WEBVTT - Drive Time - Recapping Dolphins 43-17 Blowout Win Over San Francisco 0:00:00.280 --> 0:00:07.960 Practice, Alphins factors touchdown. What a win for this Miami 0:00:08.000 --> 0:00:13.920 Dolphin team. Wow? What is up? Dolphins? And welcome to 0:00:14.040 --> 0:00:17.800 the Drive Time Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins official 0:00:17.840 --> 0:00:22.520 podcast network, covering your Miami Dolphins each and every day. 0:00:22.640 --> 0:00:25.320 How the hell is it going everybody? It is Sunday night. 0:00:25.520 --> 0:00:28.160 I am your host, Travis Wingfield, and I am here 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:31.680 to bring you your daily dose of Miami Dolphins football. 0:00:31.680 --> 0:00:36.080 And on today's show, we have got a Miami Dolphins twin. 0:00:37.200 --> 0:00:40.320 That's right, it is victory Sunday slash Monday. Here on 0:00:40.360 --> 0:00:45.640 the Drive Time Podcast, we're gonna recap Dolphins forty Niners seventeen, 0:00:45.800 --> 0:00:49.360 a massive blowout victory, a route of the forty Niners 0:00:49.400 --> 0:00:51.880 here on the road, plenty of history made in this game, 0:00:51.920 --> 0:00:54.760 both individually and from the Dolphins team. We'll get into 0:00:54.800 --> 0:00:57.920 the stats, the individual performances. I'll get you my five 0:00:57.920 --> 0:01:00.960 takeaways from the game, and we'll hear from John con Jemmy. 0:01:01.200 --> 0:01:04.640 A busy, busy show here on this Sunday, October the 0:01:04.640 --> 0:01:12.760 eleventh Victory edition of the Drivetime podcasts. And support from 0:01:12.840 --> 0:01:15.720 Drive Time comes from Auto Nation. There are so many 0:01:15.760 --> 0:01:18.720 reasons to drive pink, but for Auto Nation, there's only 0:01:18.800 --> 0:01:21.800 one to finish the fight against cancer. 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They have now won four 0:01:57.120 --> 0:01:59.760 of the past five games against NFC West opponents, and 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.400 this is the Dolphins first win at an NFC West 0:02:02.400 --> 0:02:06.280 opponent since November twenty, two, thousand sixteen, when Miami beat 0:02:06.280 --> 0:02:08.600 the Los Angeles Rams in that game, and the Dolphins 0:02:08.600 --> 0:02:10.920 are now eight and six all time against the forty nine. 0:02:11.240 --> 0:02:14.120 How about Ryan Fitzpatrick and that offense. The Dolphins scored 0:02:14.160 --> 0:02:16.840 on six of their seven possessions in the first half, 0:02:16.919 --> 0:02:20.760 opening up a thirty to seven halftime lead. Fitzpatrick was 0:02:20.800 --> 0:02:23.600 fifteen for twenty with two hundred and fifty one yards 0:02:23.600 --> 0:02:26.480 and two touchdowns, and had completions of forty seven yards 0:02:26.520 --> 0:02:30.000 and seventy yards to Preston Williams and Mike Siki. Those 0:02:30.040 --> 0:02:33.080 thirty first half points are the second most since at 0:02:33.160 --> 0:02:35.919 least two thousand. The Dolphins had forty one first half 0:02:35.960 --> 0:02:38.200 points in the first half of the two thousand fifteen 0:02:38.200 --> 0:02:41.520 game against Houston on October and this is the dolphins 0:02:41.600 --> 0:02:44.680 third thirty point half since at least two thousand. In 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:47.520 addition to the twenty fifteen Texans game, Miami put up 0:02:47.560 --> 0:02:49.799 thirty points in the second half of the December twenty 0:02:49.840 --> 0:02:54.440 oneteen game versus Minnesota, and miami six scoring drives in 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.160 the first half are the most since at least two 0:02:57.160 --> 0:02:59.720 thousand and a single half, the Dolphins ran thirty three 0:02:59.720 --> 0:03:02.120 offs of plays and gained two hundred and eighty one 0:03:02.200 --> 0:03:04.800 yards in the half. That's an average of eight point 0:03:04.880 --> 0:03:08.520 five yards per play. Have mercy, they outgained San Francisco 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.160 by a margin of two eighty one to one forty 0:03:11.320 --> 0:03:14.040 yardage in that first half. The Dolphins had three scoring 0:03:14.120 --> 0:03:17.239 drives in the first half. After the two minute warning, 0:03:17.440 --> 0:03:20.160 Jason Sanders booted field goals with two minutes, thirty eight 0:03:20.200 --> 0:03:23.000 seconds and no time remaining on that first half clock. 0:03:23.080 --> 0:03:26.440 It was the first time since at least Dolphins have 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.720 scored three drives in the final two minutes of any half. 0:03:29.919 --> 0:03:32.520 And for Fitzpatrick, another banner day for this guy. He 0:03:32.600 --> 0:03:35.040 completed his three thousand pass in this game. He's just 0:03:35.080 --> 0:03:37.680 the twenty seventh player in NFL history to do that. 0:03:37.840 --> 0:03:40.040 He threw for three hundred and fifty yards. It was 0:03:40.080 --> 0:03:43.000 the twenty three hundred yard performance in his career and 0:03:43.080 --> 0:03:45.640 his seventh now with Miami in one year and a 0:03:45.720 --> 0:03:48.360 quarter one year and some change there, Fitzpatrick has now 0:03:48.400 --> 0:03:50.520 thrown for three hundred plus yards and five of his 0:03:50.600 --> 0:03:53.240 last seven games, and his seven three hundred yard games 0:03:53.280 --> 0:03:56.280 for the Dolphins are tied with Chad Henny for third 0:03:56.360 --> 0:03:58.920 most in franchise history. He looked up with the Vanta 0:03:59.040 --> 0:04:01.120 Parker on a third and old play from the twenty 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:04.160 two yard line and that gave Miami seven lead there 0:04:04.160 --> 0:04:06.480 in the first half. It was the longest touchdown on 0:04:06.520 --> 0:04:08.840 a third and goal play at the twenty two yard 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:13.240 line since December of two thousand one, when Aaron Brooks 0:04:13.280 --> 0:04:15.720 of the New Orleans Saints found Willie Jackson on a 0:04:15.760 --> 0:04:18.240 third and goal pass from the twenty eight yard line. 0:04:18.680 --> 0:04:21.640 Mike gasicki seventy yard reception in this game was Miami's 0:04:21.680 --> 0:04:24.840 longest pass play went since two thousand eighteen, when Ryan 0:04:24.839 --> 0:04:28.520 Tannehill found Leonte Carew in that Colts game back in eighteen, 0:04:28.680 --> 0:04:31.520 and that reception put Gasiki over one thousand career receiving 0:04:31.600 --> 0:04:34.159 yards as he finished the day with five catches for 0:04:34.279 --> 0:04:37.400 nine one yards. Preston Williams had a career day with 0:04:37.480 --> 0:04:40.400 one hundred and six yards on four receptions and a touchdown. 0:04:40.520 --> 0:04:43.360 Davante Parker caught two balls for fifty yards and a touchdown. 0:04:43.520 --> 0:04:46.040 Myles Gascon had five catches for thirty four yards. He 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:49.880 also contributed with sixteen rushing yards for sixteen rushes rather 0:04:50.120 --> 0:04:54.000 for fifty seven yards and on special teams. Jason Sanders 0:04:54.240 --> 0:04:57.000 broke the Dolphins record for most consecutive field goals made 0:04:57.000 --> 0:04:59.240 to open a season. He hit five field goals to 0:04:59.240 --> 0:05:02.640 give him fourteen consecutive to open the campaign, that tops 0:05:02.680 --> 0:05:05.760 Pete Stoyanovitch and Olindo Mare in nineteen nine and two 0:05:05.760 --> 0:05:08.039 thousand one, who made thirteen field goals to open those 0:05:08.080 --> 0:05:12.000 respective seasons, and Sanders has now made sixteen consecutive field 0:05:12.000 --> 0:05:15.000 goals going back to last season. And the good times 0:05:15.080 --> 0:05:18.200 keep on rolling here on this victory Sunday slash Monday 0:05:18.360 --> 0:05:21.200 edition of the Drive Time Podcast. After the Dolphins get 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:26.520 a forty three to seventeen win over San Francisco. The 0:05:26.560 --> 0:05:29.400 stats from that game. Dolphins put up four hundred and 0:05:29.440 --> 0:05:33.080 thirty six total yards to San Francisco's to fifty nine. 0:05:33.240 --> 0:05:36.400 The Dolphins were six for fourteen on third and fourth down, 0:05:36.560 --> 0:05:38.760 including two of those on fourth down. We'll hear from 0:05:38.760 --> 0:05:41.680 Brian Flores on that decision as well as Ryan Fitzpatrick. 0:05:41.920 --> 0:05:44.880 The Niners were two for twelve on third and fourth 0:05:44.880 --> 0:05:47.880 down conversion attempts. Miami had three hundred and forty two 0:05:47.920 --> 0:05:51.080 through the air, san Francisco one. The Niners did have 0:05:51.120 --> 0:05:54.080 one hundred and thirty one rushing yards to Miami's ninety four, 0:05:54.360 --> 0:05:57.600 but the Dolphins did get three takeaways and five sacks, 0:05:57.680 --> 0:06:01.120 have a day defense compared to Miami's zero turnovers, and 0:06:01.160 --> 0:06:04.080 got sacked only twice by the forty pass rush there 0:06:04.080 --> 0:06:07.279 In that game, Dolphins committed seven penalties for sixty nine yards. 0:06:07.360 --> 0:06:10.039 San Francisco had seven for seventy five yards, and the 0:06:10.040 --> 0:06:12.599 Dolphins had the ball for thirty six minutes fifty three 0:06:12.600 --> 0:06:15.479 seconds compared to San Francisco's twenty three minutes and seven 0:06:15.520 --> 0:06:18.200 seconds worth of time of possession. Let's go ahead and 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:19.880 get to some of the quotes here from coach and 0:06:19.920 --> 0:06:22.120 Fits and the other guys. And we start here with 0:06:22.160 --> 0:06:24.680 Coach Flores talking about what this mean wins to the 0:06:24.760 --> 0:06:26.920 locker room, to that young team, and to the entire 0:06:26.960 --> 0:06:31.440 organization here for the Miami Dolphins. The way these guys prepared, 0:06:31.480 --> 0:06:35.039 the way we practice, Um, important all this is to them. 0:06:35.080 --> 0:06:38.880 I think it's just a byproduct of all those things. Uh, 0:06:39.000 --> 0:06:42.279 the way they practice, the way they prepare. Um, Look, 0:06:42.279 --> 0:06:44.520 it's not easy to win in this league. Um, it 0:06:44.600 --> 0:06:48.359 wasn't easy today. UM. So that's a good football team. 0:06:48.680 --> 0:06:51.920 A lot of credit to to to them. And and 0:06:52.320 --> 0:06:55.680 you know, Kyle and John Lynching and Jetty York, they've 0:06:55.680 --> 0:07:00.000 done a good job building a really strong football team. UM. 0:07:00.040 --> 0:07:02.279 But our guys, you know, they showed up and brought 0:07:02.320 --> 0:07:06.360 a lot of energy here today. Um. That's the that's 0:07:06.400 --> 0:07:10.760 the type of preparations that we need to have success 0:07:10.760 --> 0:07:14.320 in this league. I think they're learning that again. You know, 0:07:14.400 --> 0:07:17.800 hopefully we're learning that. We understand with it. That's what 0:07:17.880 --> 0:07:20.320 it takes. That's the type of preparation. We gotta do 0:07:20.360 --> 0:07:22.920 it every week, you know, when you know one week 0:07:23.080 --> 0:07:26.680 is this week's great. We'll try, we'll enjoy it um, 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:30.440 but we gotta we gotta streak something together. How about 0:07:30.440 --> 0:07:33.520 from Ryan Fitzpatrick on the Dolphins offensive game plan, how 0:07:33.600 --> 0:07:35.400 things kind of got going and there are a plan 0:07:35.520 --> 0:07:38.680 to attack vertically to Davante Parker, Preston Williams, Mike get 0:07:38.720 --> 0:07:41.200 Sicky and getting all the guys involved going deep down 0:07:41.280 --> 0:07:43.760 the football field. But I thought, obviously we got off 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:46.800 to a great start with the deep one to Preston, 0:07:46.920 --> 0:07:50.600 and you know, I think just evaluating the few games 0:07:50.640 --> 0:07:54.560 before that we haven't taken enough shots down the field 0:07:54.600 --> 0:07:57.400 and given our guys chances. And we've got some pretty 0:07:58.080 --> 0:08:01.040 big targets out there, and guys can really run. So 0:08:01.640 --> 0:08:05.320 that was a big part of today's game plan. And uh, 0:08:05.560 --> 0:08:07.560 you know, those those guys made some good plays. And 0:08:07.560 --> 0:08:10.640 then just you know, the vibe throughout practice, even though 0:08:10.800 --> 0:08:13.120 we we've lost a few, there's been a lot of 0:08:13.120 --> 0:08:16.360 confidence and guys have been working so, um, you know, 0:08:16.440 --> 0:08:19.120 this is a team that's very resilient. I think we 0:08:19.160 --> 0:08:21.440 showed that today coming out to the West Coast and 0:08:21.640 --> 0:08:24.760 playing like we did. Um, but it didn't it didn't 0:08:24.800 --> 0:08:27.320 surprise us at all. I think this is this was 0:08:27.360 --> 0:08:30.400 expected for us, and I'm happy with waye You know, 0:08:30.440 --> 0:08:32.200 we played on both sides of the ball, and I 0:08:32.240 --> 0:08:34.440 think I think with how young we are as well, 0:08:34.720 --> 0:08:38.040 I think it's a nice confidence boost. Um. You know, 0:08:38.120 --> 0:08:41.560 we'll get back and watch the film, but Rob Hunt 0:08:41.559 --> 0:08:43.800 getting in there and getting some action for the first time. 0:08:43.960 --> 0:08:47.439 Obviously Solomon has stepped up, but um, just a lot 0:08:47.440 --> 0:08:49.280 of young guys on both sides of the ball. So 0:08:49.360 --> 0:08:53.360 having that feeling of confidence early and knowing that you 0:08:53.400 --> 0:08:56.040 know we're gonna play well, I think that really helps out, 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.000 especially with some of the youth and inexperience that we 0:08:59.040 --> 0:09:01.200 have on the team. I think that's really important for us, 0:09:01.800 --> 0:09:04.280 maybe more so than you know in past years or 0:09:04.320 --> 0:09:07.880 on past teams. And I think that momentum helped us today. 0:09:08.280 --> 0:09:10.160 And we'll go ahead and finish up here with Fitzpatrick 0:09:10.200 --> 0:09:13.280 talking about the defensive performance but also the decision to 0:09:13.320 --> 0:09:15.480 have that fake punt call on that fourth down and 0:09:15.520 --> 0:09:17.880 backed up to their own thirty four yard line. Clayton 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:20.320 Federlum converts that at that stage of the game. Here's 0:09:20.360 --> 0:09:23.000 Fitzpatrick on the defense and that call that he calls 0:09:23.280 --> 0:09:25.760 the call of the game. I thought, I mean, do 0:09:25.800 --> 0:09:28.040 you get a few turnovers there? And you know every 0:09:28.040 --> 0:09:30.360 time you see the other quarterback getting sacked and getting 0:09:30.520 --> 0:09:33.200 hit um, you know, getting off the field on third 0:09:33.240 --> 0:09:35.680 down or fourth down, that stuff is a huge booze 0:09:35.720 --> 0:09:39.240 for us on offense. And I do I do think 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:41.920 we played really well off of each other today and 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:44.440 you know that's something that Flow always talks about and 0:09:44.880 --> 0:09:47.400 this was this was a great team win in terms 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:49.120 of being able to do some good stuff on both 0:09:49.120 --> 0:09:51.680 sides of the ball. And then you know, the fourth 0:09:51.720 --> 0:09:55.079 down in the second half and calling the fake punt. Um, 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:56.800 I thought that might have been the call of the 0:09:56.840 --> 0:09:59.560 game and really just allowed us to maintain the momentum 0:09:59.600 --> 0:10:03.240 and uh add door lead. Let's go ahead and keep 0:10:03.240 --> 0:10:05.240 the fund rolling on this podcast there and pick it 0:10:05.280 --> 0:10:07.760 up where fits left off talking about this defense and 0:10:07.800 --> 0:10:10.360 some of the stats these guys had. Eric Rowe had 0:10:10.480 --> 0:10:13.160 four tackles in the game two passes defense. Bobby McCain 0:10:13.240 --> 0:10:15.800 had three tackles of his own, a p bu and 0:10:15.880 --> 0:10:19.280 also an interception in the game. Emmanuel Ogba had the sack, 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.439 the forced fumble, a pass breakup with the line of scrimmage. 0:10:22.640 --> 0:10:25.960 Xavian Howard gets two pass breakups and an interception. Commu 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.640 gruge Hill had three tackles, had one sack taken off 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.360 the board on a penalty there as well. Jerome Baker 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.760 seven tackles in this game, also had a sack in 0:10:33.840 --> 0:10:36.720 this game. Zack Seeler had the big sack. Sam mcguavin 0:10:36.760 --> 0:10:38.160 gets in there for a couple of tackles late in 0:10:38.160 --> 0:10:40.360 the game. You guys saw that in that fourth quarter, 0:10:40.520 --> 0:10:42.640 Christian Wilkins had a tackle as well as the fumble 0:10:42.679 --> 0:10:45.199 recovery there. Towards the end of the game, Andrew Van 0:10:45.240 --> 0:10:48.640 Ginkle four four total tackles, I should say, and a sack. 0:10:48.880 --> 0:10:51.079 They lost eight yards on that play. He also forced 0:10:51.080 --> 0:10:53.199 a fumble and he was just really playing aggressive and 0:10:53.240 --> 0:10:56.400 strong all throughout this game, setting that edge, stringing plays 0:10:56.440 --> 0:10:59.400 out there, beating blocks inside. Was very very impressed with 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:01.440 Andrew van get goal. Let's go ahead and get now 0:11:01.440 --> 0:11:03.760 into the five takeaways a little bit late into the podcast. 0:11:03.920 --> 0:11:05.679 Usually we covered that first, but I thought that all 0:11:05.679 --> 0:11:08.120 those stats and all those notes were so important to 0:11:08.120 --> 0:11:10.320 get to because this team just came out, and I 0:11:10.360 --> 0:11:13.680 mean lifelong Dolphins fan here, guys, I can't remember a 0:11:13.720 --> 0:11:16.040 complete win or a win that was that complete in 0:11:16.120 --> 0:11:19.160 quite some time. Maybe the twenty seventeen game against Denver 0:11:19.280 --> 0:11:21.679 was a pretty good one, obviously, the comprehensive of two 0:11:21.720 --> 0:11:24.600 thousand fifteen win over the Houston Texans in that game, 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:27.240 This game measures up there with those games that you 0:11:27.240 --> 0:11:29.520 really remember as a Dolphins fan that really stick out 0:11:29.520 --> 0:11:32.520 in your mind as just pure outliers of three phases 0:11:32.559 --> 0:11:35.000 of dominant football. And that's what we got from the 0:11:35.040 --> 0:11:37.800 Miami Dolphins. That's where the first takeaway from this game 0:11:37.880 --> 0:11:41.240 starts here talking about the Dolphins ability to approach each 0:11:41.280 --> 0:11:44.679 opponent as a different entity, as a one week season 0:11:44.720 --> 0:11:46.839 as it were. They talk about it, right, and a 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.000 lot of coaches in the NFL will talk about the 0:11:49.080 --> 0:11:52.920 approach of being weekly adaptable. But this coaching staff, they 0:11:52.960 --> 0:11:55.240 preach it and they practice it on the football field, 0:11:55.240 --> 0:11:56.840 and we saw a big time in this week. We 0:11:56.880 --> 0:11:59.120 talked about it in the pregame lead up, Durham Smith 0:11:59.200 --> 0:12:01.079 missed a couple of prac this is we weren't sure 0:12:01.080 --> 0:12:03.000 if he'd be able to go, and then coach Flora's 0:12:03.000 --> 0:12:05.920 on Friday announces that Derham Smith could not go. And 0:12:05.960 --> 0:12:09.000 this comes one week after Miami Dolphins had three tight 0:12:09.080 --> 0:12:12.000 ends with Mike Gazicki, Derham Smith, and Adam Sheheen all 0:12:12.040 --> 0:12:14.400 played twenty or more snaps. Kasick he was up in 0:12:14.400 --> 0:12:17.640 the forties, Smith in the high twenties, Shen right around twenty. 0:12:17.720 --> 0:12:19.880 And this week they come out they only dressed two 0:12:19.880 --> 0:12:22.160 tight ends. You heard Fitzpatrick talking about the game plan 0:12:22.240 --> 0:12:24.520 to get the vertical passing game going deep. They went 0:12:24.600 --> 0:12:27.600 after that over and over and over again, and we 0:12:27.679 --> 0:12:30.319 knew they were without Richard Sherman and Kawan Williams and 0:12:30.360 --> 0:12:32.920 Emmanuel Moseley and so go after the depth of that 0:12:33.000 --> 0:12:35.679 quarterback position, and the Dolphins got played from their big 0:12:35.679 --> 0:12:37.960 guys when they most needed it. In this game, I 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:41.000 mean fifty fifty balls for Preston Williams Navante Parker in 0:12:41.000 --> 0:12:44.440 this game they really seem more like balls. We saw 0:12:44.440 --> 0:12:46.839 a Jachem Grant catch a pass on I speed out 0:12:46.880 --> 0:12:49.760 against off coverage. Really respecting that deep speed that he 0:12:49.840 --> 0:12:52.199 offers and just eat up the space underneath and get 0:12:52.200 --> 0:12:54.320 that quick pass, turn it up field, get yourself a 0:12:54.360 --> 0:12:56.760 first down. This offensive game plan. I just loved the 0:12:56.800 --> 0:12:59.160 calls from chan Gailey throughout the course this game. The 0:12:59.240 --> 0:13:02.520 vertical ship, the vertical shots they took up the football field. 0:13:02.679 --> 0:13:05.079 That was the first takeaway was how adaptable this team 0:13:05.120 --> 0:13:07.520 is to facing the opponent they have across from them. 0:13:07.600 --> 0:13:09.400 And they talk about it and they proved it in 0:13:09.440 --> 0:13:12.520 this one with a big resounding victory going vertical down 0:13:12.520 --> 0:13:15.040 the field in the passing game. Takeaway number two is 0:13:15.080 --> 0:13:17.800 the offensive line the next man up mentality. And I 0:13:17.840 --> 0:13:20.760 put Eric Flowers in the notes here by himself individually, 0:13:20.800 --> 0:13:23.079 because I just continue to be so impressed with the 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.920 job he's doing. He had this block on the Miles 0:13:25.920 --> 0:13:28.760 Gaskin touchdown run where he pulled out play side. You 0:13:28.840 --> 0:13:31.680 pull the left guard play side, you have the outside defender, 0:13:31.720 --> 0:13:33.960 the forced defender, the guy that sets the edge, the 0:13:34.000 --> 0:13:36.199 one that kind of funnels the play back inside to 0:13:36.240 --> 0:13:38.520 all of his friends, and Eric Flowers comes out and 0:13:38.559 --> 0:13:40.679 just pancakes him. He just landed on top of him, 0:13:40.720 --> 0:13:43.120 wiped him out. And that has been so consistent throughout 0:13:43.120 --> 0:13:45.160 the year. I think that's been pretty consistent throughout the 0:13:45.240 --> 0:13:48.120 year at the right guard position as well with Solomon Kinley. 0:13:48.160 --> 0:13:50.200 And on the Dolphins first drive of the game, that 0:13:50.240 --> 0:13:52.920 first touchdown to Adam Shaheen, there was a run where 0:13:52.920 --> 0:13:55.280 Miles Gaskin looked like he might get bottled up right 0:13:55.280 --> 0:13:57.439 around the line of scrimmage. It was a first and 0:13:57.559 --> 0:13:59.760 goal from the nine or ten yard line, and he 0:14:00.240 --> 0:14:02.440 has patience runs into the back of the offensive line 0:14:02.600 --> 0:14:04.400 and then picked a gap and found his way through 0:14:04.600 --> 0:14:06.360 and got the ball down to the three yard line 0:14:06.400 --> 0:14:09.280 to set up the Shaheen touchdown catch. And on that play, 0:14:09.320 --> 0:14:11.640 Ted Carris moves his man a couple of gaps and 0:14:11.679 --> 0:14:14.320 creates that secondary hole for gasking to score through. But 0:14:14.360 --> 0:14:16.640 the big key here is the next man up mentality 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:18.760 this team wants to play with both on offense and 0:14:18.800 --> 0:14:22.360 on defense. You go down Austin Jackson, your rookie left tackle, 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.160 you think about some possible combinations to put into the game. 0:14:25.320 --> 0:14:27.280 Brian Flores talked about it last week. Do they go 0:14:27.360 --> 0:14:30.560 Julian Davenport, who replaced Jackson last week and played well, 0:14:30.680 --> 0:14:33.520 and it's twenty five snaps no pressures in that particular game. 0:14:33.640 --> 0:14:35.120 But what were they gonna do in this game? Put 0:14:35.200 --> 0:14:37.800 Jesse Davis over at left tackle, get Robert Hunt, the 0:14:37.840 --> 0:14:40.400 rookie lineman, some work at right tackle. Well that's what 0:14:40.440 --> 0:14:42.320 they did. I thought Robert Hunt played a good game. 0:14:42.360 --> 0:14:44.520 I thought Jesse Davis at left tackle put himself a 0:14:44.560 --> 0:14:47.360 good game. Another credit to the Dolphins offensive line five 0:14:47.360 --> 0:14:50.360 weeks in. Looks very sharp, looks, very deep, looks very solid. 0:14:50.480 --> 0:14:52.800 They can move guys off the ball. Pass protection has 0:14:52.840 --> 0:14:55.320 been good. Big ups for the Dolphins offensive and that's 0:14:55.440 --> 0:14:57.560 very young, has four new starters on it this year. 0:14:57.600 --> 0:15:00.000 Even in this game with David's kicking out to left tackles. 0:15:00.120 --> 0:15:03.240 Big ups to the offensive line, number three, the defensive 0:15:03.280 --> 0:15:05.560 plan and Eric Rowe. That was my note for the 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.880 takeaway there. Brian Flores praised Josh Boyer and his postgame 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:10.520 presser with his plan that he came up with in 0:15:10.600 --> 0:15:12.760 this game. I thought there was several different looks and 0:15:12.800 --> 0:15:15.720 blitz packages that really helped confuse Jimmy Garoppolo early in 0:15:15.760 --> 0:15:17.840 the game and then later on C J. Be ThReD 0:15:18.000 --> 0:15:20.680 they did a good job putting interior pressure on Garoppolo 0:15:20.800 --> 0:15:23.280 right and Kyle Shanahan said in his post or his 0:15:23.320 --> 0:15:26.360 halftime interview that they took Jimmy Garoppolo out not because 0:15:26.440 --> 0:15:29.000 of performance, but because they wanted to protect him. They 0:15:29.000 --> 0:15:31.240 thought that maybe that ankle wasn't quite all the way 0:15:31.280 --> 0:15:33.720 back ready, especially with the pressure the Dolphins were getting 0:15:33.720 --> 0:15:36.160 throughout the course of this game. You saw Miami load 0:15:36.240 --> 0:15:39.000 up the interior of that defensive line with those bodies 0:15:39.080 --> 0:15:42.520 right Zach Seeler, Christian Wilkins, Devon god Shall getting those 0:15:42.520 --> 0:15:44.640 big bodies up front. They would go head up over 0:15:44.680 --> 0:15:47.000 the center, two guys head up over the guard, and 0:15:47.040 --> 0:15:49.760 then rush linebackers and off that, and that just created 0:15:49.800 --> 0:15:52.560 interior pressure throughout the course of the game. It made 0:15:52.640 --> 0:15:55.600 Jimmy Garoppolo very uncomfortable. It made some throws kind of 0:15:55.600 --> 0:15:57.520 get popped up into the air, gave the Dolphins some 0:15:57.520 --> 0:16:00.080 opportunities to get interceptions in that first half, which he 0:16:00.200 --> 0:16:02.640 did and it got the quarterback on the ground. Got 0:16:02.640 --> 0:16:04.680 a strip sec in there from Andrew Van gekle. I 0:16:04.840 --> 0:16:07.000 loved the way they rushed the quarterback. They had a 0:16:07.000 --> 0:16:09.880 big stop on a third down with dollar defense, that's 0:16:09.920 --> 0:16:13.000 seven defensive backs into the formation. They had Christian Wilkins 0:16:13.000 --> 0:16:16.240 and Emmanuel Ogba down lineman with Kyle van Noy and 0:16:16.280 --> 0:16:18.760 Cammu Gruge Hill as the linebackers in the game, and 0:16:18.800 --> 0:16:21.280 the rest of the guys were defensive backs, so a 0:16:21.360 --> 0:16:24.200 seven defensive backpackage there to help get the defense off 0:16:24.240 --> 0:16:26.440 the field third down stop start the course of the game. 0:16:26.640 --> 0:16:28.920 Bobby McCain played a big game as well, but so 0:16:29.080 --> 0:16:32.120 did his running mate and Eric Row a big matchup 0:16:32.200 --> 0:16:34.600 in this game on George Kittle, and Kittle caught one 0:16:34.680 --> 0:16:36.960 pass that was away from Eric Row. It was the 0:16:37.080 --> 0:16:39.480 on the touchdown drive to start the third quarter for 0:16:39.520 --> 0:16:43.160 San Francisco. He wound back across the formation and there 0:16:43.240 --> 0:16:45.640 was nobody in the coverage area, so you wouldn't say 0:16:45.680 --> 0:16:47.440 he was Eric Rose guy. And Roe was actually on 0:16:47.480 --> 0:16:50.600 the opposite side of the formation. So George Kittle winds 0:16:50.640 --> 0:16:53.360 up with four catches for forty four yards but only 0:16:53.400 --> 0:16:56.640 had three for thirty three. Working on Eric Row. This 0:16:56.680 --> 0:16:59.320 is a guy that caught fifteen passes on all fifteen 0:16:59.360 --> 0:17:02.080 targets last week for a buck eighty three and a touchdown. 0:17:02.240 --> 0:17:04.040 This is a guy that's the first team All Pro 0:17:04.200 --> 0:17:07.159 tight end last year in the NFL. And Eric Row 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.600 comes in here and just clamps him down, man, And 0:17:09.640 --> 0:17:12.479 that's what he's done throughout the course of his Dolphins career. 0:17:12.640 --> 0:17:15.400 Enters the game with five point one five yards per 0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:18.520 target allowed. Since that switch last season to the strong 0:17:18.600 --> 0:17:22.560 safety position to the safety linebacker, corner Quasi does every 0:17:22.640 --> 0:17:26.080 damn thing on your defensive position, and Eric Rowe continues 0:17:26.119 --> 0:17:28.560 to have a stellar season this one year after he 0:17:28.600 --> 0:17:30.560 signs a one year deal in Miami to come over 0:17:30.600 --> 0:17:32.840 here and be a cornerback, makes the switch to safety, 0:17:32.960 --> 0:17:35.360 gets the contract extension. Now we were talking about him 0:17:35.520 --> 0:17:38.520 as a key focal point of that defense. Love seeing 0:17:38.520 --> 0:17:40.879 the way Eric role played in this game through the 0:17:40.880 --> 0:17:43.480 course of the season and his Dolphin's career so far. 0:17:43.760 --> 0:17:47.440 Takeaway number four, I mean you could have put this 0:17:47.520 --> 0:17:49.280 number one. I'm not really going in order here, I 0:17:49.320 --> 0:17:51.000 just kind of wrote these out throughout the course of 0:17:51.040 --> 0:17:53.679 the game. But it's Ryan Fitzpatrick right the the the 0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.399 awareness of the matchups, knowing where you can go ahead 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.239 and take your shots down the football field, finding that 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.760 one on one coverage, going after a quarterback who's fresh 0:18:01.880 --> 0:18:03.760 up off the practice squad, and just making it a 0:18:03.840 --> 0:18:06.159 point to trust your guys to make plays and trust 0:18:06.160 --> 0:18:08.320 their talent. You heard Fits talk about in his pressure 0:18:08.359 --> 0:18:10.120 there a little bit. I love the fact that when 0:18:10.119 --> 0:18:12.360 he gets pressure on him and maybe they don't pick 0:18:12.480 --> 0:18:14.600 up that free rusher, maybe they don't have the best 0:18:14.600 --> 0:18:17.600 protection call they possibly could have, and that free rusher 0:18:17.680 --> 0:18:19.920 does come into the face of the quarterback, he knows 0:18:19.960 --> 0:18:22.280 where that football has to go. He gets it out 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:24.760 and not only does it prevent him from taking a 0:18:24.800 --> 0:18:27.040 big shot and getting our starting quarterback hit maybe out 0:18:27.080 --> 0:18:29.320 of the game, it gets the offense a chance to 0:18:29.359 --> 0:18:31.960 make a play. It preserves a possible sack and loss 0:18:31.960 --> 0:18:34.240 of yardage. It keeps you ahead of the chains. It's 0:18:34.280 --> 0:18:37.600 just so valuable to have that veteran experience, those veteran eyes, 0:18:37.760 --> 0:18:40.200 and that veteran decision making back there to go ahead 0:18:40.200 --> 0:18:41.840 and make those plays down the field. And the Dolphins 0:18:41.880 --> 0:18:45.160 paid it off today. It wasn't just protecting against sacks allowed. 0:18:45.400 --> 0:18:47.840 It was doing that and adding big plays off the 0:18:47.840 --> 0:18:50.280 back end of the field. They had five plays the 0:18:50.280 --> 0:18:53.840 Dolphins did that beat their previous season high twenty seven 0:18:53.880 --> 0:18:56.960 yard play the might get sicky reception before the halftime 0:18:57.000 --> 0:19:00.399