Victory Monday! Miami Dolphins dodge a loss

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The Miami Dolphins beat the Jacksonville Jaguars 20 to 17 to start the year 1-0! We reflect on the Good, Bad and Ugly from yesterday's game.

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00:00It's funny because I was telling people,

00:03they were asking me about, what did I think?

00:08And I'm like, two years ago,

00:12everybody thought this is what tool was gonna be.

00:16Dig and dunk?

00:17Yeah.

00:18Yep.

00:18And I'm seeing a guy that's built

00:22like the prototypical quarterback,

00:26scared to throw the ball farther than he can see.

00:28Saw a lot of that this weekend, by the way.

00:30A lot.

00:31Not Tua.

00:32A lot, not Tua.

00:33Who, by the way, is once again,

00:35on top of the league in basket.

00:36Here's what I would say to you though,

00:39regardless of what you think about

00:42the Dolphins offensive line, right?

00:46It works well together.

00:48So the ability of Tua to get rid of the ball

00:50and make quick reads,

00:52and their ability to hold them

00:54for however little time they need to hold them,

00:56it works out.

00:57Because if you look around the league,

00:59those patterns of the football,

01:01those guys who are uncertain

01:04where guys are gonna be in throwing the football,

01:06look bad.

01:07Yeah, the run game was bad yesterday, dude.

01:10It was bad.

01:11The run game was bad yesterday.

01:12And we had this conversation last week,

01:16and I told you, okay,

01:18let's use big people common sense, right?

01:24This is just,

01:25regardless of how good your offensive line is,

01:28let's just use common sense.

01:31What do the Dallas Cowboys do best?

01:35I mean, I'm sorry,

01:36the Jacksonville Jaguars do best.

01:38They have two Russians who can get up the field.

01:41Yeah.

01:42Why would you run sweeps?

01:46Like they're gonna accidentally make plays.

01:48I don't know.

01:48That's my point.

01:49That's my point.

01:50So then-

01:51It was such a bad first half offensively.

01:53I was like, what?

01:54Because he went in there thinking he was gonna do him,

01:58knowing that those are the strengths of that team.

02:03So you might do it to change it up,

02:06but that's not gonna be your bread and butter this week.

02:08So they go in at halftime,

02:11they make a damn adjustment,

02:14and they start gashing them inside.

02:17Why?

02:18Because those two guys are gonna get up field, right?

02:22And there are times when you don't even have to block them.

02:24Why would you run outside against all that speed?

02:28And I'm telling you, we had this conversation last week,

02:32and I told you what was gonna happen.

02:36That where the openings are gonna be

02:38is underneath those two Russians.

02:40And in fact, you wanna entice them to rush the pass.

02:44You wanna know what the halftime adjustment was?

02:46What?

02:47Tua getting a speech, dude.

02:48Tua ripped into everybody.

02:50That's what they said.

02:51With an accent.

02:52Tyreek said it.

02:53Yeah.

02:54McDaniel said it.

02:56Everybody said, Tua said,

02:58let's get our heads out of our asses

03:01and start playing some football.

03:02Yeah.

03:03And then?

03:04And run the ball inside.

03:07Well, a little.

03:08A little, I mean, they may be-

03:09But wait, listen.

03:11I'm no offensive savant.

03:15And I was telling you this last week,

03:17don't do it.

03:19Don't do it.

03:21Right?

03:22Don't do it.

03:23They also couldn't do it.

03:24They did try a time yesterday, and A-Chan-

03:26They do what?

03:26Inside?

03:27Yeah.

03:28Well, listen, but you have-

03:30Dude, this is A-Chan's line.

03:31You wanna see A-Chan's rushing line?

03:32What was it?

03:3310 carries, 24 yards.

03:36Ooh, he just made it past social distance.

03:392.4 per carry.

03:41But again-

03:42Most dirt.

03:44Six carries, nine yards.

03:491.5.

03:50But here's the deal.

03:52When you're talking about a creative guy,

03:54an offensive guru, you have to be creative

03:57in where you get the ball where it needs to be.

04:00Okay?

04:00So I don't just-

04:02Look, you can't have one version of your game

04:05that's very creative,

04:07and then the other version be, you know, blah.

04:11And they just run plays, running the football.

04:13Jeff Wilson though, the manliest 26 yards

04:16you've ever seen.

04:17Five carries.

04:17I will say this.

04:18Man.

04:19Alec Engeld?

04:20That game played out pretty good.

04:27You knew it was gonna be a tough game.

04:28I thought they would pull away a little bit more.

04:30He did miss Wydom Tariq, overthrew him, which is-

04:33Who, Tua?

04:34Yeah.

04:35Yeah, yeah, yeah, that first one there for sure.

04:36But-

04:37Got it back.

04:38The whole game switched by Javon Holland.

04:39Javon Holland, all adjustments aside,

04:43if Travis Etienne scores on that touchdown, over.

04:47Over.

04:48Snowman comes in there, gives him the old bat,

04:52bat the football out, and then the next play,

04:55Cheetah, oh.

04:57It's still, it is the best thing in football.

05:00It is still the best thing in football.

05:02The Cheetah bomb.

05:03And Kevin Holland going, he's a ghost.

05:09I was, I mean, dude, it completely swung the game.

05:11Completely changed the game yesterday

05:14after what was the depressing,

05:16and you're like, this team can't run,

05:18and I'm watching Eichenberg get used,

05:20like he's a damn jump rope.

05:23I mean, it was a rough, but hey, you know what?

05:27All adversity they put behind them,

05:30they come out with a win, dude.

05:31I thought it was some growth from them,

05:35because they did turn it around,

05:36where it was a bad first half.

05:38I liked the adjustments they made at halftime.

05:43It still shows me that DB's played DB

05:47because they can't catch.

05:52Because you know Trevor's going to throw him a couple.

05:53Oh, dude, I know.

05:54Right.

05:55Poirier had it.

05:56It's just a matter of whether he's going to catch.

05:57Well, we didn't realize how,

05:58you said he's playing with a soft cast.

05:59I didn't realize, like, they kind of disguised the thing.

06:01Well, because he got stuck.

06:02Did you see, I don't know if you heard the game yet,

06:04but he got his hand stuck in a dude's face mask.

06:07You've never had a guy get a face mask before,

06:09and he's literally stuck in the guy's helmet.

06:11He goes, I guess you guys got to call it.

06:14But yeah, it was,

06:19I was at the Browns game watching the Dolphins game.

06:23Yeah?

06:24Yeah.

06:25Because at the time, well, see,

06:27because here's the deal.

06:29I got to the game at 1.30.

06:34The stadium wasn't even open yet.

06:36So I was sitting.

06:38You guys were sitting watching.

06:39Were you sitting with Byrne?

06:40No.

06:43What did he do?

06:44Whoa.

06:45Come meet me at the Ritz.

06:46We'll drive over there together, right?

06:51After the game or like near the third quarter.

06:57Hey, where are you?

06:58We need to meet up so I can ride back over to get my car.

07:00I left.

07:02What?

07:03What?

07:04He left you?

07:05Yeah.

07:05Why?

07:07Did he forgive me like a kid, Byrne?

07:09I don't know.

07:11But.

07:11He was that disgusted?

07:12But.

07:14But.

07:15Well.

07:16He had to hurry up and leave.

07:18He's a grandpa.

07:20Oh.

07:21That's so.

07:22Yeah.

07:23Because you know what?

07:23I was going to say Bernie Kozar strikes me

07:25as the type of guy he always stays till zero.

07:27Man.

07:28Like Bernie strikes.

07:29No.

07:30No?

07:30We're out of there.

07:31His positivity strikes me as we got to stay till the end.

07:34The only thing that's worse, right?

07:37The only thing that's worse is traffic.

07:41Well, that makes things better, by the way.

07:42And Joker has a high ankle sprain, so.

07:44Yeah.

07:44Well.

07:45He probably wouldn't have had it

07:46if he would have caught the boss throwing to him.

07:48No.

07:48He did.

07:49He.

07:51The football filed assault and battery charges

07:53on him a couple of times.

07:54Boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop, boop.

07:56Terrible.

07:57And I, like, I got to tell you.

08:00I am.

08:02So.

08:03Like.

08:05I watched two games of my team's

08:09of the worst quarterbacking I have ever seen

08:14in a long time.

08:15I'm sorry.

08:16Now, the guy on Saturday,

08:21Warren,

08:23it was always bad.

08:28I'm like, yikes.

08:29Yeah, but you're done with Deshaun Watson, yeah.

08:31It's over.

08:32I'm not.

08:33It's over, dude.

08:35I'm done with Deshaun Watson, here.

08:37Boop.

08:38I'm not done for this reason.

08:41Because we're going to still see him.

08:43Right?

08:44What?

08:45That's.

08:46I'm married to him.

08:47Can I just, can I just say this?

08:52Have you changed about Liam Eikenberg?

08:55No.

08:56Even though.

08:57Did you see what happened to him?

08:59I've been.

09:01Meep, meep.

09:02Roar.

09:03Deshaun Charlie, too.

09:03I understand.

09:05But those guards yesterday.

09:07And guess what?

09:07They're going to keep putting Liam Eikenberg out there.

09:11I understand.

09:11And they're winning.

09:12I understand.

09:13Liam Eikenberg doesn't get 230 million guaranteed.

09:16He doesn't have a dead cap number of 172 next year.

09:18Again, I say this to people.

09:21Think about this.

09:22Fats Bum.

09:24All good decisions don't always work.

09:27At the time, they felt they had to swoop in

09:31if they wanted them.

09:33They did not want Baker.

09:34And they needed a quarterback.

09:36So it's kind of like, you know how,

09:38when you buy your house, right?

09:41You buy your house and they say,

09:42there's two other offers and you got to decide by Friday.

09:46And you're like, well, I kind of wanted to kick the tires

09:49and have another look or whatever.

09:51And then you go, you know what?

09:52Let's get it.

09:54And then you realize you're in a money pit.

09:57It's kind of one of those things.

09:59At the time, the way it was going,

10:03you had to make a decision by the time you got on the plane.

10:07Listen, man.

10:07The Dolphins, they, if-

10:10It could have been the Dolphins.

10:11If the guy didn't have all the baggage

10:13that the Dolphins wanted to clear out.

10:16Right.

10:17Dolphins would be in this situation and not Tua.

10:18Right.

10:19And everybody would have been happy.

10:20And thank God.

10:21At the time, everybody would have been happy

10:23you had Deshaun Watson, right?

10:25So like, yeah.

10:27So I'm not like, but here's the problem.

10:32Here's the absolute biggest problem.

10:34You have invested so much

10:39that here's when it's going to change.

10:42You know what's going to change?

10:44When folks start getting put on the hot seat.

10:47Oh yeah.

10:48Because listen, Kevin Stefanski has been awesome there.

10:52And if they start talking about him,

10:56he's going to switch quarterbacks

10:59because he's like, I'm not going out like this.

11:03So yeah.

11:04See Mike McDaniel yesterday after the game.

11:08No, I didn't.

11:08Listen, I wasn't in a place to watch celebrations.

11:12Oh, sorry.

11:13Of any kind.

11:14Well, you know, I don't know.

11:15It's a one-and-all Monday.

11:16I don't know what to tell you.

11:17Yeah.

11:18Mike McDaniel.

11:19Yeah.

11:19Everybody gets a game ball.

11:22Sick of this, dude.

11:23Then why is 73 like, why do I get a game ball?

11:26I didn't do nothing.

11:27Look how he's looking.

11:28Oh, we saw what happened to you too, Austin.

11:30Look how he's sitting there.

11:32Javon Holland gets a game ball.

11:34That's it.

11:34Javon Holland deserves a game ball and Jalen Phillips.

11:37Well, I came back from the Northeast

11:41with nothing but game bums.

11:44Well, yeah, deserved.

11:45Deserved.

11:46But he yesterday was like, everybody gets game ball.

11:49I'm like, come on, dude.

11:50You've got to single people out

11:52because the equipment managers are going to be like,

11:53come on.

11:54But I'm like, 73 looks like he is,

11:57he looks like he's standing there for pregame.

11:59Austin.

12:00Yeah, like, why is he?

12:01Kind of looks like he's got a B.

12:03He's got a tinkle.

12:06I'm like, whoa.

12:06And who's that?

12:07Is that a, that's HM in the background?

12:09Yeah.

12:10Okay, because I was going to say muscular

12:13if that was Jeff Wilson, but because it's HM.

12:15Jeff Wilson is bigger than he is.

12:17Javon HM did good when they,

12:18when they've had him catch the ball.

12:20He's just like,

12:21when they tried to hand him off the football,

12:23it did not go good.

12:24And hey, this is why,

12:26you remember what I told you about Monster?

12:31Part of the reason why they might go to HM more

12:34is because of what you can do with him.

12:37Yeah.

12:38So I can line them up in the backfield.

12:41He can run that sweep.

12:42He can run that trap.

12:43Yeah.

12:44But then what if I go empty and spread them out?

12:47It creates, you know.

12:50Gets that havoc going, dude.

12:51It gives you more.

12:51I'm saying enough though,

12:52Jeff Wilson and Jalen Wright are the new Raheem Mostert

12:55and Javon HM.

12:57They need to switch things up.

12:58Jalen, yeah.

12:59So you.

13:00First of all, Javon HM.

13:02Yeah.

13:03Is going to be like Deebo Samuel.

13:04So you can just scratch that.

13:07Cause like the speed, the power,

13:11the ability to catch,

13:13you watch how much they start using Javon HM.

13:16I wouldn't be surprised if they use HM

13:17and Mostert on the field together.

13:19Oh, I mean, there's times that they can.

13:22I mean, they'll have all those kinds of mix-ups,

13:23but yeah, just handing off the football,

13:25like up until that last drive, like it.

13:29Doof.

13:30Yeah.

13:30Oof.

13:31Oof.

13:32But we still got Tyreek Hill and we got Jalen Waddle.

13:35Yeah!

13:36Boom.

13:36He's got Hill!

13:38Oh man.

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13:49We'll give you some numbers here from the game.

13:51Dolphins winning 20 to 17.

13:53Fat Cat Sanders looking real lean.

13:5652-yard game winner.

13:58Can I just tell you?

14:00What?

14:02He kicked that ball and I go, oh my God, he yielded.

14:05He yielded.

14:07Like, it was-

14:07I was so mad at him.

14:09It went due left.

14:10I was so mad at him.

14:11I was like, are you kidding me?

14:15I'm not surprised at this point, to be honest.

14:17I mean, the Jaguars gave a,

14:18they had the dumbest fourth and one that they went for it.

14:21Oh my goodness.

14:21He got, he lost a yard.

14:23I was like, what?

14:25You came up empty handed in that drive?

14:27Are you kidding me?

14:29I was really mad at Jason Sanders.

14:30I had no faith that he was going to hit that game winner,

14:32but hey, good.

14:33Well, here's the deal.

14:34Here's why you felt better.

14:36Potentially a game ball win?

14:36Because it wasn't, it wasn't a lose, loss.

14:39It wasn't going to be a loss.

14:41See what I'm saying?

14:43So he makes it, you win.

14:45He missed it, it's overtime.

14:46Oh no, if he would have missed that,

14:47he would have been dead to me.

14:49I mean, he's probably going to, at some point,

14:51be dead to you anyway, because that's how you do things.

14:53Hard to rule it out.

14:54Hard to say.

14:55Tua finishes with a league leading 338 yards

14:59passing with a touchdown.

15:0180 yard bomb ski to Tyreek Hill,

15:03who had himself a very eventful day.

15:06We'll get more into that coming on up.

15:09Seven catches, 130 yards with a TD.

15:12Jalen Waddell, five catches, 109.

15:14That was, that was interesting.

15:16Cause he went into the tent for a little bit.

15:18Three sacks for the Dolphins.

15:19JP, Jalen Phillips.

15:21Oh, and Calais Campbell started the game off with,

15:24he's a giant.

15:25Oh my goodness.

15:26Did you see how he ragged up Trevor Lawrence?

15:28Ah!

15:29The fucking man!

15:31Trevor Lawrence is not small.

15:32Yeah.

15:33And Calais Campbell, Calais Campbell

15:35made him look like a baby.

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