WEBVTT - Drive Time: Week 17 Variety Show with Charles Davis 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.560 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:07.160 Now, let me check your pulse if you're not of them? 0:00:08.320 --> 0:00:12.360 What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drift Time Podcast, 0:00:12.640 --> 0:00:15.520 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team, 0:00:16.040 --> 0:00:19.880 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:19.880 --> 0:00:22.799 Travis Wingfield And on today's show, the Man on the 0:00:22.840 --> 0:00:26.480 Call for Sunday's game in Baltimore on CBS, the Great 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:29.560 Charles Davis joins us to break down the Dolphins and 0:00:29.680 --> 0:00:32.440 this massive, massive game in the AFC. Really fun chat, 0:00:32.680 --> 0:00:36.240 plus Mike McDaniel's Friday media as well as a look 0:00:36.280 --> 0:00:39.080 at the AFC playoff picture and my attempt to confuse 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:40.960 the crap out of every single one of you from 0:00:41.000 --> 0:00:44.360 the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. 0:00:44.400 --> 0:00:50.400 This is the Drive Time Podcast. Ye Daffy, let's kick 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:52.960 it off here with my interview with the Great Charles Davis. 0:00:53.080 --> 0:00:55.400 Joining me today is the manual here on the call 0:00:55.480 --> 0:00:59.840 for Sunday's massive, massive Dolphins and Ravens till Charles Davis CD. 0:01:00.320 --> 0:01:02.680 Good to see you again, man. How was your holiday season? 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.200 Or I guess how is it going so far? 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:07.520 It's going great, Travis. I appreciate you asking. I trust 0:01:07.520 --> 0:01:10.080 the same for you and everyone who can see us 0:01:10.120 --> 0:01:13.679 and hear us doing this. So yeah, it's it's been wonderful, 0:01:13.720 --> 0:01:16.679 and I guess if I were a dolphin, it'd be 0:01:16.760 --> 0:01:20.520 really wonderful. Big win last week going into it, have 0:01:20.560 --> 0:01:22.600 a position, in a position now to possibly be the 0:01:22.680 --> 0:01:25.760 number one seed in the AFC, win the AFC East. 0:01:26.160 --> 0:01:28.160 All their goals are still out there in front of them, 0:01:28.160 --> 0:01:29.760 and it's really pretty cool to watch. 0:01:30.240 --> 0:01:32.360 I don't recall a Christmas that was more fun than 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.479 this one. I think fifteen years ago the last time 0:01:34.480 --> 0:01:36.800 the team won the division. They beat the Jets in 0:01:36.880 --> 0:01:40.319 the Meadowlands with Chad Pennington to win the AFC East 0:01:40.640 --> 0:01:42.640 three days after Christmas. That might be the last time 0:01:42.680 --> 0:01:44.880 we had this much fun around the holiday. Let's go 0:01:44.920 --> 0:01:46.720 ahead and get into this game that's on New Year's 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.040 Eve and start with kind of the ten thousand foot 0:01:49.120 --> 0:01:51.920 view of this game, because what a fun matchup, both 0:01:51.920 --> 0:01:54.800 teams coming off their biggest wins of the season, and 0:01:54.960 --> 0:01:57.040 I have to imagine as a play by player or 0:01:57.160 --> 0:02:00.200 rather a color commentator, this matchup here is one you 0:02:00.360 --> 0:02:02.160 dream of when the schedule comes out right. 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:03.720 Yeah, there's no doubt about it. 0:02:03.760 --> 0:02:05.800 And we saw it, you know, on the schedule, that 0:02:05.880 --> 0:02:08.600 looked like it was one for us and our team. 0:02:09.520 --> 0:02:12.440 And then as things kept going, as the Dolphins kept winning, 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:15.280 as Baltimore kept winning, this game got bigger and bigger 0:02:15.320 --> 0:02:17.880 and bigger, and you know, let's not get ourselves, we 0:02:17.880 --> 0:02:19.800 thought there's a good chance that it might be flexed 0:02:19.960 --> 0:02:21.280 become the Sunday night game. 0:02:21.520 --> 0:02:23.760 There's a possibility of it flipping from four. 0:02:23.639 --> 0:02:26.040 To fifteen to one, you know, to the one o'clock game, 0:02:26.280 --> 0:02:28.760 I mean from one o'clock to four fifteen, and you know, 0:02:28.800 --> 0:02:30.880 then that would be in the prime spot, and that'd 0:02:30.919 --> 0:02:33.040 be Jim and Tony for our crew, our number one 0:02:33.040 --> 0:02:37.119 team taking the game, and understandably so, but somehow we 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:38.000 were able to keep it. 0:02:38.040 --> 0:02:39.200 So we're thrilled about it. 0:02:39.240 --> 0:02:42.400 I think anyone who's watching it doesn't matter who's broadcasting it, 0:02:42.600 --> 0:02:44.600 they're just thrilled at the game's on. I mean, you're 0:02:44.600 --> 0:02:47.360 talking about number one and two in the AFC right now, 0:02:47.400 --> 0:02:49.120 and either one of them can be number one when 0:02:49.120 --> 0:02:51.280 it's all said and done, and both of them with 0:02:51.400 --> 0:02:55.839 really impressive wins against really recognizable teams. So if you're 0:02:55.880 --> 0:02:58.040 just a fan of the NFL and you're not a 0:02:58.080 --> 0:03:00.160 fan of the Dolphins or a fan of Baltimore or 0:03:01.440 --> 0:03:03.440 who did they beat last week? A ball groun went 0:03:03.480 --> 0:03:05.720 to San Francisco and jumped on him on Monday night 0:03:05.760 --> 0:03:06.600 on Christmas Night? 0:03:07.000 --> 0:03:07.880 Who did Miami just be? 0:03:07.960 --> 0:03:10.480 Other's being the Dallas Cowboys who people keep talking about, 0:03:10.480 --> 0:03:12.800 and maybe Dak Prescott maybe is the MVP of the league. 0:03:13.440 --> 0:03:15.640 Oh, now you have everyone's attention, right. 0:03:15.639 --> 0:03:17.799 Where is that we do all the time? I'm listening. Yeah, 0:03:17.840 --> 0:03:20.760 everyone's listening and watching at this point. So that's the 0:03:20.800 --> 0:03:21.280 big one. 0:03:21.360 --> 0:03:24.040 Obviously. The quarterbacks are a feature the way too. 0:03:24.040 --> 0:03:27.520 Of Tugovaloa took the challenge last year to find a 0:03:27.600 --> 0:03:29.880 way to stay healthy and deliver. 0:03:30.000 --> 0:03:30.600 He's done that. 0:03:30.760 --> 0:03:34.639 And then some two thousand yard receivers and Tybreek Kill 0:03:34.680 --> 0:03:37.880 and Jalen Waddle thousand yard running back and Raheem Moster 0:03:37.960 --> 0:03:40.160 who is four hundred and thirty seven years old getting 0:03:40.160 --> 0:03:40.640 it done. 0:03:40.920 --> 0:03:43.640 It is the coolest thing. But you flip it over 0:03:43.720 --> 0:03:45.080 to Lamar Jackson. 0:03:45.600 --> 0:03:47.840 He doesn't have a thousand yard receiver, he doesn't have 0:03:47.880 --> 0:03:50.480 a thousand yard runner. The ball gets spread a little 0:03:50.520 --> 0:03:53.080 bit more. He's still the pocal point. His legs are 0:03:53.080 --> 0:03:56.240 still a factor, and we'll see how it gets done, 0:03:56.400 --> 0:03:58.320 both of them getting it done at a really high 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.600 level in a little bit different fashion. 0:04:02.400 --> 0:04:04.160 That was my follow up question was the way the 0:04:04.200 --> 0:04:06.080 styles make the fights, right. But I want to go 0:04:06.120 --> 0:04:09.080 back to this because you talked about the emotional I 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:12.480 guess investment into big victories and how teams have to 0:04:12.480 --> 0:04:14.440 find a way to recreate that every single week. It 0:04:14.520 --> 0:04:16.719 kind of fascinates me because to me, that's why there's 0:04:16.760 --> 0:04:19.800 so many upsets across the NFL, where maybe some teams 0:04:20.080 --> 0:04:22.839 you can't have the same average level for all seventeen games, right, Like, 0:04:22.880 --> 0:04:25.120 it's just not possible. So I'm curious how you think 0:04:25.160 --> 0:04:27.760 that impacts both these teams coming off these huge wins, 0:04:28.000 --> 0:04:32.360 but also how these big games down the stretch for Miami, Dallas, Baltimore, Buffalo. 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:35.000 Is that a good thing to go into the playoffs 0:04:35.000 --> 0:04:36.920 playing against the best teams in the league to kind of 0:04:36.920 --> 0:04:38.480 prepare you for the schedule it's going to come up 0:04:38.680 --> 0:04:39.480 in the playoffs. 0:04:40.080 --> 0:04:44.039 I'll start with Baltimore very quickly on that, because of 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:46.400 where they've been in the last fifteen to sixteen years 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.760 under John Harball. This is kind of standard operating procedure 0:04:49.800 --> 0:04:50.120 for them. 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:52.360 They expect to be in the playoffs. When they're not, 0:04:52.400 --> 0:04:53.160 it's a surprise. 0:04:53.520 --> 0:04:55.040 I think this will be the eleventh time in the 0:04:55.040 --> 0:04:57.280 playoffs and his sixteen years as a head coach, so. 0:04:57.279 --> 0:04:58.400 You get the whole idea. 0:04:58.839 --> 0:05:01.039 You know, he's a head coach who's won a Super Bowl, 0:05:01.440 --> 0:05:03.599 used to his teams getting deep, but they haven't in 0:05:03.640 --> 0:05:06.560 recent years. I think the last four times out they've 0:05:06.600 --> 0:05:08.400 been one and done, whether it's been a divisional or 0:05:08.440 --> 0:05:11.320 a wild card game. They want to get that corrected. 0:05:11.480 --> 0:05:13.400 But they're used to it. Play like a raven. 0:05:13.480 --> 0:05:15.960 You know that. You hear it everywhere every week. 0:05:16.000 --> 0:05:17.640 They expect to be in those kind of games and 0:05:17.640 --> 0:05:20.240 they believe the AFC North. Get you prepared for that 0:05:20.279 --> 0:05:22.440 and how you go about doing it. Flip it over 0:05:22.480 --> 0:05:25.080 to Miami now all season long, and what has Miami 0:05:25.120 --> 0:05:25.760 been dealing with? 0:05:26.760 --> 0:05:30.040 Who you beat? Yeah, beat anyone that is that good, 0:05:30.880 --> 0:05:31.120 you know. 0:05:31.400 --> 0:05:33.640 So that's been a problem for them in terms of 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:36.560 just having to deal with that weekend and week out. Well, 0:05:36.600 --> 0:05:39.280 no longer. You just beat a team that at one 0:05:39.279 --> 0:05:40.960 point was vying for the number one seed in the 0:05:41.080 --> 0:05:45.040 NFC has a quarterback that's mentioned for MVP and Dak Prescott, 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.599 big time players all across the board, one of the 0:05:47.600 --> 0:05:49.240 better defenses in the league. 0:05:49.680 --> 0:05:52.320 Okay, so that's out the window now. But oh, your 0:05:52.320 --> 0:05:54.080 schedule has been really soft all along. 0:05:54.279 --> 0:05:57.120 Okay, fine, So we finished with Dallas, we finished with Baltimore, 0:05:57.320 --> 0:06:00.080 we finished with Buffalout which may or may not have 0:06:00.160 --> 0:06:03.040 a bearing on the AFC East and the playoffs. 0:06:03.920 --> 0:06:05.440 That tough enough for you, folks. 0:06:05.880 --> 0:06:07.400 I think I I think. 0:06:07.279 --> 0:06:09.680 It's a really good thing for Miami because I don't 0:06:09.680 --> 0:06:11.480 see them shying away from the challenge. 0:06:11.839 --> 0:06:13.919 We're very excited about the challenge and the opportunity to 0:06:13.920 --> 0:06:15.640 come up here and when these big games and put 0:06:15.640 --> 0:06:17.680 ourselves in position to get a one seed potentially and 0:06:17.920 --> 0:06:20.240 host every playoff game here because this team is tough 0:06:20.240 --> 0:06:22.520 to beat across the street over there at Hard Rocks 0:06:22.520 --> 0:06:24.000 A and one more win on the road will put 0:06:24.040 --> 0:06:26.359 them in a good position to clinch home field for 0:06:26.440 --> 0:06:28.159 the playoffs. Let's go back to the previous thing you 0:06:28.200 --> 0:06:31.200 mentioned CD about styles and how they make fights, right, Like, 0:06:31.240 --> 0:06:33.280 we always have heard that for years and years now 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:35.960 in football, in any sport, the Dolphins, the fastest team 0:06:36.000 --> 0:06:38.400 in football, the Ravens. You talked about it a program 0:06:38.400 --> 0:06:42.360 built over the last two plus decades that's tough, physical, gritty, 0:06:42.400 --> 0:06:44.600 can beat you up in the trenches. How do these 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:47.760 two teams styles make for an even more intriguing matchup? 0:06:47.760 --> 0:06:50.200 Because twelve and three and eleven four is pretty great, 0:06:50.240 --> 0:06:52.720 But when you get these two contrasting styles, it makes 0:06:52.720 --> 0:06:54.360 it even more fun, doesn't it? 0:06:54.360 --> 0:06:55.159 It really does. 0:06:55.200 --> 0:06:57.520 And let's just hone in on the way you described it, Travis, 0:06:57.520 --> 0:06:59.400 because I think you pretty much hit it. I mean, 0:06:59.680 --> 0:07:02.040 there's there's no other way to really have to go 0:07:02.120 --> 0:07:02.960 about doing it. 0:07:03.520 --> 0:07:04.719 Speed versus muscle. 0:07:04.760 --> 0:07:06.559 If we want to just boil it down that way, 0:07:06.880 --> 0:07:10.480 it's not speed versus toughness because I'm not taking away 0:07:10.520 --> 0:07:13.720 Miami's toughness because what people miss is that Miami's number 0:07:13.720 --> 0:07:16.000 four ranked defense, So don't. 0:07:15.840 --> 0:07:17.280 Act like that they can't play either. 0:07:17.320 --> 0:07:20.000 And ever since Jalen Ramsey's come back boy, things have 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:21.920 really accelerated for that defense. 0:07:22.200 --> 0:07:25.400 So speed versus muscle? All right? 0:07:25.760 --> 0:07:27.880 Patrick Queen talked about this week. I'm pretty sure his 0:07:27.960 --> 0:07:28.920 quote is up all over. 0:07:29.480 --> 0:07:32.400 I was gonna get to that. 0:07:31.280 --> 0:07:33.320 That no one else plays the style we play and 0:07:33.360 --> 0:07:34.920 we just hit you in the mouth and the you know, 0:07:35.280 --> 0:07:38.280 good luck running past that. That's where it all comes 0:07:38.320 --> 0:07:42.000 into play. But within all of that, there are other 0:07:42.080 --> 0:07:45.280 truths that are there. Does Miami have speed, sure, but 0:07:45.360 --> 0:07:48.800 do they have toughness to run the football? Absolutely? Okay, 0:07:49.520 --> 0:07:52.360 flip it over to the Baltimore. Do they have the toughness? 0:07:52.480 --> 0:07:54.600 We know that rite the muscle, we know they want 0:07:54.640 --> 0:07:56.520 to hit you and all that. Have you ever watched 0:07:56.520 --> 0:07:59.960 those two linebackers run and queen and Rokwon Wokan Smith? 0:08:00.520 --> 0:08:02.880 Have you seen? You know what you get with the hybrid? 0:08:03.080 --> 0:08:06.000 When when when Kyle Hamilton's at his best at free safety? 0:08:06.320 --> 0:08:08.240 Or is he a slot corner or is he an 0:08:08.360 --> 0:08:11.040 edge rusher or is he in the boxes a linebacker? 0:08:11.280 --> 0:08:15.280 Or is he does it all? So that's just a 0:08:15.280 --> 0:08:16.720 few examples. 0:08:16.160 --> 0:08:20.239 That within all of that, yes, overarching themes, but within 0:08:20.320 --> 0:08:23.400 those themes, both of these teams have a lot of 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:25.760 what the other team has. That's why it's gonna be 0:08:25.800 --> 0:08:28.360 a lot of fun. Plus, we gotta go back to 0:08:28.440 --> 0:08:32.400 last year. It's thirty five to fourteen. The thing was done. 0:08:32.559 --> 0:08:36.240 Like everybody was clicking TVs. Everybody was going to another game. 0:08:36.320 --> 0:08:39.600 Every boy was checking red zone and the Dolphins came 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:42.240 back and got it done. You think that's not being 0:08:42.240 --> 0:08:45.120 played into Baltimore dressing room all week. I think it's 0:08:45.160 --> 0:08:46.840 probably gonna come up once or twice. 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:49.120 Probably the most fun the Dolphins fans have had in 0:08:49.160 --> 0:08:51.280 a long time at that point. Now, this season probably 0:08:51.320 --> 0:08:53.679 places a lot of those fun moments from twenty twenty two. 0:08:53.679 --> 0:08:55.520 But yeah, I'm sure both teams thinking about that game 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:57.360 in a lot of ways. Going back to that, and 0:08:57.400 --> 0:08:59.800 you talked about the Dolphins, you know, ability to run 0:08:59.800 --> 0:09:01.920 the football and play strong defense. I'm glad you did 0:09:01.920 --> 0:09:03.640 because I wanted to fall up and say I don't 0:09:03.679 --> 0:09:05.600 want to sound like I'm calling the Dolphins my own 0:09:05.600 --> 0:09:07.880 team here Finesse, because they're not that. When they had 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.080 to have a game winning drive, they saddled up Jeff 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.560 Wilson and went back through a power gap scheme to 0:09:12.640 --> 0:09:15.000 beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday to get those first 0:09:15.000 --> 0:09:16.600 downs to put them in a field goal range with 0:09:16.679 --> 0:09:18.880 no tie on the clock. So that's definitely part of 0:09:18.920 --> 0:09:22.000 their style. And speaking of team styles, we saw the 0:09:22.080 --> 0:09:24.760 Ravens play both San Francisco and Los Angeles in the 0:09:24.800 --> 0:09:27.760 last couple of weeks here probably the two offensive systems 0:09:27.760 --> 0:09:31.319 that most closely resemble Miami's. I'm curious do you think 0:09:31.360 --> 0:09:33.679 that that would give either side an advantage in this game? 0:09:33.679 --> 0:09:37.160 Because the Ravens just shut down San Francisco, Los Angeles 0:09:37.240 --> 0:09:39.480 had some success. I'm curious do you think it benefits 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.360 Ravens haven't played it against it, the Dolphins getting film 0:09:42.400 --> 0:09:44.040 on it, or is it a total wash? 0:09:44.559 --> 0:09:48.400 I think ultimately it becomes a wash because what it 0:09:48.440 --> 0:09:50.880 does is allow you to become familiar with them and 0:09:50.920 --> 0:09:53.679 then be able to relate what you just saw on 0:09:53.760 --> 0:09:55.680 tape to something you just did. 0:09:56.080 --> 0:09:56.240 Ah. 0:09:56.320 --> 0:09:58.480 Yeah, didn't that feel a lot like remember third quarter 0:09:58.520 --> 0:10:01.000 when when San Francisco ran such such? Remember in the 0:10:01.040 --> 0:10:03.840 third quarter when you know Dallas ran such and such? 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.240 That looks a lot like that. 0:10:05.480 --> 0:10:06.000 So you were. 0:10:05.960 --> 0:10:08.679 Quating things right like, you're putting it all there. It's 0:10:08.760 --> 0:10:10.160 kind of like when we do the draft and we 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:14.240 comp guys. He reminds me of and then you tell why, 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:15.920 and so people get that fix in their head in 0:10:15.920 --> 0:10:18.360 their minds. Oh, and that's how you relay in that, 0:10:18.400 --> 0:10:21.920 whether it's Vic Fangio or Frank Smith or whoever's they're 0:10:21.960 --> 0:10:24.960 relaying things to their respective units about what they're seeing. 0:10:25.440 --> 0:10:28.480 The other part is it's still done differently, even though 0:10:28.480 --> 0:10:30.520 the systems are similar. 0:10:31.120 --> 0:10:33.560 The way Brock Purty plays quarterback. 0:10:33.080 --> 0:10:37.600 The way that you know Dak Prescott plays quarterback, different 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:41.160 than what they're going to get comes Sunday, right, different 0:10:41.200 --> 0:10:43.199 than what you're gonna get when Lamar does it or 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:46.840 when Tua does it. So all that goes into the hopper. 0:10:47.400 --> 0:10:50.319 And then let's be honest about it. Okay, the Rams, 0:10:50.600 --> 0:10:55.240 wonderful receivers, Pookah, Cooper Cup, the whole deal, San Francisco, Deebo, 0:10:55.360 --> 0:10:58.400 Samuel Brandon, Ayuk, all that right, then you flip it. 0:10:58.360 --> 0:11:02.719 Over Ceede Lamb Gallop, right, you know, Tony Pollard out 0:11:02.760 --> 0:11:03.960 to the backfield. 0:11:04.080 --> 0:11:07.400 You're getting used to these guys, but do they equate 0:11:07.480 --> 0:11:10.160 to who you're dealing with on Sunday. I think it's 0:11:10.160 --> 0:11:14.240 a tougher match for Baltimore because if Jayalen Waddle's able 0:11:14.280 --> 0:11:18.560 to go Tyreek Hill, that's different than just about anyone else. 0:11:18.440 --> 0:11:21.040 You're going to play all year long. That's what changes 0:11:21.080 --> 0:11:21.600 things a little bit. 0:11:21.640 --> 0:11:23.199 And then of course, when you come out of the 0:11:23.200 --> 0:11:26.400 backfield with moster who may be thirty plus years old 0:11:26.400 --> 0:11:27.319 but still running. 0:11:27.120 --> 0:11:29.160 Like he's eighteen, and a Chan. 0:11:30.040 --> 0:11:32.280 Because when a Chan came out of school, Travis I 0:11:32.320 --> 0:11:36.199 equated him to a bigger d Anthony Thomas black mahamba. 0:11:36.880 --> 0:11:39.480 The ability to go from zero to one hundred within 0:11:39.559 --> 0:11:40.720 about two steps. 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:43.640 That's what I saw with him coming out, and now 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:46.000 you're seeing it when he's healthy and playing. So it's 0:11:46.040 --> 0:11:49.320 gonna be fun to watch because yes, they can equate things, 0:11:49.840 --> 0:11:52.560 but now these things actually move. Come Sunday, all right, 0:11:52.600 --> 0:11:55.000 it's not just chalk, it's not just tape that you're watching. 0:11:55.320 --> 0:11:58.760 Now that movement starts to happen, so you'll have an idea, 0:11:58.920 --> 0:12:00.640 but now you have to go deal with them for real. 0:12:01.559 --> 0:12:04.199 This guy from the Pacific Northwest loves the black mamba 0:12:04.760 --> 0:12:07.319 comparison there with the Anthony Thomas. He was so much 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.120 fun to watch at Oregon back in the day. What 0:12:09.240 --> 0:12:10.920 a great comp that was. I want to kind of 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:12.560 follow up there because you talk about some of the 0:12:12.559 --> 0:12:14.520 sizzle there. The Dolphins have on offense with all the 0:12:14.559 --> 0:12:16.720 speed and the weapons, But one thing that I think 0:12:16.760 --> 0:12:19.200 has really made this offense click and go all year 0:12:19.240 --> 0:12:22.080 long has been those kind of ancillary pieces, the guys 0:12:22.080 --> 0:12:24.360 that you don't get a lot of shine in terms 0:12:24.400 --> 0:12:26.000 of being up on the marquee with all the catches 0:12:26.040 --> 0:12:28.959 and big rushing totals. I'm talking about durham smyth alec 0:12:29.160 --> 0:12:32.160 ingold rookie Julian Hill coming across as that true why 0:12:32.240 --> 0:12:34.880 who motions and split flow and takes out the edge. 0:12:35.040 --> 0:12:37.080 What have you seen from those pieces for the Dolphins 0:12:37.080 --> 0:12:40.080 offense and how critical are they to Mike McDaniel's system. 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.640 Yeah, throwing Cedric Wilson, Yeah. 0:12:42.920 --> 0:12:45.000 I mean, you've got a number of guys that know 0:12:45.080 --> 0:12:47.760 that they're not the primary guys. But if we're gonna 0:12:47.800 --> 0:12:50.079 kick coverages, if we're gonna throw the extra guy in 0:12:50.120 --> 0:12:53.360 on coverage with those guys, if someone's not available and 0:12:53.440 --> 0:12:56.000 able to play, other people have to fill the breach 0:12:56.080 --> 0:12:59.240 and step up. And because Mike McDaniel has so many 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:04.199 different people opportunities, he can adjusts himself during game. If 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:05.839 this isn't working, I can go here. If that's not 0:13:05.840 --> 0:13:08.280 where I can go, there are these guys having a 0:13:08.320 --> 0:13:10.920 better match up upfront in the blocking, I can go there. 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.319 The guys on the offensive line have been the unsung 0:13:13.400 --> 0:13:16.080 heroes because that's a line that's changed and change and 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:19.040 change and changed. But guess what, whoever has kind to 0:13:19.040 --> 0:13:21.160 step up and play has done a pretty darn good job. 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:22.760 And when you're talking about the. 0:13:22.720 --> 0:13:24.960 Fact that they can run and be a little grimy 0:13:24.960 --> 0:13:27.840 and gritty inside running the ball, that's right up Robert 0:13:27.920 --> 0:13:30.360 Jones's alley. Okay, he's had to come in and play 0:13:30.360 --> 0:13:32.800 for Robert Hunt. He's done that quite well. He wants 0:13:32.800 --> 0:13:35.720 to move people in the running game, Eikenberg. I think 0:13:35.760 --> 0:13:37.480 it's a little more comfortable doing that since he had 0:13:37.520 --> 0:13:39.800 to go in and fill in at center for Connor Williams. 0:13:39.960 --> 0:13:42.960 You know, Austin Jackson at right tackle. I do think 0:13:42.960 --> 0:13:45.640 that fits what they like to do. And Kendall Lamb's 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.079 been a real MVP for them his ability to step 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:50.640 in and play and not miss a beat because you know, 0:13:50.720 --> 0:13:52.320 Dallas can bring the heat off the edge of the 0:13:52.360 --> 0:13:53.239 pass rush. 0:13:53.520 --> 0:13:56.560 You mentioned some guys like you talk about grit, Austin Jackson, 0:13:56.679 --> 0:13:59.160 Kendall Lamb, Robert Jones, those guys have plenty of grit 0:13:59.160 --> 0:14:01.319 in their back pocket as well. Really good stuff. I 0:14:01.360 --> 0:14:02.800 have a couple more questions for you here, CD. You 0:14:02.800 --> 0:14:05.120 want to take a quick break here Draft Time Podcast. 0:14:05.200 --> 0:14:06.920 My guest today Charles Davis. You'll hear him on the 0:14:07.000 --> 0:14:09.240 call on CBS on Sunday. We'll come back on the 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:10.679 other side here and talk a little bit about this 0:14:10.720 --> 0:14:13.440 Dolphins defense. Lamar Jackson to a tongue by LOA. That's 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.400 all next Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought 0:14:16.440 --> 0:14:20.560 to you by Auto Nation. Back here with my guest, 0:14:20.680 --> 0:14:22.800 Charles Davis, CBS. You'll hear him on the call with 0:14:22.880 --> 0:14:26.120 Iron Eagle and Evan Washburn on Sunday on CBS one 0:14:26.160 --> 0:14:29.480 o'clock from Baltimore, CDA. Have three more questions for you here, 0:14:29.640 --> 0:14:31.280 and we're going to go back to the Dolphins win 0:14:31.400 --> 0:14:34.720 over Dallas because we mentioned that kind of gritty grind 0:14:34.760 --> 0:14:37.520 it out running the ball screen, game, third down conversion, 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:39.960 take what the defense is there drive the Dolphins had 0:14:40.200 --> 0:14:43.240 to put away the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. I'm curious 0:14:43.440 --> 0:14:45.920 what that meant or what you think that might mean 0:14:45.960 --> 0:14:48.160 for a twenty five year old quarterback who, like you, 0:14:48.240 --> 0:14:51.080 talk about all these narratives right, can't throw the deep ball, 0:14:51.120 --> 0:14:53.600 hits deep balls all the time, can't engineer a game 0:14:53.640 --> 0:14:55.640 winning drive in December, doesn't it against a top defense. 0:14:55.680 --> 0:14:58.160 Here can't win without Tyreek did that two weeks ago. 0:14:58.400 --> 0:15:00.840 I'm curious what you think this recent success and that 0:15:00.880 --> 0:15:03.320 game in particular, that drive can do for this team 0:15:03.320 --> 0:15:04.040 in this quarterback. 0:15:04.760 --> 0:15:07.440 It's funny because I think from the outside world, Travis, 0:15:07.480 --> 0:15:12.080 this is oh wow, they did that. Oh wow, that's amazing. 0:15:12.840 --> 0:15:15.440 I think internally, whether it's tu or the rest of 0:15:15.440 --> 0:15:19.240 the team, it's just validation. Oh yeah, we knew we've 0:15:19.360 --> 0:15:21.840 done things we've done, like you talked about, when you 0:15:21.880 --> 0:15:24.160 see certain criticisms about to it what he can't do 0:15:24.800 --> 0:15:27.400 at Someone called me yesterday and say, just not really 0:15:27.400 --> 0:15:29.520 big on him because I just don't think he, you know, 0:15:29.960 --> 0:15:32.320 hits his receivers in the right spots. And I just 0:15:32.360 --> 0:15:36.440 stared at the person like that's one of the one 0:15:36.480 --> 0:15:40.440 of the best parts of his game is accuracy to 0:15:40.600 --> 0:15:42.360 hit a receiver and keep him on his feet in 0:15:42.360 --> 0:15:45.520 the right spot to make sure that receiver drops down 0:15:45.600 --> 0:15:47.800 so he doesn't get tagged by the post safety when 0:15:47.800 --> 0:15:50.280 he throws the skinny post into and it's one of 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:52.080 the best part. It's one of the best things he does. 0:15:52.160 --> 0:15:54.480 And you're telling me, he don't see that. I can't 0:15:54.480 --> 0:15:59.160 have conversations. Then we're done here right for them, That's 0:15:59.200 --> 0:16:02.000 what it comes down too. A couple of weeks ago, 0:16:02.080 --> 0:16:04.280 I think it was when Tua was talking about he 0:16:04.320 --> 0:16:07.640 doesn't listen to the critics or whatever, but he keeps receipts. 0:16:08.840 --> 0:16:11.600 In other words, you're listening, okay, but you. 0:16:11.640 --> 0:16:13.720 Know what you're doing with it, and however you want 0:16:13.760 --> 0:16:16.240 to deal with it is up to you. It's working 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:20.040 for Tua. I think that finally what I saw out 0:16:20.040 --> 0:16:23.080 of him. I saw a little fire when he talked about, Hey, 0:16:23.120 --> 0:16:24.640 say whatever it is you want to say, I got 0:16:24.640 --> 0:16:27.400 two thousand yard receivers, I got a thousand yard running back. 0:16:28.240 --> 0:16:30.680 When I thought when I saw that, and you know what, 0:16:30.720 --> 0:16:34.200 it hit me with Travis name a great quarterback who 0:16:34.240 --> 0:16:38.920 hasn't had a pretty darn good surrounding cast I best 0:16:38.920 --> 0:16:41.400 of all time through the two Hall of Fame wide receivers, 0:16:41.400 --> 0:16:43.800 and the tight end who was probably an all decade 0:16:43.840 --> 0:16:46.440 tight end in Dallas, Clark Drew Bees. 0:16:46.880 --> 0:16:49.560 How many different great receivers did he have running through there? 0:16:49.840 --> 0:16:51.320 And that joker back that. 0:16:51.360 --> 0:16:53.720 Could play, whether it's Reggie Bush or Alvin Kamara or 0:16:53.720 --> 0:16:57.800 any of those. They build around the talents of that person. 0:16:57.880 --> 0:17:01.320 Those are just two examples. It's rare that you're talking 0:17:01.360 --> 0:17:04.399 about a quarterback being great without having that supporting cast 0:17:04.440 --> 0:17:06.040 that can help. Now, we do have a little bit 0:17:06.040 --> 0:17:08.840 of a contrast in this one. Tuu's got the two 0:17:08.840 --> 0:17:11.400 thousand yard receivers, he's got the thousand yard running back. 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:13.479 Lamar Jackson has none of that. 0:17:13.960 --> 0:17:16.679 And the last time we had an MVP at quarterback 0:17:16.760 --> 0:17:20.080 win an award, win that award without a thousand yard 0:17:20.119 --> 0:17:23.360 receiver or a thousan yard running back. That's twenty two 0:17:23.800 --> 0:17:28.800 MVPs ago. The last two were Elway and Brett farre 0:17:29.400 --> 0:17:32.760 It doesn't happen without having those people around you. Okay, 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:34.639 So he's doing it a little bit different way in 0:17:34.720 --> 0:17:37.320 terms of getting people going. But it's not like they're 0:17:37.320 --> 0:17:40.080 not talented. Go ahead and not cover, or you know, 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.760 Odell Beckham Junior, go ahead that don't don't guard. Z 0:17:43.800 --> 0:17:46.679 A Flowers, right, Isaiah likely the tight end filling in 0:17:46.760 --> 0:17:49.280 for Mark Andrews. It's just they go about it differently 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:50.760 because there's such a heavy run team. 0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.080 That context is exactly why I wanted to have you 0:17:53.119 --> 0:17:55.520 on the show this week. Charles. I appreciate you dive 0:17:55.600 --> 0:17:57.440 into that force. I have one more question here. I'll 0:17:57.440 --> 0:17:59.320 go ahead and put two together for you here, because 0:17:59.520 --> 0:18:02.360 you touched Miami's defense and the stout performances they have 0:18:02.440 --> 0:18:05.240 displayed really all year. They had got off to a 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:07.480 slow start, but it really clicked in when Jalen rams 0:18:07.480 --> 0:18:09.679 returned to the field, and they've been top three in 0:18:09.760 --> 0:18:12.160 so many key categories since he came back in week eight. 0:18:12.400 --> 0:18:14.360 So my two part question is how have you seen 0:18:14.480 --> 0:18:17.080 Ramsey's impact on this Fangio scheme and how it kind 0:18:17.080 --> 0:18:19.960 of drives the defense? And then also you talked about 0:18:20.000 --> 0:18:21.800 him a lot. How the heck do you slow down 0:18:21.840 --> 0:18:22.600 Lamar Jackson? 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:26.840 Oh, well, with Lamar, let's just start with that because 0:18:26.920 --> 0:18:28.720 Vic Fangio knows way better than I do. 0:18:29.000 --> 0:18:31.639 Obviously he's gonna forget more football between now and the 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:33.960 end of the week. I will learn in my entire life. 0:18:34.200 --> 0:18:35.760 That's just who Vic Fangio is. 0:18:36.040 --> 0:18:38.560 But what most people do when I've what I've seen 0:18:38.600 --> 0:18:40.040 when they have success. 0:18:40.320 --> 0:18:43.520 Okay, however you wanted to find success is a. 0:18:43.480 --> 0:18:46.240 Lot of people are worried about BLITZI Camp because when 0:18:46.280 --> 0:18:48.760 you blitz him, if you miss it, he gets out 0:18:48.800 --> 0:18:51.159 and goes he kills you. This year, he's changed his 0:18:51.200 --> 0:18:53.280 game a little bit with the blitzing. He's actually beating 0:18:53.320 --> 0:18:56.240 you throwing the football. So that'll be interesting to see 0:18:56.280 --> 0:18:57.800 what Vic wants to do with that, because he's not 0:18:57.800 --> 0:18:59.919 a heavy blitz guy to begin with. But a lot 0:19:00.000 --> 0:19:02.440 lot of people will run more more pressures at him 0:19:02.600 --> 0:19:04.920 to try and hem him in and make him keep 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:07.160 him occupied a little bit more looking at them as 0:19:07.160 --> 0:19:08.679 opposed to looking down field. 0:19:08.960 --> 0:19:10.680 That's one way. The other way you just better hope 0:19:10.680 --> 0:19:12.640 he's off now. 0:19:13.040 --> 0:19:14.919 The team that I think has had the most success 0:19:15.040 --> 0:19:17.960 with him in recent years is Pittsburgh. If there's one 0:19:18.000 --> 0:19:19.960 tape I'm going to watch, and you know Vick has 0:19:19.960 --> 0:19:22.680 watched every tape going. I'm watching Pittsburgh to see what 0:19:22.720 --> 0:19:25.120 they've done over the last three four seasons to have 0:19:25.200 --> 0:19:26.200 success with him. 0:19:26.400 --> 0:19:28.440 And they had it again this year, even though Baltimore 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:29.920 should have beaten them the first time. 0:19:29.800 --> 0:19:33.280 Out, they had success in not letting him really do 0:19:33.280 --> 0:19:35.920 do his thing. So we'll see how that part goes. 0:19:36.560 --> 0:19:38.440 The flip side of all this stuff. 0:19:38.200 --> 0:19:39.480 What was this? What was the other part of the coach? 0:19:39.480 --> 0:19:40.640 Because I got locked in on the. 0:19:40.560 --> 0:19:43.200 Manh Yeah, it's how Ramsey has driven this. 0:19:44.440 --> 0:19:46.600 Yeah, thank you, but you know, you know, winning the 0:19:46.600 --> 0:19:47.239 Pooh brain here. 0:19:47.240 --> 0:19:53.840 I bet Ramsey coming back now stabilizes your secondary because 0:19:54.400 --> 0:19:56.479 now when Xavi and Howard is ready to go and 0:19:56.520 --> 0:20:00.600 he's he's locked in, he's good, Jalen's there, you're not 0:20:00.680 --> 0:20:03.360 worried about people having to fill in in other spots. 0:20:03.600 --> 0:20:06.480 It's allowed the safeties to be way more aggressive in 0:20:06.600 --> 0:20:09.400 coverage because they feel like they're covered underneath with those 0:20:09.440 --> 0:20:13.360 with those backs, with the corners, and you can play 0:20:13.400 --> 0:20:15.560 more games with them. If you have someone you want 0:20:15.600 --> 0:20:17.080 to do something, you want to do a little bit 0:20:17.080 --> 0:20:20.120 of a you know, a robber coverage or show one 0:20:20.160 --> 0:20:21.680 thing and then dive into a hole and all of 0:20:21.680 --> 0:20:23.600 a sudden they don't they can't believe you're in the post. 0:20:23.840 --> 0:20:25.879 You can do a number of things like that with it. 0:20:26.040 --> 0:20:28.480 And we're seeing Brandon Jones get that done right. 0:20:28.640 --> 0:20:31.439 Javon Holland's such a great player, they've missed him, but 0:20:31.520 --> 0:20:34.040 Brandon Jones's played it tofuably well for him filling in. 0:20:34.359 --> 0:20:36.800 So I like everything that they're doing back there. But 0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:44.000 Ramsey also brings with him the swagger, the belief, the confidence, Hey, 0:20:44.080 --> 0:20:46.800 if we're going to play. I'm going to show you 0:20:46.840 --> 0:20:49.360 how it is. Guys, just follow me. And he came 0:20:49.440 --> 0:20:51.880 up of a knee injury and was nails right from 0:20:51.920 --> 0:20:54.760 the beginning. So the overall aur and essence that he 0:20:54.840 --> 0:20:58.159 brings to that defense, we've seen it pay off. And 0:20:58.240 --> 0:21:03.000 I think it's epitomized truthfully by Zach Sealer because this 0:21:03.080 --> 0:21:07.440 guy contract extension in the offseason. How many people notice 0:21:07.440 --> 0:21:12.240 he got a contract extension outside of Miami. Now we're 0:21:12.280 --> 0:21:16.920 eight plus sacks later, We're getting interceptions in primetime games 0:21:16.960 --> 0:21:18.280 and take them to the end zone. 0:21:18.359 --> 0:21:20.080 We're stuffing to run all the time. 0:21:20.280 --> 0:21:22.560 He's given Christian Wilkins a heck of a running mate 0:21:22.560 --> 0:21:25.159 to go up there with him in Raykwon Davis. It 0:21:25.200 --> 0:21:27.800 epitomizes it for me because I've seen him make plays 0:21:27.800 --> 0:21:30.280 in other places before. But to see what he's doing 0:21:30.359 --> 0:21:34.840 now and now getting his due kind of exemplifies what's 0:21:34.880 --> 0:21:37.040 going on with this Miami defense. Everyone has a role 0:21:37.080 --> 0:21:38.600 to fill and they're filling it quite well. 0:21:39.000 --> 0:21:41.159 I talked about him in my preview podcasts where I 0:21:41.200 --> 0:21:43.280 said that he got out of Baltimore, he got waived 0:21:43.280 --> 0:21:45.359 in December his rookie year and winds up down here 0:21:45.520 --> 0:21:47.080 and kind of brought some of that mentality of the 0:21:47.160 --> 0:21:50.280 Ravens defense to Miami with him. Charles, great stuff. Charles 0:21:50.320 --> 0:21:52.680 Davis on the call Sunday at one o'clock in Baltimore 0:21:52.720 --> 0:21:54.880 on CBS I and Eagle Evan Washburn. 0:21:55.160 --> 0:21:55.560 See do you. 0:21:55.560 --> 0:21:57.359 Thank you so much for your time, Enjoy the game, 0:21:57.480 --> 0:21:59.520 and have a fantastic new year up there in the DMV. 0:22:00.000 --> 0:22:02.000 All right, thanks a lot, Traps. Always great to talk 0:22:02.040 --> 0:22:04.520 with you. Congrats on everything, and I'll see you again soon. 0:22:05.280 --> 0:22:08.240 Legitimately one of the nicest human beings you could possibly 0:22:08.280 --> 0:22:12.000 find in the world. Let's go ahead and finish up 0:22:12.000 --> 0:22:15.160 this segment here as we move on from the Dolphins 0:22:15.160 --> 0:22:18.439 and Ravens talk and talk a little AFC playoff picture, 0:22:18.520 --> 0:22:22.000 because this thing is muddy as hell as muddy as 0:22:22.000 --> 0:22:24.119 I can possibly remember it, and it is nice to 0:22:24.160 --> 0:22:27.280 be on top of the muddy waters in terms of 0:22:27.320 --> 0:22:30.359 not having to worry about TMX losing one game but 0:22:30.400 --> 0:22:32.119 not a second game in order for Team Why to 0:22:32.200 --> 0:22:34.280 do this and for the Dolphins to have this accomplishment 0:22:34.320 --> 0:22:36.000 like you're already in. You don't have to worry about that. 0:22:36.240 --> 0:22:39.280 But I do think there is some value in looking 0:22:39.280 --> 0:22:43.560 at potential playoff matchups, right, because I think we all 0:22:43.600 --> 0:22:45.560 have the same feeling for who we would like to 0:22:45.560 --> 0:22:48.480 see in certain scenarios. We all obviously want the number 0:22:48.520 --> 0:22:51.040 one seed, but if you get that second seed, what's 0:22:51.080 --> 0:22:56.120 the best opportunity to advance and get your first playoff 0:22:56.160 --> 0:22:58.480 win in twenty three years? So we can stop hearing 0:22:58.520 --> 0:23:01.920 about the failures of the two thousand and nine team 0:23:02.000 --> 0:23:03.960 and how it impacts the twenty twenty three team because 0:23:03.960 --> 0:23:06.280 its the narrative i'm hearing right. My favorite podcast around 0:23:06.280 --> 0:23:10.440 the NFL, one of my favorite podcast because it's football, 0:23:10.480 --> 0:23:12.560 but more because of the characters on the show. But 0:23:12.640 --> 0:23:15.000 one of the characters is a diehard Jets fan who 0:23:15.119 --> 0:23:17.040 keeps bringing up, if you want your respect, you have 0:23:17.040 --> 0:23:18.879 to win your first playoff game in twenty three years. 0:23:19.040 --> 0:23:21.320 I hate that what happened in two thousand and four 0:23:21.440 --> 0:23:24.160 impacts what the Dolphins have done this season in terms 0:23:24.160 --> 0:23:26.760 of outgaining their opponents by more than anybody else. Besides, 0:23:26.800 --> 0:23:29.959 like seven teams in the history of the National Football League, 0:23:30.080 --> 0:23:33.240 this team deserves its flowers regardless of what twenty twelve 0:23:33.560 --> 0:23:36.560 Miami Dolphins football was. So that upsets me. So this 0:23:36.760 --> 0:23:39.679 idea of how can we shed that and get our 0:23:39.680 --> 0:23:42.240 first playoff victory. It might come in the wild card round, 0:23:42.240 --> 0:23:44.199 it might come in the divisional round. It might come 0:23:44.240 --> 0:23:46.399 at home around the road. There's all kinds of possibilities. 0:23:46.400 --> 0:23:48.040 But I wanted to look at the picture in its 0:23:48.160 --> 0:23:51.080 entirety right now because I thought that we'd get some 0:23:51.080 --> 0:23:54.040 more crystallization of the picture right now. But the truth is, 0:23:54.080 --> 0:23:56.080 we don't have any idea what it might look like. 0:23:56.119 --> 0:23:58.719 We did get a little bit, a little bit of 0:23:58.760 --> 0:24:01.840 crystallization in the AFC playoff picture, because we know the 0:24:01.880 --> 0:24:05.480 Browns right now are locked into the five seed unless 0:24:05.760 --> 0:24:09.440 unless they beat Cincinnati and the Ravens lose to both 0:24:09.520 --> 0:24:13.080 US and Pittsburgh. I don't think that will happen for us. 0:24:14.000 --> 0:24:15.399 You know the drill, right, We could wind up with 0:24:15.400 --> 0:24:18.000 the one seed or the two seed. Those two spots 0:24:18.000 --> 0:24:20.280 are the most likely, or we could wind up as 0:24:20.320 --> 0:24:23.160 the sixth seed. The seventh seed is a not possible. 0:24:23.160 --> 0:24:26.440 It's not possible. The five seed also is not possible 0:24:26.520 --> 0:24:29.720 because if we lose both, Cleveland would have the tiebreaker 0:24:29.800 --> 0:24:32.280 even if they lose to the Bengals in Week eighteen. 0:24:32.320 --> 0:24:35.040 So the purpose of this exercise is to think about 0:24:35.040 --> 0:24:37.520 potential matchups and who you might want to root for 0:24:37.880 --> 0:24:39.880 over the final two weeks of the season. And yes, 0:24:39.960 --> 0:24:43.600 I know, take care of business nothing else will matter. Sure, 0:24:43.920 --> 0:24:45.760 but we would not be living up to our entire 0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:49.719 show mission statement here of being the most comprehensive Dolphins 0:24:49.800 --> 0:24:52.680 podcast if we did not flesh those things out. Because 0:24:53.240 --> 0:24:55.639 I like the entire National Football League, even though the 0:24:55.680 --> 0:24:58.200 Dolphins don't have to get any help. I like knowing 0:24:58.280 --> 0:24:59.679 what's going on and who has to win to get 0:24:59.680 --> 0:25:02.560 certain spots, and it makes me intrigue to think about 0:25:02.560 --> 0:25:04.800 who that first round matchup could be in the event 0:25:04.880 --> 0:25:07.920 we wind up as that number two seed. So Baltimore, right, 0:25:08.200 --> 0:25:10.560 the one, the two, or the five. Like we've mentioned 0:25:10.680 --> 0:25:14.240 Kansas City. Their magic number in the AFC West is one. 0:25:14.560 --> 0:25:18.120 It's very very very very very very likely they get 0:25:18.119 --> 0:25:21.080 the three seed. There's an outside chance of the four seed. Now, 0:25:21.080 --> 0:25:22.920 they could fall into the wild card, but I very 0:25:23.000 --> 0:25:27.000 much doubt that happens. The four belongs most likely to 0:25:27.040 --> 0:25:30.119 the winner of the AFC South. I think it'll be Jacksonville, 0:25:30.560 --> 0:25:32.280 but we can't possibly know that it is a three 0:25:32.320 --> 0:25:34.840 way tie right now. The Jags have the tiebreaker on 0:25:34.880 --> 0:25:37.760 both Indy and Houston, and they finished with the Panthers 0:25:37.760 --> 0:25:41.000 and the Titans, two games they should win, but they've 0:25:41.000 --> 0:25:43.520 also lost to worst teams over the stretch. So who 0:25:43.560 --> 0:25:46.919 the hell knows Houston and the Titans or has the 0:25:46.960 --> 0:25:49.320 Titans rather and the Colts, and the Colts have the 0:25:49.400 --> 0:25:51.560 Raiders and the Texans. And this is where it all 0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:54.600 gets so so interesting, because I'm of the belief the 0:25:54.600 --> 0:25:58.239 worst case scenario for Miami is the two seed, and 0:25:58.320 --> 0:26:00.880 I know the six is in play, but I don't 0:26:00.920 --> 0:26:02.879 think this team will lose back to back game. So 0:26:02.920 --> 0:26:06.840 to me, the seventh seed is of maximum interest because 0:26:06.880 --> 0:26:08.760 that could be your first round matchup and your chance 0:26:08.800 --> 0:26:11.159 to ditch a twenty three year playoffs trout and a 0:26:11.160 --> 0:26:14.600 bunch of narratives that go along with that. It's almost 0:26:14.640 --> 0:26:17.120 as attractive to me as the one seed for some reasons, 0:26:17.280 --> 0:26:21.760 but also because there are so many permutations. There are 0:26:21.920 --> 0:26:24.760 scenarios where we're playing at home as the one and 0:26:24.800 --> 0:26:27.920 in the divisional round against either Cleveland, Jacksonville or Las Vegas. 0:26:27.920 --> 0:26:30.520 That would be awesome, right, That's ideal, Like that's on 0:26:30.560 --> 0:26:33.639 the table, But so is getting Las Vegas or Denver 0:26:33.720 --> 0:26:36.920 or Pittsburgh or Houston or Indy in the wildcard round 0:26:36.960 --> 0:26:39.320 in the two verse seven game, and who you beat 0:26:39.400 --> 0:26:42.080 over the final two. Remember, getting the two means you 0:26:42.160 --> 0:26:44.320 only win one of the last two games. The two 0:26:44.400 --> 0:26:46.879 seed would come as a result of a one to 0:26:46.920 --> 0:26:48.719 one record. If you go too and oho, you get 0:26:48.760 --> 0:26:50.960 the one seed. If you go zero and two, most 0:26:51.040 --> 0:26:53.479 likely you're in the sixth seed, because Buffalo would just 0:26:53.480 --> 0:26:55.040 have to beat the Patriots, and that's the only other 0:26:55.440 --> 0:26:57.679 thing that has to happen for that to be the case. 0:26:57.960 --> 0:26:59.880 So that depends on which of the games you win. 0:27:00.080 --> 0:27:03.120 If you beat Buffalo but not Baltimore, there's a really 0:27:03.119 --> 0:27:06.359 good chance that Buffalo is that seventh seed and you 0:27:06.440 --> 0:27:08.720 see them for a rematch one week later, which I 0:27:08.760 --> 0:27:11.520 think that's the worst case scenario, right I don't. I'm 0:27:11.560 --> 0:27:13.920 not fearing Buffalo. I think that we're a much better 0:27:13.920 --> 0:27:16.240 football team than Buffalo, as evidenced by the fact that 0:27:16.280 --> 0:27:18.080 they have lost a lot of games to a lot 0:27:18.080 --> 0:27:20.160 of bad teams and almost lost to the freaking Chargers. 0:27:20.320 --> 0:27:22.399 If not for a really good third and nine completion 0:27:22.480 --> 0:27:24.320 in that game, they probably lose that game. I'm not 0:27:24.359 --> 0:27:27.080 afraid of that team like this whole Buffalo is gonna 0:27:27.320 --> 0:27:29.240 come in here and rob Miami get the hell out 0:27:29.240 --> 0:27:31.080 of here. No, they're not. They're just not Okay, they're 0:27:31.080 --> 0:27:32.440 not a better team. I don't care what you say. 0:27:33.400 --> 0:27:35.800 If you lose to Buffalo in Week eighteen, but you 0:27:35.840 --> 0:27:39.240 beat Baltimore, Buffalo is almost guaranteed to get the sixth 0:27:39.280 --> 0:27:41.359 seed if they beat the Patriots, that's where they will be. 0:27:41.920 --> 0:27:44.400 So if your goal is to not play Buffalo back 0:27:44.440 --> 0:27:45.960 to back weeks, which I think we can all agree 0:27:46.040 --> 0:27:48.240 is the worst case scenario, right, it's not afraid of them, 0:27:48.400 --> 0:27:50.919 but it's the worst case scenario. If your goal is 0:27:50.920 --> 0:27:53.359 to not play Buffalo back to back week weeks and 0:27:53.520 --> 0:27:55.960 achieve that top two seed, the key is really just 0:27:55.960 --> 0:27:58.320 to win in Baltimore because that takes care of any 0:27:58.359 --> 0:28:01.119 rematch scenario. For the most part. There is a slight chance, 0:28:01.160 --> 0:28:03.200 but for the most part, that would be the best 0:28:03.240 --> 0:28:05.800 way to avoid that two verse seven Miami vers Buffalo game, 0:28:05.920 --> 0:28:08.119 because if you win in Week eighteen, you would avoid 0:28:08.560 --> 0:28:10.720 any game in the wildcard round. Right, But if you lose, 0:28:10.840 --> 0:28:15.840 Buffalo most likely gets to eleven. Yeah, eleven and six, 0:28:15.920 --> 0:28:17.879 and that sixth seed in the AFC Playoffs. So if 0:28:17.920 --> 0:28:20.840 your goal is to not play those guys, beat Baltimore 0:28:20.840 --> 0:28:22.520 this week and you probably will achieve that goal. But 0:28:22.560 --> 0:28:25.439 then if Buffalo pulls an upset in round one, you 0:28:25.520 --> 0:28:27.719 probably see them back here for the divisional round. In 0:28:27.760 --> 0:28:31.760 that first playoff game four Miami if they're the one 0:28:31.800 --> 0:28:34.960 seed unless the seventh seed then knocked off Baltimore. It's 0:28:35.280 --> 0:28:36.920 but if KC were to beat Buffalo in that three 0:28:37.000 --> 0:28:38.760 verse six game, then you'd host the winner of the 0:28:38.840 --> 0:28:42.200 AFC South versus Cleveland game. Again, there are many permutations 0:28:42.240 --> 0:28:44.640 now getting back into it. So the one to two 0:28:44.880 --> 0:28:47.920 is Baltimore, maybe Cleveland but I doubt it, and then 0:28:47.960 --> 0:28:50.520 Miami and Buffalo. Right, that's the options there, with the 0:28:50.560 --> 0:28:53.200 sixth seed being Miami or Buffalo. The three is most 0:28:53.240 --> 0:28:55.640 likely KC, and the four is most likely the AFC 0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:58.720 South winner, and Cleveland is most likely the five seeds. 0:28:58.720 --> 0:29:01.360 So the entire AFC South is basically in play for 0:29:01.400 --> 0:29:03.320 that seven seed. And that's where I want to look 0:29:03.400 --> 0:29:07.600 at the potential seven seed options in wildcard weekend in 0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:09.560 the event that we're hosting the game here as the 0:29:09.600 --> 0:29:12.680 two seed, here's your options. Buffalo is one of them. Right, 0:29:13.400 --> 0:29:19.200 Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Houston, Cincinnati, and Denver. I 0:29:19.200 --> 0:29:21.920 mean that is seven teams that, if they came to Miami, 0:29:22.240 --> 0:29:25.520 I'm guessing, are at least touchdown underdogs in that wildcard round. 0:29:25.640 --> 0:29:28.200 So the permutations are again vast. Let's do it this 0:29:28.240 --> 0:29:30.720 way because there are endless tie breakers that come into play. 0:29:30.840 --> 0:29:32.880 There are scenarios where you have three or four, maybe 0:29:32.880 --> 0:29:35.400 even five teams that tie with the same record for 0:29:35.440 --> 0:29:37.760 that seven and six spot. So rather than sorting it out, 0:29:37.840 --> 0:29:40.000 let's just do this. The New York Times Playoff machine 0:29:40.040 --> 0:29:43.320 gives us the playoff odds. Let's see what teams percentages 0:29:43.400 --> 0:29:46.160 or odds are if they finish ten and seven, because 0:29:46.200 --> 0:29:48.880 that's most likely what it will take to get in 0:29:48.920 --> 0:29:51.040 at the seventh seed in the AFC. So at ten wins, 0:29:51.280 --> 0:29:53.680 here are the team's chances. Jacksonville, if they went out, 0:29:53.680 --> 0:29:56.240 one hundred percent chance they are in. If any of 0:29:56.280 --> 0:29:58.920 the Southern Division teams went out, they are most likely in. 0:29:59.000 --> 0:30:01.480 But starting with Jacksonville, well, if they don't went out, 0:30:01.600 --> 0:30:04.040 either Houston or Indie wins out that would get them 0:30:04.040 --> 0:30:07.280 the division championship. And those schedules, as we mentioned Jacksonville 0:30:07.320 --> 0:30:10.720 plays Carolina and Tennessee, Houston plays Tennessee and Indy, and 0:30:10.760 --> 0:30:13.280 India plays Las Vegas and Houston. So only one of 0:30:13.440 --> 0:30:16.239 Indianapolis and Houston can went out right, But if they 0:30:16.240 --> 0:30:18.480 do went out, Houston has a greater than ninety nine 0:30:18.520 --> 0:30:21.040 percent chance of making the playoffs. Indy has a ninety 0:30:21.080 --> 0:30:23.080 eight percent chance. So if either of those teams went out, 0:30:23.200 --> 0:30:26.680 if you get Houston, Houston win this weekend over Tennessee 0:30:27.000 --> 0:30:29.920 and you get an Indie win over Las Vegas, that 0:30:29.960 --> 0:30:32.960 Week eighteen game is for a playoff berth essentially between 0:30:33.000 --> 0:30:36.520 the Colts and the Texans in Week eighteen. Cincinnati, if 0:30:36.520 --> 0:30:39.120 they went out, they play the Chiefs and the Browns 0:30:39.880 --> 0:30:42.600 tough road to HO. If they went out, they have 0:30:42.640 --> 0:30:45.000 a ninety one percent chance of playoffs, and Pittsburgh has 0:30:45.040 --> 0:30:48.160 a ninety percent chance against Seattle and Baltimore also a 0:30:48.240 --> 0:30:50.080 very tough road to HO. So I don't think those 0:30:50.080 --> 0:30:52.320 teams will be the ones. Then you get a couple 0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:54.560 of seven and eight teams and the percentages decreased from there. 0:30:54.600 --> 0:30:57.160 But Las Vegas, if they went out, has a sixty 0:30:57.160 --> 0:30:59.960 four percent chance of making the playoffs if they beat 0:31:00.080 --> 0:31:03.080 Indy and overtake them and just hang on against a 0:31:03.080 --> 0:31:05.840 Denver team who benched their quarterback in Week eighteen. Most 0:31:05.960 --> 0:31:08.720 likely Las Vegas is in at nine to eight. Denver 0:31:08.760 --> 0:31:10.400 has a twenty percent chance, so I'm gonna go ahead 0:31:10.400 --> 0:31:12.719 and take them out of the conversation altogether, Plus they 0:31:12.720 --> 0:31:15.360 bench their quarterback. Now we do the picks every week, right, 0:31:15.440 --> 0:31:17.360 So what is Travis think will happen? I think if 0:31:17.600 --> 0:31:20.760 if we were to get the two with Buffalo winning 0:31:20.760 --> 0:31:22.720 in Week eighteen, I think it comes down to the 0:31:22.760 --> 0:31:25.600 Houston Indie game, and if Indie wins, it would be 0:31:25.640 --> 0:31:28.320 the Raiders in that seventh spot unless the Colts beat 0:31:28.360 --> 0:31:30.719 the Raiders in Week seventeen. I picked the Raiders, but 0:31:30.760 --> 0:31:33.520 if Houston wins, then it would be Buffalo in that spot. 0:31:33.600 --> 0:31:36.680 Assuming that Houston beats the Titans this week. Does that 0:31:36.720 --> 0:31:39.200 help sort things out for you? I think essentially. The 0:31:39.240 --> 0:31:41.880 whole idea here is that most likely, if you get 0:31:41.880 --> 0:31:44.480 the two seed, you're probably not gonna face Buffalo in 0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:47.240 most scenarios because you can't just project who's gonna win 0:31:47.320 --> 0:31:50.240 these games. Most likely you run into one of those teams. 0:31:50.720 --> 0:31:54.600 My picks are Las Vegas or Indy I guess of 0:31:54.640 --> 0:31:57.120 the most likely teams in those scenarios. I just keep 0:31:57.120 --> 0:31:59.080 thinking this is gonna crystalize at some point, and I'd 0:31:59.120 --> 0:32:01.200 say that we'll all have a bet idea after this week. 0:32:01.480 --> 0:32:03.720 At least we'll know that some teams will win and 0:32:03.760 --> 0:32:06.080 that will give us if this happens, then that But 0:32:06.280 --> 0:32:08.720 this is all to say it's pretty open. But again, 0:32:08.880 --> 0:32:11.120 win this week and your chances of playing a non 0:32:11.200 --> 0:32:14.240 Buffalo nine or ten win team in the first round 0:32:14.400 --> 0:32:18.240 or having a buy altogether is very, very very high. 0:32:18.320 --> 0:32:21.240 Win this Sunday, you have a nice path lay out 0:32:21.280 --> 0:32:23.640 for you. Let's go ahead and finish this episode with 0:32:23.960 --> 0:32:27.040 the third segment, hearing from head coach Mike McDaniel. Draft 0:32:27.040 --> 0:32:29.560 Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by 0:32:29.600 --> 0:32:35.200 a donation. Coach McDaniel will bring us home on this 0:32:35.400 --> 0:32:37.800 edition of the Draft Time Podcast. First, we have some 0:32:37.880 --> 0:32:40.320 injury updates to a tongue of I Looa will play 0:32:40.360 --> 0:32:42.800 in the game on Sunday. Coach said that he banged 0:32:42.800 --> 0:32:45.360 his thumb on a Cowboys helmet in the first quarter 0:32:45.440 --> 0:32:48.640 of that game. Might explain. In addition to the Cowboys 0:32:48.680 --> 0:32:50.600 pass rush, some of the throws that were off target 0:32:50.640 --> 0:32:53.120 in that game. Jalien Waddell, however, will not play in 0:32:53.160 --> 0:32:55.280 the game. He has been ruled out. Robert Hunt will 0:32:55.280 --> 0:32:57.160 see about him. He's gonna be questionable for the game. 0:32:57.480 --> 0:33:00.320 Optimistic about Javon Holland despite a questionable SATA for him, 0:33:00.360 --> 0:33:02.600 it sounds like he has a really good chance to play. 0:33:02.720 --> 0:33:05.479 Austin Jackson was not in the red non contact Jersey 0:33:05.760 --> 0:33:08.560 Nor was chosen and moster are in a chan Both 0:33:08.600 --> 0:33:10.520 will go in the game on Sunday as well. So 0:33:10.680 --> 0:33:13.920 good news on the Dolphins injury front there. For the Ravens, 0:33:13.960 --> 0:33:16.440 not so much. They did get Zay Flowers back in 0:33:16.480 --> 0:33:19.840 practice on Friday, but Odell Beckham did not practice. Kyle 0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:23.240 Hamilton gonna miss the game on Sunday, most likely. Brendan 0:33:23.280 --> 0:33:25.760 Stevens likely to miss the game as well. Jalen armor 0:33:25.880 --> 0:33:28.800 Davis and Arthur Mallett, two players that are kind of 0:33:28.800 --> 0:33:31.800 the slot replacements for Kyle Hamilton, might not play in 0:33:31.800 --> 0:33:34.560 the game as well. So Baltimore very very banged up 0:33:34.600 --> 0:33:37.160 for this game and the Dolphins getting some good news 0:33:37.160 --> 0:33:39.440 on the injury front. Let's go ahead and conclude this 0:33:39.520 --> 0:33:42.200 podcast with a few quotes figure from coach I asked 0:33:42.280 --> 0:33:46.240 him about managing the emotions because in the NFL, right 0:33:46.280 --> 0:33:49.960 every week is a test for every team because you're 0:33:49.960 --> 0:33:52.160 not always the same version of yourself. We talked about 0:33:52.160 --> 0:33:54.960 the Buffalo Bills. Every damn time they play the Miami Dolphins, 0:33:55.240 --> 0:33:58.360 they are on twelve out of ten in terms of 0:33:58.400 --> 0:34:01.200 the effort and the just charge up nature of their 0:34:01.280 --> 0:34:03.640 psyche heading into that game. But when they play the 0:34:03.720 --> 0:34:05.640 Chargers on the road on a short week in a 0:34:05.680 --> 0:34:08.160 primetime game that they're supposed to win, they can barely 0:34:08.239 --> 0:34:10.120 muster a victory in that game, and they're one third 0:34:10.160 --> 0:34:13.080 down stop away from losing that game. So with the 0:34:13.120 --> 0:34:15.439 managing of emotions on a week to week basis, how 0:34:15.480 --> 0:34:18.520 do you approach getting this team right after what was 0:34:18.560 --> 0:34:20.719 the biggest win of the year in a statement game 0:34:20.760 --> 0:34:22.759 with the Dallas Cowboys, when you're facing a team in 0:34:22.800 --> 0:34:25.080 the Baltimore Ravens who also had their biggest win of 0:34:25.080 --> 0:34:26.920 the year in a win over the forty nine ers. 0:34:26.960 --> 0:34:27.359 Here's coach. 0:34:27.640 --> 0:34:30.720 Each week's independent of itself. This one was really easy, 0:34:31.320 --> 0:34:37.040 really easy, just because you know the challenge. You know 0:34:37.520 --> 0:34:39.800 you have a high regard for the team you're playing, 0:34:41.040 --> 0:34:47.200 and you you know we've been waiting. The opportunity to 0:34:47.800 --> 0:34:52.560 play the NFL's best is just that for us. We're 0:34:52.600 --> 0:34:56.400 excited about that opportunity because that's as competitors, that's what 0:34:56.440 --> 0:34:59.000 we want to do. We don't we want to go 0:34:59.040 --> 0:35:01.839 against the best, put our best foot forward and see 0:35:02.400 --> 0:35:05.799 how it plays out. So, you know, I think that 0:35:05.960 --> 0:35:09.640 is a definitely a legitimate question. That's kind of you 0:35:09.680 --> 0:35:15.440 have to, you know, each there's different types of scenarios 0:35:15.440 --> 0:35:17.279 and a lot of times after a big win you 0:35:17.320 --> 0:35:19.480 have to feel you feel as though you have to 0:35:19.560 --> 0:35:22.360 manage the emotions because we have another big game in 0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:24.759 front of us. This one was not that way. There 0:35:25.440 --> 0:35:30.200 was a lot of excitement about the win, but once 0:35:30.280 --> 0:35:37.080 Wednesday started, the Dallas game could have been two or 0:35:37.080 --> 0:35:42.319 three months previous. For all the players concerns, they have 0:35:42.440 --> 0:35:45.080 been locked in at the task hand. 0:35:45.440 --> 0:35:47.200 Two more here, we'll go ahead and go back to 0:35:47.280 --> 0:35:50.960 the pass rush and coverage marriage together, a theme I've 0:35:51.040 --> 0:35:53.160 kind of made on the podcast roughout the course of 0:35:53.200 --> 0:35:55.919 the last two seasons. Here talking about how last year's 0:35:55.920 --> 0:35:59.840 pass wash, pass rush, past rush was really good, but 0:36:00.040 --> 0:36:01.919 the coverage didn't hold it's end of the bargain because 0:36:01.960 --> 0:36:04.600 of injuries on that back end. But now this year 0:36:05.120 --> 0:36:07.200 you have very good cover guys playing for you all 0:36:07.280 --> 0:36:09.520 year long, which helps the pass rush get home. Here's 0:36:09.600 --> 0:36:12.319 coach on the team nature of the Dolphins pass rush 0:36:12.360 --> 0:36:14.879 that has set the franchise record in sacks and leaves 0:36:14.920 --> 0:36:15.839 the NFL in. 0:36:15.840 --> 0:36:22.120 QBA the sacks, the quarterback hits. That is a defensive 0:36:22.160 --> 0:36:27.839 stat team defense. Because to be able to do that, 0:36:29.080 --> 0:36:32.680 of course, the people that are getting the numbers deserve them. 0:36:32.680 --> 0:36:39.560 They're executing pass rush with whether it's just straight rush 0:36:39.640 --> 0:36:45.120 or there's games or blitzes, all those things, you know, 0:36:45.480 --> 0:36:48.120 they deserve all the credit they get. However, there's a 0:36:48.320 --> 0:36:51.520 coverage aspect to it that I speak I think speaks 0:36:51.560 --> 0:36:54.319 to the greater big picture of what the defense is 0:36:54.360 --> 0:36:58.920 doing on pass downs. So much of that, you know, 0:37:00.080 --> 0:37:04.719 what's really happening is the inner play between coverage and 0:37:04.880 --> 0:37:09.080 pass rush is so tied together that guys are starting 0:37:09.080 --> 0:37:15.440 to feel how long they typically will have success if 0:37:15.480 --> 0:37:17.600 they can hold up. You can be aggressive and coverage 0:37:17.640 --> 0:37:23.600 in certain different ways so that because realistically you know 0:37:23.680 --> 0:37:26.320 that there's going to be a quarterback off the spot 0:37:26.360 --> 0:37:28.400 after a certain amount of time. I think as a 0:37:28.440 --> 0:37:32.040 defense that's a defensive stat that has to do as 0:37:32.120 --> 0:37:35.760 much just as much with the pass us as the coverage. 0:37:36.719 --> 0:37:42.600 If there's blown coverages or leaky coverages, some of those 0:37:43.000 --> 0:37:46.160 hits or sacks can be avoided. So I think that 0:37:46.480 --> 0:37:50.799 it really speaks to everyone the amount of players that 0:37:51.400 --> 0:37:54.759 like That's what I'm really really happy about with the 0:37:54.800 --> 0:37:59.360 Miami Dolphins team. Our team is a collection of people 0:37:59.680 --> 0:38:03.839 and a lot of people contributing, and when one guy 0:38:03.880 --> 0:38:07.360 goes down and steps in and rises to the challenge, 0:38:08.080 --> 0:38:11.280 So it's kind of the locker room that the players 0:38:11.320 --> 0:38:14.359 have built is really strong, and guys are playing well 0:38:14.400 --> 0:38:14.919 with each other. 0:38:15.360 --> 0:38:18.480 One last one here no Jalen Waddle. On Sunday, So 0:38:18.600 --> 0:38:21.279 coach was asked about Chase Claypool's involvement and he gave 0:38:21.320 --> 0:38:24.719 a very detailed answer about not only will Claypool see 0:38:24.719 --> 0:38:26.759 more reps, but how he's earned the right to do so. 0:38:27.040 --> 0:38:30.960 In practice, there's been an uptick in involvement, and particularly 0:38:30.960 --> 0:38:34.200 in this in this game, you know, it's it's for 0:38:34.680 --> 0:38:39.319 really everyone understands what Wattle brings to our team and 0:38:39.360 --> 0:38:44.760 then understands that it's an opportunity for playmakers to make plays. 0:38:45.239 --> 0:38:49.800 In his absence. So yeah, there has been he Chase 0:38:49.840 --> 0:38:54.440 has done an unbelievable job defining to me who he 0:38:54.520 --> 0:38:59.160 truly is. That whatever narratives existed before, all he's done 0:38:59.200 --> 0:39:04.080 here is chopped wood and gotten better and assimilated into 0:39:04.080 --> 0:39:09.920 a system that isn't necessarily easy, and he's he's done 0:39:09.960 --> 0:39:14.759 it with the intent of helping the team through the 0:39:15.880 --> 0:39:20.960 through selflessness. It's been really cool to watch him define 0:39:21.040 --> 0:39:27.280 himself with his teammates and and take advantage of whatever 0:39:27.360 --> 0:39:31.279 opportunity is given. He also did had a couple of 0:39:31.320 --> 0:39:35.399 really good plays and special teams last week, and yeah, 0:39:35.400 --> 0:39:37.120 I expect to see a little bit more of him too. 0:39:37.480 --> 0:39:39.440 Just want to do a quick minute on that because 0:39:39.440 --> 0:39:40.960 I see the complaints all the time. You have a 0:39:40.960 --> 0:39:43.200 big red zone body, Why don't you throw the fade 0:39:43.200 --> 0:39:45.120 to Chase Claypool. Why don't you throw some more screens 0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:47.400 to Chase Claypool. You heard coach talk about there and 0:39:47.480 --> 0:39:50.479 offense that's difficult for the receivers. They ask so much 0:39:50.560 --> 0:39:53.440 of the receivers in this offense probably the most difficult 0:39:53.520 --> 0:39:55.640 position to come in here and play. And that's why 0:39:55.680 --> 0:39:57.640 you have guys like Trent Shchfild who knew the offense 0:39:57.640 --> 0:40:00.960 getting serious reps last year, River Craycraft exact same situation 0:40:01.040 --> 0:40:03.600 over a guy like Cedrick Wilson, who probably has more 0:40:03.640 --> 0:40:07.440 talent but was not as well adversed in the Dolphins 0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:09.840 offensive system. So to expect a guy to come in 0:40:09.920 --> 0:40:11.480 mid season and pick things up to be able to 0:40:11.520 --> 0:40:14.320 play a full complement of snaps, it's just not realistic. 0:40:14.360 --> 0:40:16.680 So for Chase to have the opportunity to earn more 0:40:16.719 --> 0:40:18.759 snaps and get the offense down and work his way 0:40:18.800 --> 0:40:22.200 into that position would speak of how wired he is 0:40:22.239 --> 0:40:24.480 in the correct way to make that happen and earn 0:40:24.480 --> 0:40:26.600 that opportunity. So I think if you get more Chase Claypool, 0:40:26.600 --> 0:40:28.960 it's great, But I think you should understand how difficult 0:40:28.960 --> 0:40:30.799 this offense is for a receiver to come in and 0:40:30.840 --> 0:40:33.120 pick up and just the expectation that he's can come 0:40:33.120 --> 0:40:34.880 in here and play because he's a big body or 0:40:34.920 --> 0:40:37.160 has good hands, whatever the case may be. It's not 0:40:37.280 --> 0:40:39.960 realistic in this offense. So something to keep in mind. 0:40:40.120 --> 0:40:42.200 That's the podcast, that's the week. The next time I 0:40:42.200 --> 0:40:44.960 talk to you, guys will either be division champs or 0:40:45.040 --> 0:40:47.279 will be playing a win and in game for the 0:40:47.320 --> 0:40:49.480 division in week EIGHTEAM. But either way, we'll talk to 0:40:49.560 --> 0:40:52.880 you guys on Sunday night following Dolphins and Ravens. Cannot 0:40:52.880 --> 0:40:54.840 wait for that one. In the meantime, you all please 0:40:54.880 --> 0:40:57.680 be sure to subscribe, rate review all that fund stuff. 0:40:57.719 --> 0:41:00.560 Follow me on social at Winfield, NFL. Follow the team 0:41:00.600 --> 0:41:03.280 at Miami Dolphins. Check out Seth and oj my postgame 0:41:03.400 --> 0:41:06.120 radio partners. They have the fish Tank podcast with Lamar 0:41:06.239 --> 0:41:08.040 Miller out this week. 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