WEBVTT - Preseason Week 1 Rewatch Omissions, PFF Data and Mike McDaniel Day After Presser 0:00:00.160 --> 0:00:05.360 To us fires touch style by Waddle snuck into the 0:00:05.440 --> 0:00:09.440 end zone of Miami Boy. Tight froll, tight window. They 0:00:09.440 --> 0:00:11.760 had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it. 0:00:14.600 --> 0:00:18.759 What is up, Dolph fans and welcome to the Drivetime Podcast, 0:00:19.040 --> 0:00:22.959 part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team, 0:00:23.000 --> 0:00:27.240 your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host, 0:00:27.360 --> 0:00:30.840 Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we're going back over 0:00:31.000 --> 0:00:34.640 everything we missed from the initial reaction show, our second 0:00:34.720 --> 0:00:37.839 glance at week one of the preseason, taking a look 0:00:37.880 --> 0:00:40.520 at the copy again. We'll give you some interesting stats 0:00:40.520 --> 0:00:43.480 from PFF, and we'll hear from head coach Mike McDaniel 0:00:43.760 --> 0:00:48.080 and his day after presser from Baptist Health Studios inside 0:00:48.120 --> 0:00:53.000 the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is the Drivetime Podcast 0:00:57.120 --> 0:00:59.120 kicking this thing off here. And if you missed the 0:00:59.400 --> 0:01:03.200 Sunday recap edition of the game that had the original notes, 0:01:03.440 --> 0:01:06.280 you're gonna find your Skyler Thompson breakdown in that one. 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:08.959 You're Darius Hodge, a little bit of that Porter Gustin 0:01:09.360 --> 0:01:12.880 uh turnover sequence there with Sam Aguavin. All the stuff 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.800 that was I suppose more obvious on the first watch 0:01:16.080 --> 0:01:18.760 is going to be available for you on that podcast, 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:21.560 but I want to go back with you know, rewind 0:01:21.600 --> 0:01:25.120 capabilities and watching every snap three or four times and 0:01:25.120 --> 0:01:28.679 give you kind of my general takeaways from the Dolphins 0:01:28.720 --> 0:01:32.679 first iteration of this season, first game under head coach 0:01:32.720 --> 0:01:35.640 Mike McDaniel, and just some notes that I thought were 0:01:35.680 --> 0:01:40.679 interesting here about the individual play. That's what preseason is about, right, 0:01:40.760 --> 0:01:42.560 taking a look at individuals and how they kind of 0:01:42.560 --> 0:01:46.000 come together to form the greater some of the parts 0:01:46.720 --> 0:01:49.280 for a football team, you know, a void of really 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.880 any scheming or any of that stuff that goes into 0:01:52.120 --> 0:01:54.400 a weekly game plan. As to Ron Armstead told us 0:01:54.400 --> 0:01:56.840 earlier last week in Tampa base let's go ahead and 0:01:56.920 --> 0:01:58.960 kick it off on the offensive side of the football. 0:01:59.560 --> 0:02:02.440 Excuse me. With the very first play of the game, 0:02:02.440 --> 0:02:06.120 and the Dolphins come out and an unbalanced twelve personnel set, 0:02:06.160 --> 0:02:08.480 which means you have both your tight ends, one running 0:02:08.480 --> 0:02:11.840 back to tight ends, two receivers. That's twelve personnel, both 0:02:11.880 --> 0:02:14.560 your tight ends on the same side of the formation, 0:02:14.560 --> 0:02:18.160 which is unbalanced, right. You get heavier uh more gaps 0:02:18.160 --> 0:02:20.160 on one side of the formation, less gaps on the 0:02:20.200 --> 0:02:24.880 other side. And I thought instantly you saw the beauty 0:02:24.880 --> 0:02:27.680 of the Mike McDaniel offense with the flow of the 0:02:27.720 --> 0:02:31.959 defense really pressing and pursuing play side, and then here 0:02:31.960 --> 0:02:34.200 comes Skyler. Take that football out of the belly of 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.000 the back and take that bootleg back to the weak side, 0:02:37.200 --> 0:02:39.200 and then you bring the flow of the tight end, 0:02:39.639 --> 0:02:42.919 you know, Mike Kasicki in this instance, across the formation, 0:02:42.960 --> 0:02:45.720 across that flow, and he has a wide open thirteen 0:02:45.800 --> 0:02:48.840 yard catch and run going against the flow of that defense. 0:02:48.840 --> 0:02:52.079 And you saw That's what Shack Barrett talked about after 0:02:52.160 --> 0:02:55.120 joint practices right, this offense will challenge your eyes. They 0:02:55.120 --> 0:02:57.080 will really challenge your i Q to make sure you 0:02:57.120 --> 0:03:00.679 are right with everything you do. First play, we see 0:03:00.680 --> 0:03:03.640 in there Mike McDaniel is is springing a tight end 0:03:03.639 --> 0:03:06.720 loose across the flow of the action with the play 0:03:06.760 --> 0:03:10.200 action game for thirteen yards, easy first completion for Skyler Thompson. 0:03:10.280 --> 0:03:13.240 Jason Taylor talked about it on the broadcast. I can't 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:15.440 wait to see more of that as we go along, 0:03:15.600 --> 0:03:19.560 especially especially with game plans that are designed to exploit 0:03:19.639 --> 0:03:22.800 vulnerabilities and weaknesses. So that was my first note. I 0:03:22.840 --> 0:03:25.240 also noted some offensive line stuff that you that that 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:29.160 gets way easier to do an EVL on the offensive 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:31.440 line on the rewatch, it's it's really difficult to get 0:03:31.440 --> 0:03:34.880 a great feel for it live off the broadcast, but 0:03:35.040 --> 0:03:37.720 off the rewatch. Thirteen snaps for Austin Jackson. But he 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.560 was rock solid, man. I noticed in training camp he's 0:03:40.560 --> 0:03:44.200 got very sturdy, gotten very sturdy, become very sturdy with 0:03:44.280 --> 0:03:48.640 his initial punch, and he stays square, so like his 0:03:48.720 --> 0:03:51.600 feet are often under you know, under his knees, under 0:03:51.640 --> 0:03:54.240 his hips, under his shoulders, and he just gets too 0:03:54.240 --> 0:03:58.200 spots patiently is kind of what I've noticed. And the 0:03:58.280 --> 0:04:01.440 initial punch, he's been locking that thing and right on 0:04:01.480 --> 0:04:03.600 the chess plate. Square him up, and that allows you 0:04:03.640 --> 0:04:06.160 to control the rep and stay balanced and stay square. 0:04:06.440 --> 0:04:08.760 And that's what I keep noticing from him. It allows 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.840 him to either run the guy around the arc, which 0:04:11.920 --> 0:04:14.720 is the least dangerous spot on a football field behind 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:18.240 the quarterback, or change in direction and mirror back inside 0:04:18.520 --> 0:04:22.920 when the pass rusher redirects to me. That confidence or 0:04:22.960 --> 0:04:26.120 that patience rather comes from confidence, which he talked about 0:04:26.200 --> 0:04:28.839 last week. Right, I'm the most confident I've ever been. 0:04:29.360 --> 0:04:31.280 I think it really showed him this game, and so 0:04:31.320 --> 0:04:34.640 far through practice and training camp. Solomon Kimley stood out 0:04:34.680 --> 0:04:36.400 big time in the past Pro game as well. On 0:04:36.440 --> 0:04:40.680 the interior, you'll often see guys with the mission of 0:04:40.760 --> 0:04:44.200 just resetting the line of scrimmage and running through their block. 0:04:44.320 --> 0:04:46.400 Like we'll come back to Ben Still, the U d 0:04:46.480 --> 0:04:48.480 f A from Nebraska. That was his job all night. 0:04:48.520 --> 0:04:51.480 Just push that center, that nose tackle position, take him 0:04:51.480 --> 0:04:53.960 back into the quarterback as far as you can. Hopefully, 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:58.240 what that does is eliminate the step up option for 0:04:58.279 --> 0:05:00.600 the quarterback. And then if you get that done successfully 0:05:00.600 --> 0:05:02.800 on the same snap to your edges, win and get 0:05:02.839 --> 0:05:05.400 around that corner. That's how you wind up with sacks 0:05:05.440 --> 0:05:10.040 and taking away all escape hatches for your quarterbacks. Solomon 0:05:10.120 --> 0:05:12.719 Kinley did not allow that all night long. He held firm. 0:05:13.520 --> 0:05:16.359 Excuse me, he was just fantastic on the third and 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.600 inches run on the first set of downs on the 0:05:19.600 --> 0:05:22.400 game winning drive, that sixty playyard drive where they were 0:05:22.400 --> 0:05:25.120 backed up to the minus four yard line. You're thinking, 0:05:25.160 --> 0:05:27.599 like even j T on the broadcast says, I would 0:05:27.640 --> 0:05:30.760 sneak this ball behind big Solomon Kinley. They didn't do that. 0:05:30.839 --> 0:05:33.680 They pulled Solomon Kinley play side and he goes in 0:05:33.720 --> 0:05:38.359 there and just absolutely clawbers the defender who shot that gap, 0:05:38.720 --> 0:05:41.160 hoping to make a big play to get his name 0:05:41.200 --> 0:05:44.000 some recognition for a third and short stop. Didn't happen. 0:05:44.040 --> 0:05:45.719 He wiped him out and it's a first down for 0:05:45.800 --> 0:05:48.839 Jared Oakes in behind that block from Solomon Kinley and 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.960 Adam Pinky at that center position. Going back to the 0:05:52.000 --> 0:05:54.400 first team offense or the first part of the game, 0:05:55.080 --> 0:05:58.000 there was a third down conversion to Cedric Wilson that 0:05:58.080 --> 0:06:00.880 I just think was indicative of something. Defenses are going 0:06:00.920 --> 0:06:04.360 to have to find a way to have solutions for 0:06:04.440 --> 0:06:07.920 this Dolphins offense all year because we've seen tons of 0:06:08.680 --> 0:06:12.320 successful offenses have this similar thing. I think about the 0:06:12.320 --> 0:06:16.960 Buffalo Bills frequently when I thought about this idea that 0:06:17.080 --> 0:06:20.599 Tyreek Hill and Jalen Waddle commands so much attention on 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:22.600 the perimeter, and we know what Cedric Wilson can do 0:06:22.680 --> 0:06:25.480 from that slot position. You get him in a one 0:06:25.520 --> 0:06:27.640 on one situation with a two way go which means 0:06:27.680 --> 0:06:29.560 you can break in, you can break out, and with 0:06:29.600 --> 0:06:32.680 his intelligence and chemistry with tow Ah, that ability to 0:06:32.720 --> 0:06:35.000 make site adjustments off of that, you have to feel 0:06:35.040 --> 0:06:37.320 good about. It's just a really tough order for some 0:06:37.360 --> 0:06:40.480 of the best nickel cornerbacks even in this league. On 0:06:40.520 --> 0:06:43.200 this look, that's what he gets. He gets inside leverage 0:06:43.400 --> 0:06:45.719 and he presses up, kind of drops that shoulder into 0:06:45.760 --> 0:06:50.039 the chest plate of that inside leveraged slot cornerback, and 0:06:50.080 --> 0:06:51.599 then from there you put your foot in the ground, 0:06:51.680 --> 0:06:53.920 run that crisp route, get out of the break, and 0:06:53.960 --> 0:06:56.839 it's it's easy separation for a guy like Cedric Wilson. 0:06:57.160 --> 0:06:59.880 I think about that Buffalo Bill's offense with Stefon Diggs, 0:07:00.200 --> 0:07:03.719 with Emmanuel Sanders, with Gabe Davis, all those perimeter options 0:07:03.800 --> 0:07:06.960 they had, and you know, Cole Beasley has been a 0:07:07.000 --> 0:07:11.040 productive player, but he's athletically, nothing real special about you know, 0:07:11.200 --> 0:07:14.440 his profile, and he was able to just win those 0:07:14.480 --> 0:07:17.320 two way goes with quickness and good route running. I 0:07:17.400 --> 0:07:20.360 think Cedric Wilson's very, very capable of having an exact 0:07:20.440 --> 0:07:23.280 same nothing not the exact same role, but getting those looks, 0:07:23.320 --> 0:07:27.080 those situations and exploiting them time and time again. When 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:28.760 you get that one on one coverage, just you know, 0:07:29.120 --> 0:07:31.840 a matchup based league, Cedric Wilson against some of those 0:07:31.880 --> 0:07:34.440 cornerbacks with his size, and then from there his ability 0:07:34.440 --> 0:07:36.880 to go vertical from that spot too. I think it's 0:07:36.920 --> 0:07:39.440 a great, great addition. I think we're gonna see more 0:07:39.480 --> 0:07:41.360 of that as the year goes along. We also know 0:07:41.400 --> 0:07:43.800 about the yak theme with this team. Right yards after catch, 0:07:44.040 --> 0:07:46.880 I've got Trent Sherfield, Tanner Connor, Cedric Wilson, and Eric 0:07:46.880 --> 0:07:50.440 Azukama was slipped tackles after the catch and also real 0:07:50.520 --> 0:07:53.960 quick regarding Eric Azukama, you know you mentioned the yak 0:07:54.040 --> 0:07:55.720 with his game. It's a big thing that stands out. 0:07:55.960 --> 0:07:58.520 But his release on that route was so nice, little 0:07:58.520 --> 0:08:00.600 stutter step at the line at the hand of the 0:08:00.680 --> 0:08:04.800 jam attempt. He looks really polished for a rookie receiver. 0:08:05.360 --> 0:08:08.840 I love two things about the Lynn Boden touchdown. The 0:08:08.920 --> 0:08:12.600 vertical horizontal stretch of the player where you get Tanner Connor, 0:08:12.600 --> 0:08:15.320 who is the inline attached tight end. He takes his 0:08:15.400 --> 0:08:17.560 rat to the flat to the route to the flat, 0:08:18.000 --> 0:08:20.640 basically looking like stick where you have Mohammed Sanu run 0:08:20.680 --> 0:08:23.200 a little a hook up and you have Connor to 0:08:23.240 --> 0:08:25.560 the flat. But instead of that hook up, Mohammed Sanu 0:08:26.000 --> 0:08:28.640 takes a square in that occupies that third level of 0:08:28.640 --> 0:08:30.840 the defense, and then you have Preston Williams on the 0:08:30.840 --> 0:08:33.880 backside of running acrosser, which you see influence the second 0:08:33.920 --> 0:08:36.600 level of the defense. And now all sets up Lynn 0:08:36.640 --> 0:08:39.000 Boden's double move. He has to get one guy to 0:08:39.040 --> 0:08:41.480 take the cheese. He does, he bites up on that. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.040 It takes the top off the defense. Really cool design 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:46.480 and a good example of spacing. And you get that 0:08:46.520 --> 0:08:48.720 good pass pro, which is the second part that stood 0:08:48.720 --> 0:08:50.640 out to that touchdown. Stood out to me about that 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:55.079 touchdown was the pass pro was excellent. Coleman, Kinley, Panky Jones, 0:08:55.160 --> 0:08:58.000 and Kean Smith all won their battles. Gave Thompson a 0:08:58.040 --> 0:09:01.920 clean pocket. He stepped up and did not miss. Also 0:09:01.960 --> 0:09:04.920 on offense a super brief showing. But I thought Kelln 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:07.679 Diash showed the stuff that popped on tape for him 0:09:07.720 --> 0:09:09.440 in college. He covers a lot of ground on that 0:09:09.559 --> 0:09:12.240 kick slide to get to his landmark light feet. He 0:09:12.240 --> 0:09:15.720 looked very good in that limited action on the defensive side. 0:09:15.760 --> 0:09:18.800 I thought Ray Kwon Davis's first snap where he shocked 0:09:18.840 --> 0:09:22.520 and shed the center of the Buccaneers a brief showing, 0:09:22.600 --> 0:09:26.120 but his strength was evident throughout. So was John Jenkins, 0:09:26.120 --> 0:09:28.760 who played really, really well, the first rep that I 0:09:28.800 --> 0:09:31.400 noted him on was a pure man handle rap where 0:09:31.440 --> 0:09:33.600 he just took dude and chucked him out of the 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:36.400 gap and made the play the tackle right at the 0:09:36.440 --> 0:09:39.280 line of scrimmage. He later thwarted a cut block and 0:09:39.360 --> 0:09:40.960 for a guy that size to kind of put your 0:09:41.000 --> 0:09:42.960 hands on the guy and then get your knees back 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.120 to keep yourself clear and then get back into a 0:09:45.160 --> 0:09:48.040 position basically an updown but using a human body instead 0:09:48.080 --> 0:09:51.600 of the grass to to get up off of. And 0:09:51.760 --> 0:09:53.599 he gets up off of that guy and makes the 0:09:53.640 --> 0:09:55.199 play in the gap. They're a very good game for 0:09:55.559 --> 0:09:58.120 John Jenkins. I thought Porter Gustin was very good. He 0:09:58.160 --> 0:10:00.400 had a versatile role. We saw him with his hand 0:10:00.400 --> 0:10:03.040 in the dirt standing up, had that pressure slash hit 0:10:03.120 --> 0:10:05.760 on the interception. He slipped some blocks in the running game. 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.959 A guy that has played on special teams a lot 0:10:08.000 --> 0:10:09.960 in his career, He's got a good shot here. I 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:12.920 think chilling Phillips. I mentioned his bull rush, but on 0:10:13.000 --> 0:10:15.680 the holding call that he forced. Just watch the way 0:10:16.160 --> 0:10:19.000 he chases the football, and not only that, but a 0:10:19.000 --> 0:10:21.720 lot of times in that situation, guys, will you know 0:10:22.880 --> 0:10:24.480 you get the grab of the Jersey. You look at 0:10:24.480 --> 0:10:26.520 the reff and kind of throw your hands like, what's up? Ref? 0:10:26.520 --> 0:10:28.280 Like why didn't you get that call? He didn't do that. 0:10:28.320 --> 0:10:31.240 He just took off and kept his eyes in the quarterback, 0:10:31.280 --> 0:10:33.559 and once he saw the quarterback took off, he chased 0:10:33.600 --> 0:10:36.160 after him. I love that effort. I love not concerning 0:10:36.160 --> 0:10:38.960 yourself with things you can't control. Fly to the football. 0:10:39.160 --> 0:10:41.280 It's a philosophy on this defense, and it shows every 0:10:41.280 --> 0:10:44.400 single time. Speaking of speed, Andrew van ginkle he had 0:10:44.559 --> 0:10:46.360 just there was one play this out to me, a 0:10:46.400 --> 0:10:48.640 free rush where you know a lot of times that 0:10:48.679 --> 0:10:50.800 position you're gonna be the unblocked man. You have to 0:10:51.679 --> 0:10:54.280 get to the quarterback, but also break down and stay 0:10:54.400 --> 0:10:57.000 kind of, you know, in control and make that play. 0:10:57.120 --> 0:10:59.319 Is there anybody you'd rather have turned free as the 0:10:59.400 --> 0:11:02.199 unblocked man? Him? Andrew Van Ginkl gets in there so fast, 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.840 so often. I also really appreciate the way Brennan Scarlett 0:11:05.920 --> 0:11:09.559 consistently resets the lion scrimmage with how he attacks his man. 0:11:09.760 --> 0:11:12.560 He just consistently gets that push back which forces the 0:11:12.559 --> 0:11:15.080 back to have to make choices when they come that way. 0:11:15.440 --> 0:11:18.040 I talked about the defensive backs tackling on the perimeter 0:11:18.120 --> 0:11:20.719 earlier last week in the podcast, but to me, it's 0:11:20.760 --> 0:11:22.200 more than that, and it stood out in this game. 0:11:23.320 --> 0:11:26.760 Eric Rowe, Brandon Jones, No Egg, Monogny, Trill Williams all 0:11:26.880 --> 0:11:30.160 inserted themselves in the running game. And Trills first play 0:11:30.160 --> 0:11:33.120 of that second half with that you know six on 0:11:33.160 --> 0:11:35.200 his jersey. I had to double check to see why 0:11:35.640 --> 0:11:38.000 why would you put Javon Holland beck in after not 0:11:38.160 --> 0:11:40.800 dressing him. He looked like the snowman with the way 0:11:40.880 --> 0:11:43.040 he came down and popped that thing and made a 0:11:43.040 --> 0:11:46.160 big physical hit. He's got some skills, man. I'm looking 0:11:46.160 --> 0:11:48.680 forward to hearing what coach has to say about his injury. 0:11:48.679 --> 0:11:50.360 Hopefully it's not too bad. And I don't want to 0:11:50.400 --> 0:11:52.200 double dip here on Darius Hodge, but he was just 0:11:52.240 --> 0:11:54.880 so dang good because we talked about the pass rush, 0:11:55.080 --> 0:11:57.720 but his first play was an excellent backside pursuit where 0:11:57.720 --> 0:11:59.920 he got around that corner, flattened and made the play 0:12:00.040 --> 0:12:02.840 on a chase and tackle opportunity. And I don't think 0:12:02.880 --> 0:12:04.760 this showed up in the stat sheet, but again, Ben 0:12:04.840 --> 0:12:07.600 still the U d f A from Nebraska. He occupied 0:12:07.640 --> 0:12:10.920 that thankless nose tackle job so frequently where he just 0:12:10.960 --> 0:12:13.520 had to move a brick wall over and over and 0:12:13.559 --> 0:12:16.560 over again. Just hut, hut, put your head down, run 0:12:16.559 --> 0:12:18.280 into a guy and try to get push against someone 0:12:18.320 --> 0:12:21.120 that weighs three pounds. It's not a fun job, but 0:12:21.200 --> 0:12:23.319 he didn't. I thought he did it consistently and helped 0:12:23.320 --> 0:12:25.920 create chances for guys around him. And then finally here 0:12:26.000 --> 0:12:28.079 DeAndre Johnson had himself one heck of a night. I 0:12:28.120 --> 0:12:30.400 thought it was cool to see Austin Clark super fired 0:12:30.520 --> 0:12:34.040 up when he Owen Carney Jr. And Ben Still met 0:12:34.080 --> 0:12:35.840 at the quarterback for a sack late there in the 0:12:35.840 --> 0:12:38.960 fourth quarter. Last thing here on the defense before special teams, 0:12:39.480 --> 0:12:42.720 the touchdown pass that is being debated about on Twitter. 0:12:43.160 --> 0:12:45.520 That's a pretty basic looking Cover three type of rapp 0:12:45.520 --> 0:12:47.840 where you have, you know, a defensive back in the 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:50.400 deep third ig Manogamy need him, and I think it 0:12:50.440 --> 0:12:52.920 was key on crossing on the other side. Good route 0:12:52.920 --> 0:12:55.280 concept to try to occupy that post safety with which 0:12:55.320 --> 0:12:57.760 they did with the first crossing route. And then you 0:12:57.800 --> 0:13:00.520 have Brandon Jones who's playing the hook curl and he 0:13:00.559 --> 0:13:03.160 was in the right position based upon a cover three look. 0:13:03.360 --> 0:13:05.480 I thought the depth and that final third back there 0:13:05.480 --> 0:13:07.720 with Eggan agony, just a little bit too much depth 0:13:07.920 --> 0:13:09.880 and especially knowing that no one's coming in behind you, 0:13:10.280 --> 0:13:12.120 Uh squeeze that route me be a little bit tighter. 0:13:12.320 --> 0:13:13.880 You might get a bit of a different result there. 0:13:13.920 --> 0:13:16.439 So that was the one note on that play. Special 0:13:16.480 --> 0:13:18.680 team Sethan Carter had a nice tackle on the opening 0:13:18.760 --> 0:13:22.920 kickoff Trent Sherfield. This guy has this the skill set 0:13:22.920 --> 0:13:24.600 that I think is gonna make him a fan favorite. 0:13:24.640 --> 0:13:27.280 He already is for me, but working as that jammer 0:13:27.320 --> 0:13:30.240 on special teams, the way he just kind of holds 0:13:30.280 --> 0:13:33.120 guys up and helps you get better punt returns. With 0:13:33.400 --> 0:13:35.400 Preston Williams first punt return, he was a big part 0:13:35.400 --> 0:13:38.600 of that blocking and that blocking shows up and the 0:13:38.640 --> 0:13:40.720 receiving game too. There was a big catch and run 0:13:40.760 --> 0:13:42.960 by I think it was Azoo Comma might have been 0:13:43.040 --> 0:13:44.720 Linbow and I can't remember, but he goes down and 0:13:44.720 --> 0:13:47.440 gets catches himself a big time blocked down the field. 0:13:47.559 --> 0:13:49.880 He broke a tackle on the one catch, just again 0:13:49.960 --> 0:13:52.240 that fan favorite type of skill set that he offers. 0:13:52.520 --> 0:13:55.360 Channing Tindall had a really good game. I thought special 0:13:55.360 --> 0:13:57.480 teams tackle was awesome. But he also had two open 0:13:57.520 --> 0:14:01.280 field stops on defense, and then the battery of Blake Ferguson, 0:14:01.280 --> 0:14:05.040 Thomas Moristead and Jason Sanders absolutely on point. If there's 0:14:05.160 --> 0:14:09.679 anything any obvious and omissions on this podcast, it's because 0:14:09.720 --> 0:14:13.280 I covered those in the first pod, the Sunday Morning Podcast. 0:14:13.440 --> 0:14:15.160 Let's go ahead and take a break and come back 0:14:15.200 --> 0:14:17.640 to some Pro Football Focus data that's next here on 0:14:17.720 --> 0:14:20.880 the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:14:20.920 --> 0:14:29.960 by Auto Nation. Back here on a rewatch edition of 0:14:30.000 --> 0:14:32.760 the Drivetime Podcast, taking a look at Dolphins and Bucks 0:14:32.760 --> 0:14:34.880 Week one in the preseason. Going to be a short 0:14:34.920 --> 0:14:37.560 segment here we'll hear from coach McDaniel. In the third segment, 0:14:37.720 --> 0:14:39.920 I want to get you guys some quantifying by the 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.160 numbers here as we take a look at the Pro 0:14:42.280 --> 0:14:45.040 Football Focus report and the advanced metrics. Starting on the 0:14:45.040 --> 0:14:47.640 defensive side of the football, Elijah Campbell was the highest 0:14:47.640 --> 0:14:50.240 graded player of the Dolphins defense. Should be no surprise 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:54.040 with the interception, four targets, two catches on eighteen coverage 0:14:54.040 --> 0:14:56.120 snaps for nineteen yards. That's a great spot to be 0:14:56.200 --> 0:14:59.440 for Elijah Campbell. Channing Tendall had fourteen coverage snaps and 0:14:59.440 --> 0:15:02.000 allowed just five yards with two run stops. To go, 0:15:02.080 --> 0:15:04.800 have a day, rookie, Cameron Good speaking at rookies, three 0:15:04.880 --> 0:15:08.240 run stops on nineteen run defense downs. That is very 0:15:08.320 --> 0:15:12.000 very good. Benito Jones had four run stops on twenty 0:15:12.000 --> 0:15:15.560 three rundowns. That also is very good. We had Porter 0:15:15.680 --> 0:15:20.000 Gustin leading the way with four QB pressures in this game. 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:22.680 Benito Jones had two, and then a handful of guys 0:15:22.720 --> 0:15:24.760 had one as well, but Porter gust and four that 0:15:24.840 --> 0:15:30.840 stands out. Darius Hodge, Trill Williams, D'Angelo Ross, DeAndre, DeAndre Johnson, 0:15:31.200 --> 0:15:34.040 Duke Riley, Quincy Wilson, and John Jenkins all had two 0:15:34.080 --> 0:15:37.840 run stops in this game. Duke Riley allowed three yards 0:15:37.880 --> 0:15:41.440 on thirteen coverage snaps, had a pressure and two run stops, 0:15:41.480 --> 0:15:43.920 a very good day for him. And then Keion Crossing 0:15:43.960 --> 0:15:47.440 allowed twenty two yards on twenty one coverage snaps. You 0:15:47.520 --> 0:15:50.360 gotta love seeing that. So that's your defensive metrics. I 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.240 thought I would have offensive numbers for you guys by now, 0:15:53.280 --> 0:15:56.040 but they're not available on Pro Football Focused just yet, 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:58.640 and I'd rather push this podcast out then wait on 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:01.080 numbers that I can just give you on Twitter or 0:16:01.080 --> 0:16:03.080 you can check out PFF yourself. But normally on this 0:16:03.120 --> 0:16:05.920 podcast we do go over the entire PF gauntlet. I'll 0:16:06.080 --> 0:16:08.360 update it if it's gets back in time. If not, 0:16:08.440 --> 0:16:10.680 I'll put it on Twitter or the next podcast. It's 0:16:10.720 --> 0:16:12.240 really not a big deal, but we'll have you guys 0:16:12.360 --> 0:16:14.960 updated on that, as we do all the time on 0:16:15.000 --> 0:16:16.920 this podcast. Is what we do. Let's go ahead and 0:16:16.960 --> 0:16:18.920 take our last break here on this edition of the 0:16:19.000 --> 0:16:21.960 Drive Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you 0:16:22.000 --> 0:16:24.240 by Auto Nation. We'll come back on the other side 0:16:24.280 --> 0:16:33.040 and here from head coach Mike McDaniel. Back here on 0:16:33.120 --> 0:16:37.480 the Drive Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield. Last break there, 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:40.479 We're gonna go ahead and get now to this Mike McDaniel. 0:16:40.560 --> 0:16:44.360 Sunday afternoon press conference and not a lot of reporters 0:16:44.360 --> 0:16:45.920 in the room, so we had a chance to kind 0:16:45.920 --> 0:16:47.960 of for idea, I should say, ask a couple of questions. 0:16:48.160 --> 0:16:50.520 Really fun setting there with coach talking about the game 0:16:50.840 --> 0:16:54.400 on Saturday, but also just some ideas and philosophies as 0:16:54.440 --> 0:16:56.760 he educates us. Every single time we get a chance 0:16:56.760 --> 0:16:59.200 to talk to coach and those pressers. Let's go ahead 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:01.400 and start here with a question posed to coach about 0:17:01.440 --> 0:17:05.359 the possibility of moving Eric Rowe back to cornerback in 0:17:05.400 --> 0:17:08.280 the light of the Trill Williams injury news, which coach 0:17:08.359 --> 0:17:11.439 also addressed the reports that it is in fact an 0:17:11.480 --> 0:17:14.800 a c L but not quite sure yet what's gonna 0:17:14.840 --> 0:17:16.920 happen for I R and all that stuff. You can 0:17:16.920 --> 0:17:19.320 hear that up on the YouTube channel the media availability. 0:17:19.520 --> 0:17:21.720 Coach did address that. Let's go ahead and go back 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:23.760 to coach now though here for this question and answer 0:17:24.000 --> 0:17:26.600 about the possibility of moving Eric row because he went 0:17:26.640 --> 0:17:29.600 in depth about Eric Rose position on the team, standing 0:17:29.600 --> 0:17:31.720 on the team, and what he means for that defense. 0:17:31.920 --> 0:17:36.960 Here's coach the first, first and foremost that was, you 0:17:37.040 --> 0:17:41.159 hate to see um an injury like that. UM for 0:17:41.240 --> 0:17:45.760 a guy that's been working as diligently as as Trill has. 0:17:45.880 --> 0:17:50.400 He's really um. You know, he he was an example 0:17:50.520 --> 0:17:56.439 of a player early on that I could tell in 0:17:56.480 --> 0:18:00.560 the healthy way that he wasn't totally happy with where 0:18:00.600 --> 0:18:04.440 he was at in terms of depth and and you 0:18:04.480 --> 0:18:07.520 want to talk about an example of a player doing 0:18:07.840 --> 0:18:11.399 handling that the right way, transferring that energy UM to 0:18:11.480 --> 0:18:15.359 the point that he's been making plays daily on the 0:18:15.400 --> 0:18:18.800 ball and you can tell from his teammates how pumped 0:18:18.840 --> 0:18:21.679 they were for him, So you know it. It's one 0:18:21.680 --> 0:18:23.960 of the hard things about the profession that that I 0:18:24.119 --> 0:18:30.160 really struggle with UM when I see that happen to someone. UM. 0:18:30.200 --> 0:18:34.520 At the same time, I think he's proven, you know, uh, 0:18:35.280 --> 0:18:38.879 time and time again that things of that nature won't 0:18:39.680 --> 0:18:44.400 keep him back over the long haul. UM. The challenges 0:18:44.440 --> 0:18:48.760 to make that thing UM happen for a good reason 0:18:49.200 --> 0:18:52.400 and come back stronger and better. But it's a it's 0:18:52.440 --> 0:18:55.439 something that I think it hurt the hearts of the 0:18:55.480 --> 0:18:59.760 whole team, myself included UM. With regard to Eric Roe, 0:18:59.800 --> 0:19:05.080 he's he's been, you know, getting pretty involved in the defense, 0:19:05.800 --> 0:19:08.760 uh in a good way. And it's I kind of 0:19:08.760 --> 0:19:13.800 like where he's at UM in terms of his his 0:19:14.280 --> 0:19:17.879 play and he kind of there there's a new side 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:20.040 of him that that was kind of displayed in the 0:19:20.080 --> 0:19:23.200 joint practices. UM. I was talking to the team about 0:19:23.400 --> 0:19:26.480 the salty side of row UM and he was getting 0:19:26.480 --> 0:19:28.439 competitive and it was really cool to see. I like 0:19:28.480 --> 0:19:31.600 where he's at right now this position. I do think 0:19:31.640 --> 0:19:34.719 he does have versatility that you could go down that 0:19:34.800 --> 0:19:37.520 road if need be. But you know, right now we're 0:19:37.560 --> 0:19:41.879 just um evaluating a couple of guys and then we'll, um, 0:19:41.920 --> 0:19:44.600 you know as Chris and his department always does for 0:19:44.680 --> 0:19:49.360 the quarnerback position, UM, Bill, you know, we'll we'll be 0:19:49.400 --> 0:19:52.760 in discussion of, you know, how to handle some of 0:19:52.760 --> 0:19:57.080 these injuries and UM moving forward, Uh, what we need 0:19:57.080 --> 0:20:02.560 to to continue to develop an overdo the other existing 0:20:03.000 --> 0:20:07.080 corners UM on the roster. Really really good stuff there, 0:20:07.160 --> 0:20:10.240 especially the salty side of Eric Row. I love hearing 0:20:10.240 --> 0:20:11.760 that about him. We saw that in the way he 0:20:11.800 --> 0:20:13.600 fit the run in that game last night. Really throughout 0:20:13.640 --> 0:20:15.720 the course of training camp so far this year, he's 0:20:15.760 --> 0:20:17.639