WEBVTT - Dolphins Patriots Week 18 Recap 0:00:01.200 --> 0:00:06.040 Fires touch stop by Waddles knocked into the end zone 0:00:06.040 --> 0:00:10.160 of Miami More tip Prohi window. They had to get 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:15.840 that touchdown on that play, they give it. What is up? Dolphins? 0:00:15.960 --> 0:00:19.520 And welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami 0:00:19.560 --> 0:00:25.040 Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's 0:00:25.040 --> 0:00:28.000 it going everybody? I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and 0:00:28.000 --> 0:00:31.160 I am here to bring you the final game recap 0:00:31.280 --> 0:00:35.280 podcast edition of the Drivetime Podcast and your daily dose 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:38.440 of Miami Dolphins football. And on today's show, the Dolphins 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.720 win to get to nine and eight. That's right, it's 0:00:41.760 --> 0:00:47.800 our final victory Monday edition. Are right when when win? Win? Win? 0:00:48.360 --> 0:00:52.919 Edition of the Drivetime Podcast four season, the Dolphins win 0:00:53.040 --> 0:00:56.200 thirty three to twenty four over the New England Patriots. 0:00:56.560 --> 0:00:58.400 We'll get that game broken down for you with the 0:00:58.440 --> 0:01:01.320 five takeaways, talk about some of the storylines I had 0:01:01.360 --> 0:01:03.560 coming in, and will also play a segment from the 0:01:03.560 --> 0:01:06.919 post game show on five sixty with myself, SETH Levitt 0:01:07.000 --> 0:01:10.160 and O J. McDuffie from somewhere in South Florida. This 0:01:10.319 --> 0:01:18.000 is the Drive Time Podcast. So it is a second 0:01:18.080 --> 0:01:20.600 win over the Patriots this season. That is the first 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:24.160 sweep over the Patriots for the Dolphins since two thousand. 0:01:24.280 --> 0:01:27.520 You might recall two thousand one was Tom Brady's first 0:01:27.560 --> 0:01:30.399 year there in New England and two thousand was Belichick's 0:01:30.440 --> 0:01:32.680 first year there with the New England Patriots when they 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:34.720 were five and eleven. They then went eleven and five 0:01:34.959 --> 0:01:37.320 and won the Super Bowl in that second season. So 0:01:37.360 --> 0:01:39.680 Miami gets their first sweep over the division rival in 0:01:39.720 --> 0:01:43.600 twenty one years. They also secured their second consecutive winning 0:01:43.680 --> 0:01:46.680 season that has not happened since the O two oh 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.440 three seasons. And also the last time a team had 0:01:49.480 --> 0:01:52.800 consecutive winning seasons and did not qualify for the postseason, 0:01:53.080 --> 0:01:55.559 and either of those two years was the O two 0:01:55.560 --> 0:01:58.480 oh three Dolphins. So you can look at that and say, Wow, 0:01:58.480 --> 0:02:00.800 that's horrible luck for the Dolphins, or you can look 0:02:00.840 --> 0:02:03.160 at that and say right on the cusp, right on 0:02:03.200 --> 0:02:06.200 the fringe and kind of build momentum here going into 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:07.680 the off season. But I want to talk about this 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.919 game on this podcast and really get to the five 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:12.800 takeaways here here from coach Flores as well as the 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:16.040 Dolphins put a bow on another victory here and get 0:02:16.240 --> 0:02:19.160 to nine and eight on the season to close things up, 0:02:19.520 --> 0:02:22.079 and I just finished watching the Chargers and Raiders game. 0:02:22.160 --> 0:02:24.960 I actually got home for the from the postgame show, 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:30.919 like middle of the third quarter, and I got myself 0:02:30.960 --> 0:02:32.799 I was eating some some dinner before I came down 0:02:32.800 --> 0:02:34.919 to the podcast and got myself sucked into the game 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:36.720 and just kept watching it and kept watching it. And 0:02:36.720 --> 0:02:39.840 it felt like the NFL had like twenty tricks left 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:42.079 and it's bag if the NFL was like a person 0:02:42.120 --> 0:02:44.280 that had a bag full of tricks and they had 0:02:44.320 --> 0:02:46.760 like twenty left with only a quarter to play in 0:02:46.800 --> 0:02:48.919 the season, and was like, all right, emptied, all out 0:02:49.000 --> 0:02:51.000 right here, let's go ahead and make everything that possibly 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.040 crazy can happen happen. And it did, and the Raiders 0:02:54.080 --> 0:02:56.239 get the victory of the last second field goal where 0:02:56.240 --> 0:02:58.920 if they miss, they still go to the postseason. What 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.000 a crazy finished that was. The season just makes you 0:03:02.080 --> 0:03:04.440 appreciate and I love this league, in this sport that 0:03:04.480 --> 0:03:07.120 we all love so much, especially when the Dolphins are 0:03:07.200 --> 0:03:10.320 victorious on a Sunday. Of course, it will not result 0:03:10.360 --> 0:03:13.760 in a playoff appearance for the Miami Dolphins, as they 0:03:13.800 --> 0:03:16.480 finished on the outside looking in, but with a strong 0:03:16.600 --> 0:03:19.680 victory over their division rivals here to close the season, 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:21.320 and a few of the things I was looking at 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:23.200 here before we get into the takeaways and hear from 0:03:23.200 --> 0:03:25.840 head coach Brian Flores was I was curious to see 0:03:26.000 --> 0:03:29.360 how the Dolphins pressured mac Jones and what the approach 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.320 was defensively in this game. If it was going to 0:03:31.400 --> 0:03:33.720 be more coverage, if it was going to be more blitzing. 0:03:34.000 --> 0:03:36.120 We'll look at the numbers on the podcast tomorrow, but 0:03:36.160 --> 0:03:38.560 I thought there was a good mix and probably more 0:03:38.640 --> 0:03:41.560 coverage than I expected personally in terms of four man 0:03:41.640 --> 0:03:44.600 rushes and kind of daring him to break the pocket 0:03:44.640 --> 0:03:46.600 and run and make plays with his legs. There was 0:03:46.640 --> 0:03:48.680 a couple of opportunities for him to do so, and 0:03:48.800 --> 0:03:50.680 I think on one of the instances he hit up 0:03:50.680 --> 0:03:52.760 a big thirty yard pass or so, and there was 0:03:52.760 --> 0:03:54.680 another one where he had some room to run, tried 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:57.760 to throw and it fell incomplete. So Miami, I thought, 0:03:57.840 --> 0:04:00.360 did well to kind of force him to do some 0:04:00.400 --> 0:04:02.720 things that maybe he hadn't done a whole bunch this year, 0:04:02.840 --> 0:04:05.040 rather than just heat him up and get those blitz 0:04:05.080 --> 0:04:07.120 is coming after him and let him get those quick 0:04:07.160 --> 0:04:09.400 hitters that he is so quick at processing and finding 0:04:09.440 --> 0:04:11.920 and and hitting in rhythm and let that offense stay 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:13.640 on the field for long periods of time. So I 0:04:13.680 --> 0:04:16.000 thought the Dolphins had a good plan executed it that 0:04:16.040 --> 0:04:19.520 way against this rookie quarterbacks had a very strong rookie season. 0:04:19.839 --> 0:04:22.479 Scarious about the red zone. The Dolphins first red zone possession, 0:04:22.640 --> 0:04:24.920 the Patriots score touchdown, they would force a field goal 0:04:24.960 --> 0:04:27.080 on a later one, and then right on the doorstep 0:04:27.080 --> 0:04:29.040 of the red zone the Patriots also fumbled a ball 0:04:29.080 --> 0:04:31.560 back there as well. I was curious to see about 0:04:32.000 --> 0:04:34.000 third downs, in the length of those third downs, if 0:04:34.000 --> 0:04:36.200 Miami could get to those exotic looks. And that's a 0:04:36.240 --> 0:04:38.279 good part about this mixed game plan was they did 0:04:38.279 --> 0:04:41.080 have some instances of third and seven plus what they 0:04:41.080 --> 0:04:43.679 could dial up that pressure play, that kind of off 0:04:43.880 --> 0:04:46.479 zero look where you can't really dial up the quick 0:04:46.520 --> 0:04:48.880 hitters and get yak because you have to find a 0:04:48.920 --> 0:04:51.760 way around those off cornerbacks. Miami had a good mix 0:04:51.800 --> 0:04:54.080 of that as well. I was also curious about two 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:55.960 was last game of the season here and trying to 0:04:56.000 --> 0:04:57.800 get to three and oh all time in his career 0:04:57.839 --> 0:05:00.719 against the Patriots. That's a good box to check. First 0:05:00.720 --> 0:05:02.840 sweep since two thousand against the Patriots. That's a good 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.680 bucks to check. And back to back winning seasons, you 0:05:05.839 --> 0:05:08.360 love to check that box as well. I wanted to 0:05:08.360 --> 0:05:10.480 play some audio here from head coach Brian Flores, and 0:05:10.520 --> 0:05:12.640 I was gonna choose one or two, but the first 0:05:12.720 --> 0:05:16.400 three Q and as in his Sunday night postgame press conference, 0:05:16.440 --> 0:05:18.240 I was a big fan of let's just go ahead 0:05:18.240 --> 0:05:20.000 and go and order. Here's the first one. When he 0:05:20.040 --> 0:05:22.120 was asked about how his team responded and how they 0:05:22.160 --> 0:05:24.119 came out and played in the game, which of course 0:05:24.160 --> 0:05:26.680 you knew had no playoff implications, and that was a 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:29.320 question coach answered all week and he said, hey, we're 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:32.640 playing like it's another game. That mean you get seventeen 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:34.640 the opportunities. We're gonna go out there and try to 0:05:34.680 --> 0:05:37.320 win it. Dolphins did, and they did. Here's Brian Flores 0:05:38.480 --> 0:05:42.279 tea proNT of the fight, their resiliency, their ability to 0:05:42.320 --> 0:05:47.800 deal with diversity. M h. We got ups and downs 0:05:47.800 --> 0:05:53.159 and it's it's it's a year I'll certainly remember. Yeah. 0:05:54.400 --> 0:05:56.440 Coach was then asked a follow up question, or not 0:05:56.520 --> 0:05:58.680 a follow up question, just the next question and orders 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:01.680 of the questions here about how much pride he took 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:04.280 in the back to back winning seasons and mentioned he 0:06:04.320 --> 0:06:06.120 was the first one to do it since we mentioned 0:06:06.200 --> 0:06:11.440 two thousand three. Here's Brian Flores. Look, I mean the 0:06:11.520 --> 0:06:14.360 credit goes to the to the to the players, coaches. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.920 I just you know, I always I'm always gonna feel 0:06:16.960 --> 0:06:22.200 like wish I could have done more. Um, and are 0:06:22.240 --> 0:06:27.240 guys they work hard from uh, you know, the players 0:06:27.279 --> 0:06:31.520 and coaches, but obviously our supports, staff, and it's it's 0:06:31.560 --> 0:06:34.520 it's a special group. Happy and proud to be a 0:06:34.520 --> 0:06:40.039 part of it. And uh excited for for for the 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.760 way they played today. UM, proud of the way they 0:06:42.800 --> 0:06:45.760 played today and really the second half of the season. 0:06:45.880 --> 0:06:48.279 So here is the follow up to that first question 0:06:48.320 --> 0:06:51.640 when coach was asked about in which ways have you 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:53.520 grown and learned this year? Like he mentioned in that 0:06:53.560 --> 0:06:58.880 first answer, Here's head coach Brian Flores. I mean, I think, look, 0:06:58.880 --> 0:07:01.960 every year, every time you step out on the field, 0:07:04.040 --> 0:07:07.400 going to a meeting to do a walk through, I 0:07:07.440 --> 0:07:10.200 think you know those experiences. I think you're learning every 0:07:10.240 --> 0:07:13.760 time you every day, and I try to improve every day. 0:07:13.760 --> 0:07:16.840 I try to preach that to our players that that's 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:21.040 that's the goal. Really in all areas, not just football, 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:25.520 but m you know, as husbands, as fathers, as sons, 0:07:25.600 --> 0:07:29.240 and really in every way. So UM, I try to 0:07:29.280 --> 0:07:31.400 take those experiences and try to be better in every 0:07:31.960 --> 0:07:35.720 area of my life. So you know, specific to football, 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:38.800 I mean it's you know, it's across the board and 0:07:38.840 --> 0:07:44.160 from leadership standpoint, from a UM preparation standpoint, from the 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:47.080 scheduling standpoint, from a practice standpoint, from a walk boo standpoint. 0:07:47.120 --> 0:07:49.920 I think you take all those those things and say, hey, 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.760 you know, what's the right formula. But every year is 0:07:53.800 --> 0:07:59.360 different to different players, different situations. So I think, you know, 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:02.800 as I time to reflect all together. So many variables 0:08:02.800 --> 0:08:07.560 in football, offense, defense, special team scheduling, you know what 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.240 I mean. That is just so many things, so many 0:08:10.280 --> 0:08:14.440 areas where you can learn. I try to be bettering 0:08:14.480 --> 0:08:16.760 every one of those areas. So you have head coach 0:08:16.800 --> 0:08:20.559 Brian Flores discussing this season ending victory. The Dolphins close 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:23.400 out the season with eight victories in their final nine 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.320 games to finish eight and nine on the season. We're 0:08:26.320 --> 0:08:28.640 gonna come back into the five takeaways, but real quick, 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:34.079 a short break. We're back on the Sunday Night Slash 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:38.040 Monday morning recap edition of the Drive Time podcast. Dolphins 0:08:38.040 --> 0:08:41.880 win thirty three four over the Patriots in the season finale, 0:08:41.920 --> 0:08:44.360 and our first takeaway. It started early in the game. 0:08:44.440 --> 0:08:48.600 Jalen Waddle sets the record for receptions by a rookie receiver. 0:08:48.960 --> 0:08:51.120 He has four in the game. He needed three to 0:08:51.200 --> 0:08:53.520 get the record, so he winds up with one oh 0:08:53.600 --> 0:08:56.920 three on the season for a thousand fifteen yards and 0:08:56.960 --> 0:09:00.400 seven total touchdowns. He caught six of those had rushing 0:09:00.440 --> 0:09:03.920 touchdown against the New York Jets. So Waddle, I mean, 0:09:04.200 --> 0:09:06.480 what a great rookie season he had this year for himself. 0:09:06.480 --> 0:09:08.560 The number six picking the draft, Dolphins go back to 0:09:08.600 --> 0:09:10.480 the twelfth pick, go back up to the six picks 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.520 starting at the third to move around and get an 0:09:12.559 --> 0:09:16.040 additional first round draft pick and draft this explosive playmaker 0:09:16.440 --> 0:09:19.319 from Alabama, and he did not disappoint. And that was 0:09:19.400 --> 0:09:21.520 kind of a fun part of this early part of 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:24.240 the game plan was not just to get Waddle involved 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:26.160 and to get him the football and to get him 0:09:26.200 --> 0:09:27.880 the record and to get him into the end zone, 0:09:27.920 --> 0:09:31.000 to get the Dolphins offense crankin which I think really 0:09:31.040 --> 0:09:33.760 set a tone for this game, especially after the exhabing 0:09:33.800 --> 0:09:36.640 Howard pick six to put them up fourteen nothing early, 0:09:36.720 --> 0:09:39.560 which this Dolphins team sure can play with the lead, 0:09:39.960 --> 0:09:42.640 but the way they got there with two a completing 0:09:42.679 --> 0:09:45.240 seven of his first seven passes for fifty four yards 0:09:45.280 --> 0:09:49.760 and that touchdown pass with the Dolphins altering different formations 0:09:49.760 --> 0:09:53.559 and heavy looks and unbalanced looks and more receivers, more 0:09:53.600 --> 0:09:57.160 tight ends, more backs, varying, Duke Johnson varying, Philip Lindsay, 0:09:57.320 --> 0:10:00.080 good mix of early down passing in some third it 0:10:00.120 --> 0:10:02.760 in short runs that convert and move the chains, and 0:10:02.800 --> 0:10:04.960 playing off of the some of the looks we've seen 0:10:05.000 --> 0:10:08.040 all year long, like that little motion where Albert Wilson 0:10:08.080 --> 0:10:10.440 goes along the formation and then runs that little mini 0:10:10.440 --> 0:10:12.800 wheel route, and then Durham Smith has the dash pass 0:10:12.840 --> 0:10:15.240 option into the flat and to it has the potential 0:10:15.320 --> 0:10:17.960 zone read or keeper option, and then from there they've 0:10:18.040 --> 0:10:21.400 unveiled some wrinkles and different looks like, for instance, Durham 0:10:21.400 --> 0:10:24.200 Smith later in the game caught an eighteen yard passed 0:10:24.280 --> 0:10:27.160 up the sideline on one of those little it's not 0:10:27.200 --> 0:10:28.840 a wheel route, but it's kind of like off the 0:10:28.880 --> 0:10:31.760 motion a wheel route up the sideline, and they were 0:10:31.800 --> 0:10:34.040 able to uh get a couple of those looks in 0:10:34.040 --> 0:10:36.760 this game. Snuck Waddle into that kind of corner of 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:38.520 part of the end zone off of a similar look 0:10:38.559 --> 0:10:40.960 here with with two A coming rolling to that side 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:43.800 of the formation. So just a good mix of running 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:47.880 past different formations, getting different guys involved, different guys touching 0:10:47.920 --> 0:10:50.760 the football. Loved the opening plan to that game. Love 0:10:50.800 --> 0:10:52.800 getting the football to Waddle, and just to kind of 0:10:53.040 --> 0:10:56.280 expand upon that takeaway and really make it about, you know, 0:10:56.480 --> 0:10:59.240 the entire season for this Dolphins team, because the takeaways 0:10:59.280 --> 0:11:02.199 ultimately about the game, but also about where the team 0:11:02.280 --> 0:11:04.679 is at that moment. And to just look back at 0:11:04.679 --> 0:11:08.960 this draft class with Waddle, with Javon Holland, who made 0:11:08.960 --> 0:11:11.960 another big impact in this game with his physicality and 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:14.120 his hits and his range and his speed and his 0:11:14.520 --> 0:11:17.600 ability to close short distances from deep depth and just 0:11:18.000 --> 0:11:20.160 make all kinds of plays and get to become a 0:11:20.200 --> 0:11:22.080 factor in the game whether he's down in the box 0:11:22.360 --> 0:11:24.640 or playing in that high post in the safety position. 0:11:24.960 --> 0:11:27.800 Jalen Phillips, the other first round draft pick, didn't get 0:11:27.800 --> 0:11:30.080 credited for the sack that Christian Wilkins picks up, but 0:11:30.120 --> 0:11:32.319 he was a big part of that play that dumped 0:11:32.400 --> 0:11:34.720 Mac Jones and helped the Dolphins get off the field 0:11:34.720 --> 0:11:36.760 again on defense and a day where they were very 0:11:36.760 --> 0:11:38.920 good on that side of the field. So those first 0:11:38.960 --> 0:11:41.760 three draft picks. Liam Eichenberg will break down the tape 0:11:41.760 --> 0:11:45.040 on the game tomorrow on Drive Time, But I thought 0:11:45.040 --> 0:11:47.520 he opened the season pretty well in New England left 0:11:47.520 --> 0:11:50.240 tackle and closes it pretty well against the Patriots at 0:11:50.280 --> 0:11:53.280 that left tackle position. Hunter Long was not active for 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:54.920 this game, but you saw him for the course of 0:11:54.960 --> 0:11:57.720 the season, and then Robert Jones gets that start at 0:11:57.760 --> 0:12:00.280 the right tackle position as well. So some Dolphins key's 0:12:00.320 --> 0:12:03.240 continue to come along here. That's kind of a convoluted 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:05.640 edition of the first takeaway. But Jalen sets the record 0:12:05.880 --> 0:12:08.959 and sets the pace for a strong rookie class. I 0:12:08.960 --> 0:12:12.880 should say both Jalen's set records, as Waddle has franchise records. 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:14.800 Also now the NFL record for most catches by a 0:12:14.880 --> 0:12:18.120 rookie in a single season, while Jalen Phillips has the 0:12:18.160 --> 0:12:21.080 all time Dolphins rookie record for sacks in a season. 0:12:21.400 --> 0:12:26.480 Takeaway Number two was how the Dolphins altered their their 0:12:26.520 --> 0:12:29.959 game plan in this one. How they altered their defensive 0:12:30.000 --> 0:12:32.800 looks they show the young quarterback and just the preparation 0:12:32.880 --> 0:12:34.800 for your opponents. That's kind of the key part of 0:12:34.800 --> 0:12:37.719 the takeaways, how the Dolphins put themselves in position to 0:12:37.760 --> 0:12:40.760 prepare for the specific opponent, and talking mostly about the 0:12:40.840 --> 0:12:44.640 Xaviing Howard picks six where he just flat out basically 0:12:44.920 --> 0:12:46.640 so that they had two receivers to his side of 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:49.160 the field, and he's the furthest wide out split corner 0:12:49.360 --> 0:12:51.000 on the number one right. The number one is the 0:12:51.040 --> 0:12:53.480 furtherest split next inside is two and three and so 0:12:53.559 --> 0:12:56.360 forth and so on. And he turns the number one 0:12:56.559 --> 0:12:58.959 down the field where a safety has to come over 0:12:59.000 --> 0:13:01.440 the top, and that's that does create that turkey who 0:13:01.480 --> 0:13:03.280 they talk about in the cover to look where you 0:13:03.280 --> 0:13:06.560 have the behind the underneath corner underneath the over the 0:13:06.600 --> 0:13:10.319 top safety. And he turned that free and jumped inside 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.600 a little hookup route, a little snag route that mac 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.800 Jones tried to find on his very first pass of 0:13:14.800 --> 0:13:17.040 the game after a pair of running plays put the 0:13:17.080 --> 0:13:19.720 Patriots in third and short, and he does what Xavian 0:13:19.760 --> 0:13:22.120 Howard does, gets his hands on the football, winds up 0:13:22.160 --> 0:13:24.959 with his fifth pick, his second touchdown of the season, 0:13:25.240 --> 0:13:27.960 and I just love the way they had a feeling 0:13:28.000 --> 0:13:30.439 for how the Patriots wanted to play this kind of 0:13:30.480 --> 0:13:32.800 a similar style to Miami. You control the football, you 0:13:32.840 --> 0:13:35.520 control the clock, and that's how you wind up, you know, 0:13:35.840 --> 0:13:38.040 letting your defense do what does best and limit the 0:13:38.080 --> 0:13:39.920 amount of possessions they have on the field so that 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.200 they're fresh, they can alternate their guys in there and 0:13:42.240 --> 0:13:45.360 get that pass rush going and eventually get takeaways when 0:13:45.400 --> 0:13:49.120 the offense becomes more one dimensional. Well, the Dolphins read 0:13:49.120 --> 0:13:51.480 that red kind of the the keys for the Patriots 0:13:51.480 --> 0:13:53.840 this season, and that third and short pass right there, 0:13:53.920 --> 0:13:55.760 jump right in front of that little hookup route that 0:13:56.000 --> 0:13:58.559 has been such a reliable chain mover for that offense. 0:13:58.800 --> 0:14:01.000 Not so fast on this one, and it quickly puts 0:14:01.040 --> 0:14:03.160 Miami out into a four team point lead, which I 0:14:03.200 --> 0:14:05.679 thought was really really key in this game for them 0:14:05.679 --> 0:14:07.280 to just kind of salt the game away, and not 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:10.680 not salted away, but to to be able to dictate 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.120 the terms of the game based upon that and force 0:14:13.200 --> 0:14:15.600 the Patriots into a bit more of a one dimensional attack, 0:14:15.640 --> 0:14:17.640 which they had to do throughout the course of the 0:14:17.679 --> 0:14:19.520 second half and really into that first half as well. 0:14:19.600 --> 0:14:23.000 So the defensive performance, the preparation, the big play by 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.560 your big playmaker and xaviing Howard. We mentioned earlier playing 0:14:26.720 --> 0:14:29.200 a lot of coverage on Mac Jones and just rushing 0:14:29.280 --> 0:14:31.080 for but then there was like a third and tent 0:14:31.160 --> 0:14:33.600 play where they had that zero pressure look where they're 0:14:33.600 --> 0:14:36.120 all playing off coverage right at the sticks. You want 0:14:36.120 --> 0:14:37.480 to try to throw a hook up, you want to 0:14:37.480 --> 0:14:38.800 try to throw a hitch, you want to try to 0:14:38.800 --> 0:14:41.000 throw a slant or a dret, whatever you want to 0:14:41.000 --> 0:14:43.680 try to throw, We're gonna rally up and tackle because 0:14:43.680 --> 0:14:46.160 that's what this defensive Backs DNA says they're going to do. 0:14:46.440 --> 0:14:48.280 And with the pressure we're gonna put in your quarterback. 0:14:48.480 --> 0:14:50.760 If you don't take that quick hitter that we're probably 0:14:50.800 --> 0:14:52.600 gonna put pressure on him either get him down for 0:14:52.600 --> 0:14:54.400 a sack and get a loose ball. Whatever the case. 0:14:54.440 --> 0:14:58.000 Maybe you just put the offense in into a position 0:14:58.040 --> 0:15:00.960 where they don't have many options and you forced them 0:15:00.960 --> 0:15:02.920 to play a certain way when you get into that. 0:15:02.960 --> 0:15:05.840 And so Miami's defense with the run defense, helped them 0:15:05.840 --> 0:15:08.880 set that up early in this game with more Christian Wilkins, 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:11.960 with more Andrew Van Geinkle, with some Zack Seedler involvement 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:14.920 in their Emmanuel aug I mean, so many guys Landing 0:15:15.000 --> 0:15:17.160 Roberts your miss if we don't mention him, so many 0:15:17.160 --> 0:15:19.840 guys contributing to the early down success to put them 0:15:19.840 --> 0:15:22.160 in position and make the big plays on those third downs. 0:15:22.320 --> 0:15:24.400 They wind up with two takeaways against the team who 0:15:24.440 --> 0:15:27.280 came into the game plus ten in the turnover department, 0:15:27.440 --> 0:15:29.960 which was number five in the NFL coming into action 0:15:30.360 --> 0:15:33.360 on Sunday. So, I mean, it began with the pick six, 0:15:33.360 --> 0:15:37.360 but it just kind of kept going from there. Pick six, punt, touchdown, punt, punt, 0:15:37.400 --> 0:15:40.360 field goal, fumble was the Patriots drive chart to help 0:15:40.400 --> 0:15:43.360 Miami get a seven team point lead at that point 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:45.360 of the game. I also mentioned how it was concerned 0:15:45.360 --> 0:15:47.360 about how the Dolphins might fare on third down in 0:15:47.360 --> 0:15:50.360 this game. The Patriots wind up five for ten after 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.960 an eleven for six team performance back in the opener, 0:15:53.320 --> 0:15:55.560 but they were one for their first five and that's 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.720 kind of that drive chart there, where they were able 0:15:57.760 --> 0:16:01.240 to keep the Patriots offense lead two short drives, keep 0:16:01.280 --> 0:16:04.040 him from scoring points, and help the Dolphins offense sustain 0:16:04.040 --> 0:16:07.080 in their long drives, which was a really good, complimentary 0:16:07.080 --> 0:16:09.240 brand of football for the Dolphins. So the defense knowing 0:16:09.240 --> 0:16:12.640 your opponent and attacking accordingly was takeaway number two. We 0:16:12.680 --> 0:16:14.360 got there. Eventually, didn't really have the name for it 0:16:14.360 --> 0:16:16.520 there when we began to take away, but we got there. 0:16:16.760 --> 0:16:19.560 Takeaway number three. Robert Jones makes us first start. Now, 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:21.800 I've been kind of mentioning him on the podcast here 0:16:21.880 --> 0:16:24.360 that the course of the season from training camp. You know, 0:16:24.360 --> 0:16:26.280 we talked I think it was I think it was 0:16:26.360 --> 0:16:29.440 Emery Hunt did the podcast back, Yeah, it was Emory, 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:31.480 But my good buddy, Emery. We have so many draft 0:16:31.480 --> 0:16:33.200 guests on I can't remember who says what all the time. 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.280 But Emery, we had him on to talk about U 0:16:36.360 --> 0:16:38.440 d f as on the Dolphins roster and who he 0:16:38.680 --> 0:16:41.920 likes because he covers all kinds of wide scoping ranges 0:16:41.960 --> 0:16:44.680 of college football down at the FCS subdivisions, and and 0:16:44.720 --> 0:16:47.040 he does a great job calling games and analyzing games. 0:16:47.040 --> 0:16:49.400 He's on CBS all that fun stuff, And we'll have 0:16:49.440 --> 0:16:51.400 that type of content for you here in this offseason 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.480 as well, getting plenty of good draft and offseason content 0:16:54.520 --> 0:16:57.400 guests for you guys here on Drive Time. But Emory 0:16:57.440 --> 0:17:00.200 on that podcast talked about Robert Jones and when I 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:02.800 asked him, which undrafted rookie do you think this on 0:17:02.840 --> 0:17:05.720 this Dolphins roster has the best chance to stick around 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.679 long term? And he said, without hesitation, said Robert Jones. 0:17:09.000 --> 0:17:10.600 And so we talked about him as he kind of 0:17:10.720 --> 0:17:13.879 built through the training camp program and you know, he 0:17:14.000 --> 0:17:16.639 was third and fourth team and just kind of working 0:17:16.680 --> 0:17:18.680 his way trying to get himself into a position. And 0:17:18.800 --> 0:17:20.760 we talked about his play in the preseason. We just 0:17:20.840 --> 0:17:23.800 kind of saw grow each game before eventually I thought 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:26.359 he played really well in the Bengals game and he 0:17:26.400 --> 0:17:28.160 was kind of one of the stars of that game 0:17:28.160 --> 0:17:31.000 on the postgame podcast that week. And then we see 0:17:31.200 --> 0:17:33.560 him get inserted into the lineup early in the season 0:17:33.600 --> 0:17:36.160 for like three or four snaps and I liked those snaps. 0:17:37.000 --> 0:17:39.480 Undered one drive like eight snaps. And then we've seen 0:17:39.520 --> 0:17:42.680 him get on the field on some heavy offensive line 0:17:42.680 --> 0:17:45.080 personnel where you bring six offensive linemen onto the field, 0:17:45.320 --> 0:17:47.080 and we've been a big fan. I've been a big 0:17:47.080 --> 0:17:48.920 fan of his game there. And then he comes out 0:17:48.920 --> 0:17:50.560 in this one and I haven't seen the tape yet, 0:17:50.600 --> 0:17:52.760 but I remember some pretty good push off the right 0:17:52.800 --> 0:17:55.240 side where I was kind of focusing on sixty five 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.280 and sixty eight, and they had some good combo blocks 0:17:57.280 --> 0:17:59.480 and some good some good work dent in the edge 0:17:59.480 --> 0:18:01.280 and kind of create in some space off the outside 0:18:01.320 --> 0:18:03.200 there for some runs. You know, Duke kind a nice 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.200 twenty seven yard run to open up the first the 0:18:05.560 --> 0:18:08.679 third quarter for the Dolphins offense. And I like what 0:18:08.720 --> 0:18:10.800 I saw from Robert Jones and the Dolphins were able 0:18:10.840 --> 0:18:13.280 to kind of mix their run game with different leads 0:18:13.280 --> 0:18:15.840 and polls. You know, they have that we talked about 0:18:15.840 --> 0:18:19.440 that dash pass to Durham Smith dash pass, not Pasha. 0:18:19.720 --> 0:18:22.159 It's like when someone says horse shreddish. We have that 0:18:22.280 --> 0:18:25.320 little dash pass to Durham smythe where he pulls across 0:18:25.359 --> 0:18:28.240 the formation and it simulates split zone where you have 0:18:28.280 --> 0:18:30.640 the tight end peeling across the grain of the potential 0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.560 running game and it can cause some you know, some 0:18:33.800 --> 0:18:36.720 wandering eyes for linebackers for lack of a better term. 0:18:36.800 --> 0:18:40.080 And they work off of that with with the throw 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.639 the passing game as well. But they pulled Durham Smith 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:46.160 around that split zone with you know, the backside guard 0:18:46.320 --> 0:18:48.720 leading up to So sometimes it was sometimes it was 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.680 Robert Hunt, sometimes it was Austin Jackson and then off 0:18:51.720 --> 0:18:54.120 the edge too, with with the times that Jackson did 0:18:54.160 --> 0:18:56.399