Speaker 1: Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins.
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Speaker 1: What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to the Drift Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield And on today's show, the Man on the
Speaker 1: Call for Sunday's game in Baltimore on CBS, the Great
Speaker 1: Charles Davis joins us to break down the Dolphins and
Speaker 1: this massive, massive game in the AFC. Really fun chat,
Speaker 1: plus Mike McDaniel's Friday media as well as a look
Speaker 1: at the AFC playoff picture and my attempt to confuse
Speaker 1: the crap out of every single one of you from
Speaker 1: the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.
Speaker 1: This is the Drive Time Podcast. Ye Daffy, let's kick
Speaker 1: it off here with my interview with the Great Charles Davis.
Speaker 1: Joining me today is the manual here on the call
Speaker 1: for Sunday's massive, massive Dolphins and Ravens till Charles Davis CD.
Speaker 1: Good to see you again, man. How was your holiday season?
Speaker 1: Or I guess how is it going so far?
Speaker 3: It's going great, Travis. I appreciate you asking. I trust
Speaker 3: the same for you and everyone who can see us
Speaker 3: and hear us doing this. So yeah, it's it's been wonderful,
Speaker 3: and I guess if I were a dolphin, it'd be
Speaker 3: really wonderful. Big win last week going into it, have
Speaker 3: a position, in a position now to possibly be the
Speaker 3: number one seed in the AFC, win the AFC East.
Speaker 3: All their goals are still out there in front of them,
Speaker 3: and it's really pretty cool to watch.
Speaker 1: I don't recall a Christmas that was more fun than
Speaker 1: this one. I think fifteen years ago the last time
Speaker 1: the team won the division. They beat the Jets in
Speaker 1: the Meadowlands with Chad Pennington to win the AFC East
Speaker 1: three days after Christmas. That might be the last time
Speaker 1: we had this much fun around the holiday. Let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and get into this game that's on New Year's
Speaker 1: Eve and start with kind of the ten thousand foot
Speaker 1: view of this game, because what a fun matchup, both
Speaker 1: teams coming off their biggest wins of the season, and
Speaker 1: I have to imagine as a play by player or
Speaker 1: rather a color commentator, this matchup here is one you
Speaker 1: dream of when the schedule comes out right.
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's no doubt about it.
Speaker 3: And we saw it, you know, on the schedule, that
Speaker 3: looked like it was one for us and our team.
Speaker 3: And then as things kept going, as the Dolphins kept winning,
Speaker 3: as Baltimore kept winning, this game got bigger and bigger
Speaker 3: and bigger, and you know, let's not get ourselves, we
Speaker 3: thought there's a good chance that it might be flexed
Speaker 3: become the Sunday night game.
Speaker 2: There's a possibility of it flipping from four.
Speaker 3: To fifteen to one, you know, to the one o'clock game,
Speaker 3: I mean from one o'clock to four fifteen, and you know,
Speaker 3: then that would be in the prime spot, and that'd
Speaker 3: be Jim and Tony for our crew, our number one
Speaker 3: team taking the game, and understandably so, but somehow we
Speaker 3: were able to keep it.
Speaker 2: So we're thrilled about it.
Speaker 3: I think anyone who's watching it doesn't matter who's broadcasting it,
Speaker 3: they're just thrilled at the game's on. I mean, you're
Speaker 3: talking about number one and two in the AFC right now,
Speaker 3: and either one of them can be number one when
Speaker 3: it's all said and done, and both of them with
Speaker 3: really impressive wins against really recognizable teams. So if you're
Speaker 3: just a fan of the NFL and you're not a
Speaker 3: fan of the Dolphins or a fan of Baltimore or
Speaker 3: who did they beat last week? A ball groun went
Speaker 3: to San Francisco and jumped on him on Monday night
Speaker 3: on Christmas Night?
Speaker 2: Who did Miami just be?
Speaker 3: Other's being the Dallas Cowboys who people keep talking about,
Speaker 3: and maybe Dak Prescott maybe is the MVP of the league.
Speaker 2: Oh, now you have everyone's attention, right.
Speaker 3: Where is that we do all the time? I'm listening. Yeah,
Speaker 3: everyone's listening and watching at this point. So that's the
Speaker 3: big one.
Speaker 2: Obviously. The quarterbacks are a feature the way too.
Speaker 3: Of Tugovaloa took the challenge last year to find a
Speaker 3: way to stay healthy and deliver.
Speaker 2: He's done that.
Speaker 3: And then some two thousand yard receivers and Tybreek Kill
Speaker 3: and Jalen Waddle thousand yard running back and Raheem Moster
Speaker 3: who is four hundred and thirty seven years old getting
Speaker 3: it done.
Speaker 2: It is the coolest thing. But you flip it over
Speaker 2: to Lamar Jackson.
Speaker 3: He doesn't have a thousand yard receiver, he doesn't have
Speaker 3: a thousand yard runner. The ball gets spread a little
Speaker 3: bit more. He's still the pocal point. His legs are
Speaker 3: still a factor, and we'll see how it gets done,
Speaker 3: both of them getting it done at a really high
Speaker 3: level in a little bit different fashion.
Speaker 1: That was my follow up question was the way the
Speaker 1: styles make the fights, right. But I want to go
Speaker 1: back to this because you talked about the emotional I
Speaker 1: guess investment into big victories and how teams have to
Speaker 1: find a way to recreate that every single week. It
Speaker 1: kind of fascinates me because to me, that's why there's
Speaker 1: so many upsets across the NFL, where maybe some teams
Speaker 1: you can't have the same average level for all seventeen games, right, Like,
Speaker 1: it's just not possible. So I'm curious how you think
Speaker 1: that impacts both these teams coming off these huge wins,
Speaker 1: but also how these big games down the stretch for Miami, Dallas, Baltimore, Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Is that a good thing to go into the playoffs
Speaker 1: playing against the best teams in the league to kind of
Speaker 1: prepare you for the schedule it's going to come up
Speaker 1: in the playoffs.
Speaker 3: I'll start with Baltimore very quickly on that, because of
Speaker 3: where they've been in the last fifteen to sixteen years
Speaker 3: under John Harball. This is kind of standard operating procedure
Speaker 3: for them.
Speaker 2: They expect to be in the playoffs. When they're not,
Speaker 2: it's a surprise.
Speaker 3: I think this will be the eleventh time in the
Speaker 3: playoffs and his sixteen years as a head coach, so.
Speaker 2: You get the whole idea.
Speaker 3: You know, he's a head coach who's won a Super Bowl,
Speaker 3: used to his teams getting deep, but they haven't in
Speaker 3: recent years. I think the last four times out they've
Speaker 3: been one and done, whether it's been a divisional or
Speaker 3: a wild card game. They want to get that corrected.
Speaker 3: But they're used to it. Play like a raven.
Speaker 2: You know that. You hear it everywhere every week.
Speaker 3: They expect to be in those kind of games and
Speaker 3: they believe the AFC North. Get you prepared for that
Speaker 3: and how you go about doing it. Flip it over
Speaker 3: to Miami now all season long, and what has Miami
Speaker 3: been dealing with?
Speaker 2: Who you beat? Yeah, beat anyone that is that good,
Speaker 2: you know.
Speaker 3: So that's been a problem for them in terms of
Speaker 3: just having to deal with that weekend and week out. Well,
Speaker 3: no longer. You just beat a team that at one
Speaker 3: point was vying for the number one seed in the
Speaker 3: NFC has a quarterback that's mentioned for MVP and Dak Prescott,
Speaker 3: big time players all across the board, one of the
Speaker 3: better defenses in the league.
Speaker 2: Okay, so that's out the window now. But oh, your
Speaker 2: schedule has been really soft all along.
Speaker 3: Okay, fine, So we finished with Dallas, we finished with Baltimore,
Speaker 3: we finished with Buffalout which may or may not have
Speaker 3: a bearing on the AFC East and the playoffs.
Speaker 2: That tough enough for you, folks.
Speaker 1: I think I I think.
Speaker 3: It's a really good thing for Miami because I don't
Speaker 3: see them shying away from the challenge.
Speaker 1: We're very excited about the challenge and the opportunity to
Speaker 1: come up here and when these big games and put
Speaker 1: ourselves in position to get a one seed potentially and
Speaker 1: host every playoff game here because this team is tough
Speaker 1: to beat across the street over there at Hard Rocks
Speaker 1: A and one more win on the road will put
Speaker 1: them in a good position to clinch home field for
Speaker 1: the playoffs. Let's go back to the previous thing you
Speaker 1: mentioned CD about styles and how they make fights, right, Like,
Speaker 1: we always have heard that for years and years now
Speaker 1: in football, in any sport, the Dolphins, the fastest team
Speaker 1: in football, the Ravens. You talked about it a program
Speaker 1: built over the last two plus decades that's tough, physical, gritty,
Speaker 1: can beat you up in the trenches. How do these
Speaker 1: two teams styles make for an even more intriguing matchup?
Speaker 1: Because twelve and three and eleven four is pretty great,
Speaker 1: But when you get these two contrasting styles, it makes
Speaker 1: it even more fun, doesn't it?
Speaker 2: It really does.
Speaker 3: And let's just hone in on the way you described it, Travis,
Speaker 3: because I think you pretty much hit it. I mean,
Speaker 3: there's there's no other way to really have to go
Speaker 3: about doing it.
Speaker 2: Speed versus muscle.
Speaker 3: If we want to just boil it down that way,
Speaker 3: it's not speed versus toughness because I'm not taking away
Speaker 3: Miami's toughness because what people miss is that Miami's number
Speaker 3: four ranked defense, So don't.
Speaker 2: Act like that they can't play either.
Speaker 3: And ever since Jalen Ramsey's come back boy, things have
Speaker 3: really accelerated for that defense.
Speaker 2: So speed versus muscle? All right?
Speaker 3: Patrick Queen talked about this week. I'm pretty sure his
Speaker 3: quote is up all over.
Speaker 1: I was gonna get to that.
Speaker 3: That no one else plays the style we play and
Speaker 3: we just hit you in the mouth and the you know,
Speaker 3: good luck running past that. That's where it all comes
Speaker 3: into play. But within all of that, there are other
Speaker 3: truths that are there. Does Miami have speed, sure, but
Speaker 3: do they have toughness to run the football? Absolutely? Okay,
Speaker 3: flip it over to the Baltimore. Do they have the toughness?
Speaker 3: We know that rite the muscle, we know they want
Speaker 3: to hit you and all that. Have you ever watched
Speaker 3: those two linebackers run and queen and Rokwon Wokan Smith?
Speaker 2: Have you seen? You know what you get with the hybrid?
Speaker 3: When when when Kyle Hamilton's at his best at free safety?
Speaker 3: Or is he a slot corner or is he an
Speaker 3: edge rusher or is he in the boxes a linebacker?
Speaker 2: Or is he does it all? So that's just a
Speaker 2: few examples.
Speaker 3: That within all of that, yes, overarching themes, but within
Speaker 3: those themes, both of these teams have a lot of
Speaker 3: what the other team has. That's why it's gonna be
Speaker 3: a lot of fun. Plus, we gotta go back to
Speaker 3: last year. It's thirty five to fourteen. The thing was done.
Speaker 3: Like everybody was clicking TVs. Everybody was going to another game.
Speaker 3: Every boy was checking red zone and the Dolphins came
Speaker 3: back and got it done. You think that's not being
Speaker 3: played into Baltimore dressing room all week. I think it's
Speaker 3: probably gonna come up once or twice.
Speaker 1: Probably the most fun the Dolphins fans have had in
Speaker 1: a long time at that point. Now, this season probably
Speaker 1: places a lot of those fun moments from twenty twenty two.
Speaker 1: But yeah, I'm sure both teams thinking about that game
Speaker 1: in a lot of ways. Going back to that, and
Speaker 1: you talked about the Dolphins, you know, ability to run
Speaker 1: the football and play strong defense. I'm glad you did
Speaker 1: because I wanted to fall up and say I don't
Speaker 1: want to sound like I'm calling the Dolphins my own
Speaker 1: team here Finesse, because they're not that. When they had
Speaker 1: to have a game winning drive, they saddled up Jeff
Speaker 1: Wilson and went back through a power gap scheme to
Speaker 1: beat the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday to get those first
Speaker 1: downs to put them in a field goal range with
Speaker 1: no tie on the clock. So that's definitely part of
Speaker 1: their style. And speaking of team styles, we saw the
Speaker 1: Ravens play both San Francisco and Los Angeles in the
Speaker 1: last couple of weeks here probably the two offensive systems
Speaker 1: that most closely resemble Miami's. I'm curious do you think
Speaker 1: that that would give either side an advantage in this game?
Speaker 1: Because the Ravens just shut down San Francisco, Los Angeles
Speaker 1: had some success. I'm curious do you think it benefits
Speaker 1: Ravens haven't played it against it, the Dolphins getting film
Speaker 1: on it, or is it a total wash?
Speaker 3: I think ultimately it becomes a wash because what it
Speaker 3: does is allow you to become familiar with them and
Speaker 3: then be able to relate what you just saw on
Speaker 3: tape to something you just did.
Speaker 1: Ah.
Speaker 3: Yeah, didn't that feel a lot like remember third quarter
Speaker 3: when when San Francisco ran such such? Remember in the
Speaker 3: third quarter when you know Dallas ran such and such?
Speaker 3: That looks a lot like that.
Speaker 2: So you were.
Speaker 3: Quating things right like, you're putting it all there. It's
Speaker 3: kind of like when we do the draft and we
Speaker 3: comp guys. He reminds me of and then you tell why,
Speaker 3: and so people get that fix in their head in
Speaker 3: their minds. Oh, and that's how you relay in that,
Speaker 3: whether it's Vic Fangio or Frank Smith or whoever's they're
Speaker 3: relaying things to their respective units about what they're seeing.
Speaker 3: The other part is it's still done differently, even though
Speaker 3: the systems are similar.
Speaker 2: The way Brock Purty plays quarterback.
Speaker 3: The way that you know Dak Prescott plays quarterback, different
Speaker 3: than what they're going to get comes Sunday, right, different
Speaker 3: than what you're gonna get when Lamar does it or
Speaker 3: when Tua does it. So all that goes into the hopper.
Speaker 3: And then let's be honest about it. Okay, the Rams,
Speaker 3: wonderful receivers, Pookah, Cooper Cup, the whole deal, San Francisco, Deebo,
Speaker 3: Samuel Brandon, Ayuk, all that right, then you flip it.
Speaker 2: Over Ceede Lamb Gallop, right, you know, Tony Pollard out
Speaker 2: to the backfield.
Speaker 3: You're getting used to these guys, but do they equate
Speaker 3: to who you're dealing with on Sunday. I think it's
Speaker 3: a tougher match for Baltimore because if Jayalen Waddle's able
Speaker 3: to go Tyreek Hill, that's different than just about anyone else.
Speaker 2: You're going to play all year long. That's what changes
Speaker 2: things a little bit.
Speaker 3: And then of course, when you come out of the
Speaker 3: backfield with moster who may be thirty plus years old
Speaker 3: but still running.
Speaker 2: Like he's eighteen, and a Chan.
Speaker 3: Because when a Chan came out of school, Travis I
Speaker 3: equated him to a bigger d Anthony Thomas black mahamba.
Speaker 2: The ability to go from zero to one hundred within
Speaker 2: about two steps.
Speaker 3: That's what I saw with him coming out, and now
Speaker 3: you're seeing it when he's healthy and playing. So it's
Speaker 3: gonna be fun to watch because yes, they can equate things,
Speaker 3: but now these things actually move. Come Sunday, all right,
Speaker 3: it's not just chalk, it's not just tape that you're watching.
Speaker 3: Now that movement starts to happen, so you'll have an idea,
Speaker 3: but now you have to go deal with them for real.
Speaker 1: This guy from the Pacific Northwest loves the black mamba
Speaker 1: comparison there with the Anthony Thomas. He was so much
Speaker 1: fun to watch at Oregon back in the day. What
Speaker 1: a great comp that was. I want to kind of
Speaker 1: follow up there because you talk about some of the
Speaker 1: sizzle there. The Dolphins have on offense with all the
Speaker 1: speed and the weapons, But one thing that I think
Speaker 1: has really made this offense click and go all year
Speaker 1: long has been those kind of ancillary pieces, the guys
Speaker 1: that you don't get a lot of shine in terms
Speaker 1: of being up on the marquee with all the catches
Speaker 1: and big rushing totals. I'm talking about durham smyth alec
Speaker 1: ingold rookie Julian Hill coming across as that true why
Speaker 1: who motions and split flow and takes out the edge.
Speaker 1: What have you seen from those pieces for the Dolphins
Speaker 1: offense and how critical are they to Mike McDaniel's system.
Speaker 2: Yeah, throwing Cedric Wilson, Yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean, you've got a number of guys that know
Speaker 3: that they're not the primary guys. But if we're gonna
Speaker 3: kick coverages, if we're gonna throw the extra guy in
Speaker 3: on coverage with those guys, if someone's not available and
Speaker 3: able to play, other people have to fill the breach
Speaker 3: and step up. And because Mike McDaniel has so many
Speaker 3: different people opportunities, he can adjusts himself during game. If
Speaker 3: this isn't working, I can go here. If that's not
Speaker 3: where I can go, there are these guys having a
Speaker 3: better match up upfront in the blocking, I can go there.
Speaker 3: The guys on the offensive line have been the unsung
Speaker 3: heroes because that's a line that's changed and change and
Speaker 3: change and changed. But guess what, whoever has kind to
Speaker 3: step up and play has done a pretty darn good job.
Speaker 2: And when you're talking about the.
Speaker 3: Fact that they can run and be a little grimy
Speaker 3: and gritty inside running the ball, that's right up Robert
Speaker 3: Jones's alley. Okay, he's had to come in and play
Speaker 3: for Robert Hunt. He's done that quite well. He wants
Speaker 3: to move people in the running game, Eikenberg. I think
Speaker 3: it's a little more comfortable doing that since he had
Speaker 3: to go in and fill in at center for Connor Williams.
Speaker 3: You know, Austin Jackson at right tackle. I do think
Speaker 3: that fits what they like to do. And Kendall Lamb's
Speaker 3: been a real MVP for them his ability to step
Speaker 3: in and play and not miss a beat because you know,
Speaker 3: Dallas can bring the heat off the edge of the
Speaker 3: pass rush.
Speaker 1: You mentioned some guys like you talk about grit, Austin Jackson,
Speaker 1: Kendall Lamb, Robert Jones, those guys have plenty of grit
Speaker 1: in their back pocket as well. Really good stuff. I
Speaker 1: have a couple more questions for you here, CD. You
Speaker 1: want to take a quick break here Draft Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: My guest today Charles Davis. You'll hear him on the
Speaker 1: call on CBS on Sunday. We'll come back on the
Speaker 1: other side here and talk a little bit about this
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense. Lamar Jackson to a tongue by LOA. That's
Speaker 1: all next Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought
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Speaker 1: Charles Davis, CBS. You'll hear him on the call with
Speaker 1: Iron Eagle and Evan Washburn on Sunday on CBS one
Speaker 1: o'clock from Baltimore, CDA. Have three more questions for you here,
Speaker 1: and we're going to go back to the Dolphins win
Speaker 1: over Dallas because we mentioned that kind of gritty grind
Speaker 1: it out running the ball screen, game, third down conversion,
Speaker 1: take what the defense is there drive the Dolphins had
Speaker 1: to put away the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday. I'm curious
Speaker 1: what that meant or what you think that might mean
Speaker 1: for a twenty five year old quarterback who, like you,
Speaker 1: talk about all these narratives right, can't throw the deep ball,
Speaker 1: hits deep balls all the time, can't engineer a game
Speaker 1: winning drive in December, doesn't it against a top defense.
Speaker 1: Here can't win without Tyreek did that two weeks ago.
Speaker 1: I'm curious what you think this recent success and that
Speaker 1: game in particular, that drive can do for this team
Speaker 1: in this quarterback.
Speaker 3: It's funny because I think from the outside world, Travis,
Speaker 3: this is oh wow, they did that. Oh wow, that's amazing.
Speaker 3: I think internally, whether it's tu or the rest of
Speaker 3: the team, it's just validation. Oh yeah, we knew we've
Speaker 3: done things we've done, like you talked about, when you
Speaker 3: see certain criticisms about to it what he can't do
Speaker 3: at Someone called me yesterday and say, just not really
Speaker 3: big on him because I just don't think he, you know,
Speaker 3: hits his receivers in the right spots. And I just
Speaker 3: stared at the person like that's one of the one
Speaker 3: of the best parts of his game is accuracy to
Speaker 3: hit a receiver and keep him on his feet in
Speaker 3: the right spot to make sure that receiver drops down
Speaker 3: so he doesn't get tagged by the post safety when
Speaker 3: he throws the skinny post into and it's one of
Speaker 3: the best part. It's one of the best things he does.
Speaker 3: And you're telling me, he don't see that. I can't
Speaker 3: have conversations. Then we're done here right for them, That's
Speaker 3: what it comes down too. A couple of weeks ago,
Speaker 3: I think it was when Tua was talking about he
Speaker 3: doesn't listen to the critics or whatever, but he keeps receipts.
Speaker 2: In other words, you're listening, okay, but you.
Speaker 3: Know what you're doing with it, and however you want
Speaker 3: to deal with it is up to you. It's working
Speaker 3: for Tua. I think that finally what I saw out
Speaker 3: of him. I saw a little fire when he talked about, Hey,
Speaker 3: say whatever it is you want to say, I got
Speaker 3: two thousand yard receivers, I got a thousand yard running back.
Speaker 3: When I thought when I saw that, and you know what,
Speaker 3: it hit me with Travis name a great quarterback who
Speaker 3: hasn't had a pretty darn good surrounding cast I best
Speaker 3: of all time through the two Hall of Fame wide receivers,
Speaker 3: and the tight end who was probably an all decade
Speaker 3: tight end in Dallas, Clark Drew Bees.
Speaker 2: How many different great receivers did he have running through there?
Speaker 2: And that joker back that.
Speaker 3: Could play, whether it's Reggie Bush or Alvin Kamara or
Speaker 3: any of those. They build around the talents of that person.
Speaker 3: Those are just two examples. It's rare that you're talking
Speaker 3: about a quarterback being great without having that supporting cast
Speaker 3: that can help. Now, we do have a little bit
Speaker 3: of a contrast in this one. Tuu's got the two
Speaker 3: thousand yard receivers, he's got the thousand yard running back.
Speaker 2: Lamar Jackson has none of that.
Speaker 3: And the last time we had an MVP at quarterback
Speaker 3: win an award, win that award without a thousand yard
Speaker 3: receiver or a thousan yard running back. That's twenty two
Speaker 3: MVPs ago. The last two were Elway and Brett farre
Speaker 3: It doesn't happen without having those people around you. Okay,
Speaker 3: So he's doing it a little bit different way in
Speaker 3: terms of getting people going. But it's not like they're
Speaker 3: not talented. Go ahead and not cover, or you know,
Speaker 3: Odell Beckham Junior, go ahead that don't don't guard. Z
Speaker 3: A Flowers, right, Isaiah likely the tight end filling in
Speaker 3: for Mark Andrews. It's just they go about it differently
Speaker 3: because there's such a heavy run team.
Speaker 1: That context is exactly why I wanted to have you
Speaker 1: on the show this week. Charles. I appreciate you dive
Speaker 1: into that force. I have one more question here. I'll
Speaker 1: go ahead and put two together for you here, because
Speaker 1: you touched Miami's defense and the stout performances they have
Speaker 1: displayed really all year. They had got off to a
Speaker 1: slow start, but it really clicked in when Jalen rams
Speaker 1: returned to the field, and they've been top three in
Speaker 1: so many key categories since he came back in week eight.
Speaker 1: So my two part question is how have you seen
Speaker 1: Ramsey's impact on this Fangio scheme and how it kind
Speaker 1: of drives the defense? And then also you talked about
Speaker 1: him a lot. How the heck do you slow down
Speaker 1: Lamar Jackson?
Speaker 3: Oh, well, with Lamar, let's just start with that because
Speaker 3: Vic Fangio knows way better than I do.
Speaker 2: Obviously he's gonna forget more football between now and the
Speaker 2: end of the week. I will learn in my entire life.
Speaker 2: That's just who Vic Fangio is.
Speaker 3: But what most people do when I've what I've seen
Speaker 3: when they have success.
Speaker 2: Okay, however you wanted to find success is a.
Speaker 3: Lot of people are worried about BLITZI Camp because when
Speaker 3: you blitz him, if you miss it, he gets out
Speaker 3: and goes he kills you. This year, he's changed his
Speaker 3: game a little bit with the blitzing. He's actually beating
Speaker 3: you throwing the football. So that'll be interesting to see
Speaker 3: what Vic wants to do with that, because he's not
Speaker 3: a heavy blitz guy to begin with. But a lot
Speaker 3: lot of people will run more more pressures at him
Speaker 3: to try and hem him in and make him keep
Speaker 3: him occupied a little bit more looking at them as
Speaker 3: opposed to looking down field.
Speaker 2: That's one way. The other way you just better hope
Speaker 2: he's off now.
Speaker 3: The team that I think has had the most success
Speaker 3: with him in recent years is Pittsburgh. If there's one
Speaker 3: tape I'm going to watch, and you know Vick has
Speaker 3: watched every tape going. I'm watching Pittsburgh to see what
Speaker 3: they've done over the last three four seasons to have
Speaker 3: success with him.
Speaker 2: And they had it again this year, even though Baltimore
Speaker 2: should have beaten them the first time.
Speaker 3: Out, they had success in not letting him really do
Speaker 3: do his thing. So we'll see how that part goes.
Speaker 3: The flip side of all this stuff.
Speaker 2: What was this? What was the other part of the coach?
Speaker 2: Because I got locked in on the.
Speaker 1: Manh Yeah, it's how Ramsey has driven this.
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you, but you know, you know, winning the
Speaker 2: Pooh brain here.
Speaker 3: I bet Ramsey coming back now stabilizes your secondary because
Speaker 3: now when Xavi and Howard is ready to go and
Speaker 3: he's he's locked in, he's good, Jalen's there, you're not
Speaker 3: worried about people having to fill in in other spots.
Speaker 3: It's allowed the safeties to be way more aggressive in
Speaker 3: coverage because they feel like they're covered underneath with those
Speaker 3: with those backs, with the corners, and you can play
Speaker 3: more games with them. If you have someone you want
Speaker 3: to do something, you want to do a little bit
Speaker 3: of a you know, a robber coverage or show one
Speaker 3: thing and then dive into a hole and all of
Speaker 3: a sudden they don't they can't believe you're in the post.
Speaker 2: You can do a number of things like that with it.
Speaker 2: And we're seeing Brandon Jones get that done right.
Speaker 3: Javon Holland's such a great player, they've missed him, but
Speaker 3: Brandon Jones's played it tofuably well for him filling in.
Speaker 3: So I like everything that they're doing back there. But
Speaker 3: Ramsey also brings with him the swagger, the belief, the confidence, Hey,
Speaker 3: if we're going to play. I'm going to show you
Speaker 3: how it is. Guys, just follow me. And he came
Speaker 3: up of a knee injury and was nails right from
Speaker 3: the beginning. So the overall aur and essence that he
Speaker 3: brings to that defense, we've seen it pay off. And
Speaker 3: I think it's epitomized truthfully by Zach Sealer because this
Speaker 3: guy contract extension in the offseason. How many people notice
Speaker 3: he got a contract extension outside of Miami. Now we're
Speaker 3: eight plus sacks later, We're getting interceptions in primetime games
Speaker 3: and take them to the end zone.
Speaker 2: We're stuffing to run all the time.
Speaker 3: He's given Christian Wilkins a heck of a running mate
Speaker 3: to go up there with him in Raykwon Davis. It
Speaker 3: epitomizes it for me because I've seen him make plays
Speaker 3: in other places before. But to see what he's doing
Speaker 3: now and now getting his due kind of exemplifies what's
Speaker 3: going on with this Miami defense. Everyone has a role
Speaker 3: to fill and they're filling it quite well.
Speaker 1: I talked about him in my preview podcasts where I
Speaker 1: said that he got out of Baltimore, he got waived
Speaker 1: in December his rookie year and winds up down here
Speaker 1: and kind of brought some of that mentality of the
Speaker 1: Ravens defense to Miami with him. Charles, great stuff. Charles
Speaker 1: Davis on the call Sunday at one o'clock in Baltimore
Speaker 1: on CBS I and Eagle Evan Washburn.
Speaker 2: See do you.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for your time, Enjoy the game,
Speaker 1: and have a fantastic new year up there in the DMV.
Speaker 3: All right, thanks a lot, Traps. Always great to talk
Speaker 3: with you. Congrats on everything, and I'll see you again soon.
Speaker 1: Legitimately one of the nicest human beings you could possibly
Speaker 1: find in the world. Let's go ahead and finish up
Speaker 1: this segment here as we move on from the Dolphins
Speaker 1: and Ravens talk and talk a little AFC playoff picture,
Speaker 1: because this thing is muddy as hell as muddy as
Speaker 1: I can possibly remember it, and it is nice to
Speaker 1: be on top of the muddy waters in terms of
Speaker 1: not having to worry about TMX losing one game but
Speaker 1: not a second game in order for Team Why to
Speaker 1: do this and for the Dolphins to have this accomplishment
Speaker 1: like you're already in. You don't have to worry about that.
Speaker 1: But I do think there is some value in looking
Speaker 1: at potential playoff matchups, right, because I think we all
Speaker 1: have the same feeling for who we would like to
Speaker 1: see in certain scenarios. We all obviously want the number
Speaker 1: one seed, but if you get that second seed, what's
Speaker 1: the best opportunity to advance and get your first playoff
Speaker 1: win in twenty three years? So we can stop hearing
Speaker 1: about the failures of the two thousand and nine team
Speaker 1: and how it impacts the twenty twenty three team because
Speaker 1: its the narrative i'm hearing right. My favorite podcast around
Speaker 1: the NFL, one of my favorite podcast because it's football,
Speaker 1: but more because of the characters on the show. But
Speaker 1: one of the characters is a diehard Jets fan who
Speaker 1: keeps bringing up, if you want your respect, you have
Speaker 1: to win your first playoff game in twenty three years.
Speaker 1: I hate that what happened in two thousand and four
Speaker 1: impacts what the Dolphins have done this season in terms
Speaker 1: of outgaining their opponents by more than anybody else. Besides,
Speaker 1: like seven teams in the history of the National Football League,
Speaker 1: this team deserves its flowers regardless of what twenty twelve
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins football was. So that upsets me. So this
Speaker 1: idea of how can we shed that and get our
Speaker 1: first playoff victory. It might come in the wild card round,
Speaker 1: it might come in the divisional round. It might come
Speaker 1: at home around the road. There's all kinds of possibilities.
Speaker 1: But I wanted to look at the picture in its
Speaker 1: entirety right now because I thought that we'd get some
Speaker 1: more crystallization of the picture right now. But the truth is,
Speaker 1: we don't have any idea what it might look like.
Speaker 1: We did get a little bit, a little bit of
Speaker 1: crystallization in the AFC playoff picture, because we know the
Speaker 1: Browns right now are locked into the five seed unless
Speaker 1: unless they beat Cincinnati and the Ravens lose to both
Speaker 1: US and Pittsburgh. I don't think that will happen for us.
Speaker 1: You know the drill, right, We could wind up with
Speaker 1: the one seed or the two seed. Those two spots
Speaker 1: are the most likely, or we could wind up as
Speaker 1: the sixth seed. The seventh seed is a not possible.
Speaker 1: It's not possible. The five seed also is not possible
Speaker 1: because if we lose both, Cleveland would have the tiebreaker
Speaker 1: even if they lose to the Bengals in Week eighteen.
Speaker 1: So the purpose of this exercise is to think about
Speaker 1: potential matchups and who you might want to root for
Speaker 1: over the final two weeks of the season. And yes,
Speaker 1: I know, take care of business nothing else will matter. Sure,
Speaker 1: but we would not be living up to our entire
Speaker 1: show mission statement here of being the most comprehensive Dolphins
Speaker 1: podcast if we did not flesh those things out. Because
Speaker 1: I like the entire National Football League, even though the
Speaker 1: Dolphins don't have to get any help. I like knowing
Speaker 1: what's going on and who has to win to get
Speaker 1: certain spots, and it makes me intrigue to think about
Speaker 1: who that first round matchup could be in the event
Speaker 1: we wind up as that number two seed. So Baltimore, right,
Speaker 1: the one, the two, or the five. Like we've mentioned
Speaker 1: Kansas City. Their magic number in the AFC West is one.
Speaker 1: It's very very very very very very likely they get
Speaker 1: the three seed. There's an outside chance of the four seed. Now,
Speaker 1: they could fall into the wild card, but I very
Speaker 1: much doubt that happens. The four belongs most likely to
Speaker 1: the winner of the AFC South. I think it'll be Jacksonville,
Speaker 1: but we can't possibly know that it is a three
Speaker 1: way tie right now. The Jags have the tiebreaker on
Speaker 1: both Indy and Houston, and they finished with the Panthers
Speaker 1: and the Titans, two games they should win, but they've
Speaker 1: also lost to worst teams over the stretch. So who
Speaker 1: the hell knows Houston and the Titans or has the
Speaker 1: Titans rather and the Colts, and the Colts have the
Speaker 1: Raiders and the Texans. And this is where it all
Speaker 1: gets so so interesting, because I'm of the belief the
Speaker 1: worst case scenario for Miami is the two seed, and
Speaker 1: I know the six is in play, but I don't
Speaker 1: think this team will lose back to back game. So
Speaker 1: to me, the seventh seed is of maximum interest because
Speaker 1: that could be your first round matchup and your chance
Speaker 1: to ditch a twenty three year playoffs trout and a
Speaker 1: bunch of narratives that go along with that. It's almost
Speaker 1: as attractive to me as the one seed for some reasons,
Speaker 1: but also because there are so many permutations. There are
Speaker 1: scenarios where we're playing at home as the one and
Speaker 1: in the divisional round against either Cleveland, Jacksonville or Las Vegas.
Speaker 1: That would be awesome, right, That's ideal, Like that's on
Speaker 1: the table, But so is getting Las Vegas or Denver
Speaker 1: or Pittsburgh or Houston or Indy in the wildcard round
Speaker 1: in the two verse seven game, and who you beat
Speaker 1: over the final two. Remember, getting the two means you
Speaker 1: only win one of the last two games. The two
Speaker 1: seed would come as a result of a one to
Speaker 1: one record. If you go too and oho, you get
Speaker 1: the one seed. If you go zero and two, most
Speaker 1: likely you're in the sixth seed, because Buffalo would just
Speaker 1: have to beat the Patriots, and that's the only other
Speaker 1: thing that has to happen for that to be the case.
Speaker 1: So that depends on which of the games you win.
Speaker 1: If you beat Buffalo but not Baltimore, there's a really
Speaker 1: good chance that Buffalo is that seventh seed and you
Speaker 1: see them for a rematch one week later, which I
Speaker 1: think that's the worst case scenario, right I don't. I'm
Speaker 1: not fearing Buffalo. I think that we're a much better
Speaker 1: football team than Buffalo, as evidenced by the fact that
Speaker 1: they have lost a lot of games to a lot
Speaker 1: of bad teams and almost lost to the freaking Chargers.
Speaker 1: If not for a really good third and nine completion
Speaker 1: in that game, they probably lose that game. I'm not
Speaker 1: afraid of that team like this whole Buffalo is gonna
Speaker 1: come in here and rob Miami get the hell out
Speaker 1: of here. No, they're not. They're just not Okay, they're
Speaker 1: not a better team. I don't care what you say.
Speaker 1: If you lose to Buffalo in Week eighteen, but you
Speaker 1: beat Baltimore, Buffalo is almost guaranteed to get the sixth
Speaker 1: seed if they beat the Patriots, that's where they will be.
Speaker 1: So if your goal is to not play Buffalo back
Speaker 1: to back weeks, which I think we can all agree
Speaker 1: is the worst case scenario, right, it's not afraid of them,
Speaker 1: but it's the worst case scenario. If your goal is
Speaker 1: to not play Buffalo back to back week weeks and
Speaker 1: achieve that top two seed, the key is really just
Speaker 1: to win in Baltimore because that takes care of any
Speaker 1: rematch scenario. For the most part. There is a slight chance,
Speaker 1: but for the most part, that would be the best
Speaker 1: way to avoid that two verse seven Miami vers Buffalo game,
Speaker 1: because if you win in Week eighteen, you would avoid
Speaker 1: any game in the wildcard round. Right, But if you lose,
Speaker 1: Buffalo most likely gets to eleven. Yeah, eleven and six,
Speaker 1: and that sixth seed in the AFC Playoffs. So if
Speaker 1: your goal is to not play those guys, beat Baltimore
Speaker 1: this week and you probably will achieve that goal. But
Speaker 1: then if Buffalo pulls an upset in round one, you
Speaker 1: probably see them back here for the divisional round. In
Speaker 1: that first playoff game four Miami if they're the one
Speaker 1: seed unless the seventh seed then knocked off Baltimore. It's
Speaker 1: but if KC were to beat Buffalo in that three
Speaker 1: verse six game, then you'd host the winner of the
Speaker 1: AFC South versus Cleveland game. Again, there are many permutations
Speaker 1: now getting back into it. So the one to two
Speaker 1: is Baltimore, maybe Cleveland but I doubt it, and then
Speaker 1: Miami and Buffalo. Right, that's the options there, with the
Speaker 1: sixth seed being Miami or Buffalo. The three is most
Speaker 1: likely KC, and the four is most likely the AFC
Speaker 1: South winner, and Cleveland is most likely the five seeds.
Speaker 1: So the entire AFC South is basically in play for
Speaker 1: that seven seed. And that's where I want to look
Speaker 1: at the potential seven seed options in wildcard weekend in
Speaker 1: the event that we're hosting the game here as the
Speaker 1: two seed, here's your options. Buffalo is one of them. Right,
Speaker 1: Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Houston, Cincinnati, and Denver. I
Speaker 1: mean that is seven teams that, if they came to Miami,
Speaker 1: I'm guessing, are at least touchdown underdogs in that wildcard round.
Speaker 1: So the permutations are again vast. Let's do it this
Speaker 1: way because there are endless tie breakers that come into play.
Speaker 1: There are scenarios where you have three or four, maybe
Speaker 1: even five teams that tie with the same record for
Speaker 1: that seven and six spot. So rather than sorting it out,
Speaker 1: let's just do this. The New York Times Playoff machine
Speaker 1: gives us the playoff odds. Let's see what teams percentages
Speaker 1: or odds are if they finish ten and seven, because
Speaker 1: that's most likely what it will take to get in
Speaker 1: at the seventh seed in the AFC. So at ten wins,
Speaker 1: here are the team's chances. Jacksonville, if they went out,
Speaker 1: one hundred percent chance they are in. If any of
Speaker 1: the Southern Division teams went out, they are most likely in.
Speaker 1: But starting with Jacksonville, well, if they don't went out,
Speaker 1: either Houston or Indie wins out that would get them
Speaker 1: the division championship. And those schedules, as we mentioned Jacksonville
Speaker 1: plays Carolina and Tennessee, Houston plays Tennessee and Indy, and
Speaker 1: India plays Las Vegas and Houston. So only one of
Speaker 1: Indianapolis and Houston can went out right, But if they
Speaker 1: do went out, Houston has a greater than ninety nine
Speaker 1: percent chance of making the playoffs. Indy has a ninety
Speaker 1: eight percent chance. So if either of those teams went out,
Speaker 1: if you get Houston, Houston win this weekend over Tennessee
Speaker 1: and you get an Indie win over Las Vegas, that
Speaker 1: Week eighteen game is for a playoff berth essentially between
Speaker 1: the Colts and the Texans in Week eighteen. Cincinnati, if
Speaker 1: they went out, they play the Chiefs and the Browns
Speaker 1: tough road to HO. If they went out, they have
Speaker 1: a ninety one percent chance of playoffs, and Pittsburgh has
Speaker 1: a ninety percent chance against Seattle and Baltimore also a
Speaker 1: very tough road to HO. So I don't think those
Speaker 1: teams will be the ones. Then you get a couple
Speaker 1: of seven and eight teams and the percentages decreased from there.
Speaker 1: But Las Vegas, if they went out, has a sixty
Speaker 1: four percent chance of making the playoffs if they beat
Speaker 1: Indy and overtake them and just hang on against a
Speaker 1: Denver team who benched their quarterback in Week eighteen. Most
Speaker 1: likely Las Vegas is in at nine to eight. Denver
Speaker 1: has a twenty percent chance, so I'm gonna go ahead
Speaker 1: and take them out of the conversation altogether, Plus they
Speaker 1: bench their quarterback. Now we do the picks every week, right,
Speaker 1: So what is Travis think will happen? I think if
Speaker 1: if we were to get the two with Buffalo winning
Speaker 1: in Week eighteen, I think it comes down to the
Speaker 1: Houston Indie game, and if Indie wins, it would be
Speaker 1: the Raiders in that seventh spot unless the Colts beat
Speaker 1: the Raiders in Week seventeen. I picked the Raiders, but
Speaker 1: if Houston wins, then it would be Buffalo in that spot.
Speaker 1: Assuming that Houston beats the Titans this week. Does that
Speaker 1: help sort things out for you? I think essentially. The
Speaker 1: whole idea here is that most likely, if you get
Speaker 1: the two seed, you're probably not gonna face Buffalo in
Speaker 1: most scenarios because you can't just project who's gonna win
Speaker 1: these games. Most likely you run into one of those teams.
Speaker 1: My picks are Las Vegas or Indy I guess of
Speaker 1: the most likely teams in those scenarios. I just keep
Speaker 1: thinking this is gonna crystalize at some point, and I'd
Speaker 1: say that we'll all have a bet idea after this week.
Speaker 1: At least we'll know that some teams will win and
Speaker 1: that will give us if this happens, then that But
Speaker 1: this is all to say it's pretty open. But again,
Speaker 1: win this week and your chances of playing a non
Speaker 1: Buffalo nine or ten win team in the first round
Speaker 1: or having a buy altogether is very, very very high.
Speaker 1: Win this Sunday, you have a nice path lay out
Speaker 1: for you. Let's go ahead and finish this episode with
Speaker 1: the third segment, hearing from head coach Mike McDaniel. Draft
Speaker 1: Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by
Speaker 1: a donation. Coach McDaniel will bring us home on this
Speaker 1: edition of the Draft Time Podcast. First, we have some
Speaker 1: injury updates to a tongue of I Looa will play
Speaker 1: in the game on Sunday. Coach said that he banged
Speaker 1: his thumb on a Cowboys helmet in the first quarter
Speaker 1: of that game. Might explain. In addition to the Cowboys
Speaker 1: pass rush, some of the throws that were off target
Speaker 1: in that game. Jalien Waddell, however, will not play in
Speaker 1: the game. He has been ruled out. Robert Hunt will
Speaker 1: see about him. He's gonna be questionable for the game.
Speaker 1: Optimistic about Javon Holland despite a questionable SATA for him,
Speaker 1: it sounds like he has a really good chance to play.
Speaker 1: Austin Jackson was not in the red non contact Jersey
Speaker 1: Nor was chosen and moster are in a chan Both
Speaker 1: will go in the game on Sunday as well. So
Speaker 1: good news on the Dolphins injury front there. For the Ravens,
Speaker 1: not so much. They did get Zay Flowers back in
Speaker 1: practice on Friday, but Odell Beckham did not practice. Kyle
Speaker 1: Hamilton gonna miss the game on Sunday, most likely. Brendan
Speaker 1: Stevens likely to miss the game as well. Jalen armor
Speaker 1: Davis and Arthur Mallett, two players that are kind of
Speaker 1: the slot replacements for Kyle Hamilton, might not play in
Speaker 1: the game as well. So Baltimore very very banged up
Speaker 1: for this game and the Dolphins getting some good news
Speaker 1: on the injury front. Let's go ahead and conclude this
Speaker 1: podcast with a few quotes figure from coach I asked
Speaker 1: him about managing the emotions because in the NFL, right
Speaker 1: every week is a test for every team because you're
Speaker 1: not always the same version of yourself. We talked about
Speaker 1: the Buffalo Bills. Every damn time they play the Miami Dolphins,
Speaker 1: they are on twelve out of ten in terms of
Speaker 1: the effort and the just charge up nature of their
Speaker 1: psyche heading into that game. But when they play the
Speaker 1: Chargers on the road on a short week in a
Speaker 1: primetime game that they're supposed to win, they can barely
Speaker 1: muster a victory in that game, and they're one third
Speaker 1: down stop away from losing that game. So with the
Speaker 1: managing of emotions on a week to week basis, how
Speaker 1: do you approach getting this team right after what was
Speaker 1: the biggest win of the year in a statement game
Speaker 1: with the Dallas Cowboys, when you're facing a team in
Speaker 1: the Baltimore Ravens who also had their biggest win of
Speaker 1: the year in a win over the forty nine ers.
Speaker 1: Here's coach.
Speaker 4: Each week's independent of itself. This one was really easy,
Speaker 4: really easy, just because you know the challenge. You know
Speaker 4: you have a high regard for the team you're playing,
Speaker 4: and you you know we've been waiting. The opportunity to
Speaker 4: play the NFL's best is just that for us. We're
Speaker 4: excited about that opportunity because that's as competitors, that's what
Speaker 4: we want to do. We don't we want to go
Speaker 4: against the best, put our best foot forward and see
Speaker 4: how it plays out. So, you know, I think that
Speaker 4: is a definitely a legitimate question. That's kind of you
Speaker 4: have to, you know, each there's different types of scenarios
Speaker 4: and a lot of times after a big win you
Speaker 4: have to feel you feel as though you have to
Speaker 4: manage the emotions because we have another big game in
Speaker 4: front of us. This one was not that way. There
Speaker 4: was a lot of excitement about the win, but once
Speaker 4: Wednesday started, the Dallas game could have been two or
Speaker 4: three months previous. For all the players concerns, they have
Speaker 4: been locked in at the task hand.
Speaker 1: Two more here, we'll go ahead and go back to
Speaker 1: the pass rush and coverage marriage together, a theme I've
Speaker 1: kind of made on the podcast roughout the course of
Speaker 1: the last two seasons. Here talking about how last year's
Speaker 1: pass wash, pass rush, past rush was really good, but
Speaker 1: the coverage didn't hold it's end of the bargain because
Speaker 1: of injuries on that back end. But now this year
Speaker 1: you have very good cover guys playing for you all
Speaker 1: year long, which helps the pass rush get home. Here's
Speaker 1: coach on the team nature of the Dolphins pass rush
Speaker 1: that has set the franchise record in sacks and leaves
Speaker 1: the NFL in.
Speaker 4: QBA the sacks, the quarterback hits. That is a defensive
Speaker 4: stat team defense. Because to be able to do that,
Speaker 4: of course, the people that are getting the numbers deserve them.
Speaker 4: They're executing pass rush with whether it's just straight rush
Speaker 4: or there's games or blitzes, all those things, you know,
Speaker 4: they deserve all the credit they get. However, there's a
Speaker 4: coverage aspect to it that I speak I think speaks
Speaker 4: to the greater big picture of what the defense is
Speaker 4: doing on pass downs. So much of that, you know,
Speaker 4: what's really happening is the inner play between coverage and
Speaker 4: pass rush is so tied together that guys are starting
Speaker 4: to feel how long they typically will have success if
Speaker 4: they can hold up. You can be aggressive and coverage
Speaker 4: in certain different ways so that because realistically you know
Speaker 4: that there's going to be a quarterback off the spot
Speaker 4: after a certain amount of time. I think as a
Speaker 4: defense that's a defensive stat that has to do as
Speaker 4: much just as much with the pass us as the coverage.
Speaker 4: If there's blown coverages or leaky coverages, some of those
Speaker 4: hits or sacks can be avoided. So I think that
Speaker 4: it really speaks to everyone the amount of players that
Speaker 4: like That's what I'm really really happy about with the
Speaker 4: Miami Dolphins team. Our team is a collection of people
Speaker 4: and a lot of people contributing, and when one guy
Speaker 4: goes down and steps in and rises to the challenge,
Speaker 4: So it's kind of the locker room that the players
Speaker 4: have built is really strong, and guys are playing well
Speaker 4: with each other.
Speaker 1: One last one here no Jalen Waddle. On Sunday, So
Speaker 1: coach was asked about Chase Claypool's involvement and he gave
Speaker 1: a very detailed answer about not only will Claypool see
Speaker 1: more reps, but how he's earned the right to do so.
Speaker 4: In practice, there's been an uptick in involvement, and particularly
Speaker 4: in this in this game, you know, it's it's for
Speaker 4: really everyone understands what Wattle brings to our team and
Speaker 4: then understands that it's an opportunity for playmakers to make plays.
Speaker 4: In his absence. So yeah, there has been he Chase
Speaker 4: has done an unbelievable job defining to me who he
Speaker 4: truly is. That whatever narratives existed before, all he's done
Speaker 4: here is chopped wood and gotten better and assimilated into
Speaker 4: a system that isn't necessarily easy, and he's he's done
Speaker 4: it with the intent of helping the team through the
Speaker 4: through selflessness. It's been really cool to watch him define
Speaker 4: himself with his teammates and and take advantage of whatever
Speaker 4: opportunity is given. He also did had a couple of
Speaker 4: really good plays and special teams last week, and yeah,
Speaker 4: I expect to see a little bit more of him too.
Speaker 1: Just want to do a quick minute on that because
Speaker 1: I see the complaints all the time. You have a
Speaker 1: big red zone body, Why don't you throw the fade
Speaker 1: to Chase Claypool. Why don't you throw some more screens
Speaker 1: to Chase Claypool. You heard coach talk about there and
Speaker 1: offense that's difficult for the receivers. They ask so much
Speaker 1: of the receivers in this offense probably the most difficult
Speaker 1: position to come in here and play. And that's why
Speaker 1: you have guys like Trent Shchfild who knew the offense
Speaker 1: getting serious reps last year, River Craycraft exact same situation
Speaker 1: over a guy like Cedrick Wilson, who probably has more
Speaker 1: talent but was not as well adversed in the Dolphins
Speaker 1: offensive system. So to expect a guy to come in
Speaker 1: mid season and pick things up to be able to
Speaker 1: play a full complement of snaps, it's just not realistic.
Speaker 1: So for Chase to have the opportunity to earn more
Speaker 1: snaps and get the offense down and work his way
Speaker 1: into that position would speak of how wired he is
Speaker 1: in the correct way to make that happen and earn
Speaker 1: that opportunity. So I think if you get more Chase Claypool,
Speaker 1: it's great, But I think you should understand how difficult
Speaker 1: this offense is for a receiver to come in and
Speaker 1: pick up and just the expectation that he's can come
Speaker 1: in here and play because he's a big body or
Speaker 1: has good hands, whatever the case may be. It's not
Speaker 1: realistic in this offense. So something to keep in mind.
Speaker 1: That's the podcast, that's the week. The next time I
Speaker 1: talk to you, guys will either be division champs or
Speaker 1: will be playing a win and in game for the
Speaker 1: division in week EIGHTEAM. But either way, we'll talk to
Speaker 1: you guys on Sunday night following Dolphins and Ravens. Cannot
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