WEBVTT - Drive Time: 2023 Miami Dolphins Assessment 0:00:00.200 --> 0:00:06.800 To remove going deep speedways past. From the Baptist Health 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:12.640 Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex, this is Drivetime 0:00:13.119 --> 0:00:19.440 with Travis Wingfield. He's got my advands in the playoffs. 0:00:28.680 --> 0:00:33.040 What is up, Dolphans And welcome to the Drive Time Podcast. 0:00:33.360 --> 0:00:36.040 I am your host, Travis Wingfield. And on today's show, 0:00:36.440 --> 0:00:38.600 I'm looking forward to this one. We're gonna do a 0:00:39.120 --> 0:00:43.519 comprehensive where can it get better internal assessment of the 0:00:43.640 --> 0:00:46.360 roster of the team, where things are, the salary cap, 0:00:46.680 --> 0:00:48.760 the flexibility they might have. We're gonna hear more from 0:00:48.840 --> 0:00:51.720 Chris Greer. We're gonna talk about some league leaders on 0:00:51.760 --> 0:00:54.920 this roster and break down more about the quarterback position. 0:00:55.040 --> 0:00:57.760 Plus pick the divisional round weekend games. We have a 0:00:57.760 --> 0:00:59.800 lot to get to on this one. From the Baptist 0:00:59.840 --> 0:01:03.120 Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex. This is 0:01:06.720 --> 0:01:11.880 the Drive Time Podcast. Maggie Gaffe. Did I get you 0:01:11.920 --> 0:01:15.000 guys with that longer pause? This time? I think I 0:01:15.120 --> 0:01:17.319 might have. So I wrote down here that I want 0:01:17.360 --> 0:01:19.600 to do a quick Friday show. But every time I 0:01:19.640 --> 0:01:22.040 say it's gonna be quick, I wind up getting my 0:01:22.160 --> 0:01:25.160 rundown into three or four more points that winds up 0:01:25.800 --> 0:01:29.399 turning into three or four more three minute monologues, which 0:01:29.480 --> 0:01:32.160 adds on another twelve to fifteen minutes of the show. 0:01:32.400 --> 0:01:34.640 And that's why the show became a forty five minute 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:36.679 program compared to a thirty minute program that it was 0:01:36.720 --> 0:01:39.399 three years ago. So I'm gonna try to keep it short, 0:01:39.440 --> 0:01:41.479 but wasting time right here already will not do that. 0:01:41.600 --> 0:01:42.920 But I just want to kind of take a look 0:01:42.920 --> 0:01:47.800 at where we are six days after elimination. And again 0:01:47.840 --> 0:01:50.840 this is off script, to be quite frank, I really 0:01:51.160 --> 0:01:54.480 struggle this time of year, just the absence of football, 0:01:54.560 --> 0:01:57.200 on the absence of rooting against other teams, and you're 0:01:57.200 --> 0:01:59.880 just kind of playing out the string. I love playoffootball 0:02:00.160 --> 0:02:02.480 the best, but now that we've arrived as one of 0:02:02.520 --> 0:02:05.520 these teams that can compete at this level, it's a 0:02:05.520 --> 0:02:07.800 lot harder for me to watch. And then, you know 0:02:08.880 --> 0:02:11.800 the whole I understand this time of year, people in 0:02:11.840 --> 0:02:16.000 their content wants and desires, look forward to speculation and 0:02:16.040 --> 0:02:18.680 here's what I would do, and here's my projected offseason, 0:02:18.880 --> 0:02:20.320 and we're gonna do a lot of that here. But 0:02:20.760 --> 0:02:22.880 it's a little more challenging for me because there are 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:25.639 certain things we can and cannot do in that regard, 0:02:25.760 --> 0:02:27.440 but I like to push it up against the line 0:02:27.639 --> 0:02:29.639 and get ourselves into a position where I can tell 0:02:29.639 --> 0:02:33.160 you my thoughts in a way that is appropriate. So 0:02:33.480 --> 0:02:34.840 I want to go back and just look at the 0:02:34.840 --> 0:02:37.000 team and what we saw this year and just do 0:02:37.120 --> 0:02:40.280 some overall thoughts, because you know, it's been a tough 0:02:40.320 --> 0:02:42.560 week for fans of the finn and I'm still very 0:02:42.680 --> 0:02:46.800 much struggling to reconcile with this fun ass year being 0:02:46.880 --> 0:02:50.480 over right, it sucks, But just you wait in seven months, 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:52.440 because we always say it, we're not coming back. This 0:02:52.440 --> 0:02:54.240 team has to prove something to me that's not how 0:02:54.280 --> 0:02:56.000 it is. In seven months, you're gonna be back in 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.120 those bleachers with me absolutely charged up, watching Tu throw 0:02:59.240 --> 0:03:02.239 July dimes, Tyreek Hill for touchdowns, getting ready for another 0:03:02.280 --> 0:03:03.840 run of the playoffs, and maybe this can be the 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.959 year we break through that playoff at victory door. We'll see. 0:03:07.080 --> 0:03:10.600 Speaking of playoffs, the worst performer on wild Card weekend 0:03:10.639 --> 0:03:12.720 wasn't actually anybody in a uniform. It was actually me. 0:03:12.919 --> 0:03:15.520 I went two to four in the wild Card round, 0:03:15.680 --> 0:03:18.120 my worst week of the year by far. Those were 0:03:18.160 --> 0:03:21.320 tough games and obviously the Miami pick boned me in 0:03:21.320 --> 0:03:23.320 a big spot. I thought the Rams could come back 0:03:23.360 --> 0:03:26.640 and win that game and get that victory. Nope, the Cowboys. Wow, 0:03:26.720 --> 0:03:29.400 that was not what I expected in that game at all. 0:03:29.680 --> 0:03:32.080 I think the ones I got right was Pittsburgh and Houston. 0:03:32.680 --> 0:03:34.920 The rest we got wrong Tampa and in Philly Common 0:03:35.440 --> 0:03:37.560 And by the way, the Lions getting the Bucks in 0:03:37.560 --> 0:03:39.680 the second round. Damn it, that was supposed to be 0:03:39.680 --> 0:03:42.040 our path. I keep thinking about the four minutes against 0:03:42.040 --> 0:03:44.400 the Titans. If that would have gone our way, you 0:03:44.400 --> 0:03:47.400 would have hosted Pittsburgh and then probably hosted Houston. If 0:03:47.400 --> 0:03:49.960 you just would have won that Titans game. You're that 0:03:50.080 --> 0:03:52.880 close away from all of this, a trip to the 0:03:52.920 --> 0:03:56.560 AFC Championship game essentially, and all of this talk being 0:03:56.600 --> 0:03:59.200 completely void. That's why I like this whole podcast is 0:03:59.200 --> 0:04:02.720 going to be toping about using longer timelines to extrapolay 0:04:02.800 --> 0:04:05.880 expectations and forecasting opposed to one and a half games. 0:04:05.920 --> 0:04:08.280 That's when you make bad decisions. We'll talk about that 0:04:08.320 --> 0:04:10.360 here as we go along. Let's go ahead, though, and 0:04:10.400 --> 0:04:14.120 pick these divisional round games real quickly. I'm taking all Chalk, Okay, 0:04:14.400 --> 0:04:18.040 Baltimore over Houston Buffalo over Casey. Is Casey favored in 0:04:18.040 --> 0:04:19.600 that game? They shouldn't be. Buffalo is gonna, I think, 0:04:19.800 --> 0:04:21.919 gonna roll them. I'm rooting for the Chiefs, not like 0:04:21.960 --> 0:04:25.039 Deshaun Elliott, Go Chiefs in that one, big time. Would 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:26.560 never root for the Buffalo Bills. In fact, the one 0:04:26.560 --> 0:04:28.240 thing that's gonna make this offseason even worse than it's 0:04:28.240 --> 0:04:29.960 already gonna be is if the Bills win the freaking 0:04:30.000 --> 0:04:31.800 Super Bowl. I don't think they will. If I think 0:04:31.800 --> 0:04:34.159 they're gonna go to the AFC Championship Game against the Ravens, 0:04:34.160 --> 0:04:36.040 and then I have the Niners over the Packers, which 0:04:36.040 --> 0:04:37.600 I'm really pulling for the Packers in that one too, 0:04:37.640 --> 0:04:41.680 and the Lions over the Bucks in the other NFC contest. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.200 Let's go ahead and assess the Dolphins offense here. You know, 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:47.400 I've thought about this for a week. I've watched the 0:04:47.440 --> 0:04:49.600 Chiefs tape. You guys heard the podcast. I've watched a 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:52.200 little more of film. I've gone back over some more numbers. 0:04:52.640 --> 0:04:56.479 Just tricky, a tricky spot the Dolphins find themselves in, 0:04:56.560 --> 0:05:00.839 because I think that they're gonna be just as good 0:05:01.000 --> 0:05:03.039 that next year as they were this year. But they're 0:05:03.080 --> 0:05:06.360 gonna have to find the small margins to get the victories, 0:05:06.400 --> 0:05:09.240 to get more competitive in bigger spots against the better competition. 0:05:09.880 --> 0:05:12.080 It is what it is. All year, I told you guys, 0:05:12.080 --> 0:05:14.240 I was gonna be okay, and I was wrong. I 0:05:14.279 --> 0:05:16.320 was wrong that they would be able to find victories 0:05:16.320 --> 0:05:19.120 against those teams. Now, I will argue every single one 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:21.359 of those games, besides the Buffalo one was on the 0:05:21.440 --> 0:05:24.359 road in tough conditions. No less in Kansas City. We 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:26.440 did beat Dallas at home, but one in one at 0:05:26.440 --> 0:05:29.320 home in big games. It's not terrible. I mean, you're 0:05:29.360 --> 0:05:30.680 damn close to making it too. And no, if you 0:05:30.680 --> 0:05:32.400 would have gone to and Oh again, you would have 0:05:32.440 --> 0:05:35.040 reset this entire narrative because I believe you would have 0:05:35.040 --> 0:05:37.680 steamrolled Pittsburgh. I believe you're a better team than Houston, which, 0:05:37.720 --> 0:05:40.719 by the way, real quick, the Texans winning a playoff game, 0:05:40.800 --> 0:05:43.520 can we just not say that they had a better rebuild. 0:05:43.560 --> 0:05:45.480 We've won eighteen more games than the Texans in the 0:05:45.520 --> 0:05:48.720 last three years, and they got a better draw in 0:05:48.760 --> 0:05:51.280 the first round in the Cleveland Browns because they were 0:05:51.320 --> 0:05:53.799 a fourth down conversion from the Colts on a walk 0:05:53.880 --> 0:05:56.640 in throw on the sideline from Minshew to Tyler Goodson 0:05:56.680 --> 0:06:00.320 away from going nine to eight and losing the division, mission, 0:06:00.360 --> 0:06:03.160 the playoffs altogether. So please don't tell me the Texans 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:04.719 did a better job in the rebuild. They had a 0:06:04.720 --> 0:06:07.440 better couple of weeks than Miami. That's that's it. That's 0:06:07.480 --> 0:06:10.520 all it is, So shush on that. So when I 0:06:10.520 --> 0:06:13.240 assessed this offense, here's here's what I came away with. 0:06:13.520 --> 0:06:17.320 I think we would really benefit from more versatility to 0:06:17.440 --> 0:06:19.720 beat more defensive looks. Tyreek Hill said as much in 0:06:19.720 --> 0:06:21.960 the postgame press conference, saying they're gonna have to find 0:06:21.960 --> 0:06:25.360 ways to beat two man and too high cover two structures, right, 0:06:25.760 --> 0:06:27.640 and that that's I mean, I think it's pretty obvious 0:06:27.640 --> 0:06:30.000 how you do that. You get more physical inside with 0:06:30.120 --> 0:06:34.640 a better interior running game. We have so much we 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:37.520 can do to put you in peril. But developing a 0:06:37.600 --> 0:06:39.240 change up off of that, whether that's you know, that 0:06:39.440 --> 0:06:41.680 physical downhill running game, which I think is a big 0:06:41.680 --> 0:06:43.599 way to get teams out of those two high looks, 0:06:43.880 --> 0:06:47.239 or expanding the progression, which requires more time for sure 0:06:47.480 --> 0:06:49.640 to be able to touch more blades of grass in your 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:54.240 route concepts, and that requires what better protection and the quarterback. 0:06:54.960 --> 0:06:56.520 He plays a big role in it two. He has 0:06:56.560 --> 0:06:58.800 to I think I think te needs to step back 0:06:58.839 --> 0:07:02.240 this offseason and kind of recalibrate the mindset. You need 0:07:02.240 --> 0:07:06.240 the offense to have more rooted basic concepts that they 0:07:06.279 --> 0:07:09.600 do well, like it's power, like it's duo. You know, hey, 0:07:09.600 --> 0:07:13.040 here's a five play, Here's a five word play that 0:07:13.120 --> 0:07:15.000 we can communicate and get out of the huddle of 0:07:15.000 --> 0:07:17.200 twenty seconds and just go run the damn thing and 0:07:17.240 --> 0:07:19.680 convert and be successful and out execute you. Because Mike 0:07:19.760 --> 0:07:22.920 McDaniel said in his first year here that if someone 0:07:23.000 --> 0:07:25.200 knows the offense, that's not that big of a deal 0:07:25.240 --> 0:07:28.880 because the best offense is out there, the best units 0:07:28.880 --> 0:07:32.240 in this sport can execute when the opposition knows what's coming. 0:07:32.280 --> 0:07:33.720 He has said that in the past, and that's why 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:36.400 he talked about like training camp videos, it's not that 0:07:36.440 --> 0:07:39.040 big of a deal. The entire Shanahan playbook and the 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:42.440 wrinkles and the trees that have existed for decades. Now 0:07:42.640 --> 0:07:45.400 it's all available online. You can look it up. Opposing 0:07:45.440 --> 0:07:47.640 coaches can look it up. But that's not gonna matter 0:07:47.680 --> 0:07:50.800 because the way you tailor your offense to specific players 0:07:50.800 --> 0:07:54.400 to specific years, to specific ski E personnel groupings, I 0:07:54.400 --> 0:07:57.720 should say the rules within those changes. So it's the 0:07:57.760 --> 0:07:59.880 Dolphins need to kind of practically preach in that regard 0:08:00.080 --> 0:08:02.520 and just get better at things that teams can know 0:08:02.560 --> 0:08:05.000 what's coming, whether it's the stuff that's confusing in their offense, 0:08:05.240 --> 0:08:08.400 but more rooted basic concepts that just gets you simpler 0:08:08.440 --> 0:08:11.000 execution where you don't have to be this out smarting 0:08:11.040 --> 0:08:13.680 three motions on a given snap that you know you 0:08:13.720 --> 0:08:15.880 have to get communicated on the road in a tough 0:08:15.960 --> 0:08:18.520 environment and allowed crowd. Just things that you can get 0:08:18.520 --> 0:08:21.720 too much more simple. That's kind of my thought process there. 0:08:22.000 --> 0:08:25.480 We also need better size inside. Even with Connor Williams, 0:08:25.520 --> 0:08:27.600 we struggled against the Biggins, and we saw in training 0:08:27.600 --> 0:08:30.560 camp like Raykwon Davis kind of could give Connor Williams 0:08:30.600 --> 0:08:32.959 some issues because of the size and length. I think 0:08:33.000 --> 0:08:36.880 you need press and seam beaters. You know a Jake 0:08:36.920 --> 0:08:39.240 Ferguson from the Cowboys was a really good example of that. 0:08:39.640 --> 0:08:41.480 You know, Derham Smith is a nice player, a really 0:08:41.520 --> 0:08:43.880 good blocker. Julian Hill as well, just not really that 0:08:44.080 --> 0:08:45.960 top tier, like I know he can get on top 0:08:46.000 --> 0:08:47.880 of a linebacker and go make a tough catch in traffic. 0:08:47.920 --> 0:08:49.560 We just I think that's something the Dolphins probably need 0:08:49.600 --> 0:08:52.880 this offseason. Although it's not like some miracle like you know, 0:08:53.000 --> 0:08:55.000 grow that you're just going to pop in there and 0:08:55.040 --> 0:08:56.520 it's going to change things. You have to kind of 0:08:56.520 --> 0:09:00.679 be intentional about it. My assessment of Tua here. So 0:09:00.760 --> 0:09:02.559 I want to go through just kind of the progression 0:09:02.640 --> 0:09:04.600 of what I've put together the last week of thinking 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:07.800 about this, And I saw a quarterback again in the 0:09:07.880 --> 0:09:10.080 last one and a half games, two and a half 0:09:10.080 --> 0:09:12.719 games because Buffalo, well, the first half, because Buffalo is 0:09:12.720 --> 0:09:15.439 actually really damn good. I thought those two long touchdown 0:09:15.480 --> 0:09:17.439 drives were a thing of beauty. The pick was terrible, 0:09:17.840 --> 0:09:19.480 but man, he hit some big time throws in that 0:09:19.480 --> 0:09:21.640 first half, and then the second half fell off after 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:24.280 a bad second half against the Ravens and a horrible 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:27.199 performance against the Chiefs. But what I saw was a 0:09:27.320 --> 0:09:30.400 quarterback that I think lost faith and trust in what 0:09:30.440 --> 0:09:33.360 he was doing, which was compounded in an elements game, 0:09:33.600 --> 0:09:36.160 an element that I'm not sure that he's suited for. Like, 0:09:36.200 --> 0:09:38.480 that's tough. I get it, especially when you have three 0:09:38.520 --> 0:09:41.000 special talents within the conference who all play in cold 0:09:41.040 --> 0:09:43.960 weather cities. We'll do the quarterback rankings on the Monday podcast. 0:09:44.000 --> 0:09:45.520 I'll tell you right now the top three quarterbacks in 0:09:45.520 --> 0:09:47.400 the league for me, not in order, our Josh Allen, 0:09:47.440 --> 0:09:50.040 Patrick Mahomes, and Lamar Jackson. So that's the kind of 0:09:50.040 --> 0:09:51.760 the gauntlet you have to go through in the AFC 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:54.480 if you don't win your division and get home playoff games. 0:09:54.520 --> 0:09:57.760 And Tua certainly takes his blunt of the blame for that. 0:09:58.000 --> 0:10:01.199 In fact, I think he needs recalibrated. He needs a 0:10:01.240 --> 0:10:05.840 happy medium between protect yourself and being aggressive or patient 0:10:05.920 --> 0:10:07.480 if it comes to hanging in the pocket to let 0:10:07.559 --> 0:10:09.760 something develop. They're just finding ways to make plays last 0:10:09.760 --> 0:10:12.160 a little bit longer from his perspective, and I trust 0:10:12.200 --> 0:10:14.000 that he will do that. But there are two things 0:10:14.240 --> 0:10:18.079 that I think most attribute to those incredulous habits, right 0:10:18.600 --> 0:10:21.880 unsatisfactory habits, in case we didn't have a dictionary or 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:28.640 the source nearby. First, the circumstances, the combination of different lineups. 0:10:28.640 --> 0:10:31.560 You know, four players on this offense exceeded seven hundred 0:10:31.559 --> 0:10:35.720 snaps one to a seventy three Austin Jackson, seventy four 0:10:35.800 --> 0:10:40.680 Leam Miikeenberg and eighty one Durham Smith Lester Cotton played 0:10:40.679 --> 0:10:43.960 the sixth most snaps on your offense this year and 0:10:44.040 --> 0:10:47.360 Jalen Waddle was out only out snapped Cedric Wilson by 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:49.000 thirty reps. If I told you that going into the year, 0:10:49.000 --> 0:10:52.400 you say we're gonna have some problems offensively, Travis. These 0:10:52.440 --> 0:10:56.319 are just from game participation numbers from a camp injury 0:10:56.360 --> 0:10:58.679 before Game one for Jalen Waddle all the way through 0:10:58.679 --> 0:11:01.040 the ankle spray on Christmas Eve. He barely practice all 0:11:01.120 --> 0:11:03.679 year long. He was in the concussion protocol early in 0:11:03.720 --> 0:11:05.560 the year after the Patriots hit in Week two that 0:11:05.640 --> 0:11:08.520 strained oblique in training camp wiped out all of camp 0:11:08.760 --> 0:11:11.520 and then pretty much all of the preseason, and then 0:11:11.600 --> 0:11:13.439 into Week one he was limited in the game against 0:11:13.480 --> 0:11:15.560 the Chargers, and then a twisted knee where he gets 0:11:15.600 --> 0:11:17.720 rolled up on the second play in Germany against the 0:11:17.760 --> 0:11:19.679 Chiefs and takes some time to come back from. Then 0:11:19.720 --> 0:11:21.880 the ankle sprain was after he got removed from the 0:11:21.920 --> 0:11:24.320 game for getting an eye poked against Dallas. It is 0:11:24.480 --> 0:11:28.480 just almost comical what this team went through, and Waddle 0:11:28.559 --> 0:11:30.920 is a perfect example of that. Like his production was 0:11:30.960 --> 0:11:33.080 way down and still had a thousand yards, but the 0:11:33.080 --> 0:11:35.800 production that he is used to experiencing last year that 0:11:35.840 --> 0:11:38.200 we saw, that's the kind of player that he is, 0:11:38.240 --> 0:11:39.679 and we talked about on the tape all year how 0:11:39.679 --> 0:11:41.360 there was options to get the football to him, but 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:44.320 really I think his limited capacity from injuries was what 0:11:44.360 --> 0:11:46.840 really kind of derailed his year from a production standpoint 0:11:46.840 --> 0:11:49.600 from what we're used to, and that's what the entire 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:51.400 roster went through. First, before we talk more about this, 0:11:51.480 --> 0:11:53.319 let's go ahead and hear from Chris Career on how 0:11:53.360 --> 0:11:55.160 the injuries impacted the season for the Miami. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.440 Doll Sometimes, as football, injuries happen, but those guys do 0:11:58.480 --> 0:12:00.680 a fantastic job of getting our guy prepared. And I 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:02.800 think you would have some players who have come here 0:12:02.800 --> 0:12:05.800 from other teams well that have talked about injuries they've 0:12:05.840 --> 0:12:08.959 had at previous places, and they've had no issues here. 0:12:09.000 --> 0:12:11.720 So it's been it's just one of those years where 0:12:11.720 --> 0:12:14.480 it was our turn, unfortunately, to have injuries, and it's 0:12:14.520 --> 0:12:15.160 part of football. 0:12:15.400 --> 0:12:17.280 I've alluded to this so many times that the last 0:12:17.320 --> 0:12:20.120 two years, the Ravens like left training camp the most 0:12:20.120 --> 0:12:22.440 banged up football team and then wind up having the 0:12:22.480 --> 0:12:24.400 most injuries at the course of the season as well. 0:12:24.520 --> 0:12:26.280 And now this year they've been pretty healthy and look 0:12:26.280 --> 0:12:28.280 at them, they're thriving in the best way possible. So 0:12:28.280 --> 0:12:30.640 hopefully Mimi can get that luck next year. We don't 0:12:30.679 --> 0:12:31.800 have to go through two years of this like the 0:12:31.880 --> 0:12:35.040 Ravens did. But I think back to when the best 0:12:35.160 --> 0:12:38.480 wide receiver in the NFL talking about practice time and 0:12:38.640 --> 0:12:40.600 wild not being available and where he most start missing 0:12:40.600 --> 0:12:42.760 practice late in the year and the offensive line combinations. 0:12:43.320 --> 0:12:45.600 Remember when the best wide receiver in the league dropped 0:12:45.640 --> 0:12:47.920 two critical passes the same week that he had to 0:12:47.960 --> 0:12:51.280 leave practice because his house was set on fire, or 0:12:51.320 --> 0:12:53.840 the ankle injury he had that directly led to the 0:12:53.880 --> 0:12:57.679 loss that prevented that You know, that could have prevented 0:12:57.679 --> 0:12:59.439 that semblance of a collapse, because you would have put 0:12:59.440 --> 0:13:01.959 Miami at home versus Pittsburgh in the first game of 0:13:02.000 --> 0:13:04.679 the playoffs, an easy win, and then the Texans in 0:13:04.720 --> 0:13:06.640 the second round, a team that were better than by far. 0:13:08.240 --> 0:13:11.360 What about a left tackle who never practices. What about 0:13:11.400 --> 0:13:14.400 switching centers several times throughout the year Connor and Connor 0:13:14.480 --> 0:13:16.960 out Liam in Liam out Lester. How about signing Jonathan 0:13:16.960 --> 0:13:19.520 Harrison in the middle of the season and thirteen different 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:23.160 offensive line combinations in eighteen games. Speaking of that line, 0:13:23.200 --> 0:13:25.800 the variation is the second point. The starters were very good, 0:13:26.080 --> 0:13:27.760 but the depth in this league at that spot, it's 0:13:27.840 --> 0:13:31.240 just so tough to be good seven, eight, nine, ten 0:13:31.280 --> 0:13:33.440 guys deep, and you can find ways to mitigate the 0:13:33.520 --> 0:13:36.400 issues that presents. And that's what this team did all 0:13:36.480 --> 0:13:38.120 year long. They mask some of the issues they had 0:13:38.160 --> 0:13:41.240 with the injuries on defensively and offensively. Because think about this, 0:13:41.320 --> 0:13:45.800 there's five linemen that play every snap on thirty two teams, 0:13:45.920 --> 0:13:48.240 which means they're one hundred and sixty offensive lineman. I 0:13:48.240 --> 0:13:50.760 don't think there's one hundred and sixty good offensive lineman 0:13:51.040 --> 0:13:53.600 in the NFL. I don't think that there's one hundred 0:13:53.600 --> 0:13:57.040 and twenty. So you have several guys that are relied 0:13:57.120 --> 0:14:00.280 upon to play as opening days starters who just aren't, 0:14:01.559 --> 0:14:05.400 you know, capable of competing with the many athletic pass 0:14:05.480 --> 0:14:07.640 rushers and defensive tackles and guys up front that are 0:14:07.640 --> 0:14:10.200 just freaks these days. So to expect to have your 0:14:10.280 --> 0:14:13.240 ninth and tenth guy be on the field dominating, it's 0:14:13.360 --> 0:14:15.959 not realistic. And that's why I always say Dolphins fans 0:14:16.520 --> 0:14:18.480 use a standard for the Dolphins that's not held to 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:21.000 any and it's not tethered to anything in reality. Just 0:14:21.040 --> 0:14:23.080 go look at go watch other games like one time, 0:14:23.120 --> 0:14:26.480 we'll always see quarterbacks missopen throw as offensive line issues 0:14:26.480 --> 0:14:28.760 have leaks like it happens across the league. Now, I 0:14:28.840 --> 0:14:31.600 do think they did a fantastic job scheming around it. 0:14:31.800 --> 0:14:34.000 The quarterback did a great job navigating it, and there 0:14:34.000 --> 0:14:35.880 were plenty of wins as well. But when you step 0:14:35.920 --> 0:14:38.640 back and assess, you can see how damaging that is 0:14:38.680 --> 0:14:41.440 to an offense over the course of a long, long 0:14:41.480 --> 0:14:43.880 football season. And yes, a lot of the production is 0:14:43.880 --> 0:14:46.720 a product of offensive philosophy, but the real loss was 0:14:46.760 --> 0:14:50.240 in the running game. The interior movement regression became way 0:14:50.280 --> 0:14:52.720 too much and then long third and downs that come 0:14:52.760 --> 0:14:55.720 from that with disruptive timing, it just didn't work. These 0:14:55.720 --> 0:14:59.120 things snowball and get into other areas like can you 0:14:59.120 --> 0:15:02.120 You can often ug on a weed and trace it 0:15:02.160 --> 0:15:04.320 back to the route right, and the route was that 0:15:04.560 --> 0:15:06.680 we just didn't have enough time on the grass together, 0:15:07.560 --> 0:15:10.080 especially late in the year, for this timing rhythm based 0:15:10.120 --> 0:15:12.720 offense in a road environment to compete in bad conditions 0:15:12.720 --> 0:15:15.280 like it was the perfect storm in that KC game, 0:15:15.280 --> 0:15:18.280 and I will agree the entire year was lost on 0:15:18.320 --> 0:15:21.080 the Buffalo game it was, or the Titans game. However 0:15:21.080 --> 0:15:22.920 you want to shake that out. Miami had to find 0:15:22.920 --> 0:15:25.040 a way to get that division championship and play home 0:15:25.040 --> 0:15:27.760 games and avoid that perfect storm. But the injuries you 0:15:27.760 --> 0:15:30.080 couldn't avoid that, And then the conditions you could have 0:15:30.120 --> 0:15:32.440 avoided that, but you didn't because of injuries and poor play, 0:15:33.680 --> 0:15:36.320 And then that's part of the offensive operation thing. Like 0:15:36.840 --> 0:15:39.600 I wish I could tell you I have a concerted 0:15:39.640 --> 0:15:42.080 effort or a concerted point on the podcast here that 0:15:42.120 --> 0:15:43.600 I can tell you just fix it this way. But 0:15:44.440 --> 0:15:48.160 I think it goes back to just having more simpler 0:15:48.200 --> 0:15:50.280 concepts that you can go to and execute in road 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:52.920 environments to make sure you're not having those situations. Because 0:15:52.920 --> 0:15:55.640 Tua talked about the communication issues, lack of time on 0:15:55.680 --> 0:15:58.680 the grass with the guys, and how that can make 0:15:58.720 --> 0:16:01.000 this timing offense really kind of skip a beat and 0:16:01.040 --> 0:16:03.360 wind up getting production like you saw in the wild 0:16:03.440 --> 0:16:05.920 card playoffs. So let's go ahead and pin it right there, 0:16:06.040 --> 0:16:07.360 take a break, come back and pick it up on 0:16:07.400 --> 0:16:08.880 the exact same topic. We have a lot more to 0:16:08.880 --> 0:16:11.280 Colm talking about this football team where to go in 0:16:11.320 --> 0:16:13.640 the off season. That's all next Draft Time podcast to 0:16:13.640 --> 0:16:16.200 your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation, 0:16:20.640 --> 0:16:23.440 to recap the first segment and where I think things 0:16:23.560 --> 0:16:25.600 went wrong and where they could get better. Let's just 0:16:25.600 --> 0:16:28.600 go ahead and start here. Better Health, right, isn't that 0:16:28.640 --> 0:16:33.080 a website? Better health is first adding a physical interior presence, 0:16:33.360 --> 0:16:37.440 developing counter punches. You know, maybe it is Derek Henry 0:16:37.480 --> 0:16:39.640 full seam ahead downhill into your two high looks, have 0:16:39.720 --> 0:16:42.800 fun tackling this guy with a light box. And then 0:16:42.800 --> 0:16:45.440 of course the recalibrated quarterback. Those are some things that 0:16:45.520 --> 0:16:48.320 I an amateur, right, that I think we can do 0:16:48.400 --> 0:16:51.440 better and where I'm pouring my resources this offseason. I 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:53.840 wouldn't mind seeing swings at filling the third receiver with 0:16:53.880 --> 0:16:55.600 a rookie hit as well. That happens all the time, 0:16:55.640 --> 0:16:59.080 because damn it, when you needed Braxon Barrios or Cedric 0:16:59.120 --> 0:17:01.840 Wilson to separate inside with three week gos when there 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:04.080 were double coverage on either side on the perimeter, they 0:17:04.080 --> 0:17:05.800 couldn't do it. And that's a big deal. You got 0:17:05.800 --> 0:17:07.160 to find someone that can do it. And we seed 0:17:07.240 --> 0:17:09.400 all the time in the National Football League. Late round 0:17:09.480 --> 0:17:12.159 draft picks, Puka Nakua, Tank Dell. These guys coming to 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.479 the league and they have big impacts. Miami needs a 0:17:14.480 --> 0:17:16.520 player like that. We'll talk about that more in just 0:17:16.520 --> 0:17:18.280 a second. The other good news is we still do 0:17:18.320 --> 0:17:21.120 have really, really, really good players. I saw someone complaining 0:17:21.119 --> 0:17:24.280 about the players that might leave. Two is not going anywhere. 0:17:24.280 --> 0:17:29.320 Tyreek's not going anywhere. Wattle's not going anywhere. Devon a 0:17:29.480 --> 0:17:32.560 Chan's not going anywhere, Zach Seedeler's not going anywhere. Jalen Phillips, 0:17:32.560 --> 0:17:34.960 Bradley Chubb, Jalen Ramsey, Javon Holland there's a lot of 0:17:34.960 --> 0:17:37.560 good football players on this team. You just are gonna 0:17:37.600 --> 0:17:39.040 have to find a way because I think we can 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:41.560 mow through the bad teams once again, but just learn 0:17:41.600 --> 0:17:44.360 how to have that CounterPunch against good teams. Win one 0:17:44.480 --> 0:17:46.560 or two more of those, and you're gonna get multiple 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.159 home playoff games our schedule next year. Speaking of that, 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:51.200 speaking of having all the best games or all the 0:17:51.240 --> 0:17:52.919 best teams be on the road, it ain't like that 0:17:53.000 --> 0:17:55.320 next year. It's probably gonna be a lot easier next year. 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:57.320 Not to mention we're gonna play more than just two 0:17:57.359 --> 0:17:58.960 of the six at home where you went one and 0:17:59.040 --> 0:18:02.440 one and zero four. Right, That's why I probably in fact, 0:18:02.480 --> 0:18:03.520 let's go ahead and just take a look at this 0:18:03.560 --> 0:18:07.879 real quick and look, this stuff changes annually. Here's the disclaimer. 0:18:07.920 --> 0:18:11.280 Even during the course of the season, schedules will change. 0:18:11.440 --> 0:18:14.080 I don't think the Week two Patriots were anything close 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.560 to the Week seventeen Patriots, which makes me think the 0:18:16.680 --> 0:18:18.800 road game in prime time in Week two was actually 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:21.200 kind of an impressive win back against the Patriots in 0:18:21.240 --> 0:18:23.080 Week two, whereas when they played the Bills in Week 0:18:23.160 --> 0:18:25.960 seventeen with Bailey Zappi and like a team that just 0:18:25.960 --> 0:18:27.480 wanted to get the heck to their U hauls and 0:18:27.520 --> 0:18:29.840 to vacation. It's a different type of football game. And 0:18:30.119 --> 0:18:33.040