WEBVTT - Drive Time: Broncos Perspective with Jeff Legwold 0:00:00.480 --> 0:00:03.560 Drive Time with Travis Wingfield begins. 0:00:04.080 --> 0:00:05.880 Now, let me check your pulse if you're not. 0:00:07.920 --> 0:00:08.760 What is up? 0:00:08.880 --> 0:00:10.760 Dolphins? And welcome to the. 0:00:10.760 --> 0:00:14.280 Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, 0:00:14.280 --> 0:00:18.720 covering your team, your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? 0:00:18.760 --> 0:00:21.640 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:21.680 --> 0:00:24.639 we're gonna hear from the coordinators and assistant coaches of 0:00:24.720 --> 0:00:28.040 your Miami Dolphins. We're gonna pick the week three games 0:00:28.080 --> 0:00:31.600 across the National Football League. And welcome in my guest 0:00:31.600 --> 0:00:35.479 today from the Denver Beat from ESPN Jeff Legwald to 0:00:35.560 --> 0:00:38.519 break down Dolphins and Broncos on Sunday, all of that 0:00:38.600 --> 0:00:41.200 and more from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist 0:00:41.280 --> 0:00:46.960 Health Training Complex. This is the Drive Time Podcast, Maggie, Jeffy, 0:00:47.680 --> 0:00:49.559 Let's go ahead and welcome in my guest today from 0:00:49.800 --> 0:00:53.200 ESPN Jeff Legwald and joining us today from the visiting 0:00:53.240 --> 0:00:58.440 sideline is ESPN senior writer covering the Denver Broncos, Jeff Legwold. Jeff, 0:00:58.640 --> 0:01:02.720 welcome in, my friend, happy to be here. We're happy 0:01:02.800 --> 0:01:04.319 to have you in. And I always like to ask 0:01:04.360 --> 0:01:08.759 this question ahead of time from teams coming from either Denver, Seattle, 0:01:08.880 --> 0:01:12.679 San Francisco places with I would call it limited humidity. 0:01:13.160 --> 0:01:16.640 How did the Broncos do you think approached preparations for 0:01:16.720 --> 0:01:19.560 playing in a game in a climate they're not used 0:01:19.600 --> 0:01:20.520 to This week. 0:01:21.360 --> 0:01:26.400 Yeah, you guys get more humidity by Sunday afternoon than 0:01:26.440 --> 0:01:30.440 we get in a year. So you know, Sean Payton 0:01:30.480 --> 0:01:33.080 has actually taken a different approach. Now, you know, it's 0:01:33.120 --> 0:01:36.920 been a while, a few years. I believe twenty nineteen 0:01:37.080 --> 0:01:39.280 is the last time they've they've played a game down there, 0:01:39.280 --> 0:01:42.600 but they Sean Payton is bringing the team in on 0:01:42.760 --> 0:01:48.200 Friday evening and then they're gonna have their walkthrough I believe, 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:51.680 at the stadium on Saturday, and then and then play Sunday. 0:01:51.720 --> 0:01:54.120 So he's and some of that is the kickoff time. 0:01:54.360 --> 0:01:57.600 That's the other issue when they go east in the 0:01:58.000 --> 0:02:02.040 early time slot. So I think his tact is to 0:02:02.240 --> 0:02:06.040 just do the traditional you know, any place it's hot, 0:02:06.200 --> 0:02:08.920 just you know, make sure they're hydrating through the week, 0:02:08.960 --> 0:02:10.760 and then he's going to go a day early to 0:02:10.800 --> 0:02:12.080 deal with the time issue. 0:02:12.480 --> 0:02:14.400 I just got off the practice field about ten minutes ago, 0:02:14.440 --> 0:02:17.840 and it's uncharacteristically kind of I wouldn't say cool, because 0:02:17.840 --> 0:02:19.920 it never is cool downe here until the winter months. 0:02:19.919 --> 0:02:22.639 But it's a little less hot than usual, so maybe 0:02:22.760 --> 0:02:24.519 the weather going to play some favor here for the 0:02:24.600 --> 0:02:27.200 visiting Broncos. But I did want to ask you about Obviously, 0:02:27.240 --> 0:02:29.800 the quarterback position will usually start with any football team, 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:32.720 and Russell Wilson get back this year to a little 0:02:32.720 --> 0:02:35.400 bit more scrambling and a lot more long ball, especially 0:02:35.440 --> 0:02:38.200 in that game against Washington. How have you seen Russell 0:02:38.240 --> 0:02:40.520 Wilson taking to like you mentioned Sean Payton, the new 0:02:40.520 --> 0:02:42.880 head coach there, how is he taking to that new offense? 0:02:42.919 --> 0:02:43.560 Two games in. 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.160 Well, you know, so far, so good. 0:02:46.160 --> 0:02:49.320 They don't have the results, obviously, they're going two and 0:02:49.600 --> 0:02:52.320 the issue spent in the second half of games they've 0:02:52.560 --> 0:02:57.120 they've been almost two different teams and Russell's been almost 0:02:57.120 --> 0:02:59.959 two different players comparing the first half of their two 0:03:00.080 --> 0:03:01.279 games to the second. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:02.680 Half of the two games. 0:03:02.680 --> 0:03:05.960 So that's the issue they're dealing with right now, is 0:03:05.960 --> 0:03:09.800 how to maintain some of that momentum they've had, you know, 0:03:10.560 --> 0:03:13.679 in the first and second quarters after halftime. But overall, 0:03:15.400 --> 0:03:18.160 he's looked much better than he did for most of 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:22.359 last year, and there's been a big emphasis on tempo, 0:03:22.760 --> 0:03:25.640 getting to the line of scrimmage more quickly, you know, 0:03:26.760 --> 0:03:27.799 getting the ball out of. 0:03:27.760 --> 0:03:29.119 His hand more efficiently. 0:03:29.480 --> 0:03:31.800 You know, don't put him in a position where he's 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:34.960 you know, deep in the down and he's still holding 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:38.720 onto the ball. So they've been better about that when 0:03:38.720 --> 0:03:42.720 they have had difficulty. It's some of the problems that 0:03:42.800 --> 0:03:46.720 cropped up last year. When the protection goes bad, then 0:03:46.760 --> 0:03:49.720 his footwork of roads and then when his footwork of roads, 0:03:50.880 --> 0:03:54.400 he tends to hang onto the ball and try to escape, 0:03:54.440 --> 0:03:57.440 and that's when when bad things happen. So the emphasis 0:03:57.440 --> 0:04:02.560 has really been on maintaining ten, moving quicker and you know, 0:04:02.640 --> 0:04:06.600 making that snap the throw number. It's still not what 0:04:06.680 --> 0:04:09.200 they want, but it's better than it was last year. 0:04:09.480 --> 0:04:10.040 Yeah, that's good. 0:04:10.080 --> 0:04:11.320 That's a good point you bring up there with the 0:04:11.320 --> 0:04:13.320 footwork and kind of how he can you know, do 0:04:13.440 --> 0:04:15.440 his part to minimize the sacks, because you go back 0:04:15.480 --> 0:04:18.480 to his days in Seattle, even when the Seahawks offense 0:04:18.600 --> 0:04:21.200 was rolling, they would have you know, moments or multiple 0:04:21.279 --> 0:04:23.200 drives where they wouldn't get much done and typically was 0:04:23.240 --> 0:04:26.440 because of negative yardage via the result of a sack 0:04:26.520 --> 0:04:28.799 and I've always thought it was kind of a quarterback stat, 0:04:28.839 --> 0:04:31.320 but it's it's been, you know, off to a shaky 0:04:31.360 --> 0:04:33.719 start this year with the nine sacks they've allowed. I'm 0:04:33.720 --> 0:04:36.160 curious how much you think that Wilson can clean that up, 0:04:36.160 --> 0:04:37.960 how much you think the offensive line can clean it up. 0:04:37.960 --> 0:04:40.680 Maybe the coaching staff give him some more I guess 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:43.400 quick throwing game, Like where do you think the Broncos 0:04:43.440 --> 0:04:45.040 can clean up the fact that they've given up four 0:04:45.080 --> 0:04:46.400 and a half sacks a game so far? 0:04:47.320 --> 0:04:50.359 Yeah, I mean they probably all have a little dirt 0:04:50.440 --> 0:04:54.080 under their fingernails with that one. I mean, it's their 0:04:54.160 --> 0:04:56.760 line play has been spotty because they have two new 0:04:57.560 --> 0:05:00.680 you know, they signed a guard Ben Powers and reagency 0:05:00.680 --> 0:05:04.599 and a tackle Mike mcglinchy in free agency. So and 0:05:04.680 --> 0:05:07.480 McGlinchey didn't play at all in the preseason. So they're 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:10.520 still mixing and matching there and trying to get everybody comfortable. 0:05:10.839 --> 0:05:13.040 You know, when do you pass a guy when you 0:05:13.040 --> 0:05:14.719 you know, how do how do you come out of 0:05:14.760 --> 0:05:15.599 the double teams? 0:05:16.080 --> 0:05:17.520 All of those timing things. 0:05:17.600 --> 0:05:21.279 They're still getting together up front, and they've you know, 0:05:21.320 --> 0:05:24.640 they've been sort of compromised on the edges from time 0:05:24.680 --> 0:05:28.400 to time in the by the opposing pass rush. And 0:05:29.279 --> 0:05:31.800 you know, they've played two pretty good fronts. You know, 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:35.040 Washington's got four former number ones in the front, and 0:05:35.440 --> 0:05:37.880 they looked like it for a lot of the game. 0:05:38.680 --> 0:05:40.920 And then, uh, you know the Raiders. 0:05:40.960 --> 0:05:45.280 Max Crosby has always been a big thorn to this 0:05:45.360 --> 0:05:47.960 team no matter who they've had at quarterback. 0:05:47.480 --> 0:05:48.560 Or in the offensive line. 0:05:48.600 --> 0:05:51.080 So they you know, some of it was a bad 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:54.760 draw for them right away, but you know, again they've 0:05:54.880 --> 0:05:58.520 they've they haven't always played with the the timing and 0:05:58.600 --> 0:06:01.640 the you know and some of the combination blocks they 0:06:01.680 --> 0:06:05.280 need to and Russell needs to be more cognizant when 0:06:05.279 --> 0:06:08.000 the play's gone bad that just to take the down 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:10.440 and get on with it instead of trying to save 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:11.800 a play that can't be saved. 0:06:12.160 --> 0:06:15.240 I always enjoy these crossover here, these crossover episodes. Here 0:06:15.240 --> 0:06:17.680 having a guest from the other beat on the podcast, 0:06:17.720 --> 0:06:20.680 gaving us some inside information on the Dolphins opponent this week, 0:06:20.680 --> 0:06:23.160 the Denver Broncos obviously in town to face the two 0:06:23.240 --> 0:06:26.240 and O Miami Dolphins. And let's talk about the weapons 0:06:26.279 --> 0:06:29.320 at Wilson's disposal here. I know Jerry Judy came back 0:06:29.400 --> 0:06:31.919 last week. Obviously, Tim Patrick down for the season, and 0:06:31.920 --> 0:06:34.120 Greg Dolson's gonna miss this game. I'm curious if you 0:06:34.120 --> 0:06:35.719 can give us some insight on who the kind of 0:06:35.720 --> 0:06:39.520 top pass catchers are, because as well as Judy's availability 0:06:39.600 --> 0:06:42.080 and kind of coming back off the hamstring, because going 0:06:42.080 --> 0:06:44.240 into the air look like a pretty strength of a position, 0:06:44.320 --> 0:06:46.840 but now after injuries kind of depleted a little bit. 0:06:47.839 --> 0:06:49.720 A little bit, you know, I think that you know, 0:06:49.760 --> 0:06:53.040 a lot of the angst locally is, you know, folks 0:06:53.080 --> 0:06:57.840 just want to see the rookie Marvin Mims more. I mean, 0:06:57.880 --> 0:07:02.800 the guy had two recent on two targets last week 0:07:02.839 --> 0:07:05.800 for one hundred and thirteen yards and a touchdown, and 0:07:05.839 --> 0:07:08.720 then he doesn't he doesn't get a third target for 0:07:08.760 --> 0:07:10.760 the rest of the game. You know, they had a 0:07:10.840 --> 0:07:15.480 rookie running back, Juliel McLoughlin is their fastest running, most 0:07:15.520 --> 0:07:16.880 explosive running back. 0:07:17.360 --> 0:07:20.040 He had one carry in the game for a touchdown. 0:07:20.160 --> 0:07:23.800 So a lot of the angst locally is, you know, hey, 0:07:23.840 --> 0:07:26.480 why don't you get these rookies on the field more. 0:07:27.160 --> 0:07:31.200 But Mims is potentially the most explosive receiver they have, 0:07:31.360 --> 0:07:34.560 and the more he plays, I think the more that 0:07:34.600 --> 0:07:39.480 will show. You know, Courtland Sutton is the guy Russell 0:07:39.560 --> 0:07:42.280 really trusts when he's in trouble. You know, if he's 0:07:42.320 --> 0:07:46.160 on the move and has to escape a lot of 0:07:46.200 --> 0:07:49.040 the time, he's going to be looking Courtland Sutton's way. 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:54.280 And Judy had you know, an injury early on, a 0:07:54.320 --> 0:07:58.640 hamstring problem to close out camp, so he's still not 0:07:59.440 --> 0:08:03.520 all the way back in, you know, and that it 0:08:03.520 --> 0:08:05.960 would help if they could get Nim's and Judy and 0:08:06.120 --> 0:08:09.960 Sutton in the formation more often together. And I think 0:08:10.000 --> 0:08:12.600 their I think their plan is to do that, but 0:08:12.680 --> 0:08:16.800 we just haven't seen it enough yet. And moving forward, 0:08:17.960 --> 0:08:20.320 Mims has to play more or they're just going to 0:08:20.360 --> 0:08:24.200 be leaving potential big plays on the bench, you know. 0:08:24.280 --> 0:08:26.040 Standing next to the coaches. 0:08:26.120 --> 0:08:28.440 It seems like every team, not every team, but a 0:08:28.480 --> 0:08:31.240 few teams have like these positions where health is just 0:08:31.280 --> 0:08:33.040 an issue every single year. And I feel like the 0:08:33.040 --> 0:08:34.720 Broncos have had some of the worst luck at the 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:37.280 receiver position in terms of their health annually. 0:08:37.600 --> 0:08:39.160 Going over to the other side of the ball here. 0:08:39.120 --> 0:08:41.839 Jeff, it looks like Justin Simmons the stats for the 0:08:41.840 --> 0:08:43.920 game on Sunday, we'll find out what that is tomorrow 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:46.959 when the gamestas has come out, but he missed Wednesday's 0:08:46.960 --> 0:08:50.400 practice curious about his availability. And then just on top 0:08:50.440 --> 0:08:53.240 of that, the depth in the defensive backfield beyond he 0:08:53.320 --> 0:08:55.920 and Patrick Surtan, how is that kind of shaped out 0:08:55.920 --> 0:08:57.480 through two games? And who are some names to keep 0:08:57.480 --> 0:08:58.880 an eye on in the defensive backfield. 0:08:59.720 --> 0:09:04.640 Well, the injuries have been pretty tough on him there too. 0:09:04.920 --> 0:09:07.720 I mean they're big plans of the preseason have already 0:09:07.760 --> 0:09:08.360 been dented. 0:09:10.120 --> 0:09:10.960 The you know, not a. 0:09:10.960 --> 0:09:13.120 Lot of people talk about the injury, but it's one 0:09:13.160 --> 0:09:16.959 of the biggest the team have has. The Kiwan Williams 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.840 was their nickel corner and he's one of the best 0:09:19.920 --> 0:09:22.040 nickel corners in the league. You know, he can play 0:09:22.200 --> 0:09:25.480 the run with physicality and he can play the deep 0:09:25.760 --> 0:09:27.600 you know, the deep middle. You know, he has that 0:09:27.679 --> 0:09:31.559 kind of athleticism to do both. And he's he had 0:09:31.600 --> 0:09:35.800 ankle surgery, so he hasn't played at all. And the 0:09:35.960 --> 0:09:38.719 minute they took him out of the secondary, the dominoes 0:09:38.800 --> 0:09:41.319 start to fall because now you're moving, you're bumping a 0:09:41.360 --> 0:09:43.439 lot of people up who might not be ready for 0:09:44.200 --> 0:09:48.240 what they need to do. So that's impacted what they 0:09:48.280 --> 0:09:50.600 can do. And a lot of people don't like throwing 0:09:50.640 --> 0:09:53.079 at Pats or Tan, so they throw it to Maury 0:09:53.160 --> 0:09:56.520 Mathis instead the other corner, or they throw at the 0:09:56.640 --> 0:10:01.120 nickel who's playing in Kaiwan Williams's spot, and that's that's 0:10:01.120 --> 0:10:06.360 a sang Bassie who Bassie was kind of a Vic 0:10:06.440 --> 0:10:10.920 Fangio find when when Vic coached here. So Vic is 0:10:10.960 --> 0:10:14.200 familiar with the saying but and he's a good player, 0:10:14.280 --> 0:10:17.760 but you know he's not at Kaiwan Williams's level in 0:10:17.800 --> 0:10:20.280 the nickel. So those have been the two issues that 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.920 have impacted them the most. People are going at the 0:10:24.120 --> 0:10:28.440 other defensive backs because you know, Pat Sertan is a 0:10:28.440 --> 0:10:30.720 big headache if you're a quarterback. 0:10:31.000 --> 0:10:31.960 He absolutely is. 0:10:32.000 --> 0:10:34.199 And we've seen our own share of attrition in the 0:10:34.240 --> 0:10:37.240 defensive backfield a season ago and throughout this training camp 0:10:37.280 --> 0:10:39.560 really but hopefully Miami's getting healthy as long as as 0:10:39.559 --> 0:10:42.040 well as Denver on the back end. There a couple 0:10:42.080 --> 0:10:44.120 more here for you, Jeff, I was curious to ask 0:10:44.160 --> 0:10:48.000 you about Vance Joseph's I guess in corporation into the 0:10:48.000 --> 0:10:50.080 defensive system there and kind of how he's put his 0:10:50.120 --> 0:10:53.360 fingerprints on the Denver defense We know he loves to blitz, 0:10:53.400 --> 0:10:55.680 but this quarterback down here beats the blitz pretty well. 0:10:55.880 --> 0:10:57.440 What do you think we see on Sunday in terms 0:10:57.440 --> 0:10:59.280 of how they want a pressure to a tongue bailoa. 0:11:00.320 --> 0:11:02.920 Well, that's been a struggle for them so far because 0:11:02.920 --> 0:11:05.440 they you know, they haven't gotten a lot of production 0:11:05.600 --> 0:11:11.000 from their edge guys and because of that, you know, 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:15.640 Vance is always walking the line between how many risks 0:11:15.840 --> 0:11:17.920 do you take in the pass rush, how many how 0:11:17.920 --> 0:11:21.160 many times do you add the extra rusher and then 0:11:21.200 --> 0:11:24.480 you put a secondary that's had some injuries you know, 0:11:24.640 --> 0:11:26.800 under the microscope a little bit when you do that. 0:11:27.000 --> 0:11:30.400 So that that's been their difficulty. It's it's hard to 0:11:30.520 --> 0:11:34.199 sort of find the balance of getting more pressure when 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:39.160 you need it, but not leaving some defensive backs in 0:11:39.280 --> 0:11:41.920 trouble spots because you don't have the guys in the 0:11:41.960 --> 0:11:43.600 lineup that you were planning to. 0:11:43.920 --> 0:11:45.960 So that's been their biggest trouble. 0:11:46.240 --> 0:11:49.880 And you know it will be their difficulty against the 0:11:49.920 --> 0:11:53.320 Dolphins because they you know, you're obviously not gonna want 0:11:53.320 --> 0:11:58.560 it to just standing there surveying things, and I think 0:11:58.600 --> 0:12:01.400 they will try a lot of what New England did, 0:12:01.440 --> 0:12:03.959 which is to play a lot of his own, keep 0:12:04.000 --> 0:12:06.320 as much in front of them as they can, and 0:12:06.360 --> 0:12:08.440 then just take their chances in the red zone. 0:12:08.720 --> 0:12:09.920 Yeah, it makes a lot of sense. 0:12:09.920 --> 0:12:11.959 I don't really know how you best defend this Dolphins 0:12:11.960 --> 0:12:14.120 offense because they've been pretty lethal with two different completely 0:12:14.160 --> 0:12:16.600 game plans from the Chargers in Patriots in Week one 0:12:16.600 --> 0:12:18.800 and Week two. One more question here for you, Jeff. 0:12:18.800 --> 0:12:21.400 We end these episodes the same way every single time. 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:23.760 I like to ask you, the Broncos win this game 0:12:23.840 --> 0:12:25.520 if and then you fill in the blank. 0:12:27.120 --> 0:12:31.920 They win this game if they play offense with a 0:12:32.000 --> 0:12:34.760 more consistency than they have so far. I mean even 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.600 last week they scored a bunch of points, but the 0:12:37.640 --> 0:12:39.960 second half was a slog. 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.960 You know, they weren't really themselves. So they win this 0:12:44.240 --> 0:12:47.280 they if they play a full game. 0:12:47.080 --> 0:12:49.880 On offense and Marvin Mims is involved a lot more 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:50.600 than he has been. 0:12:51.160 --> 0:12:51.600 Very good. 0:12:51.800 --> 0:12:54.640 You can find him on Twitter at Jeff Underscore Legwold 0:12:54.800 --> 0:12:57.600 and his coverage of the Broncos on ESPN dot com. Jeff, 0:12:57.640 --> 0:13:00.120 appreciate your time today and make sure you try that 0:13:00.200 --> 0:13:02.120 key line pie up in the press box on Sunday. 0:13:02.800 --> 0:13:06.200 I'll do whatever I can to you know, to dent 0:13:06.280 --> 0:13:08.520 that that supply. 0:13:09.000 --> 0:13:11.600 It goes by pretty quick, so get there early. Appreciate it. Jeff, 0:13:11.640 --> 0:13:14.360 thank you man, Thank you, And there he goes. 0:13:14.400 --> 0:13:17.200 Always a fun chat to get perspective from the opposing team, 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:19.679 as Jeff gave us there from the Denver Broncos. Let's 0:13:19.679 --> 0:13:21.640 go ahead and take our first break right here and 0:13:21.720 --> 0:13:23.439 come back on the other side and talk to the 0:13:23.440 --> 0:13:27.240 assistant coaches. That's next Drive Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:28.480 brought to you by Auto Nation. 0:13:31.400 --> 0:13:32.240 Let's kick off. 0:13:32.080 --> 0:13:35.920 Assistant coach Audio here with Vic Fangio first, who was asked, 0:13:36.120 --> 0:13:38.320 how did you guys improve the run game? What was 0:13:38.360 --> 0:13:41.280 different on Sunday night versus Week one against the Chargers? 0:13:41.360 --> 0:13:43.800 We played better, Number one. I think we had the 0:13:43.840 --> 0:13:50.480 mindset to stop the run. We took on blocks a 0:13:50.480 --> 0:13:53.320 little better, just had that little more edge that you 0:13:53.400 --> 0:13:55.960 need to have to play the run better, and we 0:13:56.040 --> 0:13:56.960 played the run good. 0:13:56.960 --> 0:13:57.200 You know. 0:13:57.440 --> 0:14:00.880 It was by my account, you know, twenty for sixty 0:14:00.920 --> 0:14:04.040 three yards. They got some quarterbacks scramble runs, which I 0:14:04.080 --> 0:14:07.160 don't I know statistically are rushing yards, but they're not 0:14:07.280 --> 0:14:08.040 in my mind. 0:14:08.280 --> 0:14:10.880 I'm very glad He mentioned that about the quarterback rushing 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.199 statistics because I think that kind of can skew the 0:14:13.240 --> 0:14:15.720 way your run defense plays in general, because those are 0:14:15.800 --> 0:14:18.080 kind of passing numbers. If you think about it, you 0:14:18.160 --> 0:14:20.480 drop back to pass, you're in coverage, you have pass rush, 0:14:20.520 --> 0:14:23.000 and the quarterback runs not really indicative of how your 0:14:23.040 --> 0:14:26.080 run defense plays. Speaking of run defense, the safety is 0:14:26.120 --> 0:14:28.960 often involved in bringing down players into the box and 0:14:29.040 --> 0:14:32.600 adding fits into the run count. Here's coach Fangio talking 0:14:32.640 --> 0:14:36.200 about Deshaun Elliott's production so far and where Brandon Jones 0:14:36.240 --> 0:14:38.520 is in his rehab. And there's a great stat on Twitter. 0:14:38.560 --> 0:14:42.120 I put it out on Thursday afternoon about how the 0:14:42.200 --> 0:14:45.600 Dolphins currently have the most lost war. That is wins 0:14:45.600 --> 0:14:48.600 above replacement, a former baseball stat that carried over to 0:14:48.640 --> 0:14:52.080 football and tracks pretty well how effective players are. Nobody 0:14:52.080 --> 0:14:54.840 has more lost war this year than the Miami Dolphins. 0:14:55.000 --> 0:14:58.560 With players missing time due to injury, sands the quarterback position, 0:14:58.920 --> 0:15:01.200 and a big part of that someone Brandon Jones, and 0:15:01.280 --> 0:15:05.640 I keep thinking about Ramsey, Brandon Jones, Nick Needham eventually 0:15:05.640 --> 0:15:08.560 to Ron Armstead, all these names the Dolphins will get 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:10.840 back to add to what, in my opinion, is already 0:15:11.040 --> 0:15:13.480 the best team in the NFL. Here's coach on Elliot's 0:15:13.480 --> 0:15:17.000 performance so far and Brandon Jones's progress he's making. 0:15:17.320 --> 0:15:19.720 Yeah, we'd like to get Brandon going. And the big 0:15:19.760 --> 0:15:23.920 thing with Brandon is he missed the entire offseason. He 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:27.800 missed not all of training camp, but most of training camp, 0:15:28.680 --> 0:15:32.160 did not play in any preseason games, and he just 0:15:32.200 --> 0:15:36.200 needs to catch up. And you know, when you're back there, 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:40.440 if you're not honed up, they're not just six yard games, 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:43.360 they're big ones. So we're giving him more and more 0:15:43.400 --> 0:15:48.360 practice reps every week and I'm confident he'll be ready 0:15:48.360 --> 0:15:48.960 to play soon. 0:15:49.000 --> 0:15:49.600 Here, let's go. 0:15:49.520 --> 0:15:51.440 Ahead and stay on that train of thought. And here 0:15:51.440 --> 0:15:54.240 from Rinaldo Hill on Dolphins safety Deshaun Elliott. 0:15:54.800 --> 0:15:56.840 You know, for the most part, he's been consistent. You know, 0:15:56.880 --> 0:16:00.800 we've been looking for that partner opposite and someone who 0:16:00.840 --> 0:16:03.840 can give Javon, you know, something to his game. So 0:16:04.600 --> 0:16:07.560 Sean's been the one out there has been communicating very well. 0:16:08.520 --> 0:16:10.640 I think their partnership has been going good. So these 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:14.320 first two games, obviously we still have you know, Brandon 0:16:14.880 --> 0:16:17.760 getting him caught up to speed, but right now, Sean 0:16:17.840 --> 0:16:19.160 has been doing a really good job for US. 0:16:19.600 --> 0:16:22.240 I mentioned Ramsey one question to Goo. There was a 0:16:22.360 --> 0:16:26.160 question posed to Rinaldo about Cam Smith's progress and his 0:16:26.760 --> 0:16:29.800 ability to kind of absorb the NFL lifestyle and playbook 0:16:29.840 --> 0:16:32.320 and all that stuff, and the name Jalen Ramsey came up. 0:16:32.360 --> 0:16:34.720 That Cam was sitting next to Ramsey and meetings and 0:16:34.800 --> 0:16:37.720 asking great questions all meeting long, and we kind of 0:16:37.760 --> 0:16:40.360 found that interesting in the room as a media contingency 0:16:40.720 --> 0:16:43.640 and got a few questions about Ramsey to Ronaldo Hill, 0:16:43.760 --> 0:16:46.720 let's go ahead and start here with Ramsey's involvement, despite 0:16:46.760 --> 0:16:48.720 the fact that he's down, he's rehaben trying to get 0:16:48.720 --> 0:16:51.560 back from the injury, still as locked in as anybody 0:16:51.600 --> 0:16:52.280 else in the roster. 0:16:52.480 --> 0:16:55.360 Yeah, he's a leader, and I don't think you know, 0:16:55.400 --> 0:16:59.640 regardless of the injury, you never stopped doing that. Obviously, 0:16:59.680 --> 0:17:02.360 he had a lot of experience going against Russ during 0:17:02.360 --> 0:17:05.520 his time, so he's able to give that that feedback 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:08.360 of just being in those shoes, playing in those situations 0:17:08.400 --> 0:17:12.240 and what Russ balls look like to like help those 0:17:12.240 --> 0:17:15.320 guys look look for when they're out there playing. So 0:17:15.720 --> 0:17:18.840 he's given all his tip bits of his experiences and 0:17:19.160 --> 0:17:22.600 it's really helping our guys. Those guys are receptive to it. 0:17:22.720 --> 0:17:26.280 They're asking good questions on the back end, and he's 0:17:26.320 --> 0:17:28.440 just he's just been dialed in. He wants to be 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:31.720 out there. If you see him near the sideline, you 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:36.719 could tell he's all in. But he's he's just a 0:17:36.760 --> 0:17:39.840 true leader, true leader in the room, and he's showcasing 0:17:39.840 --> 0:17:41.280 that to our guys on it. 0:17:41.359 --> 0:17:43.719 And of course we all saw him celebrate xaviing Howard's 0:17:43.720 --> 0:17:47.000 interception on Sunday night. How badly does Ramsy want to 0:17:47.000 --> 0:17:49.680 get back in the fold. Here's Dolphins passing game coordinator 0:17:49.760 --> 0:17:51.760 Ronaldo Hill on their star cornerback. 0:17:52.400 --> 0:17:54.520 I think you just see him just the excitement he 0:17:54.600 --> 0:17:57.919 has when guys are making plays. You know he wants 0:17:57.960 --> 0:18:02.720 to be out there. He's locked, he's calling out their concepts. 0:18:03.040 --> 0:18:06.600 It's just a he's just completely involved, regardless if he's 0:18:06.640 --> 0:18:10.400 not on the field physically, he's he's he's there mentally 0:18:10.440 --> 0:18:14.000 and he's there in his action. So we're seeing, we're 0:18:14.000 --> 0:18:16.280 seeing all that, and he's giving those guys juice when 0:18:16.280 --> 0:18:19.000 they're out there. He's encouraging when they come to the sideline, 0:18:19.200 --> 0:18:21.560 telling them what he's seeing from his lands. He's he's 0:18:21.600 --> 0:18:24.200 involved in the game plan. He's sitting there every day 0:18:24.240 --> 0:18:26.359 and he has his note cards and he's making notes 0:18:26.440 --> 0:18:28.879 and he's being able to apply it in his words 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:32.119 to the players, which is which is really good. Sometimes 0:18:32.160 --> 0:18:34.400 players are the best coaches in those situations. 0:18:34.640 --> 0:18:36.560 Finally, I wanted to follow up on that point and 0:18:36.640 --> 0:18:38.680 just ask how rare is that for a player who's 0:18:38.720 --> 0:18:41.560 out injured to be so involved in everything you guys do. 0:18:42.119 --> 0:18:43.760 A lot of times you see those guys maybe in 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:47.640 the rehab, you know, position, maybe they're not involved in much. 0:18:47.720 --> 0:18:51.680 But I think it's I think as coaches we encourage 0:18:51.680 --> 0:18:54.960 those guys to do it as much as possible. But 0:18:55.400 --> 0:18:57.760 just one of the ones where you don't have to 0:18:57.760 --> 0:19:01.280 say much. He's he's up front with it, and we 0:19:01.440 --> 0:19:04.520 like that as coaches because, like I said, it's letting them, 0:19:04.600 --> 0:19:07.120 letting him know that he's still involved in this thing. 0:19:07.359 --> 0:19:11.440 He know he will be back, and he's preparing himself 0:19:11.480 --> 0:19:13.840 for when he does come back so that he not 0:19:14.000 --> 0:19:16.240 missing the beat as far as the preparation goes. 0:19:16.440 --> 0:19:18.280 One last one here for the defense, and I'll go 0:19:18.320 --> 0:19:20.280 over to the offensive side of the football. Wanted to 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.840 ask Ronaldo Hill the difficulty of defending a quarterback like 0:19:22.920 --> 0:19:26.240 Russell Wilson, who has one of the best trajectory, deep 0:19:26.359 --> 0:19:29.199 arcing footballs that we've ever seen in the National Football League, 0:19:29.280 --> 0:19:31.360 in addition to his ability to win with his legs 0:19:31.480 --> 0:19:32.960 on scrambles and design runs. 0:19:33.119 --> 0:19:33.680 Here's Hill. 0:19:33.840 --> 0:19:36.840 Yeah, I mean, we've got to rely on our front seven, 0:19:37.000 --> 0:19:39.159 you know, to make sure that they're doing a good 0:19:39.240 --> 0:19:42.280 job of, you know, keeping a cup on rust in 0:19:42.280 --> 0:19:45.240 the pocket. We got to make sure that we're keeping 0:19:45.240 --> 0:19:47.040 the roof on the back end and making it difficult 0:19:47.080 --> 0:19:50.720