 1: Javon Holland and Brandon Jones with his arms both in
Speaker 1: are locked around either of their their neck and shoulders
Speaker 1: and kind of giving them a pre game let's let's
Speaker 1: go and you know, I love you guys type of thing.
Speaker 1: That was a really cool tweet. I just thought it
Speaker 1: really embodied what Brian Floores, this coaching staff, and this
Speaker 1: entire organization's message was in this game was the let's
Speaker 1: go out there and get a victory. Let's go out
Speaker 1: there and play hard, and they did for sixty minutes.
Speaker 1: So that's the fifth takeaway. Those are of five takeaways,
Speaker 1: and that is the final time we'll give you takeaways
Speaker 1: until next August. We'll do them for preseason after those games.
Speaker 1: But I want to go ahead and finish up with
Speaker 1: a few more points here as the well, we put
Speaker 1: a we put a bow on that game and a
Speaker 1: bow on the season here as far as the recap
Speaker 1: podcast are concerned, and if you were concerned about the
Speaker 1: Dolphins first round draft choice next year. It looks like
Speaker 1: we will not find out when that first pick will
Speaker 1: be as the forty Niners pull off a late victory
Speaker 1: over the Los Angeles Rams and they find a way
Speaker 1: into the postseason. Had they lost, the Saints won their games,
Speaker 1: so they would have gone to the playoffs and the
Speaker 1: Niners would have been out, which means Miami would have
Speaker 1: picked inside the top twenty. So if the Niners lose
Speaker 1: next week, that pick will be in that kind of
Speaker 1: twenty six range, I believe, depending on how the rest
Speaker 1: of the games go. So you guys know how this
Speaker 1: drill goes. We did with the Houston Texans pick for
Speaker 1: a couple of years in a row. Now we do
Speaker 1: it here with the Niners in the playoffs, Texans in
Speaker 1: the playoffs two years ago. We'll be tracking their games
Speaker 1: to see where that pick winds up. But the Dolphins also,
Speaker 1: again we talked about cap space, you know, a while
Speaker 1: back back, and how the Dolphins are in good position
Speaker 1: there was some flexibility to go out and make some
Speaker 1: moves or working on extending their own guys or signing
Speaker 1: some free whatever the case may be. They've got the
Speaker 1: flexibility to make that happen with the draft capital as well,
Speaker 1: and just to kind of finish up this point, you know,
Speaker 1: I wanted to actually real quick, let's do this, let's
Speaker 1: do this. Two opponents this year are also now set,
Speaker 1: and the Dolphins, of course will host the Patriots, Bills,
Speaker 1: and Jets. Next year, they'll host the Browns and Steelers
Speaker 1: in the a f C North, They'll host the Houston
Speaker 1: Texans for finishing third in their respective divisions, the a
Speaker 1: f C East and South. They'll also host the Green
Speaker 1: Bay Packers. In the Minnesota Vikings, they'll go on the
Speaker 1: road to the Patriots, Bills and Jets. The a f
Speaker 1: C North will be road games at the Ravens and Bengals.
Speaker 1: Will also go on the road for the a f
Speaker 1: C West third place team, which is the Los Angeles Chargers,
Speaker 1: and then we'll play the Lions, the Bears from the
Speaker 1: NFC North on on road games and the forty Niners
Speaker 1: r NFC West opponent, and the additional seventeenth game will
Speaker 1: be also a road up point for the Dolphins. So Patriots, Bills, Jets,
Speaker 1: Brown Steelers, Texans, Packers and Vikings at home on the road.
Speaker 1: Patriots Bills, Jets, Ravens, Bengals, Chargers, Lions, Bears, forty Niners.
Speaker 1: So when we get to that season, I want to
Speaker 1: finish up with my point here that with all the
Speaker 1: cap space and all the draft picks, and all the
Speaker 1: flexibility too, if you want to go move capital for veterans,
Speaker 1: if you want to sign veterans, if you want to
Speaker 1: trade back and get more future capital, if you want
Speaker 1: to stick and pick where you're at and get rookies
Speaker 1: to make impacts from those spots, those are all on
Speaker 1: the table, right But what I think draws the most
Speaker 1: improvement for every team year to year is your internal improvement.
Speaker 1: And I've talked about this so many times, and this
Speaker 1: was kind of something we we used therapeutically in the
Speaker 1: first half of the season to kind of get us
Speaker 1: through those tough podcasts after seven straight losses. Was measuring
Speaker 1: how players grow from their rookie season to their second season,
Speaker 1: or even in their rookie season, or sometimes there's back
Speaker 1: into their third season. We talked about Christian Wilkins. He
Speaker 1: had a career year, four and a half sax, he
Speaker 1: got another one in this game today and he winds
Speaker 1: up with eighties high eighties tackles. I forget the exact number,
Speaker 1: just coming out on like a total beast after having
Speaker 1: a good start to his career, but nothing like he
Speaker 1: did this year in terms of production and play. I mean,
Speaker 1: he was fantastic. You know, I talked about Mike A.
Speaker 1: Sikey's rookie season, he talked about it this week, wasn't
Speaker 1: up to his standards, and then he's picked up and
Speaker 1: had a much, very productive to three and four years
Speaker 1: of his career. I mean, it's it's evident throughout the roster,
Speaker 1: It's evident throughout the national football And I point to
Speaker 1: one guy in Denver and Garrett Bowls, who I don't
Speaker 1: know if you guys ever follow le Broncos are just
Speaker 1: general discourse about football teams. People in Denver wanted Garrett
Speaker 1: Bowls gone through his first year, second year, even third year,
Speaker 1: and then he turned it on and kind of the
Speaker 1: light went on and he found what made him a
Speaker 1: first round draft pick and he got an extension. I mean,
Speaker 1: it's Brian Flores mentions this all the time. Growth for
Speaker 1: a player, it's a case by case study. It could
Speaker 1: be immediate, it could take some time. It had never
Speaker 1: happened but you don't give up on talent. And I
Speaker 1: think that with this Dolphins roster, whether guys have hit
Speaker 1: their peak of their development or they're still coming along,
Speaker 1: or they haven't quite lived up to what they hoped
Speaker 1: with the franchise, franchise hoped they would show. That's up
Speaker 1: to the themselves and the coaching staff to get those
Speaker 1: guys going up for next year and to continue to
Speaker 1: build and progress and get better. And Brian Flores mentioned
Speaker 1: getting better every single day, and that's my whole point here,
Speaker 1: is that your best improvement will come from internal improvement
Speaker 1: on your roster. And I like that and it's been
Speaker 1: a theory of mine for a long time. I'm not
Speaker 1: just saying this right now because I'm in this position.
Speaker 1: You heard that unlocked on Dolphins, and I like that
Speaker 1: theory right now because the Dolphins had so many draft
Speaker 1: picks in twenty one that have made an impact and
Speaker 1: can continue to make bigger impacts and have other players
Speaker 1: as well in the twenty nineteen class and veterans that
Speaker 1: can improve to I like the position the Dolphins are
Speaker 1: in from that standpoint to continue to get better on
Speaker 1: their own roster also while having the resources outside to
Speaker 1: make their roster better. That's my final note here on
Speaker 1: the off season on this edition of the Drivetime Podcast.
Speaker 1: That's gonna do it for me. You all please be
Speaker 1: sure to check out the postgame show segment here after
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Speaker 1: into the fifth Quarter post game Show on the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins Radio Network. The Fish Tank crew is here, Seth
Speaker 1: Levitt and o J McDuffie. I am Travis Winfield, the
Speaker 1: host of the Drivetime Podcast on the Miami Dolphins Podcast Network,
Speaker 1: and guys, it's back to back winning seasons for the
Speaker 1: first time since I was a sophomore in high school. Juice,
Speaker 1: two thousand three, first sweep already, we have to talk
Speaker 1: the show with you guys. Right into my intro to
Speaker 1: first sweep over the pat since two thousand I was
Speaker 1: in junior high for that one, Seth, Juice, I'm not
Speaker 1: in junior high anymore. I'll toast of that one boys.
Speaker 1: One more show to go on the season, o j
Speaker 1: And we are finishing it up here with the victory.
Speaker 1: Dolphins get to nine and eight on this two thousands. Bro. Cheers, cheers, cheers,
Speaker 1: Big Sath. We know you don't have to get down
Speaker 1: like this anyways, but hey, a win is a win
Speaker 1: is a win, bro, let's get it in. He he
Speaker 1: went straight for the what's the name of this one here?
Speaker 1: Oh my god, that's a sir, They're unbelievable. He went
Speaker 1: straight forward. That's that's a warm one beverage, and that
Speaker 1: is a large would on the wind wood Man, that's
Speaker 1: a win would victory today? Bro, that's to play on word, Seth.
Speaker 1: What do you think, man? Think it was just this
Speaker 1: way to finish out the season here with a what
Speaker 1: was the final score? And we kick a p at
Speaker 1: there at the end. I was too busy. Let it go.
Speaker 1: Let's let it go. So finished three four is the
Speaker 1: final correct juice. Let's let's go back to juice here
Speaker 1: like we do every single Sunday. Here. Take away from
Speaker 1: the game, man, we get another victory here, eight and
Speaker 1: one to finish out this season. What do you think? Man? Man?
Speaker 1: You know what, I just love the fact that, you know,
Speaker 1: the guys did not sit back last week and feel
Speaker 1: sorry for themselves, you know what I mean? I think
Speaker 1: that's more important anything. They did not feel sorry for themselves.
Speaker 1: They went out there and they played hard. Man. Let's
Speaker 1: talk about the first drive and then of course when
Speaker 1: the defense came in and gave him another little you know,
Speaker 1: uh little emphasis on like getting this lead. And then
Speaker 1: next thing you know, you know, we're sitting there with
Speaker 1: fourteen nothing lead, and they went out there and play well. Man.
Speaker 1: Offense went down there and play well. Defense answered, and
Speaker 1: next thing you know, we gotta chance right there, bro.
Speaker 1: And that's that's the way the game went down. Man.
Speaker 1: So I love the fact that a team that had
Speaker 1: nothing zero to play for went out there and played
Speaker 1: their asses all. That was one of my big takeaways too.
Speaker 1: I thought this was an important game for Miami just
Speaker 1: in terms of seeing how they would respond to being
Speaker 1: really out of contention for the first time, Seth since
Speaker 1: two thousand nineteen. I mean, every game the last two
Speaker 1: years has been a big one up until this one, unfortunately,
Speaker 1: But I liked this right here, Seth. Drives of seven, six,
Speaker 1: six fifty, eight, six thirty and then a drive that
Speaker 1: almost went four minutes. That's a good complimentary style to
Speaker 1: this defense. And what did you think of that as
Speaker 1: far as how this game kind of played out here, Seth,
Speaker 1: because we saw that the defense played another very strong game.
Speaker 1: The offense kind of complimented what they did that come
Speaker 1: out with a victory in the end. But what do
Speaker 1: you think of the approach of this game for the Dolphins? Well?
Speaker 1: I love the approach. You know, I was texting you
Speaker 1: guys that first drive. I was like, where were these
Speaker 1: guys last week? I mean, this is really kind of
Speaker 1: the game plan and we had hope to see last week,
Speaker 1: but you know last week is over and you talked
Speaker 1: about not much to play for. Ultimately, juice every opportunity
Speaker 1: you get, and you know how fleeting it is to
Speaker 1: get opportunities to play in the NFL, and so every
Speaker 1: game matters, regardless of there's playoffs in the line or not.
Speaker 1: We'd love to have the playoffs on the line, right,
Speaker 1: I mean, that would have been fantastic. That wasn't the case,
Speaker 1: But it doesn't mean you go out there and lay down,
Speaker 1: especially against the division rival. And and you know, I
Speaker 1: love seeing who doesn't like seeing the Patriots fans all
Speaker 1: upset in the stands? Who doesn't like seeing Bill Belichick
Speaker 1: pulling plays out of his sock? And you know, seeing
Speaker 1: looking all flustered on the sidelines everything, you know, who
Speaker 1: nobody wants them to come down here and go rolling
Speaker 1: into the playoffs is exactly the way you wanted to
Speaker 1: finish the season. Got a little nerve racking there late
Speaker 1: in the game. It was a little bit closer than
Speaker 1: I would have liked, But they finished with the w
Speaker 1: and all of the things that Travis just rolled out
Speaker 1: for you, especially sets when you're rolling around the concourse
Speaker 1: down here at a hard rocks head and there's a
Speaker 1: bunch of them out here, a bunch of them out
Speaker 1: here drinking beers and having a good time. I'm glad
Speaker 1: they're going back to here because everybody wants to be here. Travis,
Speaker 1: where are you from? I'm from here now. But now
Speaker 1: that's exactly right. Just we know you're from Cleveland, but
Speaker 1: you're here, and you stay here. All you can live
Speaker 1: anywhere in the country, you live here. Everybody wants to
Speaker 1: be here. It's a destination game. So of course I'm
Speaker 1: over that whole thing. All their fans come down here
Speaker 1: because they all wish they lived here, but they don't.
Speaker 1: But they come down here. But well, you know what's great.
Speaker 1: They got their vacation ruined because they sat in the
Speaker 1: rain and they have to go home on the walls. Yes,
Speaker 1: they get pay next week. That's great. Good. But today, today,
Speaker 1: and I don't care about right now is today because
Speaker 1: it's the day in front of us. And as Coach
Speaker 1: Florence has taught us, we take it one day at
Speaker 1: a time and focus on what's in front of us.
Speaker 1: And they go home with the l Yeah they want
Speaker 1: thousand per saying, go home with the Yale man. And
Speaker 1: it's a it's a beautiful yil of it, And you're right, So,
Speaker 1: I mean, it's amazing. It was so I hated so much.
Speaker 1: Sometimes when you sit there and you listen to the game.
Speaker 1: You watch the game and you see it play, and
Speaker 1: you don't know if it's for us for them. There
Speaker 1: were so many Patriot fans in the stands today, but
Speaker 1: we answered every time, every bill, and when they were loud,
Speaker 1: we got louder. Man so our fan. It's really except
Speaker 1: for the ones that sold their damn seats. The ones
Speaker 1: that were here, they showed up and they showed out.
Speaker 1: Bro it was nice. It was a beautiful thing, Seth.
Speaker 1: You mentioned people wanting to be here. I mean, the weather,
Speaker 1: the people, the stadium down here, it's all pretty beautiful
Speaker 1: in South Florida. And we're celebrating back to back winning
Speaker 1: seasons for the first time since two thousand three. That's
Speaker 1: a pretty impressive mark. There hasn't been done since Dave
Speaker 1: once that was the man in charge for the Miami Dolphins.
Speaker 1: But one point I wanted to put that, don't rush
Speaker 1: through that yet, Travis, think about how long it's been.
Speaker 1: I appreciate you slowing me down. I mean, I didn't
Speaker 1: want to go back to the middle school comment, but
Speaker 1: that's where I was. I was in middle school. I mean,
Speaker 1: you don't have to do that part of it. Let's
Speaker 1: focus on the Dolphins, not necessarily where you were in
Speaker 1: the fact that you were in middle school and doing
Speaker 1: Yeah you know, CALLI but he was in middle school, Juice,
Speaker 1: we were working. He's in middle school. But my point
Speaker 1: is that you can't lose sight of the fact. Look,
Speaker 1: when Brian Flores was was higher five year contract, right,
Speaker 1: you start over. Every time you get a new coach,
Speaker 1: you're starting over. You have to build a game plan.
Speaker 1: I know this team after and the rebuild has failed
Speaker 1: and all these other things. You know, it's not happening
Speaker 1: as quickly as we wanted to be. But there's a
Speaker 1: good young core of players that this team is building
Speaker 1: off of. They've won back to back, they've they've had
Speaker 1: winning seasons back to back years, and hopefully that's something
Speaker 1: that you can take a build upon. That good young
Speaker 1: core is a good mention there. We should get into
Speaker 1: this right off the top tier. Juice that Jalen Waddle
Speaker 1: now is the all time leading receptions man. That I said,
Speaker 1: that really really awkward. He has the most recessions by
Speaker 1: any rookie National Football League history and he got it
Speaker 1: on the first series, which I thought was pretty cool.
Speaker 1: And he punctuated that with a touchdown catch in the
Speaker 1: corner of the ends, and I thought one of the
Speaker 1: Dolphins best offensive plays of the entire day with that's
Speaker 1: that's three in a row versus the Patriots to a
Speaker 1: tongue of by Lois now three and in his career,
Speaker 1: and I know he wasn't a big part of that
Speaker 1: offense in the second half of the game, but he
Speaker 1: shutat certainly help them get that lead early on. And
Speaker 1: that's kind of where I want to go here to
Speaker 1: close out this opening ex seitement with you guys, is
Speaker 1: the way this team plays with a lead compared to
Speaker 1: the way they play from behind. And I know every
Speaker 1: team in the National Football League it's it's easier to
Speaker 1: do that to play with the lead, especially a two
Speaker 1: score lead, But man, juice, when this team gets out
Speaker 1: in front like that a couple of scores early, it
Speaker 1: seems like it's over. And I made this point last
Speaker 1: year that there are so many games where teams come
Speaker 1: back and clawback and get into at the very end,
Speaker 1: and the Patriots did that, and good for them. That's
Speaker 1: that's kind of how they play. They're gonna play sixty minutes.
Speaker 1: But this Dolphins team, when they get leads they're almost unbeatable. Man. Yeah,
Speaker 1: teams with great defense is there. That's the best thing
Speaker 1: you can do for that team is when you know,
Speaker 1: as an offense, don't mess it up. And for two,
Speaker 1: as the defense, you just want to get those those
Speaker 1: guys an opportunity dependent ears back, be able to play
Speaker 1: tighter coverage, you know what I mean, go after the
Speaker 1: quarterbacks and things like that, because they know the opposing
Speaker 1: team is they're they're fighting and scratching and clawing to
Speaker 1: make some points, you know, get some points involved. So
Speaker 1: you know, one thing about us, we're out of team
Speaker 1: that you see gets out enough in the first quarter.
Speaker 1: We don't get enough of that opportunity to goualt terry
Speaker 1: and get that lead. When we get that lead, like
Speaker 1: any of the team is really good. And we talked
Speaker 1: about some other teams in the league that plays so
Speaker 1: well with the lead, i e. Like Tennessee guys like that.
Speaker 1: When you some teams like that, they're they're better position
Speaker 1: to play well with the lead because they're not built
Speaker 1: to come back. And so for us, you know, it's
Speaker 1: nice the fact that we are able to go out
Speaker 1: there and get a lead, four teen point lead right away,
Speaker 1: Obviously it was huge for us because the rest of it,
Speaker 1: you know, we had to hold on and get a
Speaker 1: thing done. But the fact that the team went out
Speaker 1: to offense went down there right away, got to score.
Speaker 1: Defense gives a score right back and the next thing,
Speaker 1: you know, hey, you know New England's playing catch up
Speaker 1: the whole time. That's the best situation for anybody in
Speaker 1: the NFL right there. I agreed, Juice. And you talk
Speaker 1: about being built to protect the lead. You know what
Speaker 1: good teams do to protect leads. They run the ball.
Speaker 1: They run the air out of the football. And today
Speaker 1: the Dolphins did that. I was like, what is going on?
Speaker 1: I mean even to uh maybe some of his biggest
Speaker 1: plays of the entire game could argue the season with
Speaker 1: his legs. So you know, they ran the ball really well.
Speaker 1: And what more can we say about Duke Johnson a day?
Speaker 1: But since he got here, unbelievable, Like I mean, the
Speaker 1: entire league slept on this guy. Well, welcome home and
Speaker 1: stay home dude. That's kind of my message right now,
Speaker 1: because that dude, the way the way he gets those
Speaker 1: outside runs and and the way he can kind of
Speaker 1: press the hole in creation and bad angles for the defense.
Speaker 1: I want to talk about him more in a separate segment.
Speaker 1: That's a great point, seth because they rushed for a
Speaker 1: buck ninety five in this game. That's the season high
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins. They had one eight one against the
Speaker 1: Jets back in Week fifteen. So the one passes that
Speaker 1: they also had to fifty against the Patriots last year
Speaker 1: in the game in December. So maybe they're finding out
Speaker 1: ways to beat this Patriots team. Like I mentioned, three
Speaker 1: straight victories over the New England Patriots, and you know,
Speaker 1: the fast starts of the game is kind of to
Speaker 1: your point you made earlier. Steth got another minute or
Speaker 1: so here. That the way they prepared this week after
Speaker 1: a massive letdown. And we you know, we talked about
Speaker 1: this in our our group chats and all that, and
Speaker 1: the social media discord that we saw. It's not just
Speaker 1: Dolphins fans, it's every fan base across the National Football
Speaker 1: League guys that has these really really strong reactions to
Speaker 1: big wins and big losses. And the Dolphins fans had
Speaker 1: to be on the losing side of that last week.
Speaker 1: But for this team to come out and they're not
Speaker 1: going to surround themselves with all the virtual they see
Speaker 1: on on social media. But to come out and kind
Speaker 1: of play to what I thought was a point Jerald
Speaker 1: Alexander made, Dolphins defensive backs coach on the on his
Speaker 1: press conference this week, he said, Man, we don't take
Speaker 1: these opportunities for granted. You get seventeen of these years.
Speaker 1: Used to be sixteen, but you get seventeen of this year.
Speaker 1: We're not gonna take it for granted. We're gonna come
Speaker 1: out here with one one more opportunity to play together.
Speaker 1: And to come out and start that way, I thought
Speaker 1: really showed that message. Well, look, I know we gotta
Speaker 1: go in a break, So I'll give you my whole
Speaker 1: philosophy in the next thing. Look at that week eight
Speaker 1: teen seth figure out when the brakes come into play.
Speaker 1: I love that. I appreciate you on that. So the
Speaker 1: final score here, you know what hand off breaks and
Speaker 1: it cuts into my outro, just like you guys cut
Speaker 1: in my introstart the show up we're having in here.
Speaker 1: It's the final show of the year again, the final
Speaker 1: score from hard Rock Stadium. Dolphins win this one thirty
Speaker 1: three to twenty four. You're listening to the fifth quarter
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