Speaker 1: To us buyers touch style by Waddle stuck into the
Speaker 1: end zone of Miami Boy, tight fro, tight window. They
Speaker 1: had to get that touchdown on that play. They get it.
Speaker 1: What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast,
Speaker 1: part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network, covering your team,
Speaker 1: your Miami Dolphins. How's it going everybody? I am your host,
Speaker 1: Travis Wingfield, And on today's show, we're taking a look
Speaker 1: at camp so far with ten takeaways from ten days
Speaker 1: and ten position groups with more of a macro view
Speaker 1: opposed the daily micro view each day at practice. Plus
Speaker 1: we'll talk about Warren Sharp's Dolphins chapter of his two
Speaker 1: season preview. And I want to tell you a great
Speaker 1: about a great story I should say, written on Mike
Speaker 1: McDaniel on the Athletic by Damn Pompeii. All of that
Speaker 1: and much more from somewhere in South Florida. This is
Speaker 1: the Drivetime Podcast. So I got to thinking the last
Speaker 1: podcast came out on Sunday afternoon, and the next time
Speaker 1: you'll hear from me is probably Wednesday evening after the
Speaker 1: first joint first of two joint practices with the Tampa
Speaker 1: Bay Buccaneers, and on the Twitter Spaces show on Wednesday night,
Speaker 1: so I thought we need to get another podcast in here.
Speaker 1: So no practice to recap today, but I thought ten
Speaker 1: was a nice round number to look at things so
Speaker 1: far and just take sort of a thirty thousand foot
Speaker 1: view of each position group now that we've seen them together.
Speaker 1: We've heard the pressors a significant portion of the roster.
Speaker 1: We've heard the assistant coaches as well as coach McDaniel
Speaker 1: give their updates, So what better time to do that
Speaker 1: starting with the quarterbacks here. And I've just really enjoyed
Speaker 1: watching the arc of a practice. Our first takeaway from
Speaker 1: the standpoint of working on a task in an individual
Speaker 1: drill and then the application of carrying it over into
Speaker 1: a team period and just how many team periods they
Speaker 1: have in practice, like practicing football. It's a good idea,
Speaker 1: you know. With to a in particular, I've been really
Speaker 1: impressed by his ability to throw from awkward different platforms.
Speaker 1: To me, it looks smooth and sharp, and I think
Speaker 1: it's a credit to the work that he's putting in
Speaker 1: and the influence of coach Bevil. I think his timing
Speaker 1: looks really really sharp. We heard Cedric Wilson mentioned the
Speaker 1: chemistry clicking quickly for those guys, his field looks like
Speaker 1: that of a third year quarterback playing with confidence. The
Speaker 1: deep shot to Tyreek on Sunday, I thought was a
Speaker 1: good example where you see Emmanuel Ada going up against
Speaker 1: Austin Jackson kind of on an island off the one
Speaker 1: side of the offensive line, and you see two a
Speaker 1: hit the top of his drop and pause for just
Speaker 1: a beat as something of a two way go develops
Speaker 1: where Austin Jackson's in good shape, but to one needs
Speaker 1: to collect the information on if the slide is going
Speaker 1: to be up or out. And what I mean by
Speaker 1: that is Agba has yet to declare his move or
Speaker 1: his track. If he goes inside to a can slide
Speaker 1: backwards out behind himself right, if he goes around the
Speaker 1: arc then to a can step up. So you see
Speaker 1: that little hitch that's just ever so subtle, but he
Speaker 1: quickly gets back to balance and throws that dime we
Speaker 1: talked about in practice. It's been high level from what
Speaker 1: I can tell. And finally, I think the long ball
Speaker 1: stuff that was, you know, always misguided in my mind.
Speaker 1: I mean, we can put to bed with what you've seen.
Speaker 1: Just come watch practice it's there for you if you
Speaker 1: want to see it. But that's not the part about
Speaker 1: the armed talent to me that stands out the most.
Speaker 1: It's the zip to thread the needle between a trio
Speaker 1: of defenders on that waddle touchdown from I think it
Speaker 1: was Saturday's practice. Regarding the rest of the room, I
Speaker 1: like how it has a little bit of everything. You
Speaker 1: have the young starter with the upside that comes with
Speaker 1: being the fifth pick of the draft. You have a
Speaker 1: steady veteran presence there, and Teddy Bridgewater chances are like,
Speaker 1: he's not going to surprise you, right, you know what
Speaker 1: he's capable of, and on top of that, he's a
Speaker 1: terrific teammate. And then finally the late round rookie and
Speaker 1: Skyler Compson who has tools to develop the combination in
Speaker 1: this offense of vertical and horizontal stretch. You go back
Speaker 1: and watch the Niners tape from a season ago, and
Speaker 1: some of the principles that you might see with with
Speaker 1: those stretches, with the use of play action, the changing
Speaker 1: of the throwing platforms, you know, to a looking good
Speaker 1: on the move. I think all of this lends itself
Speaker 1: to what could be a quarterback friendly offense, and man,
Speaker 1: when you've got a clean operation for this quarterback and
Speaker 1: you want to talk about a guy that will maximize
Speaker 1: the play around him in that instance, to me, that
Speaker 1: guy is too. I remember the easy or nay, the
Speaker 1: lazy criticism of him coming out was that he played
Speaker 1: in the loaded offense there Alabama. But what I saw
Speaker 1: was a conductor of one of these sweetest symphonies we've
Speaker 1: ever seen in college football, directing that offense to record
Speaker 1: breaking performances by keeping all those mouths fed and happy.
Speaker 1: I mean Henry Ruggs, Jalen Waddle, DeVante Smith, Jerry Judy.
Speaker 1: Remember Nick Saban said he had never been around a
Speaker 1: guy like to a That's gotta count for something in
Speaker 1: my book at the running back position, the burst and
Speaker 1: the home run hitting ability. And also this will be
Speaker 1: a theme. The veteran presence, I think allows you to
Speaker 1: be flexible to install any run game plan run game
Speaker 1: game plan that you want on a given week. That's
Speaker 1: just there's just a lot or not a lot, I
Speaker 1: should say, in terms of what Chase Edmunds, Raheem Moster, Sony,
Speaker 1: Michelle Miles Gaskin, what these guys have seen in their
Speaker 1: their career. There isn't a lot that's going to fool
Speaker 1: them out there at this stage of their careers. And
Speaker 1: not to mention this camp, you know alec Ingold has
Speaker 1: had with all the dirty work he does in the
Speaker 1: running game and pass protection and even when he's out
Speaker 1: in the pattern as a receiver, I just don't think
Speaker 1: you're gonna see, you know, arm tackles, shoestring tackles, trip
Speaker 1: guys up with daylight the way it happened a season ago.
Speaker 1: You might have an equal number of you know, short
Speaker 1: runs or stuffed runs. We hope not. But I think
Speaker 1: the big difference this year from you know, the additions
Speaker 1: in that backfield that you're gonna see is those eight
Speaker 1: to ten yard runs that can become fifty to seventy
Speaker 1: yard runs. And you know, if you don't love that,
Speaker 1: that's like what how you would describe Barry Sanders career, right,
Speaker 1: It's not about hitting consistent eight yard runs, but when
Speaker 1: you can pop the big one and get your explosives
Speaker 1: in the running game too, and build the passing game
Speaker 1: off that I'd love to see it. It's got to
Speaker 1: ship a coffee real quick. At wide receiver, we're gonna
Speaker 1: talk about this article from The Athletic later on, but
Speaker 1: there's a quote from coaching there about how you don't
Speaker 1: have to have speed, but it's very desirable to have
Speaker 1: the speed. And while coach, you've got arguably two of
Speaker 1: the fastest receivers doing it. I think the impact this
Speaker 1: could have to open up other elements with which we
Speaker 1: struggled last year, the intermediate passing game, the running game.
Speaker 1: You have to be hyper aware of that speed, and
Speaker 1: that can force more off coverage. It causes indecisiveness when
Speaker 1: you know, have stacks or bunches or condensed formations. It
Speaker 1: can force a two high shell and get that extra
Speaker 1: hat out of the box in the running game. All
Speaker 1: very basic stuff right then the ripple effect for the
Speaker 1: rest of the group. With Cedric Wilson Eric Zoma, they've
Speaker 1: both shown a real proclivity for winning deep and stacking
Speaker 1: defensive backs and making contestant catches. They both have shown
Speaker 1: they can run with it after the catch. The spacing
Speaker 1: they can create and matchup identification in this receiver's room,
Speaker 1: I think is pretty apparent because you know you're gonna
Speaker 1: see how the defense wants to react to where those
Speaker 1: two speed guys go, and then based off of that,
Speaker 1: you can kind of identify your matchups across the rest
Speaker 1: of the offense. Whether it's a receiver, a tight end,
Speaker 1: a running back, it just doesn't really matter. Then I
Speaker 1: think your screen game should be exponentially better on top
Speaker 1: of the flow of the running game. I mean, you
Speaker 1: might wind up with some looks where it's one on
Speaker 1: one to Cedric Wilson or Eric Azukama with you know,
Speaker 1: snap and throw a now route and if that corner
Speaker 1: can't make a tackle, it's an explosive play because the
Speaker 1: help is funneled to the other side with you know,
Speaker 1: seventeen and ten and finally the route concepts that maximize
Speaker 1: the speed. A lot of the time, the viability of
Speaker 1: the play comes down to can you run with Tyreek
Speaker 1: or Jalen for yards across the football field? The answer
Speaker 1: is almost always no. The tight end position group, we
Speaker 1: played coach McDaniels audio on the tight end position the
Speaker 1: other day, and how commendable the job the guys are
Speaker 1: doing is with regards to the sort of relearning of
Speaker 1: the position. They want the staff the way they want this.
Speaker 1: The staff wants that position to play the position for
Speaker 1: lack of a better term, and coach has mentioned playing fast.
Speaker 1: That's only gonna benefit a guy like Mike Asiki who
Speaker 1: can really open it up and get down the field
Speaker 1: on the offensive line. I think you have to be
Speaker 1: pleased with the growth and development so far from this group,
Speaker 1: and I think that really starts with the approach of,
Speaker 1: you know, like the tight ends playing fast. Go back
Speaker 1: to one of the summer previews series podcast The Offensive Line,
Speaker 1: we detailed the relative athletics scores of this offensive line
Speaker 1: with to Ron Armstead one of the best aris scores
Speaker 1: ever and still holds the record for forty time by
Speaker 1: an offensive lineman. Austin Jackson in the nine percentile, Robert
Speaker 1: Hunt right up there, like Connor Williams up there as well.
Speaker 1: Liam Eichenberg knocking on that door. I think we've seen
Speaker 1: that impact both in the way they've created space and
Speaker 1: also how it's helped them start to realize some of
Speaker 1: that potential in Pass Pro two. I've been really really
Speaker 1: impressed US camp by Liam Eichenberg. I thought Big Rob
Speaker 1: was excellent last year. I think Williams's intelligence and sides
Speaker 1: going to help out a young offensive line, and Austin
Speaker 1: has some really damn good work too so far. And
Speaker 1: then obviously we know about to run Armstead how he
Speaker 1: can help the entire offensive line because you can slide
Speaker 1: protection and squeeze a different portion of the pass rush
Speaker 1: and let him handle some guys one on one, especially
Speaker 1: if it's their best pass rusher. We'll go ahead and
Speaker 1: take our first break right here and come back on
Speaker 1: the other side and do the defense that's next here
Speaker 1: on the Draft Time Podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought
Speaker 1: to you by Auto Nation. If you've been listening to
Speaker 1: the practice recaps so far, as we spin forward to
Speaker 1: the defensive line portion of our ten Days, Ten Takeaways,
Speaker 1: Ten Position Groups podcast here on the Draftime Podcast, we'll
Speaker 1: be with you tomorrow in Tampa Bay to cover that
Speaker 1: first of two joint practices with Miami and Tampa Bay.
Speaker 1: But if you've been listening to the practice recap pods,
Speaker 1: you've heard all about Christian Wilkinsack Seiler and Rae Kwon
Speaker 1: Davis and the gang up front. John Jenkins has had
Speaker 1: a strong camp as well, and his veteran presence is
Speaker 1: just another you know, each one of these groups has
Speaker 1: one of those guys that almost has like a mayor
Speaker 1: type of presence you know, Tea stead Tyreek, Chase Edmonds,
Speaker 1: John Jenkins, e rob At linebacker, Javon in the secondary
Speaker 1: for a young guy, I think it speaks to the
Speaker 1: balance of the roster and the team's approached this offseason
Speaker 1: to really pair that young talent with proven resumes who
Speaker 1: can moonlight their role in terms of their mentorship, like,
Speaker 1: have more than just an on field tangible impact. And
Speaker 1: this will be a theme. You know, the absurd flexibility
Speaker 1: in terms of guys that can play the one shade
Speaker 1: you know, off either shoulder of the center all the
Speaker 1: way out to a five technique. You know, playing up
Speaker 1: against the tackle. You have the athletic ability of dropping
Speaker 1: the hook zone. I mean see Christian Wilkins pick against
Speaker 1: the ramsback inw You have power to play head up
Speaker 1: for your bare fronts, your odd fronts or even fronts,
Speaker 1: and you know, to hold things up for all that
Speaker 1: speed you have in the second level and that third
Speaker 1: level you have the ability to penetrate and play upfill
Speaker 1: with your hair on fire. Like that's the theme, right
Speaker 1: any type of offensive attack that you see. I think
Speaker 1: this defense is equipped to evolved to the best version
Speaker 1: of itself to handle whatever attack is thrown at them.
Speaker 1: And it starts up here on the defensive line. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, throw aug Bat into that mix to talking
Speaker 1: about a guy that can play, you know, down off
Speaker 1: the edge, a true d M position four or three
Speaker 1: point stands, four point stands and get some one on
Speaker 1: one pass rush wins. It's it's across the board. And
Speaker 1: then you get to the linebacker group where you know
Speaker 1: the majority of our edge guys exist, and that's there's
Speaker 1: just so much variety in this position that's also littered
Speaker 1: with insane depth. Jalen Phillips, Andrew Van Ginkel, and Melvin
Speaker 1: Ingram have all had their successes in this league and
Speaker 1: so far in this camp, and they do it along
Speaker 1: that same theme with different variables, different body types and
Speaker 1: approaches to the game. And to me, that says two things.
Speaker 1: You can be really matchup based once again, because we've
Speaker 1: seen Melvin play literally all over the d fense as
Speaker 1: recently as last year with Pittsburgh in Kansas City. We've
Speaker 1: seen Phillips played wide, condensed, inside, and really fine tune
Speaker 1: all three phases of his game. We've seen hand in
Speaker 1: the dirt, stand up, coverage, rush, run game from Van
Speaker 1: Ginkle and you know he's more of a thinner build,
Speaker 1: but speed guy that can really shorten the corner opposed
Speaker 1: those other guys play with a little more heavy hands
Speaker 1: and through players. And then on top of that, it's
Speaker 1: it's just again this crazy, crazy depth. You can play
Speaker 1: all those guys, you know, all these snaps and keep
Speaker 1: them fresh as well. Like it's that group is only
Speaker 1: gonna help itself out the further we get down the
Speaker 1: line here, I think, and that's on top of you know,
Speaker 1: that's the top of the iceberg. I should say it's
Speaker 1: the tip of the iceberg because Brandon Scarlett's run defense
Speaker 1: is a staple of his game. He's had a good
Speaker 1: camp doing that. Jerome Baker does so much to add
Speaker 1: to the team speed and really helps this defense stay.
Speaker 1: You know, evolved to a heavy defensive backpackage last year
Speaker 1: dime packages for this Dolphins defense at six defensive backs
Speaker 1: that was most in the NFL. And a player like
Speaker 1: Jerome Baker allows you to do that. That stat's per
Speaker 1: Sports Info Solutions. By the way, a land and Roberts
Speaker 1: has been you know, forwarding short yardage attempts since I
Speaker 1: can remember, So when you want to go heavy, bring
Speaker 1: an extra offensive lineman bringing twelve personnel. Thirteen personnel, you
Speaker 1: have that guy to come in there. Knockheads Duke Riley
Speaker 1: and Sam edg Von play so fast and can give
Speaker 1: you variety on both teams and sub packages. It's the
Speaker 1: depth and variety here, it's the main takeaway from that group.
Speaker 1: You also have getting the flexibility to play even fronts,
Speaker 1: odd fronts. You can win with and without pressure. In
Speaker 1: terms of your past rush because of guys like Melvin
Speaker 1: Jalen uh A manual outside Christian and Zach inside and all.
Speaker 1: That flexibility just allows you to stay creative with your
Speaker 1: Russian game plans. You can manufacture pressures because the offense
Speaker 1: can't simply identify who's coming and who's dropping. Then you
Speaker 1: plug in a guy like Channing Tindall, who you can
Speaker 1: already see out there every day in practice, showcasing talents
Speaker 1: that frankly garner a higher draft pick than the end
Speaker 1: of the third round. From my money, he didn't have
Speaker 1: the snaps or volume of tape I suppose to justify it,
Speaker 1: but man, the talent sure as hell does. And the
Speaker 1: beauty of this linebacker room is you don't have to
Speaker 1: be in a hurry with a guy like that. He
Speaker 1: can even just do game plan specific stuff where it's
Speaker 1: you know, a handful of snaps in a game on
Speaker 1: defense in certain packages and get ramped up and continue
Speaker 1: to contribute on special teams. To really curious to see
Speaker 1: how his his workload evolves as the year goes along.
Speaker 1: But you just it's crazy the depth that you have
Speaker 1: there when you're talking about Tindall is a guy that
Speaker 1: can do that and kind of, you know, be a
Speaker 1: slow burn if you so choose. At cornerback, Xavian Howard
Speaker 1: and Byron Jones have been such a dynamic duo that
Speaker 1: really serves as the lynchpin for this style of versatile, aggressive,
Speaker 1: pressure based defense with the solid man coverage in the
Speaker 1: back end and their ability to play really whatever coverage
Speaker 1: you want them to. But the key to it all
Speaker 1: is how they disrupt timing in the passing game with
Speaker 1: their physical style style, and they can do that because
Speaker 1: of the recovery ability to play that style. But then inside,
Speaker 1: Nick Needham has been like a revelation kicking aside right.
Speaker 1: He's also played some post safety when when Javon Holland
Speaker 1: was down last year, the versatility, he shows no bonogamy,
Speaker 1: certainly fits that bill from a makeup and physicality standpoint,
Speaker 1: And I think Trull Williams, him and Higbo both have
Speaker 1: been so good in this camp and inclined to trust
Speaker 1: what this staff has on the resume. Between Josh Boyer's
Speaker 1: history of developing corners and then Sam Madison, that's still
Speaker 1: really cool to say. And also Patrick start Tam working
Speaker 1: with the defensive backs as well, even though it's been
Speaker 1: more safety focused for Pat, uh doesn't hurt to have
Speaker 1: that experience, not to mention the experience of Stephen Gregory
Speaker 1: is the Dolphins safety's coach in that room who's been
Speaker 1: here for a couple of years now gets the promotion
Speaker 1: to the safety's job. And all these guys have experienced
Speaker 1: either playing success in the league or within this system
Speaker 1: with coach Boyer at the helm. So it's it's really
Speaker 1: excited to have that much talent in that group, with
Speaker 1: all those good coaches on this Dolphins coaches staff here
Speaker 1: under Josh Boyer on the defensive side, in that defensive backfield,
Speaker 1: and up and down the entire roster. Really and just
Speaker 1: consider the impact that that's gonna have on all the
Speaker 1: young guys in this Dolphins defensive backfield as well, thinking
Speaker 1: about guys like that Come Nation of Bigbo and trill
Speaker 1: And and Keion Crossing too. Has that a really good
Speaker 1: camp and the way all those guys tackle and play
Speaker 1: physical up around the line, I think it's pretty important
Speaker 1: for your ability to stay flexible with the roster in
Speaker 1: the future and could potentially help you transition down the
Speaker 1: road if you want to go that route. But for today,
Speaker 1: the depth is just it's just good. It is, it
Speaker 1: is what it is. Then it's safety. We saw Javon Holland,
Speaker 1: Brandon Jones and Eric Row all three play a lot
Speaker 1: last year. All three of those guys versatile players who
Speaker 1: have covered the slot a ton in Collagen in the pros.
Speaker 1: And you see that ability to match up when they
Speaker 1: get called upon. You know, I think Holland maybe the
Speaker 1: most uh adept at doing that and Eric broken play
Speaker 1: outside too. Then the interchangeability of Javan and Brandon, I mean,
Speaker 1: we know we know about their pressure numbers this season ago,
Speaker 1: and those are the guys that honestly play faster with
Speaker 1: every ounce of experience they get. We see it in
Speaker 1: training camp. Javan has been everywhere Brandon is playing as
Speaker 1: fast as I've seen him. And then of course with Eero,
Speaker 1: it's nice to have a guy that you know can
Speaker 1: man up on a tight end and insert himself in
Speaker 1: the running game who can also cover down the field.
Speaker 1: It's a rare showcase of skills there. Sheldrick RedWine his
Speaker 1: special team's ability as well in that group, uh part
Speaker 1: of that mix. And then the specialist I mean talk
Speaker 1: about Jason Sanders, who's always money in training camp. Thomas
Speaker 1: Morestead works his butt off every day in practice. It's
Speaker 1: fun to watch him condition out there. I think I
Speaker 1: saw one snap out of you know, hundreds that wasn't
Speaker 1: on the money from Blake this camp. And then with
Speaker 1: the coverage and return units, I mean, this team has
Speaker 1: I don't know ten guys that have been core special
Speaker 1: teamers as recently as last year with this team or another.
Speaker 1: Between smythe Sherfield, Riley, EG Von Campbell, Federalum eg Bnogny
Speaker 1: red Wine, I mean, don't overlook that aspect of it either.
Speaker 1: So yeah, I've just been so impressed this camp. I'm
Speaker 1: excited to see how they evolve from here. A good
Speaker 1: test in Tampa Bay this week and a chance to
Speaker 1: just put more on tape to correct and grow and
Speaker 1: get better and learn from We've got a month until
Speaker 1: the Patriots and I like to track this team is on,
Speaker 1: and just real quick before we get to our last
Speaker 1: break here and start talking about Warren sharpwo Dolphins preview
Speaker 1: in the final segment, if you haven't seen the article
Speaker 1: on the Athletic by Don Dan Pompeii, I highly recommend it.
Speaker 1: I want to read this lead then I'll just leave
Speaker 1: it to you guys. But it's titled Dolphins Coach Mike
Speaker 1: McDaniel Particular Present, putting it all out there and just
Speaker 1: read the first couple of allignes here for you guys.
Speaker 1: A cloud of smoke hung in the air and a
Speaker 1: dimly lit cigar lounge in Houstons assistant John Embree and
Speaker 1: Mike McDaniel took a break from preseason work with the Texans. Embrey,
Speaker 1: at that point an NFL assistant for a decade, since
Speaker 1: McDaniel was feeling down, so he offered some encouragement. He
Speaker 1: told the young coach he was really smart, creative too,
Speaker 1: He listened well and had an incredible memory. He was
Speaker 1: naturally honest and self fa sing didn't take himself too
Speaker 1: seriously and didn't care what anybody else thought about him.
Speaker 1: He embraced, embraced risk, and then after a puff, Embry
Speaker 1: told McDonald, McDaniel McDonald, you have the qualities to not
Speaker 1: only be a head coach in the National Football League,
Speaker 1: but to be a successful one end quote. Four years later,
Speaker 1: the smoke comes from the orange blossom water. Pour it
Speaker 1: over dry ice on a plate of Australian wagu beef.
Speaker 1: The shimmering Atlantic ocean reflects off the lenses of McDaniel
Speaker 1: designer glasses. He is a head coach as Embri envisioned
Speaker 1: he would be. That's great writing, man. Go check it out.
Speaker 1: The athletic Damn POMPEII Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel particular present
Speaker 1: putting it all out there. I really really enjoyed reading
Speaker 1: that piece, So go check it out. Let's take our
Speaker 1: last break and come back here and visit the Warren Sharp.
Speaker 1: He's in preview. That's next on the Drivetime podcast, your
Speaker 1: host Chiwis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. Every year.
Speaker 1: I love the summer content we get from season preview stuff,
Speaker 1: and Warren Sharp is one of the guys that has
Speaker 1: must read material each offseason. He puts so much work
Speaker 1: into that season preview. I want to go ahead and
Speaker 1: just share a few key points from his Dolphins chapter
Speaker 1: before we get out of here and onto Tampa Bay
Speaker 1: Shorter podcast today. Just looking at a few notes here.
Speaker 1: In twenty defenses gave Miami the third least cushion in
Speaker 1: the end fell last year that increased to fifteen in
Speaker 1: pre snap cushion. But the Dolphins those two years finished
Speaker 1: thirty second and thirty first in separation from wide receivers individually.
Speaker 1: Last year, Waddle was thirty five out of a hundred
Speaker 1: and twenty seven receivers and the rest was not very good.
Speaker 1: The Dolphins also had the last place finisher on the
Speaker 1: roster the last two years in terms of wide receiver
Speaker 1: separation two editions and the one ranked Tyreek Hills fourteenth
Speaker 1: last year Cedric Wilson twenties. So to go from one
Speaker 1: guy in the top thirty five to three guys in
Speaker 1: the top thirty five and a category is gonna be
Speaker 1: pretty key for this team. I think he also notes
Speaker 1: the Niners last year or seventh and they were tenth
Speaker 1: an average separation that Mike McDaniel offense last year, Dolphins
Speaker 1: had the thirteenth toughest schedule this year. According to Warren Sharpe,
Speaker 1: the Niners under McDaniel led the league last season and
Speaker 1: yards per play when two of was not pressured one
Speaker 1: a seventy play success rate. That's based upon yardage gained
Speaker 1: on the particular down and how much you cut the game,
Speaker 1: the yards to gain in half or something like that.
Speaker 1: So first down, if you get five yards or more,
Speaker 1: successful play. On second down, if you cut the artis
Speaker 1: in half, that's a successful down. On third down, if
Speaker 1: you convert, that's a successful place. So play success rate
Speaker 1: eight three percent accuracy with on ball placement or on
Speaker 1: target placement, and ten point nine yards per pass since
Speaker 1: twenty nineteen. Jimmy g ranks first in the NFL and
Speaker 1: yards per tempt at eight point four, but was forty
Speaker 1: two out of forty three qualifying quarterbacks and air yards.
Speaker 1: How is that possible? Warren asks a six point eight
Speaker 1: average YAK per completion that was best in the NFL
Speaker 1: over that time for the forty offense. If they can
Speaker 1: take some strides in those areas, a team that was
Speaker 1: nineteenth last year in passing e p A that would
Speaker 1: pair well with the defensive production that we've had on
Speaker 1: top of the fact that the offensive success would keep
Speaker 1: the defense fresher and make opposing offense is more one dimensional.
Speaker 1: That's I mean, that's the idea, right. Some other fun
Speaker 1: notes here, a positional spending Dolphins are number one at
Speaker 1: receiver in cornerback, twenty six on the defensive line. With
Speaker 1: that talent that relatested out to me is just a
Speaker 1: crazy fact. But putting the resource ses into the passing game,
Speaker 1: you'd love to see it. Christian Wilkins was second ESPNS
Speaker 1: run stop win rate last year at he was six,
Speaker 1: and pressure rate among his position group and the d
Speaker 1: line as a team was tent and run stop win rate.
Speaker 1: Emmanuel Oddball was twentie and pressure rate among edge defenders, Uh,
Speaker 1: you know, high volume guys who produced eighteen sacks and
Speaker 1: fort q B hits the last couple of years here
Speaker 1: in Miami, Andrew van Ginkel was seventh, and pressures when
Speaker 1: you include defensive end and outside linebackers. Nick Needham was
Speaker 1: eleventh among slots and adjusted air yards per coverage snap.
Speaker 1: It's a great number there for him. Then, Uh, let's
Speaker 1: see what else? What else we here? With three safeties
Speaker 1: in the field. The Dolphins allowed just four point one
Speaker 1: eight yards per play, which was second best within three
Speaker 1: safety packages. So there's your Holland Jones and row tangible
Speaker 1: you know concept there as far as how they produce
Speaker 1: at that safety position. Alright, really informative read fund read
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