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Speaker 1: am your host, Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, it's
Speaker 1: more than just the Miami Dolph and this time of
Speaker 1: year we become a little bit more of a football
Speaker 1: NFL All Things Pigskin show. We are going to kick
Speaker 1: off the year end review as we go position by
Speaker 1: position and break down what the Dolphins accomplished at each
Speaker 1: group where some improvements can be made. Some key stats
Speaker 1: and what each individual does well in each in every room.
Speaker 1: We'll start today with a defensive end slash outside linebacker position.
Speaker 1: We'll call that the edge. We'll also talk about the
Speaker 1: divisional round playoffs, what we learned, talk about our picks.
Speaker 1: Will also celebrate the top ten sacks of season from
Speaker 1: the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.
Speaker 1: This is the Drive Time Podcast. Divisional playoffs are a
Speaker 1: rap and just like that, only four teams remain three
Speaker 1: games left. I kind of feel like we have the
Speaker 1: best four teams remaining in football, which is a treat.
Speaker 1: Although the playoffs have been a bit of a letdown
Speaker 1: so far in terms of high wire action intensity at
Speaker 1: the end of games. Last of original Round playoffs, I
Speaker 1: think was all four games went to overtime or three
Speaker 1: of the four games went to overtime and all of
Speaker 1: them are decided on the final play of the game.
Speaker 1: Didn't get any of that this weekend, but I do
Speaker 1: think they're every year. Are some instructive things to take
Speaker 1: away from each playoff run, and this year it's multifold.
Speaker 1: In terms of how I think that impacts the Dolphins.
Speaker 1: Number one is, you know, go to Buffalo Bill's Twitter
Speaker 1: right now, and you're gonna see a bunch of not
Speaker 1: happy Bills fans and they're gonna be telling you about
Speaker 1: how the direction they feel right now is the least
Speaker 1: positive it's been in several years. Because a few years ago,
Speaker 1: you make the a f C Championship game, you get
Speaker 1: blown out by the defending two time or I should
Speaker 1: say the defending champions, and now two times in a
Speaker 1: row a f C champions in the Chiefs, and you
Speaker 1: felt like they were kind of pumped to be there.
Speaker 1: And then the next season, you know, you kind of
Speaker 1: let your moment go by in the thirteen seconds against
Speaker 1: the Chiefs once again. And now in this game, to
Speaker 1: come out and just get out played on your home
Speaker 1: field in the elements by a team that is not
Speaker 1: going anywhere anytime soon has to feel like a kick
Speaker 1: and a teeth in a conference where you felt like
Speaker 1: you could possibly run this thing for a few years
Speaker 1: and if not, you the Chiefs. Well, now welcome contended
Speaker 1: number three and Joe Burrow in the Cincinnati Bengals. But
Speaker 1: more of the bigger take to me is I think
Speaker 1: the Bills got worse this year. I think we saw
Speaker 1: that in the playoffs. I think we saw the inconsistencies
Speaker 1: all year long, and we thought the Dolphins improved. We've
Speaker 1: been talking about closing that gap for a while now.
Speaker 1: Obviously offseason has a lot to do with it, and
Speaker 1: what's gonna go on over the next couple of months
Speaker 1: and player acquisition and obviously Miami getting their own guys
Speaker 1: back from you know, injuries, I think is the biggest
Speaker 1: upgrade this team will make. But I want you to
Speaker 1: think about this based on how both these teams you know,
Speaker 1: finished the season. Here are the uncommon opponents for Buffalo
Speaker 1: in Miami. Next year, they'll get the Bengals and Jags,
Speaker 1: the first place a f C North and South finishers,
Speaker 1: and then the a f C East is one game
Speaker 1: in the NFC this year is the NFC South, so
Speaker 1: they will also get the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Really that
Speaker 1: entire divisions, the a f C East has to feel
Speaker 1: like it's going to sweep that division next year. We'll
Speaker 1: see what happens again as they acquire players and things
Speaker 1: move around. But for the Dolphins, a Ravens team that
Speaker 1: we'll see what happens at quarterback. But they haven't been
Speaker 1: as the Ravens we have known the last couple of
Speaker 1: years a Titans team that might be on the verge
Speaker 1: of a full blown rebuild and a Falcons team that
Speaker 1: doesn't know what they have at quarterback, and frankly has
Speaker 1: kind of played above board last couple of years. So
Speaker 1: I think Miami has an advantage there. I think that
Speaker 1: we saw over the course of the weekend. The theme
Speaker 1: of the weekend was dominating in the trenches on either
Speaker 1: side of the football, and I think where you see
Speaker 1: Buffalo in Miami separate here is in those two areas.
Speaker 1: Because Buffalo's offensive line has been rough all year, and
Speaker 1: their past rush without Von Miller wasn't really effective. And
Speaker 1: I know the defense had its own issues all over
Speaker 1: the place, but the past rush was a big problem
Speaker 1: on Sunday. It had been in multiple games this year.
Speaker 1: But I think you look at how the Eagles just
Speaker 1: ran the ball down the Giants throat their depth on
Speaker 1: the offensive line to be able to plug guys in.
Speaker 1: For the Bengals as well, I mean, they were down
Speaker 1: three starting offensive linemen and they dominated in the trenches
Speaker 1: on both sides of the football. We saw it in
Speaker 1: the opening game with the Kansas City Chiefs, Isaiah Pacheco.
Speaker 1: They lose their starting quarterback and go to Chad Henny
Speaker 1: and execute a nine nine yard drive where any only
Speaker 1: averages three yards per pass, but Pacheco runs the football
Speaker 1: and they closed that game out by shortening at the
Speaker 1: end with the running game. You go to the night
Speaker 1: game mentioned the Eagles and Giants. I mean that was
Speaker 1: just a blood bath on both sides of the football.
Speaker 1: You go to Sunday Bengals just dominate in the running
Speaker 1: game with eight nine yards of pop. And then the
Speaker 1: night game the Niners. They shortened that game in the
Speaker 1: fourth quarter after getting a lead based upon you know,
Speaker 1: majority of the running game getting the job done. So
Speaker 1: all four teams that won this weekend ran the ball
Speaker 1: and closed the game with the running game. And you know,
Speaker 1: to bring this back to Miami and Buffalo, obviously we
Speaker 1: know the running game here has to get better. I
Speaker 1: think it's a chance to develop an identity to give
Speaker 1: you an offshoot of your high powered passing game, which
Speaker 1: can make this offense unbelievably explosive and possibly the best
Speaker 1: in the NFL. If they can develop a top fifteen
Speaker 1: or ten running game that we're talking you know, a
Speaker 1: number one offense. In my opinion, if they can do
Speaker 1: that and furthermore to sweet Buffalo or to beat him
Speaker 1: again once and you know, give yourself a chance to
Speaker 1: win the division. Josh Allan press is right, that's what
Speaker 1: that's what he does. I mean he did it against
Speaker 1: US sixteen yards average death of target down the football field.
Speaker 1: What happened in that game on Sunday, He was pressing
Speaker 1: all game long because bank the Bengals were shorten the
Speaker 1: game with long possessions and we're scoring on those possessions,
Speaker 1: meaning the Bills margin for air became super slim. So
Speaker 1: if you want to really ratchet up that erratic play
Speaker 1: another notch, run the ball down their throat over and
Speaker 1: over again, kind of like you did in the game
Speaker 1: in Buffalo back in December. You just kind of didn't
Speaker 1: finish off at the end. But that might be the
Speaker 1: key here. Man. My other takeaway from Divisional around weekend
Speaker 1: is that quarterbacks get injured. Man, it happens. Patrick Mahomes
Speaker 1: comes back on one ankle. We'll see how he looks
Speaker 1: in the Bengals game next week. I don't think it's
Speaker 1: gonna look great in terms of what we used to
Speaker 1: with Patrick Mahomes. Before the injury, he looked like the
Speaker 1: ideal version of any quarterback of all time. But if
Speaker 1: he doesn't return there and Casey loses, you're talking about
Speaker 1: three of the six teams knocked out of the A
Speaker 1: f C playoffs thinking the reason that it happened was
Speaker 1: because of the absence of their quarterback. Because the Bengals
Speaker 1: probably don't survive the Ravens if Lamar Jackson plays, the
Speaker 1: Bills probably don't survive US if to A plays, and
Speaker 1: if Chad Henny plays that entire game, I don't think
Speaker 1: the Chiefs survived that game against the Jacksonville Jaguar. So
Speaker 1: some interesting stuff there from division around weekend quarterback injuries,
Speaker 1: the running game dominating on both sides of the football
Speaker 1: in the trenches, and how close I think Miami is
Speaker 1: in that regard because think you look at the offensive
Speaker 1: line to Ron Armstead, Connor Williams, and Rob Hunt to me,
Speaker 1: are three Pro Bowl caliber players on your offensive line
Speaker 1: right now? I think you have depth. We'll see what
Speaker 1: it looks like with competitions and player acquisitions this offseason,
Speaker 1: but if you can get one more guy of that
Speaker 1: quality and then maybe another upgrade at the other spot,
Speaker 1: and then you have on defense Bradley Chubb, Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins, Zack Seeler, maybe you bring back Melvin Ingram
Speaker 1: or Andrew Van Ginkle Ray Kwon Davis in there as well.
Speaker 1: I feel good about the Dolphins ability to win the
Speaker 1: trenches consistently if they can make one, one and a
Speaker 1: half maybe two moves on the offensive line this offseason.
Speaker 1: And also speaking of quarterbacks, uh, I think we learned
Speaker 1: a lot this weekend as well about who the who
Speaker 1: haves and have nots and the Giants and Daniel Jones
Speaker 1: is interesting situation out there in New York. The Niners,
Speaker 1: to me is a fascinating situation with Trey Lance coming
Speaker 1: off the injury. I think you can do better than
Speaker 1: what brock Party has showed me this year. But he's
Speaker 1: also a rookie, so we'll see if he can grow
Speaker 1: and improve. But such a fascinating weekend all around for
Speaker 1: multiple reasons. And since it is the off season, the
Speaker 1: player acquisition period is a little less than two months away,
Speaker 1: We've got Senior Bowl and Combine packed in there as well.
Speaker 1: We'll talk more about these playoffs as well. As I
Speaker 1: went five and one on the weekend. By the way,
Speaker 1: picking the games this week, that makes me eight and
Speaker 1: two overall. I'll have to change my Championship game picks
Speaker 1: because I don't have Buffalo around anymore. But I will
Speaker 1: make that pick later on this week on the podcast
Speaker 1: on Friday Show, let's go ahead and get back to
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins here completely though, and give you the
Speaker 1: review process of the offense or I should say outside linebacker,
Speaker 1: defensive end. It's the edge position. Who are we kidding
Speaker 1: ourselves here? Some team accomplishments here from this group was
Speaker 1: the past rush win rate was third in the NFL
Speaker 1: at as an ESPN stat that calculates you going up
Speaker 1: against your men in pass rush and providing a pressure
Speaker 1: on the quarterback. That's all tallies. Actually, the pressure on
Speaker 1: the quarterback. I don't think even tallies into the stat.
Speaker 1: It's just beating your guy in a reasonable amount of
Speaker 1: time and basically, you know, getting into the backfield towards
Speaker 1: the quarterback. Dallas and Philly tied for first at fifty.
Speaker 1: I'm telling you, guys, it wasn't the pass brush, it
Speaker 1: wasn't the front. It was the inability to cover that
Speaker 1: the resulted in forty sacks, which was tied for fourteenth
Speaker 1: this year. I think if you had health in the secondary,
Speaker 1: I think that sack number increases, you know, tenfold. I
Speaker 1: think you go up to maybe fifty or more sacks.
Speaker 1: You can be a top five or six team in
Speaker 1: terms of second the quarterback. But they were fourteen or
Speaker 1: forty sacks this year. The run stop win rate was
Speaker 1: tied for fourth att The Titans were tops at thirty six.
Speaker 1: The Jets and Rams were tied for second and third
Speaker 1: at so near the top and each of those two
Speaker 1: categories and Seth Walder of ESPN posted a graphic last
Speaker 1: week with sacks on the Y access and pass brush
Speaker 1: wins on the X access, which gives you an illustration
Speaker 1: for how they fare against their man and pass pro
Speaker 1: and what happens beyond that becomes dependent on those other factors.
Speaker 1: Right coverage, quarterback getting the football out. That's why this
Speaker 1: is the best team game in all of sports. Because
Speaker 1: opposing quarterbacks had the third fastest time to throw in
Speaker 1: two If Miami can increase that number by just a
Speaker 1: little bit by covering a little more and still maintain
Speaker 1: that level of pass rush execution, or do it through
Speaker 1: confusion in the scheme when you get Brandon Jones back
Speaker 1: and him and Javon Holland can come back down to
Speaker 1: the line of scrimmage and run around and cause chaos,
Speaker 1: and maybe it's a little more zone centric defense. We'll
Speaker 1: talk about defensive coordinators and potential fits on that later
Speaker 1: in the week. I think you can see a huge
Speaker 1: jump and sack production. Let's talk about the individuals here
Speaker 1: in order of their jersey numbers, give you the stats
Speaker 1: and where they rank in these key categories. Before you
Speaker 1: do that, though, let's go ahead and take our first
Speaker 1: break right here on the Drivetime Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield,
Speaker 1: brought to you by automation. Picking it back up here
Speaker 1: on the Monday edition of the Drivetime Podcast, we're looking
Speaker 1: at the Dolphins entire roster and breaking this thing down,
Speaker 1: what they got, where they can improve, and what individuals
Speaker 1: they have coming back next season. And again, I think
Speaker 1: this is one of the positions where you've seen the
Speaker 1: Dolphins kind of transition who they are at the position group.
Speaker 1: You know, a few years back, we talked a lot
Speaker 1: about the Patriots mold and how you build that defense
Speaker 1: from the from the back to the front with corners
Speaker 1: and you can never have enough cornerbacks. You get a
Speaker 1: couple of solid safeties that can communicate and are versatile,
Speaker 1: and then the past rush takes care of itself based
Speaker 1: upon your blitzing and rush package games up front. But
Speaker 1: I think we've seen this transition to really guys that
Speaker 1: can just win their matchups and you know, as a
Speaker 1: product of that, getting better in the pass rush in general.
Speaker 1: And I think Jalen Phillips is the reason for that.
Speaker 1: He and Trued enjoyed a true breakout season. I know
Speaker 1: the sack numbers were similar, but his impact on the
Speaker 1: film and the quantifiable impact in terms of pressures and
Speaker 1: hits and run defense, it was all there for him.
Speaker 1: There's a pretty healthy amount of data that suggests that
Speaker 1: high volume pressure players tend to have the sacks that
Speaker 1: follow shortly when the sample size becomes undeniably larger, and
Speaker 1: I think that a player like Jillen Phillips could really
Speaker 1: take off in that regard. He's number fifteen, obviously, he
Speaker 1: was tied for fourth and ESPN's passed rush win rate
Speaker 1: among edge defenders that was twenty four percent, tied with
Speaker 1: Trey Hendrickson. Only Parsons Reddick and Garrett were higher. He
Speaker 1: was also top ten and run stop win rate along
Speaker 1: with five players tied for tenth. I should say at
Speaker 1: pcent he gave you nine hundred one snaps two d
Speaker 1: eighty were against the run five hundred twenty two. Is
Speaker 1: a pass rusher and he played ninety nine coverage snaps
Speaker 1: seventy seven pressures, was fifth in the NFL at the
Speaker 1: position group hits was also top ten seven acts and
Speaker 1: forty two run stops. This guy is a freak man.
Speaker 1: Eight tackles for loss, had a forced fumble and two
Speaker 1: fumble recoveries. Also that blocked punt for your ball production there,
Speaker 1: And I just look at what he can do rushing outside,
Speaker 1: rushing inside, and the knowledge to understand how to adapt
Speaker 1: and adjust end game has been a very prevalent feature
Speaker 1: and fixture of his game. And he sets a hard
Speaker 1: edge his pursuit play man. He goes after the football,
Speaker 1: makes a lot of big plays where he's chasing things
Speaker 1: down from the back side. So I think J. N.
Speaker 1: Phillips has superstar potential. I think he has fifteen sixteen
Speaker 1: sack potential, and I think we'll see it sooner rather
Speaker 1: than later. I said I was gonna go in order
Speaker 1: of jersey number. I didn't do that, But let's go
Speaker 1: ahead and go back to that now and talk about
Speaker 1: number two, Bradley Chubb, who tied for sixth overall and
Speaker 1: ESPNS pass brush win rate among edges. He was, along
Speaker 1: with Von Miller, three hundred sixty two total snaps from Miami,
Speaker 1: so not a great sample size, a hundred three against
Speaker 1: the run to forty nine as a pass rusher and
Speaker 1: ten in coverage. With that, he provided twenty eight pressures.
Speaker 1: Twelve hits is a good, really good number. It's basically
Speaker 1: Jilin Phillips and a half of season. Two and a
Speaker 1: half sacks was not where you wanted it to be.
Speaker 1: Seven run stops, one tackle for loss in one forced fumble,
Speaker 1: And I think that Bradley Chubb getting more, you know,
Speaker 1: inclined to his environment, to the system, to what it
Speaker 1: might be. This is a new system for him up
Speaker 1: front this year, coming over from Denver, and we'll see
Speaker 1: if he gets a return to that, whether it's you know,
Speaker 1: a fan Gio defense or a Fangio style defense for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins, like A Shanda said. We've heard reports about
Speaker 1: both of those guys being um interviewed by the Miami
Speaker 1: Dolphins A requested for interviews by the Miami Dolphins per
Speaker 1: I think NFL Networks reporting and we'll talk about that
Speaker 1: in a future podcast. But Chubb's ability to play inside
Speaker 1: and really threatened the immediate b gap of the quarterback.
Speaker 1: I think is is really paramount where I want to
Speaker 1: see him in this room get better as a hole
Speaker 1: off that side is jumping inside against the running game
Speaker 1: and kind of leaving that edge expose. I think it
Speaker 1: happened a few too many times this season, and I
Speaker 1: think it was costly in some key spots. But I
Speaker 1: think that the moment Bradley Chubb arrived, we saw the
Speaker 1: impact that it had on not just you know, Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: with the entire Dolphins pass rush, and he's been one
Speaker 1: of those guys that has been folding that backside of
Speaker 1: the pocket since the moment he was drafted. I think
Speaker 1: with Phillips coming off that front side of the formation,
Speaker 1: Chub could get some more opportunities rushing the blind side.
Speaker 1: And we saw him get the ball out of Josh
Speaker 1: Allen in the wild card playoffs. And if we recover
Speaker 1: that football, we're in field goal range to potentially tie
Speaker 1: the game. You'd be talking about a much different opinion
Speaker 1: of Chubb season this year for the Dolphins if he
Speaker 1: had made that play in that spot, and he did,
Speaker 1: we just didn't recover the football. But I think he
Speaker 1: had a chance to see even more of his versatility flash.
Speaker 1: I think four man rushed packages with him and Phillips
Speaker 1: off the edge could be really really beneficial for this defense.
Speaker 1: And uh, you know, we'll see what happens with Melvin
Speaker 1: Ingram and Andrew van Kinkle, but with with Chubb and
Speaker 1: Phillips off either edge, you have to feel really good
Speaker 1: about this position group going forward. Other individuals Harry mentioned
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram. He had five hundred and thirty six total snaps,
Speaker 1: one forty seven against the run, three is a pass rusher,
Speaker 1: and sixty four and coverage. He was second on the
Speaker 1: team with thirty eight quarterback pressures. He had ten cube.
Speaker 1: He hits, six sacks, fourteen run stops, seven tackles for loss,
Speaker 1: and he gave you three plays in the football, a
Speaker 1: forced fumble and two recoveries. One of those he ran
Speaker 1: back for a touchdown. I thought he was a great
Speaker 1: fit for the defense we previously played again we'll see
Speaker 1: what it looks like going forward, but fifty of the
Speaker 1: plays pass rush guy condense inside be part of that
Speaker 1: NASCAR package with him and Phillips and and Chubb and Wilkins.
Speaker 1: Is the kind of four guys up front coming after
Speaker 1: the quarterback. I think that his his role here was
Speaker 1: a was a very important one. He did exactly what
Speaker 1: I thought he would do this year with pressure in
Speaker 1: the quarterback, playing a key role off the edge, coming
Speaker 1: down on the A gap, B gap and rushing inside
Speaker 1: a few times and giving you solid run defense as well.
Speaker 1: To me, we'll see what happens. I don't know if
Speaker 1: you can make both Ingram and vn Ginkl work returning
Speaker 1: back here, but I think you have to look at
Speaker 1: one of them and give yourself a solid four deep
Speaker 1: rotation because the other guy we're talking about here is
Speaker 1: a manual Augma number nine one who will be back
Speaker 1: from his injury. Six snaps play that's right alongside with
Speaker 1: Bradley Chubb basically had to replace him after he got injured.
Speaker 1: A hun drawn two against the run to is a
Speaker 1: pass rusher and he don't mess around with coverage. Snaps
Speaker 1: zero there fifteen pressure seven hits, one sack, seven run stops,
Speaker 1: one tackle for loss, and did not have any ball production.
Speaker 1: But man, the way he can come in here is
Speaker 1: as one of the purest pass rushers on the roster,
Speaker 1: and his length, paired with the explosion of Phillips and Chubb,
Speaker 1: I think could make for some really fun pass russ
Speaker 1: packages where you can mix things up. So I think
Speaker 1: that his return next year and more of a depth
Speaker 1: roll between Phillips, Chubb and og bab will see if
Speaker 1: it looks that way. You know, Chris Career told us
Speaker 1: it's not gonna look in the future what it looks
Speaker 1: like right now. We'll see what it does. This could
Speaker 1: have some shake up. I feel very confident Chubb and
Speaker 1: Phillips will be the primary guys Agball on that big
Speaker 1: contract as well, could be a potential guy there as well.
Speaker 1: And then we'll see what happens to Ingram and Van Ginkle.
Speaker 1: And speaking of Van Ginkle, three and fifty seven snaps
Speaker 1: total one fifty six against the run, one of six
Speaker 1: is a pass rusher and ninety five and coverage. He's
Speaker 1: a great special teams player as well. Eleven pressures, four hits,
Speaker 1: a half sack, eighteen run stops, three tackles for lost,
Speaker 1: didn't have any ball production outside check that, yes he did.
Speaker 1: He returned to the block punt for a touchdown and
Speaker 1: had to pick this season. I'm curious to see what
Speaker 1: his market looks like. I think he's a really good
Speaker 1: player who probably will have a nice market. We'll see
Speaker 1: if the Dolphins want to go in that direction. But
Speaker 1: they have some options here at the edge position, including
Speaker 1: number ninety three Tray Flowers, who played just sixty four
Speaker 1: snaps eighteen against the run forty six is a pass rusher.
Speaker 1: He had eight pressures and one hit and that was
Speaker 1: your production from trade Flowers. So I think it's I
Speaker 1: think it's arguably the best position group on the roster
Speaker 1: going forward because of those top two guys with Oak
Speaker 1: coming back, and if you sign Ingram or Van Ginkle
Speaker 1: back as well or Flowers even then you definitely put
Speaker 1: yourself in that position. I think as a result in
Speaker 1: free agency, your priced completely out of the top of
Speaker 1: the market or anything close to the top of the market.
Speaker 1: I think the best move is to retain Ingram. That's
Speaker 1: my personal preference. You might have to pinch pennies on
Speaker 1: Van Ginkle and part of that Chub deal is you
Speaker 1: aren't paying you know, you're not paying a lot at
Speaker 1: the other spot because you've got Agba coming back. So
Speaker 1: you're pretty committed here as far as financials of the
Speaker 1: position unless you make a move there. And thankfully though
Speaker 1: your most productive player and the looks of it, the
Speaker 1: biggest breakout star candidate in mind for my money in
Speaker 1: the NFL is also on his rookie deal and Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: so that helped you get Bradley Chubb in here as well.
Speaker 1: So if you're looking at it all, it's probably to
Speaker 1: fulfill Andrew Van Ginkle's role played last year. You know,
Speaker 1: snaps a game depending on your availability at the position
Speaker 1: and the game plan, and also a good twenty core
Speaker 1: special team snaps, give or take. That's kind of what
Speaker 1: Brandon Scarlett used to do. I think Van Ginkl's a
Speaker 1: big upgrade on that. Maybe you go down that path again,
Speaker 1: bring him back. We have to wait to see the
Speaker 1: change in the scheme before you really get into this,
Speaker 1: so we'll keep it brief. But either way, I think
Speaker 1: you have to think of that that part of the
Speaker 1: front seven that most likely gets the biggest ad is
Speaker 1: the off ball linebacker position. You know, I'm looking here
Speaker 1: at this particular position group like Lorenzo Carter, Agbania, Akaronko
Speaker 1: from Houston, but he might get paid. Maybe another player
Speaker 1: like Trey Flowers or in that mold a ton of
Speaker 1: passon Noah from the chief previously of the Chiefs thinking
Speaker 1: a thirty percent type of player and the market to
Speaker 1: reflect that. And if you don't retain Ingram, then maybe
Speaker 1: that bumps towards fifty. So we'll see what happens with
Speaker 1: our own in house guys. But it's gonna be a
Speaker 1: by low type of situation. I think, as far as
Speaker 1: what the roster tells you right now at this position
Speaker 1: group and in the draft, Jordan Reed of ESPN says,
Speaker 1: this is the deepest class in this year's draft at
Speaker 1: the edge position. You're gonna see several first round players here.
Speaker 1: We always do. I would say b. J. Largilli from
Speaker 1: l s U is about where you start to consider
Speaker 1: your potential first pick for Miami. But again, I think
Speaker 1: that is maybe the lowest on the team needs list.
Speaker 1: I like Derek Hall from Auburn, Isaiah Fowsky from Notre Dame.
Speaker 1: Couple of Day two names I like there it's so
Speaker 1: early for me in the draft process. I hadn't really
Speaker 1: began yet. Lucas Vanessa, Iowa's interesting player. Byron Young Alabama's
Speaker 1: a body, beautiful guy without tons of production. But I'm
Speaker 1: a big fan of this draft class. But I don't
Speaker 1: think Miami is gonna be real invested at that spot.
Speaker 1: They have a lot of good players on their current roster.
Speaker 1: Let's go ahead and take our last break right here
Speaker 1: and come back and close it up with the top
Speaker 1: ten secs of two. A lot of the guys on
Speaker 1: this list in that list. That's next Draft Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation.
Speaker 1: Welcome back into the Monday edition of the Drive Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: All January long, we are celebrating the top tens for
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins this season, and we start today with
Speaker 1: the top ten sacks against the Houston Texans and newcomer
Speaker 1: we just talked about him, Melvin Ingram. He's readied short
Speaker 1: and sweet on that call, but he showed off his
Speaker 1: patented move against the Houston Texans. A lot of Melvin
Speaker 1: Ingram sacks look the same, which is a testament to
Speaker 1: how good he is at this looping inside and in
Speaker 1: any fashion. Really. I remember watching his tape last offseason
Speaker 1: after he signed here and just marveling at that crossover step.
Speaker 1: Paired with the lateral explosiveness and agility, it usually serves
Speaker 1: him well on a stunt, but this was just him
Speaker 1: getting a two way go against the right tackle and
Speaker 1: against one of the games better right tackles and Tias Howard.
Speaker 1: They try to chip him, leave the inside post free
Speaker 1: and he just beats the tackle to the spot. Alan
Speaker 1: tries to wheel out and Melvin finishes by swiping at
Speaker 1: the legs, tripping up. And it came on a five
Speaker 1: sack day for the Miami defense. They also forced three
Speaker 1: turnovers and scored a defensive touchdown and allowed just two
Speaker 1: hundred and ten yards on the day. Our next sack
Speaker 1: and a losing effort on Christmas Day from a Landing Roberts.
Speaker 1: This first stroll here offer book we'll have to as
Speaker 1: he sets and it's Roberts making back to making back
Speaker 1: to back Clay plays once again. A landing Roberts, right
Speaker 1: after a big run stuff on the previous play, closes
Speaker 1: downhill for a big shaw on Aaron Rodgers on Christmas Day.
Speaker 1: We don't have the radio calls, yet they're coming, they're
Speaker 1: hit or miss. Landon Roberts is good for one big
Speaker 1: stick a game, it seems like, and this one came
Speaker 1: against the Green Bay quarterback. It's a play action boot
Speaker 1: on second and goal from the five yard line, still
Speaker 1: a very big possibility of a touchdown being scored, but
Speaker 1: not after Roberts makes this play. He flows with the
Speaker 1: original fake, recognizes that fake and peels off and takes
Speaker 1: off on a sprint right after number twelve in green
Speaker 1: gets him in the cross hairs and brings him to
Speaker 1: the ground at the eighteen yard line, a thirteen yard loss.
Speaker 1: This was after we play where he made the big
Speaker 1: hit on the run stuff following a ninety four yard
Speaker 1: kickoff return. So at Landon Roberts essentially on this drive
Speaker 1: saves you four points. It was the thirteenth straight game
Speaker 1: for the Dolphins of the sack, the seventh straight with
Speaker 1: multiple sacks at that point, and they totaled seventeen sacks
Speaker 1: in five weeks at that point. Number eight, we go
Speaker 1: back to the defensive secondary for a sack in primetime
Speaker 1: in Los Angeles. Third down in ten, that's wh where
Speaker 1: they go here, Joe, Yeah, here they come, They're coming
Speaker 1: after him. Row goes after broke up the battle sign.
Speaker 1: He goes down second sack of the evening for the
Speaker 1: Miami Dolphins defense. Eric Row with it. Wow, what a
Speaker 1: play by Eric Rowe. He got blocked and got off
Speaker 1: it and got him from behind. He has really made
Speaker 1: some big plays the last couple of weeks. And I'm
Speaker 1: so impressed by what Eric Row has done the last
Speaker 1: three or four years, changing positions, and here he shows
Speaker 1: you the redirect skills of a defensive end rushing the
Speaker 1: quarterback as he jumps on Justin Herbert splash layer. This year,
Speaker 1: Man played about half the snaps but showed up in
Speaker 1: some critical moments for Eric Rowe, including this third down
Speaker 1: in ten sack to get off the field, Herbert takes
Speaker 1: the snap and the Dolphins changed the picture up on
Speaker 1: the Los Angeles quarterback by peeling Bradley Chubb out into
Speaker 1: coverage and replacing his role as a rusher with Eric Rowe.
Speaker 1: The Chargers slide the protection away and bring the back
Speaker 1: across the formation and try to cut Row down, but
Speaker 1: Roe stays upfield with his eyes on the quarterback. That's
Speaker 1: going to be a theme in this podcast and gets
Speaker 1: behind Justin Herbert, but redirects back in front of him
Speaker 1: because of having the eyes on the quarterback. Really damn
Speaker 1: good play from a guy that I just have the
Speaker 1: utmost respect for the way he did the makeover on
Speaker 1: his game back in twenty nineteen with the position change.
Speaker 1: Getting big sacks is a big part of that play.
Speaker 1: Number seven, we go back to the Houston game and
Speaker 1: the first of three appearances with US burst up speed
Speaker 1: from Jalen Phillips against the Houston Texans. Third down at
Speaker 1: five to play, third quarter, Miami Texas buffet. They got
Speaker 1: Allen back to throw, but Jalen Philip picks up his
Speaker 1: first sack of the afternoon, the fourth sack from the
Speaker 1: Dolphins defense. Why a great pressure. A kid now has
Speaker 1: three and a half sacks, four and a half sacks
Speaker 1: on the year. Alan back to throw, He's getting pressure
Speaker 1: off the right side. Jalen Phillips. He goddamn sack for
Speaker 1: the Dolphins and they're gonna get off the field once again.
Speaker 1: Jalen Phillips. What a game, what a year. What a
Speaker 1: play he made there. That's why I would call it.
Speaker 1: Phillips gets a big sack off the edge right here,
Speaker 1: against the Texans, and when you freeze the play at
Speaker 1: the snap, you see Phillips coming out of the blocks
Speaker 1: like you saying bold. Nobody's even gotten out of their
Speaker 1: stand yet, and he's already head forward, running full speed ahead.
Speaker 1: And it's one of his many rushes from that three
Speaker 1: tech position, working off the right guard of the offense.
Speaker 1: In this particular instance, his versatility is crazy. He gets
Speaker 1: upfield on the right guard in a flash, then lowers
Speaker 1: his shoulder into him and just takes control of the
Speaker 1: rep by running the guard right past the quarterback. And
Speaker 1: with again the eyes on the quarterback, Phillips sees Alan
Speaker 1: step up into the pocket, spins inside, using all the
Speaker 1: momentum of that guard to push off and stop Alan
Speaker 1: Coldener's tracks. And it was a well timed cater Co
Speaker 1: who blitz off the other edge that created a free
Speaker 1: run from him, which stopped Alan from stepping up off
Speaker 1: of his spot team effort. But Phillips finishes the deal.
Speaker 1: For play number six, we go right back to Jillen
Speaker 1: Phillips and right back to primetime football, back to throw
Speaker 1: piet person Jallen Phillips. He started strong. Seiler had a
Speaker 1: lot of forests coming through to Joe a power rush.
Speaker 1: I thought Phillips had his real breakout game in this
Speaker 1: game against the Steeler second eleven from their own twenty six.
Speaker 1: Pickett gets immediate pressure inside from Zack Seeler, which forces
Speaker 1: him to flee left. Phillips is one on one versus
Speaker 1: the left tackle. He plays through the tackle by resetting
Speaker 1: the anchor and again with eyes on the quarterback disengages
Speaker 1: and meats Pickett before he can break the pocket. He
Speaker 1: made so many effort plays in this game in this season.
Speaker 1: Cannot wait to see your number three from Jalen Phillips,
Speaker 1: speaking of a guy that broke out in year three
Speaker 1: and continued it in your number four. Let's go back
Speaker 1: to prime time and holding the Chargers to a field
Speaker 1: goal thanks to this sack from Christian Wilkins. Austin there
Speaker 1: running back second down in Temple of Dolphins's plenty Herbert
Speaker 1: backtor throw looking looking and look and get pressure. Got it.
Speaker 1: It's Wilkins. Christian Wilkins a sack tonight. He's been playing
Speaker 1: on this mind the last several weeks. Donna roll again
Speaker 1: in this game. He sure was. He came on like gangbusters.
Speaker 1: They hold the charges to a field goal. Thanks for
Speaker 1: that second down sack and stop me if you've heard
Speaker 1: this before. Christian wilkins effort leads to a play. It's
Speaker 1: great coverage on second ten. Dolphins bring just three. Herbert clutches,
Speaker 1: starts to maneuver in the pocket, maneuver, maneuver, and there's
Speaker 1: Wilkins rushing from the four eye position off the inside
Speaker 1: shoulder of the right tackle. Both the tackle and the
Speaker 1: right guard double him, so he elevates to bat the
Speaker 1: past because he was great in that regard this year
Speaker 1: as well, and that's usually the end of your pass
Speaker 1: rush plan right Not here. He hits the ground running
Speaker 1: like one of those pullback and released car toys, blows
Speaker 1: past the right tackle and engulfs Herbert in the process.
Speaker 1: Then does a great Sean Merriman ode with the lights
Speaker 1: out dance. Dolphins back seven really covering the hook and
Speaker 1: curl flat options. As you see Herbert looked there first,
Speaker 1: go back to the backside, tuck the football, and by
Speaker 1: the time all that happens, Christian Wilkins is on him
Speaker 1: for a big sack. Christian's best friend, Zack Seiler, made
Speaker 1: a big play against the Detroit Lions to get off
Speaker 1: the field on third down in Motown, his hometown, brown
Speaker 1: and motion a third down and nine the Lions. Thank god, Sailor,
Speaker 1: Sailor with the sack this first of the year. He's
Speaker 1: playing a whale up a football game. Joe, give me.
Speaker 1: They collapse that pocket, Philip fall fall with a big
Speaker 1: pass rush on the outside. We talked about it early, Jimmy,
Speaker 1: gotta get pressure on these quarterbacks. They gotta fill you
Speaker 1: so often you hear about Wilkins and Phillips, and see
Speaker 1: Heiler and all these guys coming together. It was a big,
Speaker 1: big sack there for Zach Seiler again talking about his homecoming.
Speaker 1: Critical third and nine on a game where the Dolphins
Speaker 1: just could not get off the field and get stops
Speaker 1: in this game, the Michigan native makes a massive play
Speaker 1: in a massive moment. The Dolphins had just taken their
Speaker 1: first lead of the game after two A third touchdown
Speaker 1: pass of the day makes it thirty late in the
Speaker 1: third quarter. The Lions drive goes into the fourth quarter
Speaker 1: and Seeler works from his five tech position with a
Speaker 1: stunting loop inside around Jerome Baker, who's rush wipes out too,
Speaker 1: and Seiler scrapes off of that charge and runs in
Speaker 1: for a big hit on the quarterback and a sack.
Speaker 1: We stay in the NFC North for our number three
Speaker 1: play and Melvin Ingram gets a huge sack against Justin
Speaker 1: Fields and the Chicago Bears forty two back to throw
Speaker 1: find covering del Ingram finally gets to Fields for this
Speaker 1: first sack of the day. That was a frustration sack
Speaker 1: point Melvin Ingram's tacked up going. Man, we finally got
Speaker 1: this guy down back at the yard. But that was
Speaker 1: that was That was a big man's takedown right there.
Speaker 1: That was bull rushing and just throwing you down. You're
Speaker 1: not getting away this time. I'm gonna rodeo you down.
Speaker 1: And that's exactly what he did. You heard the excitement
Speaker 1: and Jimmy's voice. They're off the top talking about we
Speaker 1: finally got into the ground because Justin Fields escaped all
Speaker 1: day long and made big plays with his legs like
Speaker 1: he is wont to do. Gosh, hearing these sound bites
Speaker 1: makes me fired up for next season. Man, let's go
Speaker 1: back to September. I don't gotta deal with the rest
Speaker 1: of the calendar. But either way, Melvin ingram sack puts
Speaker 1: the Bears behind the sticks on a critical possession. Dolphins
Speaker 1: fourth quarter defense once again holds in this one to
Speaker 1: get the victory for Miami after another great offensive performance.
Speaker 1: Until that point, Fields had done whatever he wanted to
Speaker 1: Miami a three point lead four thirty seven to play
Speaker 1: first and tent the minus forty two Ingram, in a
Speaker 1: stand up rushing position to the offense is left. Miami
Speaker 1: brings five against the five man protection and Ingram just
Speaker 1: dominates his one on one. He resets rookie left tackle
Speaker 1: Braxton Jones into a one legged position by using his
Speaker 1: power to get up under the pads and unearthing him
Speaker 1: from that position, and once he pushes the tackle back,
Speaker 1: disengages back inside and right into Fields, who wants to
Speaker 1: flush again. Before he finishes the run, he makes the
Speaker 1: big tackle and Steeler had a good rush where he
Speaker 1: got knocked back and didn't run the right by the quarterback.
Speaker 1: You often see the players you know get that pass
Speaker 1: rush win and just blow by the quarterback. Didn't do that.
Speaker 1: He stopped and awaited the escape and got his hands
Speaker 1: up which forced Fields into the waiting hands of Melvin Ingram.
Speaker 1: For play number two, we go back to Jayleen Phillips
Speaker 1: and a huge play in a huge game against the
Speaker 1: hated division rival who's now home like us up in Buffalo.
Speaker 1: The right side, Alan looking backside pressure comes He's had
Speaker 1: the balls out, Miami's got it. Of course, Jayleen Philips
Speaker 1: swipp the strip sack and the Dolphins recover. Christian Wilkins
Speaker 1: had it bounced right up to him. Oh wow, what
Speaker 1: a strip sack? What's this? What's Phillips get it right
Speaker 1: on Allan as soon as he goes to throw it
Speaker 1: knocks that ball out, and of course Johnny on the
Speaker 1: spot is Kristin Wilkins. And that was a great pass
Speaker 1: rush move there by Jalen Phillips to get to Josh Allen.
Speaker 1: I'm glad we got this one up here because it
Speaker 1: illustrates Jalen's effort, which was on another level all year long.
Speaker 1: Dolphins have a five point lead in the fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Bill's ball right at midfield. Dolphins show pressure only bring four,
Speaker 1: and again Phillips is off the football before anybody else.
Speaker 1: He burns past the right tackle, but Alan steps up
Speaker 1: and starts to hunt from his new platform. He goes
Speaker 1: to throw, but there's that length and effort and will
Speaker 1: of Jalen Phillips to accelerate through the through the redirect
Speaker 1: and get the football out and right into the arms
Speaker 1: of as you heard of there, Johnny on the spot,
Speaker 1: Christian Wilkins want to play in a big moment. I
Speaker 1: expect more moments like that in the future from these
Speaker 1: two pairings up in that building. Gets the Buffalo Bills.
Speaker 1: And what a great call there by Mark Sandras. I
Speaker 1: love his play by play by the way, or rather
Speaker 1: our commentary. I hope we get more of him on
Speaker 1: Dolphins calls next year. For play number one, we go
Speaker 1: back to another game against division rival, the first game
Speaker 1: of the year, back at hard Rock Stadium for Brandon Jones,
Speaker 1: Melvin Ingram putting the first touchdown on the board for
Speaker 1: the Miami Dolphins, and twine twine two on second and
Speaker 1: tent on the Boss Paul inside the five to the
Speaker 1: end zone, touchdown Dolphins. Brandon Jones applied the hit to
Speaker 1: Mac Jones, Melvin Ingram cleaned it up for the touchdown.
Speaker 1: Right Brandon Jones Scott free off of Mac Jones blindside
Speaker 1: a tremendous blitzer and he gives the Dolphins exactly what
Speaker 1: they needed. Forces the fumble. Ingram with the touchdown. That's
Speaker 1: a big play defense. Brandon Jones. Man missed that guy
Speaker 1: so much this year and he forced it Ingram scooped
Speaker 1: it and scored it. The way Jones disguises his blitz
Speaker 1: is with late rotation to full the quarterback is a
Speaker 1: total thing of beauty. He does it every single year. Man,
Speaker 1: I missed that dude this year. You know, Byron Jones
Speaker 1: not having him all year sucked. But Brandon Jones was
Speaker 1: right up there. And I know the defense was played
Speaker 1: through the cornerback position and the ability to lock down
Speaker 1: the perimeter, but Brandon jones blitz ability and the way
Speaker 1: it freed up Javon Holland, I think getting him back
Speaker 1: is gonna be a huge, huge boon next season, free
Speaker 1: up more of Holland to make the plays that we've
Speaker 1: seen him make all of his career. And by that
Speaker 1: late movement, it has the left tackle commit to his block,
Speaker 1: leaving the free run for Brandon Jones. And he has
Speaker 1: a way of timing these things where he can scrape
Speaker 1: so close to the formation that allows him to get
Speaker 1: in before the ball comes out. And as the back
Speaker 1: to that side also goes into the route, Mac hitches
Speaker 1: up and by the time he hitches up that one
Speaker 1: hitch timing, Brandon Jones is right there, goes for the ball,
Speaker 1: gets it out in Melvin ingram one hand, plucks it
Speaker 1: off the turf and takes it in for six. So
Speaker 1: those are your up ten sacks carry over there between
Speaker 1: that top ten touchdowns of the season. You can find
Speaker 1: the entire video up on the team YouTube channel as
Speaker 1: well as on our social channels. Will come back on
Speaker 1: Wednesday and have I believe top ten runs for y'all.
Speaker 1: We'll just take a look at the running back position
Speaker 1: plenty to come your way here on the Draft Time Podcast.
Speaker 1: Will also look at the defensive coordinator spot talk about
Speaker 1: some possible names plenty coming here down the pike on
Speaker 1: your offseason edition of the Drivetime Podcast. But in the meantime,
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