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Speaker 1: Time Podcast. Let's get right into this podcast with my guest,
Speaker 1: as we do every Friday, John con Jenny Well, John,
Speaker 1: we did get our chance to talk some ball at
Speaker 1: hard Rock Stadium, although not over the key line Pie
Speaker 1: I was hoping to have with the other and certainly
Speaker 1: not the outcome we were looking for. On the field either.
Speaker 1: But regardless, it was good to be back in that
Speaker 1: building and back in that seat next to you, my friend.
Speaker 1: You know what. It was great to be back in
Speaker 1: hard Rock Stadium, good to see you and and watch
Speaker 1: the game from our perch. And and it was not
Speaker 1: what we wanted in terms of the outcome, but you know, gosh,
Speaker 1: it wasn't as bad as the outcome either at thirty
Speaker 1: five to nothing, because you felt like, if the Dolphins
Speaker 1: make one play when they have positive field position, it's
Speaker 1: the one touchdown game going a halftime, and you never
Speaker 1: know what can happen in the second half. So there
Speaker 1: were some things obviously that need to get corrected and
Speaker 1: get corrected fast, and you lose your quarterback uh in
Speaker 1: the meantime. But when you look at overall, thirty five
Speaker 1: nothing doesn't really tell the whole story. But it's not
Speaker 1: where the Dolphins wanted to be in Week two, absolutely not.
Speaker 1: And I was so appreciative of your approach throughout that game,
Speaker 1: because I mean, there were so many moments where you
Speaker 1: could like kind of bury your head and say, ah,
Speaker 1: this game is not going our way, but you kept on,
Speaker 1: you kept on keeping me and a John By saying, hey,
Speaker 1: we're you know, this is a key possession, We're gonna
Speaker 1: stop here, and and that was the case for a
Speaker 1: lot of that game and just it never got that
Speaker 1: way for the offense where they could cut into that lead.
Speaker 1: So hopefully this week we have some better results, and
Speaker 1: I want to go ahead and turn the page, you know,
Speaker 1: as fast as we can out that game and start here.
Speaker 1: Because you've played a lot of football in your life,
Speaker 1: You've watched probably even more football. I was hoping you
Speaker 1: could take us inside the player's perspective for turning the
Speaker 1: page after a game like that, And it was kind
Speaker 1: of a theme I had throughout the week talking to
Speaker 1: coaches and players because I also got a lot of
Speaker 1: you know this answer back about how it's the same
Speaker 1: for a big win, like talk about the importance of
Speaker 1: managing emotions and coming back off a tough loss. What's
Speaker 1: the approach for the player to get over that, move
Speaker 1: on and get onto the next Sunday. You know, it's
Speaker 1: tough sometimes and it all depends on how the game
Speaker 1: goes and where it is in the season for a player.
Speaker 1: I can remember there was some losses that linger, uh,
Speaker 1: they they really sting, and there were some that you
Speaker 1: got over a lot quicker because you were never really
Speaker 1: in the football game. You felt like, wow, that was
Speaker 1: a throwaway. I don't know what happened, but we got
Speaker 1: just you know, bowled over, and let's just let's rinse
Speaker 1: and get that one out and let's move on to
Speaker 1: the next one. And sometimes wins linger too long. You know,
Speaker 1: sometimes you're feeling so good after you play that you're
Speaker 1: talking about it. It's Thursday, and you're really not focused
Speaker 1: on the next one. So sometimes, um, you know, the
Speaker 1: better and the quicker that you turn the page to
Speaker 1: the next opponent. It's probably better for the football team
Speaker 1: from from top to bottom, no matter if you're on
Speaker 1: the coaching staff or your you know, fifty three on
Speaker 1: the roster. But I think that one was kind of
Speaker 1: in between Travis for me, because although you were one
Speaker 1: score away from being in the game, Buffalo didn't do
Speaker 1: a whole lot to separate and yet when you looked,
Speaker 1: it was thirty five nothing. I thought it was way
Speaker 1: too easy for a good team like the Buffalo Bills
Speaker 1: to come in on the road early in the season
Speaker 1: and kind of not have your a game. But they
Speaker 1: were good enough to beat a team that couldn't find
Speaker 1: its way that that day, that Sunday. So this one
Speaker 1: might be a little bit easier to flush as a
Speaker 1: player because you did all you remember, it's thirty five nothing.
Speaker 1: As a fan or as a an analyst, you're going
Speaker 1: back and look, well, it could have been this, could
Speaker 1: have been that. But as a player, you're just going,
Speaker 1: let's get onto the Raiders. There two and oh, they'd
Speaker 1: be two really good teams, and we have to find
Speaker 1: a way to play our best to be able to
Speaker 1: win it. Winning cures everything. And you said two things
Speaker 1: that that really kind of piqued my interest. Number one,
Speaker 1: the the victories that linger a little bit. I talked
Speaker 1: about this on a either earlier podcast to record in
Speaker 1: the podcast before you came on. I forgot but about
Speaker 1: the Miami miracle game back in the Dolphins would lose
Speaker 1: the next three and those games weren't even closed. So
Speaker 1: I think that's a good example of how sometimes the
Speaker 1: emotions can go the other way on you. And then
Speaker 1: also you referenced the point in the season in which
Speaker 1: you know certain events occur, and I've been thinking about
Speaker 1: this last couple of days. How I don't ever look
Speaker 1: back at like a week, two moments in a season
Speaker 1: and say that was a pivotal turning point, Like people
Speaker 1: aren't gonna remember this good or bad this part of
Speaker 1: the season at the end of the year, right, Like
Speaker 1: all the wins and losses count, but at the end
Speaker 1: of the year, it's about how you're playing, you know,
Speaker 1: post Halloween, post Thanksgiving and that, you know, and that
Speaker 1: type of thing, Like there's been years where the Dolphins
Speaker 1: started off three and oh and it didn't end well,
Speaker 1: or it's been years play started off one and three
Speaker 1: and it ended well. So I think that perspective is important,
Speaker 1: and it seems to get lost sometimes. I'm really glad
Speaker 1: you mentioned that. Now. The key on the podcast that
Speaker 1: I referenced in the Thursday preview episode was to get
Speaker 1: the ball to the backs in the run game and
Speaker 1: through the air, because I think that running at those
Speaker 1: two star pass rushers they have with Max Crosby and
Speaker 1: Yannick and got Way and they're both two pound guys. John,
Speaker 1: So trying to get Miles and Savon matchup on those
Speaker 1: linebackers and also going at those d n s in
Speaker 1: the running game, would you agree that's a good way
Speaker 1: to kind of handle this ferocious pass rush of the Raiders. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's that's definitely one way to do it, Travis. And
Speaker 1: in that scenario, you also make it easier for Jacoby
Speaker 1: Bursett to get completions, to move the chains, to get
Speaker 1: some flow in the offense, and stay on the field
Speaker 1: because both Gascon and ACMED they make people miss in
Speaker 1: the open field and that's a good thing. And the
Speaker 1: more touches that those guys can get early, I think
Speaker 1: maybe opens up the Raider defense where you might have
Speaker 1: a chance to run the football. Remember, I don't think
Speaker 1: you're gonna see a whole lot of RPO this week.
Speaker 1: I don't know if you're gonna rely on that that ball,
Speaker 1: fake quick slant. You may get one or two, but
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna be more shotgun drop back. It's
Speaker 1: not there. Check it down, get the tight end, get
Speaker 1: Kasicki and Smithe involved early, and Shaheen involved. Get those
Speaker 1: guys the football over the middle, you know, easy throws,
Speaker 1: and then that gets that motion with waddle going, you know,
Speaker 1: from one side of the formation to the other. You
Speaker 1: don't like it, you check it down, and that's the
Speaker 1: easiest way for Jacobe to get completions to get some
Speaker 1: rhythm in the offense. You know, you'd like to see
Speaker 1: that happen because you know for a fact that defensive
Speaker 1: coordinator for the Raiders, Gus Bradley, I'm sure he's gonna
Speaker 1: build on some of the schemes that he saw Leslie Fraser,
Speaker 1: the Bill's defensive coordinator, run last week, because it caused
Speaker 1: identification problems. It caused issues, and you're gonna want to
Speaker 1: try to use some of that within your scheme to
Speaker 1: rattle a guy that's making a started quarterback. You know,
Speaker 1: even though he played a long time in the game
Speaker 1: last week, this is a different animal. He's got all
Speaker 1: week to prepare. He's you know, he's trying to do
Speaker 1: everything perfect. Now all of a sudden, he sees something
Speaker 1: he's not sure of what's he doing with the football?
Speaker 1: Does he panic? Does he throw it away? Does he
Speaker 1: take a sack? Or is he able to check it
Speaker 1: down and make a turn a negative into a positive play.
Speaker 1: So those things early can really pick up an offense.
Speaker 1: I really loved it. At the coaches presser on Wednesday,
Speaker 1: somebody asked me if the offense will change, and I
Speaker 1: admire the question because you want to ask it, but
Speaker 1: you're not gonna get an answer out of any coach
Speaker 1: on that particular question. So coach just said no, and
Speaker 1: we'll see what the actual result is on Sunday in
Speaker 1: terms of how they attack this Raider's defense. Because we
Speaker 1: talked about all the time John very versatile system, very
Speaker 1: versatile scheme, and roster that can adapt to that week's opponent.
Speaker 1: I want to go back to your comments there about
Speaker 1: Jacobe Pricett and just ask you this follow up question,
Speaker 1: what are your expectations and his first stars in Miami Dolphin.
Speaker 1: They're high. They're high for me. I watched watched them,
Speaker 1: you know, all off season and in training camp, and
Speaker 1: he's definitely got the tools to be a starting quarterback.
Speaker 1: I like his mobility, I like his accuracy. I like
Speaker 1: his his moxie, you know, pushing the ball down the field. Um,
Speaker 1: he gets everybody going. And he doesn't let a whole
Speaker 1: lot of stuff linger. You know, if it's a bad play,
Speaker 1: if it's an interception, if it's a you know, just
Speaker 1: a pre snap penalty, Hey, get back in the huddle,
Speaker 1: let's go, let's get back on it. I think he
Speaker 1: has those leadership skills that guys want to follow him,
Speaker 1: you know. And and Kobe said that multiple times this
Speaker 1: week about he always prepares as the starter, and you
Speaker 1: have to have that mindset. I've played in that role.
Speaker 1: I've been the starter. I've been the backup. Doesn't matter,
Speaker 1: you're one play away all the time if you're not
Speaker 1: the guy to be the guy, and you have to
Speaker 1: be able to accept that responsibility and may make its
Speaker 1: seamless for everybody else around you so that they have
Speaker 1: the confidence level that, hey, this guy we can win
Speaker 1: with him. So my expectations for Jacoby are very high.
Speaker 1: He's gonna have a full week of preparation. My advice,
Speaker 1: you know, he doesn't need mind but I'm sure he's
Speaker 1: thinking of this. Be yourself, don't try to do too much,
Speaker 1: and make the plays that you make on a daily basis.
Speaker 1: So I think he's gonna be able to do that. Um,
Speaker 1: you know, obviously he's gonna need some help upfront. He's
Speaker 1: gonna need some help on the other side of the
Speaker 1: football keeping the Raiders out of the end zone because
Speaker 1: I think their number one in in uh or number
Speaker 1: seven I think in points scored close to thirty points
Speaker 1: per game. So you don't want to get into a
Speaker 1: shooting match. But if you do, you know you've got
Speaker 1: a guy that's been there and done that, and you
Speaker 1: hope he can do it on Sunday. Yeah, it's number
Speaker 1: seven and scoring, number one in total offense, number one
Speaker 1: in passing offense. And I'm glad you mentioned that because
Speaker 1: the Dolphins are gonna need a three phase victory if
Speaker 1: they're going to get a victory in this game. And
Speaker 1: talking about playing a complimentary style of football, that's what
Speaker 1: Jacobe is at his best in my opinion, when he
Speaker 1: compliments the other elements of the team. And if this defense,
Speaker 1: I mean last year there was a couple of drives
Speaker 1: early against the Raiders, and then obviously late in that
Speaker 1: game some things got crazy, but for the most part,
Speaker 1: they had a pretty good plan and they hemmed in
Speaker 1: Derek Carr and kept that offense relatively stagnant through the
Speaker 1: first three orders of that game. So hopefully you get
Speaker 1: that same look. And that's kind of where we go
Speaker 1: back to the defensive side with the rest of these
Speaker 1: questions here, John two more for you. You know, looking
Speaker 1: at Miami's defensive approach and defending Josh Allen, I found
Speaker 1: it interesting they were in man coverage eighty five percent
Speaker 1: of the time and blitzed percent of the time. Both
Speaker 1: of those were somewhat departures from the norm in terms
Speaker 1: of their season average over the last couple of years.
Speaker 1: But they held him under two hundred yards and not
Speaker 1: only happened three times a year ago. So what do
Speaker 1: you think of that approach and will it be similar
Speaker 1: or will they adapt this week in Las Vegas? Well,
Speaker 1: you know, I think, you know, people think you're crazy
Speaker 1: thirty nothing and go Yeahti was really good, right, So overall,
Speaker 1: I don't think his numbers were that impressive and I
Speaker 1: agree with you there, but he made some big plays
Speaker 1: both with his arm and his legs. Again, you know,
Speaker 1: we we mentioned this last week. This is a guy
Speaker 1: that's you know, averaged against the Dolphins close to sixty
Speaker 1: yards on the ground every time he's faced them, And
Speaker 1: on Sunday last Sunday he had forty yards on the ground.
Speaker 1: But some were you know, designed, They were a quarterback
Speaker 1: sweep for fifteen. I think they tacked on a fifteen
Speaker 1: yard penalty, So basically it was a thirty yard game
Speaker 1: for the Bills. You know, you cut the field almost
Speaker 1: in half there, Um he made some big plays down
Speaker 1: the field, especially in the third quarter coming right out.
Speaker 1: You know, you get twenty two yard to Beasley, a
Speaker 1: thirteen yard to Sanders, then you get another one to Singletary.
Speaker 1: You know, it's just, uh, it's it's something that those
Speaker 1: big plays happened at the wrong time and it spiraled
Speaker 1: on the Dolphins. You get, you know, you get a
Speaker 1: rush for you know, what is it forty six yards
Speaker 1: of second play of the game. But that's not on
Speaker 1: Josh Allen. But it was the big plays. You know,
Speaker 1: he finds the way to to mask some deficiencies when
Speaker 1: the Buffalo offense isn't going well, use his legs to
Speaker 1: kind of spark those big plays down the field. You know,
Speaker 1: and I disregard you know that last one. I think
Speaker 1: it was forty plush yards two digs because the game
Speaker 1: was in hand there. But I thought the Dolphin defense
Speaker 1: did enough. But it was the big plays really, uh
Speaker 1: that hurt him, especially in that third quarter. So you're
Speaker 1: hoping that it's a four quarter game on the other
Speaker 1: side of the football, trying to keeping a raider offense
Speaker 1: that lives with those plays to Waller into rugs. Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, you get those checkdowns the Kenyan Drake, so
Speaker 1: you've gotta be aware of Hunter Renfro. There's some guys
Speaker 1: that can make some big plays on that offense. So
Speaker 1: those are the things I would look for to try
Speaker 1: to carry over the good stuff from the Buffalo game,
Speaker 1: but eliminate that explosive play that you're giving up on
Speaker 1: a on a more regular basis. Yeah, something that defense
Speaker 1: was really good at last year was limiting the big plays.
Speaker 1: And you know, coach Jerrell Alexander talks all the time
Speaker 1: about how big plays come to the secondary and that's
Speaker 1: one of the strongest units on this football team. So
Speaker 1: hopefully a bounce back day for everybody involved and a victory,
Speaker 1: because again, winning will cure a lot of issues around
Speaker 1: here as far as how people are a little bit
Speaker 1: upset this week on social media and the like, and
Speaker 1: I'll blame them. It's been a tough week here in
Speaker 1: Dolphins Land. Last question before the mailback here John, the
Speaker 1: Dolphins win this game, if go ahead, I think they
Speaker 1: need to stay ahead of the chains. I think you
Speaker 1: know you get a quarterback now it's making his first start,
Speaker 1: hasn't played a full game in a while, although he
Speaker 1: played a lot last week against Buffalo. I think you
Speaker 1: need to win on first and second down. Stay out
Speaker 1: of that second and third and long because that's when
Speaker 1: you start losing field position. And we saw this last week.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins had excellent field position in that game, got
Speaker 1: zero points out of it after an X interception. And
Speaker 1: and and you take over at the forty two, you
Speaker 1: get chances in the end zone, you can get chances
Speaker 1: inside the tent, and you comp the football up. So
Speaker 1: I think you gotta win early downs because that's gonna
Speaker 1: lead to field position advantage over the long run of
Speaker 1: four quarters. It's going to make it easier on Jacoby,
Speaker 1: I think. I think secondly, much like the Dolphin defense
Speaker 1: did against New England, you have to the Raiders kick
Speaker 1: field goals. Although they have an excellent field goal kicker,
Speaker 1: I'd rather see them attempt field goals than letting car
Speaker 1: find Waller for an explosive play or target rugs uh
Speaker 1: and an explosive play in the red zone or remfro
Speaker 1: or you know, like I said, you know, Kenyan's caught
Speaker 1: a lot of balls over two weeks out of the backfield,
Speaker 1: So make them kick field goals. Be stingy, you know,
Speaker 1: in between the twenties. Let them have their you know
Speaker 1: whatever they're gonna earn. But when you get backed up,
Speaker 1: make them kick field goals because that's how you're gonna
Speaker 1: stay and potentially win the game. And lastly, it's the
Speaker 1: line of scrimmage. Control it. You don't have to win
Speaker 1: it this week, but you need to be better than
Speaker 1: last week because we can see how the dominoes fall
Speaker 1: when you don't win up front on both sides of
Speaker 1: the football. You let an early run go on defense
Speaker 1: for forty six yards on the two play drive and
Speaker 1: you're down seven nothing. You didn't win. You didn't win
Speaker 1: at the point of attack, and you didn't win at
Speaker 1: the second level. So on offense, you cut guys looser
Speaker 1: in that game, you lose your quarterback on the second series.
Speaker 1: You don't you misidentify something up front. So you have
Speaker 1: to win the line the scrimmage in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: but you gotta You don't have to win it all
Speaker 1: the time, you know, necessarily, but you need to control it.
Speaker 1: You can't lose it the way they did against Buffalo.
Speaker 1: He is John Conjemmy here on the Drive Time podcast. John,
Speaker 1: can you stick around for a couple of male bad
Speaker 1: questions for us. Sure, all right, let's get into that.
Speaker 1: I think we got four here for you. I want
Speaker 1: to dive into. Let's go to this one first from
Speaker 1: Gavin Stevens. He's at gav Gavy, the gunner, A great name,
Speaker 1: that is. This kind of goes back to what you
Speaker 1: just said about the trench play. Was the Buffalo defensive
Speaker 1: line that much superior to the New England line? And
Speaker 1: I'm sure he's referring to the fact that in New
Speaker 1: England there wasn't as many pressures in sacks, but like
Speaker 1: you mentioned, against Buffalo, there were, So he wants to
Speaker 1: just know about the difference between the Buffalo defensive line
Speaker 1: and the Patriots d line. Maybe it's more schematic, right,
Speaker 1: John Well. I think it had a lot more to
Speaker 1: do with the Miami Dolphins than it did New England
Speaker 1: or Buffalo in both of those games. Now, not taking
Speaker 1: anything away from those defenses, because they can get after
Speaker 1: you on the edge, but I think it got out
Speaker 1: of hand quickly and it looked like, you know, a
Speaker 1: little bit of confusion. I think it was an identification
Speaker 1: problem with quarterback and offensive line and running back. I
Speaker 1: think at times all three guys or all three segments
Speaker 1: of your offense missed and it made it look worse
Speaker 1: than it should have been. Uh, you lit a free
Speaker 1: blitzer go. Now, is that the quarterback's fault? Is that
Speaker 1: the running back going inside instead of to the edge
Speaker 1: of the of the tackle or is that just an
Speaker 1: identification uh mishap where you let a guy go and
Speaker 1: you thought you had him blocked. So I think there
Speaker 1: was a lot of dominoes that led to UH sacks
Speaker 1: and quarterback hits and negative runs and let cutting guys
Speaker 1: free at the line of scrimmage in the Buffalo game.
Speaker 1: And I'm sure that Brian flores is in the coaching
Speaker 1: staff on the offensive side are gonna take care of
Speaker 1: that moving from we two to Week three, because it
Speaker 1: was more about the Miami Dolphins, I believe um having
Speaker 1: some some lapses in judgment, having some misidentification problems, and
Speaker 1: having just some physical airs uh than it was the
Speaker 1: Buffalo Bills. That's a great prelude into question number two here,
Speaker 1: because you know two games into the season, obviously every
Speaker 1: single week in the NFL is going to have UM,
Speaker 1: I don't want to say knee jerk reactions, but just
Speaker 1: every every game comes with a lot of you know, scrutiny.
Speaker 1: That's how it is in today's league. And uh, I
Speaker 1: want to preach patients, but I want to hear your
Speaker 1: take on this. A question from Ken Are he's at
Speaker 1: Krickster on Twitter. He says, game one seventeen points, Game two,
Speaker 1: no points. Is this two headed offensive coordinator gig working
Speaker 1: for Miami? Well, I don't, I don't know. I would
Speaker 1: put it on the coordinators. I think you know, they've
Speaker 1: put in game plans and it's more about execution. It's
Speaker 1: more about the guys on the field. And I don't
Speaker 1: think right now you can point the finger at the
Speaker 1: co coordinators, because those guys are preparing, uh, these guys
Speaker 1: to go out and play, and it's up to the
Speaker 1: players to go out and execute. And I haven't seen, um,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen this offense really execute to the level
Speaker 1: that I believe they can get to. Let's let's put
Speaker 1: it that way. So I think, you know, as much
Speaker 1: as we were talking about earlier in the podcast about
Speaker 1: you know, a week too bad loss or a week
Speaker 1: too great win, how it kind of gets lost in
Speaker 1: the shuffle, I'd like to see a little bit more
Speaker 1: proof of what this offense can do, or a little
Speaker 1: bit more opportunity for what this offense can do. Say
Speaker 1: after a quarter of the season is done, now we
Speaker 1: can evaluate, say, you know what, we're not getting the
Speaker 1: ball to X enough, We're not getting the ball to
Speaker 1: this guy enough, We're not doing these things that other
Speaker 1: teams I see do with regularity. I think we can
Speaker 1: make those judgments a little bit further into the season
Speaker 1: than we are now. Yeah, certainly a small sample size.
Speaker 1: I keep going back to the line Peyton broadcast when
Speaker 1: Peyton Manning said that for him in a new system,
Speaker 1: it wasn't until year or two that he felt completely
Speaker 1: comfortable to be able to get to his backside reads
Speaker 1: on reads two, three, and four in his progressions. So,
Speaker 1: I mean that might be a little bit too long
Speaker 1: of a timeline, but I think give it more than
Speaker 1: just two games before you really start to make your
Speaker 1: final conclusions here, especially in a brand new system with
Speaker 1: a brand new skill set and a quarterback and his
Speaker 1: really still kind of one B type rookie season here
Speaker 1: like a two A tuggle by LOOA next question from
Speaker 1: Paul McGuire, You mentioned getting guys more involved at Paul
Speaker 1: con McGuire asks, how can the Dolphins get Mike go
Speaker 1: Sicky more involved in the passing game. I think it's easy.
Speaker 1: I think you have to dial up some stuff from Mike.
Speaker 1: We saw in the second half of that game against
Speaker 1: Buffalo the middle of the field wide open, and why
Speaker 1: not take advantage of your big tight end. You know,
Speaker 1: I would try to get the football to him. I'd
Speaker 1: want to target him at least five or six times
Speaker 1: a game because what he can do is control the
Speaker 1: middle of the field. You can move them around, obviously,
Speaker 1: you like the one on one Matt chops in the
Speaker 1: red zone on the outside or that inside Faith that's great,
Speaker 1: But in the in the middle of the field, when
Speaker 1: you complete a couple of passes there, it brings the
Speaker 1: safeties in. And what does that do. It's gonna open
Speaker 1: up DeVante Parker. It's gonna give you know, Waddle a
Speaker 1: little bit more room on the outside. It's gonna give
Speaker 1: Williams a little bit more room. Fuller comes into the offense.
Speaker 1: What does that do. Maybe he's the guy that, in
Speaker 1: conjunction with Kasuki, that controls that middle of the field.
Speaker 1: So I think you've got to find the tight ends
Speaker 1: a little bit more. In the offense. The easiest throw
Speaker 1: for a quarterback is right down the shoot, and when
Speaker 1: you have a target like that going down, you just
Speaker 1: need to get it close. I mean, Darren Waller is
Speaker 1: a great example of the way that the offense doesn't float.
Speaker 1: I guess you know through him, but you have to
Speaker 1: know where he is on every staff and I think
Speaker 1: that I don't think the Dolphins are at that point
Speaker 1: with the tight end position, but I certainly would like
Speaker 1: to error in that direction. I'd like to see more
Speaker 1: of a percentage go through the tight end than it
Speaker 1: is right now. Yeah, like to usaid after the Atlanta
Speaker 1: preseason game, he was asked about Mike A Sick and
Speaker 1: he said, he gets open. That's what he does. Mike
Speaker 1: Sick gets open a lot. Very good player. One more
Speaker 1: question here, and I'm glad we have you for these
Speaker 1: mail bad questions. The fans put some great questions out
Speaker 1: there to us, and I'm glad to have your expertise here.
Speaker 1: John Finns fan josh at J C. Thomas fifty nine
Speaker 1: wants to know does this regime put too much emphasis
Speaker 1: on positional versatility? He asks, what is the value to
Speaker 1: playing four positions? Average compared to playing one position very well. Um,
Speaker 1: I think the more you can do is always better,
Speaker 1: not only for the player but for the team because
Speaker 1: you never know when an injury is gonna come up.
Speaker 1: You never know when you know a guy's gonna have
Speaker 1: to miss two series in a game and you're in
Speaker 1: a pinch and you're on a roll, and you don't
Speaker 1: want to really make three or four position changes when
Speaker 1: you can make one, uh and have a guy, you
Speaker 1: know kind of like kick outside to a defensive end
Speaker 1: if he's playing defensive tackle, or a linebacker or a
Speaker 1: nickel going to corner. I I just think it really
Speaker 1: helps you out on defense on offense when a guy
Speaker 1: can play inside and outside as a receiver on the
Speaker 1: offensive line. We're gonna see this week there might be
Speaker 1: some you know, obviously everybody's talking about change. There might
Speaker 1: be some big changes there. Who knows, But whatever happens,
Speaker 1: you've gotta have guys that can play multiple positions. Because
Speaker 1: this is in college football. You know, you don't have
Speaker 1: ninety guys that are dressed and guys coming in and out.
Speaker 1: So you've got to be able to play guard, tackle,
Speaker 1: you've gotta be able to play right side, left side,
Speaker 1: if you're an offensive lineman on the flip side, you
Speaker 1: have to be able to play maybe a three technique
Speaker 1: and maybe kick outside to a five or or an
Speaker 1: inside or an outside linebacker. Same thing in secondary. We've
Speaker 1: seen our guys kick from nickel to corner when you
Speaker 1: had an injury for a series or two or a
Speaker 1: week or two. So I think that's an advantage. And
Speaker 1: I think that Miami's coaching staff looks for that skill
Speaker 1: set because they coached to that and they prepare for that,
Speaker 1: and I think that's that's a bonus. When you have
Speaker 1: a team that not only you can play your core position,
Speaker 1: but you have the flexibility to play other positions. It
Speaker 1: just limits your roster turnover and it limits, uh, it
Speaker 1: expands what you can do as a team when you
Speaker 1: sign you know that onto that final fifty three, very
Speaker 1: very well said. John. Couldn't have said I better myself,
Speaker 1: and you have said it all on this podcast. Once again,
Speaker 1: John con Jemmy, we appreciate your time. Once again, Sarah.
Speaker 1: We'll see you next week for the Don Shula game
Speaker 1: or whatever we're gonna call that the Don Shulas celebration
Speaker 1: against the Colts. And I can't wait to get back
Speaker 1: out there and see you back at Hard Rocks. Any
Speaker 1: of my friend, thank you again for your time, John,
Speaker 1: appreciate it, you got it. Looking forward to it. Travis,
Speaker 1: let's go ahead and get to some more male bad questions.
Speaker 1: These for just me individually, and this one comes from
Speaker 1: Patrick Perkins at Patty Perk on Twitter. Travis, we've seen
Speaker 1: teams in the past win games when losing their starting quarterback.
Speaker 1: What about this team gives you hope that they can
Speaker 1: also find success well? Thinking about the backup quarterback situation
Speaker 1: and how teams have games in those situations in the past,
Speaker 1: I'm always reminded of the ewing theory, which I think
Speaker 1: it was a Bill Simmons thing awhile Bill Simmons thing
Speaker 1: awhile ago, where he would say that when you were
Speaker 1: down your your top player or one of the most
Speaker 1: important players on your team, that the absence of that
Speaker 1: player rose the ability of the rest of the roster.
Speaker 1: And I'm not saying that's the case here, but I
Speaker 1: think Miami has the mental makeup to say, Hey, if
Speaker 1: we're down to oh, we're gonna have to make more
Speaker 1: plays in this area or you know, we can elevate
Speaker 1: our game this way, or just maybe you get that
Speaker 1: extra block or that extra run or that extra fingertip
Speaker 1: catch that you wouldn't have seen otherwise. But also, and
Speaker 1: that's kind of, you know, just being speculative, but I
Speaker 1: think where you can really hone in on actual tangible
Speaker 1: things is the way the Dolphins have won games since
Speaker 1: Brian Flores got here, and that's with the attention to
Speaker 1: detail in so many small areas of the game that
Speaker 1: just that add up to victories and winning. Coaches do
Speaker 1: these things over and over and over again, and I
Speaker 1: think it's still continues to be lost on the casual observer,
Speaker 1: whether it's adjusting your game plan for a specific opponent,
Speaker 1: like you know, not just saying this is what we do.
Speaker 1: Try to beat it, try to beat us at our best,
Speaker 1: and that's what we're gonna do. Like you adjust to
Speaker 1: the to the opponent you're facing and you attack their vulnerabilities.
Speaker 1: We saw some of that last week with the Bills
Speaker 1: and Sean McDermott, and also penalty yardage the kicking game,
Speaker 1: you know, like if you get a penalty on the
Speaker 1: kickoff or the the the ensuing kickoff after a touchdown,
Speaker 1: where they have a penalty, you chip it up at
Speaker 1: the goal line and try to pin them into the
Speaker 1: fifteen yard line. Things like that that this Dolphins team
Speaker 1: has done so well for the past two plus years.
Speaker 1: I think that's what gives Miami and advantage in most
Speaker 1: games they play, and you especially want to see that
Speaker 1: when you're down a key starter like a two A
Speaker 1: tugo by loa. Next question from Dixon Tam at Dixon
Speaker 1: Tam on Twitter. Would you rather eat a Cuban sandwich
Speaker 1: or clam chowder and a bowl made of sour dough?
Speaker 1: Bread Man? Those are both really good choices, But what
Speaker 1: kind of South lawidium would I be if I didn't
Speaker 1: choose the Cuban sandwich. I've only had a couple of
Speaker 1: human sandwiches, but they've all been really, really good, So
Speaker 1: giving the Cuban quick old story for you guys. One
Speaker 1: of the first times I was down here was back
Speaker 1: in when I was with Locked on Dolphins and I
Speaker 1: was covering the Bills and Patriots back to back home
Speaker 1: games here, the Patriots game, of course, being the Miami Miracle,
Speaker 1: and I went to what I thought was what I
Speaker 1: found as an authentic Cuban restaurant and me and Jason
Speaker 1: Harina formally of locked on Dolphins as well. I go
Speaker 1: to order or whatever I ordered, and it it just,
Speaker 1: I don't know. I was unsure about it. And then
Speaker 1: I saw the person next to me get something that
Speaker 1: looked really good, and I was like, hey, can I
Speaker 1: actually cancel my order? And this is like one minute
Speaker 1: after I placed the original order. Can I cancel that
Speaker 1: and get what he's got? And they brought out both
Speaker 1: dishes and I was like, no, no no, no, I just
Speaker 1: wanted the one, and they were like, shrug, tough, you know,
Speaker 1: tough s, so to speak. And so I wound up
Speaker 1: paying for both and eight the other one later. But
Speaker 1: a fun Cuban sandwich experience there in that restaurant. I
Speaker 1: can't remember the name of it, but it was very,
Speaker 1: very delicious. So a long winded way of saying, give
Speaker 1: me the Cuban sandwich. Next question here from Andy Lawson
Speaker 1: at sir Andy Lawson on Twitter. He says to us,
Speaker 1: injuries are piling up, and you can't say it's the
Speaker 1: offensive lines fault. It's football. He's going to get hit.
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill took a lot of hits and almost always
Speaker 1: got back up. At what point do you look for
Speaker 1: a plan B? And what is plan B? Well, the
Speaker 1: reason I want to address this question is you mentioned
Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, and I think that's a great comparison right there,
Speaker 1: because in football, guys are like durable and healthy and
Speaker 1: reliable until they're not. And that's what Tannehill was for
Speaker 1: a long time, right He would, you know, take that punishment,
Speaker 1: take that abuse, and get hit and get back up,
Speaker 1: and then one kind of wonky play winds up wiping
Speaker 1: out a year plus of his career here with Miami.
Speaker 1: Then he gets the shoulder injury where he gets hit
Speaker 1: awkwardly and that takes him out of what was it
Speaker 1: five or six ball games back, he had an ankle
Speaker 1: injury that took him out of the Miami Miracle game.
Speaker 1: He had to come back from that, but he was
Speaker 1: really slow and hobbled by that. So, like you go
Speaker 1: from not missing a game in five years to three
Speaker 1: injuries in a twelve months span, does that mean your
Speaker 1: injury prone or does it mean that you were hit
Speaker 1: in a certain way that was relatively flukey. Like we're
Speaker 1: not talking about soft tissue issues here, We're talking about
Speaker 1: a two hundred and sixty five pound defensive end, unobated
Speaker 1: to the quarterback pile, driving two into the ground, landing
Speaker 1: on his ribs and breaking his ribs, like that's gonna happen.
Speaker 1: I just I don't see it that way. I think
Speaker 1: that players are injuries happen, and you know, flukey things happen,
Speaker 1: and this instance happened to be one of those things
Speaker 1: where it's not flukey because like you said, you're gonna
Speaker 1: get hit. But to have that happened, I don't know
Speaker 1: too many human bodies that could withstand being driven into
Speaker 1: the turf with a two dred and sixty five pound guys.
Speaker 1: So my plan B is two a tongue by Lower
Speaker 1: to support him, to continue to build around him, and
Speaker 1: to uh continue to develop him because he's only is it,
Speaker 1: eleven games into his NFL career right now. I want
Speaker 1: to develop that and see what we have into a
Speaker 1: tongue by Low because I think that when you do
Speaker 1: get to that ultimate developmental stage or the final stages
Speaker 1: of that development from what you think he could be,
Speaker 1: I think you have a damn good prospect here. You're
Speaker 1: in your hands. What else do we have? I'm seeing
Speaker 1: a lot of draft questions, And you know, that was
Speaker 1: fun for me and twenty nine team. We started this
Speaker 1: whole thing, and it was kind of fun to look
Speaker 1: ahead to the draft because it was going to be
Speaker 1: a big thing for us that year with all the
Speaker 1: picks and everything. But man, we're two games into a
Speaker 1: season where this team has a lot of good players,
Speaker 1: a lot of talent, and a lot of good coaches.
Speaker 1: I'd rather see the season through first before you really
Speaker 1: get to that. So let's just go ahead and pass
Speaker 1: on the draft questions. We'll come back to that in
Speaker 1: December and January and so forth and so on. Next
Speaker 1: question here from Simon at Simon w O two. Hi, Travis,
Speaker 1: I'd like your thoughts on the positive negatives regarding dual
Speaker 1: offensive coordinators and truth be told, Simon, I really don't
Speaker 1: think you can evaluate that without having a real intimate
Speaker 1: knowledge of responsibilities and decisions and and all that stuff,
Speaker 1: And so for any of us to really come in
Speaker 1: with an opinions kind of speculative guesswork. Now, what I
Speaker 1: will say is that there's a wealth of experience and
Speaker 1: knowledge and different backgrounds with on the coach, within this
Speaker 1: coaching staff, and that allows for what Brian Flores wants
Speaker 1: to execute in a collaboration, to get as many good
Speaker 1: ideas out there and to be comfortable to suggest those
Speaker 1: ideas and to be able to comfortably reject those ideas
Speaker 1: as you see fit. So I just I don't really
Speaker 1: think that there's like a distinct downside to it. I
Speaker 1: just think it's all about trusting and delegating your staff
Speaker 1: and put these guys in position to do their job
Speaker 1: and trust them to do their jobs. That's the positive
Speaker 1: to me. And again the downside, like, I'm just not
Speaker 1: of the mind that it's like a bad thing because
Speaker 1: it's unique to the NFL, Like there's a bunch of
Speaker 1: college teams that have dual coordinators and it's happened in
Speaker 1: the pros before as well. I've always been of the
Speaker 1: mind that the more good minds you have on a project,
Speaker 1: the better off you're going to be. So if that's
Speaker 1: if that's two guys, if it's three guys, if it's
Speaker 1: four guys, if it's the entire offensive staff collaborating, I'm
Speaker 1: good with that. So I hope that answers your question
Speaker 1: well enough, there, Simon. Next one here from Octavio Mendez
Speaker 1: l at Octo eighty four on Twitter. Could you explain
Speaker 1: in the r p O when you hand off I
Speaker 1: understand that when the linebacker commits, you go for the
Speaker 1: past behind, but what if the past behind is covered
Speaker 1: by the safety like with Buffalo last week, you have
Speaker 1: to wait for a second window or should you have
Speaker 1: handed it off. Yeah, that's kind of the the difficulty
Speaker 1: with the RPO and why you probably don't make it
Speaker 1: your like base offense that you go to over and
Speaker 1: over again. It's more of a good complementary skill set
Speaker 1: to what you do, and it also can feature plenty
Speaker 1: of motion and jet sweeps, and you can build a
Speaker 1: lot of stuff off the r p O games. So
Speaker 1: when that happens, honestly, your best your best idea is
Speaker 1: just to throw the football away because, like you mentioned,
Speaker 1: if the first reads taken away and the running reads
Speaker 1: taken away. There are instances in this league, and it
Speaker 1: happens all the time where you have to acknowledge that
Speaker 1: the other side of the football gets paid as well,
Speaker 1: and they can win plays as well, and sometimes you
Speaker 1: have to tip your cap and say defense won that play.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and put this thing in the dirt
Speaker 1: and come back and try to get him on the
Speaker 1: next play, and sometimes it's the next series. Like patience
Speaker 1: is definitely a thing in this league, and sometimes your
Speaker 1: play caller gets beat and that's you know, that happens
Speaker 1: for us too as far as our offense beating the
Speaker 1: defenses play calls. So it it's not a perfect situation
Speaker 1: in any type of offense. But like you talked about,
Speaker 1: there after the initial read is gone and after the
Speaker 1: of of the handoff, the zone read run for the
Speaker 1: quarterback the keeper, and then the first passing lanes gone.
Speaker 1: If you don't have a quick snap second read like
Speaker 1: probably the same side of the field, like a slant
Speaker 1: flat and we've had that before. If you don't have
Speaker 1: that available, your best option, more often than not, is
Speaker 1: going to be to go ahead and ground that thing
Speaker 1: or throw it away and get the hell out of there.
Speaker 1: So great question, OCTV. I hope that answers your question. Well,
Speaker 1: let's go to Adam Ethridge here at Cold Ghetto on Twitter.
Speaker 1: What's the best non sports documentary film or series you've
Speaker 1: ever seen? I'm saying The Jinks, the Life and Deaths
Speaker 1: of Robert Durst. If you haven't seen it, don't read
Speaker 1: about it first. I have seen that it's fantastic, and
Speaker 1: you know, this is one of those questions on the
Speaker 1: spot where I wish I had a little bit of
Speaker 1: time to go look at it, and I guess I could,
Speaker 1: but off the top of my head, there was a
Speaker 1: documentary on I think it was Netflix a few years
Speaker 1: back called The impost and there was a kid that
Speaker 1: had gone missing in the state of Texas and his
Speaker 1: family was looking for him for like years and didn't
Speaker 1: find him, obviously, and then a couple years after the fact,
Speaker 1: there was this this guy who was wasn't even a kid,
Speaker 1: he was like an adult from Europe and I don't
Speaker 1: remember what country, but he came over and he like said,
Speaker 1: I'm your missing son, I'm your child, and they took
Speaker 1: him in and he lived with them for like years.
Speaker 1: It was a crazy documentary. Check it out with The impostor.
Speaker 1: I believe it was on Netflix. I'm not sure if
Speaker 1: it's still on there, but that's one of my favorites
Speaker 1: of all time. Also loved Exit Through the Gift Shop
Speaker 1: was a documentary on Banksie around that same time, as well,
Speaker 1: also on Netflix. Check that out. HBO has got tons
Speaker 1: of them to like the recent uh Into the storm
Speaker 1: or the Q documentary was really informative and interesting as well.
Speaker 1: You mentioned non sports, but I have to put this
Speaker 1: one in there because I watched it recently. But the
Speaker 1: untold crime and penalties, the about the uh, the was it?
Speaker 1: The dearborn trash ers, the hockey team, I forget the
Speaker 1: name of the city, but the trashing hockey, the trasher's
Speaker 1: hockey team where the seventeen year old kid was the GM.
Speaker 1: That's like one of the most amazing stories of all time.
Speaker 1: So go check that out if you have not seen it.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish up here with Hassan Patel.
Speaker 1: He asks, let's get your handle. I'm trying to load
Speaker 1: your page page here, Hassan. We're gonna find it one second.
Speaker 1: And wouldn't you know what he's at Hassan Patel on Twitter.
Speaker 1: I love when you guys do that. Top five Curb
Speaker 1: your Enthusiasm episodes. That's impossible, sir Um. I've rewatched a
Speaker 1: lot of the recent seasons, way more than the older ones,
Speaker 1: like because they came back after a long, a long layoff.
Speaker 1: I loved Palestini. The Palestine Chicken wasn't called. That episode
Speaker 1: was fantastic, but more recently speaking, Um, the car pool
Speaker 1: one was great back in the day as well, but
Speaker 1: more recently speaking, the Jets Killed Carl episode is the
Speaker 1: very best one. Like the reference to him waking up
Speaker 1: in the middle of night screaming Watson, or the freak
Speaker 1: out when he sees that Levy on Bell was injured
Speaker 1: on his phone at lunch like that episode and they say, hey,
Speaker 1: it's just a game. It's just a game. Says it's
Speaker 1: not just a game. Football is not just a game,
Speaker 1: like I felt that in Carl obviously for the Dolphins
Speaker 1: off the Jets. But that's my top episode. That's only three,
Speaker 1: but I think it's good enough. Let's go ahead and
Speaker 1: close up. The mailbag will come back and get some
Speaker 1: more answers, some more football related question answers on the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins dot com mailbag piece coming out on either
Speaker 1: Friday or Saturday. I'll check back on that and let
Speaker 1: you guys know on Twitter. Oh real quick, almost forgot.
Speaker 1: We have some reviews on Apple podcast. As I told
Speaker 1: you guys, a five star rating will get you your question.
Speaker 1: Read here on the Apple reviews. This one from JP Mane.
Speaker 1: I love your show. You have a great balance of
Speaker 1: mix and fandom and analytics when discussing the Fins, I've
Speaker 1: learned a lot just from listening. Thank you very much, AP.
Speaker 1: That's exactly what we're going for. My question to you
Speaker 1: is this, the Dolphins have built this team with one
Speaker 1: of the main player attributes being flexibility. I think initially
Speaker 1: fans and even those in the media didn't understand the
Speaker 1: concept of two offensive coordinators. I think this to OC
Speaker 1: concept gives the Dolphins the same flexibility when it comes
Speaker 1: to game planning for all the different style teams they
Speaker 1: will face. Example, how the game plan against and player
Speaker 1: usage will differ against New England and then the Buffalo
Speaker 1: based on obvious to this is between them, would you agree? Yeah,
Speaker 1: that was kind of the earlier question I answered with
Speaker 1: regards to the collaboration like that just gives you more
Speaker 1: knowledge and more background, Like we covered this in the
Speaker 1: podcast over the offseason. You know Charlie Fries a good example.
Speaker 1: He was with the Central Michigan Chippewas a year ago
Speaker 1: and they ran a run heavy type of RPO offense.
Speaker 1: And you see some of that action here coming into
Speaker 1: the NFL, not just in Miami but across the league.
Speaker 1: Or George Godse's time and these heavy two tight end
Speaker 1: packages or some of the concepts they run with him
Speaker 1: in his past stops in Houston and New England, or
Speaker 1: you know Eric Studisville and his contributions in the run
Speaker 1: game and some of the stuff he brought initially back
Speaker 1: in ten his first year and now developing that further
Speaker 1: into So a hundred percent agree. Jp. It's a great point,
Speaker 1: and I talked about it on the podcast. Between the
Speaker 1: Buffalo and New England game, how different those teams were
Speaker 1: and how different the Dolphins approached that prime example of
Speaker 1: just that. Oh we got a one star one here.
Speaker 1: This is from Dolphin Ray. What's up? Ray? Good to
Speaker 1: see it right and back again here man, you've a
Speaker 1: He's written a few of these one star reviews. So
Speaker 1: I'm glad that we're still having you on the podcast.
Speaker 1: Hope you're enjoying it. Travis Mailbag. They gave up thirty five,
Speaker 1: he says, But the defense played well, Okay dude, Um,
Speaker 1: Well yeah, I didn't say they played well. I said
Speaker 1: that I thought there were some moments where they really
Speaker 1: showed the ability to to contain Josh Allen more than
Speaker 1: they have in the past. He had less than two
Speaker 1: hundred passing yards that only happened three times all of
Speaker 1: last season, and thirty five points on four team possessions.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's not good, but it's not terrible. It's
Speaker 1: that's a little over what I guess two and a
Speaker 1: half points per possession. You want to be lower than
Speaker 1: two points per possession. So it obviously wasn't good, but
Speaker 1: it wasn't, you know, horrendous that it was more. I
Speaker 1: think the offense is an ability to convert and keep
Speaker 1: the defense off the field. That was uh detrimental to
Speaker 1: the scoreboard, as well as the turnovers there in that game.
Speaker 1: So appreciate you, right and Ray, we'll see your next
Speaker 1: update when it comes in here on the one star
Speaker 1: rating on Apple Podcast. That's it far, Apple Podcast Updates.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and finish this thing up here with
Speaker 1: our NFL picks. But first the college three pack. You
Speaker 1: guys know how it goes. I'm washed up these days,
Speaker 1: so we can't do a six pack, just three a
Speaker 1: pack of games here for you. Number twelve Notre Dame
Speaker 1: goes to number eight teen Wisconsin on Saturday. I'm taking
Speaker 1: Notre Dame and I want to talk about my second
Speaker 1: favorite player in this class among those I have seen
Speaker 1: so far. Cavon Thibodeaux at Organ is number one, and
Speaker 1: number two is safety Kyle Hamilton's from Notre Dame. One
Speaker 1: of my favorite things when you spat a talent and
Speaker 1: you find out he's a freshman in college, then three
Speaker 1: years later he's a top prospect. Now with Hamilton's, that's
Speaker 1: hardly a feather in the cap because he was so
Speaker 1: good from day one. Everybody knew about Kyle Hamilton's. But
Speaker 1: he's probably the most instinctive safety I've seen. And this
Speaker 1: is gonna be a recency bias and over the top
Speaker 1: idea from as as you hear, I'm sure, but since
Speaker 1: Ed Reid like no cap. He's legit side to side, downhill,
Speaker 1: playing the deep post. Did you see his Week one
Speaker 1: pick at Stanford? It was an unreal play. He's on
Speaker 1: the strong side of the formation and the back releases
Speaker 1: into his wheel route on the week side and the
Speaker 1: week backer goes to pick it up. But even still,
Speaker 1: Hamilton's breaks to that route like at the snap and
Speaker 1: just flies over there like King Grifie Jr. Racing down
Speaker 1: a ball in the Rice center field gap with the
Speaker 1: Kingdom back in and he just knew that's where the
Speaker 1: ball was going and got on his horse, got to
Speaker 1: that spot, gets across the entire field, steps in front
Speaker 1: and makes a diving catch with his arms extended and
Speaker 1: catching the back end of the football and tucking it
Speaker 1: him and tapping the toes before he goes out of
Speaker 1: bounds like I'm not kidding. It's one of the greatest
Speaker 1: defensive plays I've seen in my entire life. He is so, so,
Speaker 1: so good. And with the Irish, you normally start on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, but that's how good Hamilton's is. Still,
Speaker 1: They've got another couple of dudes up front, Jared Patterson,
Speaker 1: a potential first round center or slash guard. He could
Speaker 1: play both, I think. But he has that Frank rag
Speaker 1: now Elton Jenkins plug and play makeup at center, pass game, run,
Speaker 1: game leadership communication. He really has it all. Let's keep
Speaker 1: it brief. This wee can go with just three guys.
Speaker 1: I'll give you Isaiah Folksy the defensive end six ft
Speaker 1: five to fifty seven, similar makeup to the ends the
Speaker 1: Dolphins have on the roster here, like an Emmanuel Ogba,
Speaker 1: for instance, he stout against the run, had ten sacks
Speaker 1: a year ago, but that length and Ben Combo Chef's kiss.
Speaker 1: Wisconsin has some dudes to defensive tackle. Keanu Benton is nasty.
Speaker 1: He can line up over the nose and completely disregard
Speaker 1: good big centers. He had a rep in the Big
Speaker 1: Ten Championship game against Josh Myers, who was a day
Speaker 1: to pick last year, where he just deploys the snatch
Speaker 1: slash arm over move and goes right around him for
Speaker 1: a sack on Justin Fields. What a monster. Best interior
Speaker 1: rush prospect going into the season for my money, tight
Speaker 1: end Jake Ferguson has a chance to be the top
Speaker 1: tight end off the board. A good mix of passing
Speaker 1: game and blocking game, good movement skills and technique as
Speaker 1: well at the point of attack. And then back on
Speaker 1: the offensive line, Logan Bruss came back for his senior season,
Speaker 1: has the look of that next Wisconsin offensive lineman. I mean,
Speaker 1: what a game for trench scouting. Notre Dame Wisconsin can't
Speaker 1: get much better than that. When he can play garden tackle,
Speaker 1: some will probably project him inside. What he kind of
Speaker 1: reminds me of Dalton rise In a couple of years
Speaker 1: ago from Kansas State everybody wanted to kick him inside,
Speaker 1: but he's just a damn good right tackle. He can
Speaker 1: get out in space, and he's an asty finisher. Also
Speaker 1: like Dalton Reisner. The other game on my on my
Speaker 1: list here Texas A and M at Arkansas number seven
Speaker 1: verses number sixteen give me Arkansas on the upset at
Speaker 1: home for the biggest win of their program, probably since
Speaker 1: the Darren McFadden Felix Jones days, like like fifteen years ago.
Speaker 1: But speaking of running backs, we're gonna get to the
Speaker 1: other side here with Isaiah Spiller from Texas A and M.
Speaker 1: He's my top back in the country. Strong runner, smooth strider,
Speaker 1: and perhaps even more dynamic in the passing game. Six
Speaker 1: pounds sticks that foot in the ground with an effortless
Speaker 1: change of direction without losing acceleration. He had thirty two
Speaker 1: runs last year of fifteen plush yards running back one
Speaker 1: for sure. I just love his game. He makes tough
Speaker 1: catches like you see from a receiver to like did
Speaker 1: you guys see the Colorado game a few weeks ago.
Speaker 1: He makes a clutch third down reception to keep the
Speaker 1: offense on the field, then comes back and catches a
Speaker 1: wheel at the pile on to win the game. Jordan
Speaker 1: Reed of the Draft Network has a great breakdown of
Speaker 1: his game and he says, the thing that stands out
Speaker 1: is his ability to consistently make defenders miss in that
Speaker 1: third level. And what do I always say about running backs.
Speaker 1: I want to be able to hit home runs, and
Speaker 1: Spiller as a home run hitter. He's also led by
Speaker 1: left guard Kenyan Green, the best I think the best. Well,
Speaker 1: he's playing tackle this year, so maybe he's not an
Speaker 1: interior prospect, but he can play every position on the
Speaker 1: offensive line, powerful athletic, and they moved him from left
Speaker 1: guard to left tackle this season. So just keep an
Speaker 1: eye on fifty five for a and m one of
Speaker 1: the top offensive line prospects in the entire country. And
Speaker 1: then on the defensive line to Marvin Leal pound two gapper,
Speaker 1: intelligence to read and react and get off blocks, strength
Speaker 1: to hold the point. But he can also win with
Speaker 1: speed moves as well, a dynamic defensive lineman. There for
Speaker 1: the Aggies for Arkansas, are they finally back? If you guys,
Speaker 1: to keep an eye on safety. Jalen Catalan has a
Speaker 1: chance to be safety too. Behind Hamilton's range, closing speed,
Speaker 1: instincts that popped, but man, he's a hit or two.
Speaker 1: He comes down and lays the lays the wood. Very
Speaker 1: versatile safety there for the Razorbacks. I also like center
Speaker 1: Ricky Stromberg, control, balanced, lunch pale type of player. I'll
Speaker 1: be curious to see when they kick Leal inside to
Speaker 1: take him on. Then we go out to Lincoln, Nebraska
Speaker 1: for another Big Ten match up here in Michigan State
Speaker 1: at the corn Huskers, and we only have two ranked
Speaker 1: games this week. I wanted to get a good look
Speaker 1: at running back Kenneth Walker. What a load he is
Speaker 1: from Michigan State, the tailback the Hurricane fans are very
Speaker 1: familiar with right now. He can press the hole and
Speaker 1: put defenders in conflict. Great feel and agility and acceleration
Speaker 1: off that jump cut, but also the power to explode
Speaker 1: through arm tackles. Then they have a try hard, long
Speaker 1: defensive end and Drew Beasley. He's a tremendous edge center
Speaker 1: in the running game. I also like center Matt Allen.
Speaker 1: He's one of those guys that's played a million games.
Speaker 1: First party, great anchor, rare length for a center, and
Speaker 1: the level of toughness you love at that position and
Speaker 1: for the Huskers. Cornerback Cam Taylor Brick can play a
Speaker 1: little bit of everything. He's an inside star position and safety, cornerback,
Speaker 1: special teams return guy, competitive as hell for the corn Huskers.
Speaker 1: And then a couple more names I'm not really familiar
Speaker 1: with but I want to watch in that game, Linebacker
Speaker 1: Joe Joe Dolman and tight end Austin Allen. Let's finish
Speaker 1: up here with the NFL picks this week, we were
Speaker 1: twelve and fourteen a week could go. Let's go baby
Speaker 1: one and eleven on the season, and we missed it
Speaker 1: on the Thursday podcast. And if you have my word here,
Speaker 1: this was recorded on Thursday afternoon. It's actually twelve forty
Speaker 1: nine out here in the East when I recorded this
Speaker 1: podcast before the kickoff of Thursday Night Football. And I'm
Speaker 1: kind of glad this is the week I forgot to
Speaker 1: do it, because this game, as far as picks go,
Speaker 1: from the general consensus, is pretty much a consensus, which
Speaker 1: of course is always in the NFL zags right when
Speaker 1: everybody zigs NFL zaggs. But recording this on a Thursday afternoon,
Speaker 1: publishing Friday morning, I'm sure Davis Mills probably through for
Speaker 1: five yards and six touchdown passes and this will have
Speaker 1: age poorly. But give me Carolina take it off to
Speaker 1: the three and no start this year and you're number
Speaker 1: two under Matt rule. Titans and Colts. Uncertainty at the
Speaker 1: quarterback position for the Colts and what is usually a
Speaker 1: close game, So that to me tips the scales to
Speaker 1: the Titans for Tannehill and Henry and those boys. Give
Speaker 1: me the Tennessee Titans in that game. Falcons and Giants.
Speaker 1: Falcons get their first win and do it on the
Speaker 1: road against the Giants, who are both these teams oh
Speaker 1: and too got to get a dub on both sides.
Speaker 1: I'll take the Falcons. Chargers at Chiefs, remember the rule,
Speaker 1: always take the Chiefs. Play and simple. Cincinnati and Pittsburgh.
Speaker 1: Pittsburgh at home, revenge game for that game last year
Speaker 1: and Ryan Finley got them on Monday Night football. Gave
Speaker 1: me the Steelers, Chicago and Cleveland. Justin Fields makes his
Speaker 1: first start. But give me the Browns. I think they're
Speaker 1: about to get cranking here with that loaded roster, good
Speaker 1: coaching staff, and even with the banged up Baker Mayfield.
Speaker 1: I'm stoked to see Fields get his first start. But
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna take some time for him to
Speaker 1: really hit his stride and blossom into all that talent
Speaker 1: we see that he has at that quarterback position. Baltimore
Speaker 1: and Detroit needs a lot for me to go against Lamar.
Speaker 1: That's not gonna happen this week. Give me the Ravens,
Speaker 1: New Orleans and New England. Give me Winston and the
Speaker 1: Saints for a bounce back victory after a tough game
Speaker 1: last week. I like the New Orleans defense and put
Speaker 1: the clamps on the Patriots and when a tight game
Speaker 1: similar to the one we saw with the Dolphins and
Speaker 1: Patriots a couple of weeks ago, Arizona and Jacksonville. Kyler
Speaker 1: is going to contend for the m v P this year.
Speaker 1: One of the funnest players to watch in the league.
Speaker 1: Give me the Cardinals, Washington and Buffalo. I really wanted
Speaker 1: to see Fitzpatrick this year do his thing, but he's
Speaker 1: obviously still down. Give me John Allen and the Bills
Speaker 1: at home. Jets at Broncos. Broncos get off to a
Speaker 1: three and oh start. Give me the the home side
Speaker 1: there Miami and Las Vegas. Give me the Dolphins, Seahawks
Speaker 1: and Vikings. Seahawks. I like him to bounce back off
Speaker 1: a tough loss here. I guess the same could be
Speaker 1: said about the Vikings, who are in inspiration boat also
Speaker 1: at O and two. But in a tight game, I'm
Speaker 1: taking Russ and the Seahawks, and we go back out
Speaker 1: west for Tampa in Los Angeles, the game of the week.
Speaker 1: I'll take the Rams over the defending Super Bowl champions.
Speaker 1: I think this is an NFC Championship game preview, and
Speaker 1: I'll take the home team. And then Sunday Night football
Speaker 1: Green Bays in San Francisco. I got Aaron Rodgers staying hot.
Speaker 1: Give me the Pack on the road. And then Philly
Speaker 1: is at Dallas for Monday Night football. I will take
Speaker 1: Dak Prescott. He's playing unconscious right now. Give me the
Speaker 1: Cowboys big and that one. All right, that's gonna be
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