Dolphins Ravens Week 2 Preview

Kansas City. But we're only picking that game. We are previewing all things Dolphins and Ravens this Sunday at one o'clock in Baltimore with sunny skies and eighty five degree weather on tap. We'll go position by position after introducing you to the Baltimore Ravens, will measure what's at stake and give you the three keys to the game from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex.

This is the Drive Time Puts. It's game preview time, as we do each Thursday, we start with an introduction to the opposition, the Baltimore Ravens, a team that has long been well a thorn in the side of the good guys here until last year anyway, But still Miami has not won a game in Baltimore since seven and in fact, that's the only victory for the aquand Orange against the Purple People Eaters, Wrong City, wrong team. I know that was the Vikings back in the seventies, but

I digress. It would be nice to buck that trend this Sunday, wouldn't it? Get the two O heading into the Buffalo game. The Ravens have been one of the steadiest organizations in the league really going back to their inception.

Every organization will go through some valleys, even the best ones, but under John Harbaugh they were able to pull out of one of those valleys at the end of the Joe Flacco era as they were kind of transitioning mid season back in to the offense and team that they became that they are today, I should say, and what happened,

you might ask, Well, that quarterback arrived Lamar Jackson. He would go on to win the MVP the following year in twenty nineteen, and then followed that up with another crazy good year in Then last year was his highest interception rate of his career and the second lowest touchdown rate since that rookie season or I guess the rookie season was the lowest. That last year was the second lowest.

But even with that, he was still seven and five as the starter last year and was kind of the final piece of glue holding that team together when they were just like I can't remember a team that had worse injury look than the twenty one Ravens. And the reason Lamar is such a big part of this prelude is that they are a team that has done a great job of assembling an offense and a team for that matter, around their star quarterback. A lot of what

they do operates off the running game. We heard coach McDaniel say that he has learned a lot of about designing run game by watching this Ravens team, and the roster construction really adheres to what they do well. We know that wide receivers are super expensive, right, but since this offense operates out of more two back and two tight sets than just about any in the league, they are able to allocate resources throughout the rest of the

roster and kind of skimp at that position. Their top two guys, Rashad Bateman and Devin DuVernay are both on rookie deals, won a first rounder, won a third round draft pick. They just know who they are. They build through the trench trenches. They draft well seemingly every year. I mean, how often do you see a draft go by and they got what a Ravens pick? That was? Well, it happened again this year too. They get ball hawks on the back end with a deep, deep cornerback room.

They find pass rush and dial up pressure, and they run the ball extremely well and hit teams of play action off of that. They are aggressive. They are one of the most engaged teams when it comes to the analytics and fourth down models. They are always sharp on special teams and have the greatest kicker of all time. They're a tough out, a model of consistency, and one of those teams you kind of aspire to emulate in

terms of their consistent success. And with that, let's go ahead and dive into the matchups, starting with the Dolphins on offense and the Ravens on defense, and the quarterback for the Dolphins and the safeties of the Baltimore Ravens to a tongue of by lower the Ravens had three safeties playing at least forty two snaps in their season

open opening victory over the Jets. Marcus Williams, a newcomer from New Orleans, and Chuck Clark both did not leave the field eighty four snaps for both of those guys. Kyle Hamilton's, their first first round draft pick, was the other one, with forty two. They were in dime personnel, which is six defensive backs on forty six point eight percent of their snaps. That's by far the most in the NFL so far, and in nickel defense with five

defensive backs thirty six point seven percent of the time. Look, I'm not a mathematician, as you well, no, but carry the one that's eighty three point five percent. I obviously did that beforehand, and just sixteen point five percent in a base look right three four alignment. And that was with the Jets running twenty seven point three percent of

their plays from packages with at least three receivers. So what that tells you is there is a bit of a not matching personnel type of philosophy in that game plan last week. Will it happened this week? We'll find out. And the reason I tell you this is because Chuck Clark has plenty of linebacker to his game. Kyle Hamilton's can do a little bit of everything, at least he did at college. We'll find out more about him as a pro. And then Marcus Williams is one of the

best post safeties in the National Football League. The Jets tried just one pass beyond twenty yards in that Week one game, and it was a completion in a game of just twenty four yards, So you know almost nothing you know beyond the safeties in the passing game. A lot of that has to do with the structure of this Ravens defense. Baltimore was in too high for sixty percent of the game, single high thirty six percent of the game, and they dialed up two zero looks. You know,

no safeties up top, so you'll see rotation. You'll see them attempt to confuse to with bringing that extra hat down on the box by wheeling out and rotating into some of their cover three, Cover six type of looks as well, and also get that extra hat in the box from those nickel packages, because traditionally, if a defense is in nickel and you have even eleven personnel or especially twelve personnel, that's a good opportunity to run the football. It's not far off from what the Pats do and

really what the Bills do next week as well. So he's getting a look at three of the best safety rooms in terms of letting those guys be so integral to the rotation post snap, with the pre snap disguise, with those safety rooms that are three deep for both of those For all three of those clubs, I should say, especially Buffalo with Foyer and Hide. As for the matchup here though, being timely, being efficient, and again just taking what's there. It's not sexy, but it definitely is effective.

Joe Flacco was able to pick up a hundred and thirty seven yards on passes under ten yards. He was twenty two for seven and a hundred seven yards on those intermediate throws in the ten to nineteen yard range. He was seven for fifteen on those throws against Baltimore. We'll see if they blitz a lot. Just seventeen on Flacco last week out of sixty two drop backs. My goodness, but I don't think the keys have really changed all

that much for Tah. Get into good run looks if you got it, take advantage of your box count, take with the defense gives you and find that check down when it's there, be efficient to open up opportunities and take those shots when you got them. A lot of the Ravens pressure comes from the perimeter, and I think that's where Toa is best at navigating the pocket. When it's that interior pressure and you kind of have to

quickly sidestep. I think having that longer runway for two it to kind of wheel out of there or step up and out that way, making place. He's be good at making guys miss and extending from that position. So hopefully the Dolphins can find a way to block up the raven strength and that edge rush will get to more of that here in just a moment. Now. As far as the perimeter skill set or the perimeter matchups, I should say Dolphins receivers and tight ends versus the

Ravens corners. More on the Ravens defense. The structure again was minimal personnel matching. You'd see dime defense, which again six defensive backs, which limits you to five in the front between your d line on linebackers verse plenty of two back or even two tight sets against this Jets offense,

and especially on third and long. They will go dime on third and long, regardless of your personnel, because you'd likely remove the option to run the football, you know, anything longer than third and five, except for you know a few exceptions, but the two high or three high looks where Chuck Clark would buzz, which means basically come down and take the crosser or try to find a stick route over the middle, get to that coral flat area, and then they would rotate into that too high and

robbed that crossing route. You know how much this offense goes to the crossing route. So you saw it last week the Patriots, that kind of backside cornerback falling out. This Ravens defense will use that safety, that big nickel to come in there and buzz those crossing routes. And when they didn't rotate and they rushed Chuck Clark, there were some vacancies in the middle of the field, which is an area that we know to a shines at. So there are a defense that will make you pay

for tips and overthrows. If you go watch a video that I retweeted today of dan Orlosky breaking down the uh the forty two yard touchdown past the waddle last Sunday, he talks about them playing eleven funnel, which is a nickel personnel, and they're gonna play outside leverage to kind of funnel things inside to the help. That's what this Ravens defense does a whole bunch. They play that outside leverage and they want to force you inside because they

love what Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton's can do. And especially if you get those tips and overthrows, they are exceptional at pouncing on those to get takeaways, and they kind of marriage up with that pass rush upfront to create some takeaways at least when they're healthy. Last year was kind of an off year for them because so many guys were hurt, but they got back to it

on Sunday against the Joe Flacco Jets. Both those guys are exceptional ball hawks, and we have to be sharp with these balls and not give them those takeaways in short fields. Now, No, Kyle Fuller, he's out for the season. We'll see about Marcus Peters. He practiced on Wednesday. We'll find out about today and tomorrow as far as his availability. But even still, Marlon Humphrey is out there and he's one of the best in the entire game. They are

just absolutely loaded at cornerback when they're fully healthy. Then you go into the depth and Brandon Stevens could be a potential fill an option and he played very admirably in that season. Opener targeted eight times for just three catches and twenty seven yards. That's a great number for him. He did get hit with a t d which was like twenty five of those yards, but it was an absolutely perfect throw over the top when Devin Duverney stacked

him for like a twenty something yard touchdown past. I didn't see the exact yard on that watching the game, but it was in range, and you guys know, I like to look at the tell of the tape. In terms of styles, we know Tyreek and Jalen are quick, fast, and all the superlatives that you to describe speed well. Brandon Stevens was a nine two RAS Guy Relative Athletics scorecard out of ten among cornerbacks, but the areas he didn't grade in the elite green area was the three

cone six nine. Nine is slightly above average. Ten split of one six two is well below average among cornerbacks that have worked out since the late eighties. In Indianapolis, and the shuttle time of four to nine is slightly below average, so it could be a quick game match up there for the Dolphins if he does draw either of those two jitterbug receivers. Marlon Humphrey is a nine four RAS guy with an elite three cone number. Actually, all of his metrics were elite when he tested, and

that's how he plays. One of the very best. He's He's a dang good cornerback and if you're without Marcus Peters, you could see Humphrey kind of getting an Xavian Howard treatment, like we're not gonna go towards that guy when there's other options out there. Again, Marcus Peters is questionable last

week and did not play. He practiced on Wednesday. You could get him back, but his shiftiness metrics didn't well either, And so coming off that injury, you know, significantly below average seven point oh eight three cone time than an average shuttle and below average ten yards split. And again that's coming off the a c L that kept him out on Sunday. Really curious to see if he plays

and what he looks like. If he plays. He is a ball hawk to the nth degree, but he you know that shiftiness against these guys, you can see how that could be exploited potentially, Maybe we'll see The Jets tight ends didn't get much of anything, just four for fourteen receptions and yardage, all of that to Tyler Conklin on seven targets, so just two yards per target. That's about as efficient as you can defend it for a defense.

They did get Humphrey and Stevens on Conklin a couple of times, but it's largely the safety and linebacker positions. So Mike Asiki durham smythe the entire tight end room here. Could you draw a potential linebackers who will talk about a second really like to kind of go downhill in this defense. The Jets also kept a lot of max protect slash tight ends in and past protection because that Ravens three or front that often looks like a five man rush with two stand up backers and requires some

help off those edges. You know, tight ends have to be a big part of that, and your backs and more on those guys off the edges. Right now, this is such an interesting matchup because on one side, one of the more athletic offensive lines and football and we'll see about Torn Armstead and Austin Jackson's availability. Uh, they did not practice on Wednesday. On the other one of the bigger, slash, stronger defensive lines in the NFL styles make fights and I cannot wait to see how this

one plays out. Justin Mattabuki was a second round draftic a couple of years back. He had a monster game on Sunday. He's a seiler type and that he's huge, athletic, explosive and can play multiple spots. He could be a big key in the run game in terms of getting around his edge. And then he and Justin Houston were the guys that popped last week. Houston had a couple of sacks in the game where he took advantage of getting his one on one opportunities. Also had six pressures

on forty four pass rush reps. Him versus Tahrn Armstead, if toront can play in the game, is a premier type of matchup and one that I think benefits Miami for the fact that Houston almost always rushes that side and frankly, I'm taking tease head against anybody in the league, and when you can get him one on one and he slides some help the other way to Odafe Oway. That could be a big benefit for the Dolphins offensive line. Speaking of o Way, another one of these big explosive

length the ends with a good pass rush. Arsenal he had fifty pass rush reps and five pressures, so a big part of their pass rush game plan. We'll see who goes at right tackle from Miami. Greg Little is an interesting matchup because of his length thirty five and a half inch arms against always length, but always super athletic, and that's not little game. Jackson does have that shared athletic ability, so that could be a cool style fight

there as well. And then inside Michael Pierce is a problem and another one of these styles make fights type of matchups because we saw Connor Williams just one with athletic ability getting out in space time and time again on Sunday, but he also anchored. Really dang, will I think you know that work against Rae Kwon Davis the summer had to have been invaluable for him. But Pierce is something of an endick six ft three d and fifty five pounds. He controls the run game as well

as any nose in football. So if they can roll him out of there. That's impressive, or maybe just kind of try to seal him. I don't know. It's it's a tough ask in the middle of the offensive line. And I was curious to look at this since we have some data points this big Ravens front against the similar wide zone stretch speed run games of the Rams, Browns, forty Niners, Jets, Packers, all those Shanahan McVeigh type of tree coaches. Jets had eighty three yards on seventeen rushes Sunday.

So your most recent example against this actual Ravens team, that's four point eight eight yards per carry. Rams last year had seventy three on twenty carries. That's only three point six five. The Browns had forty seventeen that's two point three five. And the Packers had ninety six yards on twenty five carries last year as well as three point eight four yards. Remember how I said sometimes hypothesis don't work out. Well, there you go. I thought I was gonna be a big point there and it didn't

quite happen here. But now we know. And to be fair, the Ravens were so banged up in the second Dary last year that opposing offenses went more through the air, like the Rams through for three, d Browns for two two and Packers to fifty. The Browns did run last year for one and one thirty three in those games against the Baltimore Ravens. So I think that the power and physicality is gonna be a big challenge up front

from Miami. You might be able to get the best of them if you have some success early in the running game and keep getting wide on that bigger front. Could be a big game for most and Edmund Speed. They did lose Travis Jones to an injury in camp. He was out week one. We'll see about this week, but either way, they got after the Jets upfront. Pumped for the opportunity here of Eikenberg, Williams, and Hunt and to get their real first look at a dominant, dominant

UH interior defensive line, running backs and linebackers. We end here with guys that carry the football and based on last week and their pedigree, helped provide that last line of defense and pass protection, and Chase was awesome in that department last week. He'll need to be here as well. Patrick Queen made some place for them last week. He's fast as hell, but he loves loves to fly downhill and thump, So a good play action game could be

important here. Joe Flacco through nine times on play action completed eight of them for ninety seven yards. Good solid run fakes and believable run concepts, which we know that both the Florida McDaniel came from that same school of doing. That can create some open windows, especially against that too high defense with outside leverage, that funnel style of defense.

I mentioned the pass rushers. I like the idea of running wide at Justin Houston, trying to keep him from just going up field all game, and also staying away from Michael Pierce and Calais Campbell. Stretched them out, get them big boys rolling a little bit early, hopefully wear them down. This defense played eighty four snaps last week, so it could be a test they're conditioning for a

second straight week. And then also I wanted to just mention the use of receivers and end of rounds like we saw it last week to give Patrick Queen and those linebackers even more eye candy, uh and also the backs in the passing game. That's gonna be very important for the Dolphins. This one, I think, all right, so go ahead and take our first break. That's your offensive. Look as far as the Dolphins, it's the Ravens defense

will do the other side. On the other side of the podcast, that's Next Draft Time podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. We are previewing Dolphins and Ravens Week two. A pair of one and oh teams meet for the second straight year, and this time it's in Baltimore for a game that's going to produce a two and O team that's feeling really good about themselves heading into Week three. How can the Dolphins make

sure that's them. Well, let's go ahead and look at this Baltimore offense and find out the quarterback and safety matchup. I mentioned the dip in production last year and the injury for Lamar Jackson, but I want to make it abundantly clear that I do not care about that, because even as the Ravens offense took a moment to get going last week, turn on that tape and you'll see

Number eight making explosive plays. There was a scrambled play to start the third quarter where he leapt over one tackle, out ran another, and got to the sticks was absurd. That was right after he had a dime for about twenty five yards or so to Devon Duverney in the first half for a touchdown that I mentioned earlier, and then he later got Rashan Bateman alone downfield for a touchdown.

So even if you play efficiently against him and this offense, and that's what we talked about so much, like, don't focus on the twenty five yard and the seventeen yard run, focus on the other eight teen runs team had for three or less yards. But against this team they can hit that few explosives. They just give you enough points to win games. There's gonna be a lot made of the matchup last season. This week, Javon Holland and Brandon Jones set the record and the next Gen stats era

for blitzes by safeties. Will that happen again? Your guest is as good as mine, But I do know this. Lamar was on point when the Jets couldn't get pressure and he was allowed to survey back there. That's when the Ray Wins offense really got going. Because the Jets played really well in the first half, second half not so much. But the best way to slow this quarterback down is to get immediate pressure but also have a

secondary rush to cut off escape valves. It's a lot, I know that it is, and that's why this guy won an m v P because he's very damn good at this game. Also in that tape, the Jets in the first half forced Lamar to hit some tight windows. There was a couple of quick throws, one RPO, a slant to Isaiah Likely that was way off, then a speed out that was also way off. He's not really your traditional rhythm passer. Especially if you force him to

throw outside. You can get some quarterback misses in those areas that keep them off schedule. And what does that do? Puts us in those third long situations. And you love the Dolphins and third long it's anybody because of how they get after the quarterback so creatively and play that takeaway style defense. But you know, quarterbacks across the league have flaws, and you know, a guy like Lamar Jackson, he's so good at doing everything else so well to

cover up those few things. If you can force him into those things, that's great. But that's the kind of the challenge you have to do as a play caller and defensive designer, the scheme designer. I should say the Jets also dared Lamar to go deep a few times and it paid off. At first, it looked like the Ravens receivers and Lamar were just a ad bit off early on, and that's how you wind up with five in completions on passes over twenty air yards. But you

know what happened. He did complete three of them, three for eight and they all went for touchdowns. So that takes us to this point, right. Don't celebrate your high efficiency too early, because it only takes a couple for them to get in the twenties and thirties on the scoreboard, and against that defense that is tough to overcome. We saw Javan and Brandon rotate pre and post rush fall off.

All that diskuis. That's all Josh Bowyer's ability to dial up a complex, complex game plan and those guys ability to execute it. It's a big matchup to watch this week. I'm so pumped to see what game two looks like for those guys. Javon the pick Brandon Jones a massive

game one. Such a productive young safety tandem already here in years two and three, respectively, To round it out, Lamar was two of seven under pressure in the opener for thirty four yards and a touchdown, compared to fifteen for twenty three for one seventy nine and two touchdowns and a pick when he was kept clean. The Jets only blitzed him five times, and he was two of four with twenty eight yards and that scramble I mentioned.

Both sacks were on four man rushes, so I'm kind of glad they didn't blitz Lamar a lot, so he didn't have that version of tape to kind of you know, get that muscle memory. If we light him up for the pressures this week, it will be the first time he sees it this season. How about his weapons, receivers and tight ends versus corners. This is the one time this year we'll start with the tight ends over receivers. Mark Andrews is a pro bowler, and Isaiah likely is

likely to be a productive player in this league. Hey uh, Mark Andrews five for fifty two in the game and likely didn't catch any of his four targets. It's not likely that will happen again. I'm gonna keep going with that bit. I'll be here all week tip your servers and your bartenders. But he went off in the preseason, and you watch those targets and it looked like they were just a little bit off on the timing of it. He was open, but they couldn't get completed on a

couple of occasions where he was open. Those guys are so crucial because this offense will run so many two tight and two back sets. For instance, on Sunday, twelve personnel, fourteen reps. That's one back, two tight ends, two receivers, twenty one personnel. It's two backs, one tight end, two receivers, nineteen snaps. And then how about two personnel, two backs, two tight ends, only one wide receiver twelve snaps out of that formation. Maybe it's easier to put it this way.

They ran five plays that weren't from those sets, and also thirteen personnel, three tight ends. They ran that three times, So again, another fascinating match up here because of Miami's dime usage in the past. They only ran dime four times against the Patriots, and the Patriots run a lot of heavier personnel too, so that's some personnel matching there. So for the Ravens, can they pass from those run looks.

If they don't have more success on the ground than they did in week one, then that would give Miami a chance to get back into their bag, be aggressive and send some pressure. Coach also mentioned on Wednesday that Eric Rowe was chomping at the bit to play last Sunday. We'll see about him this week. Brandon Jones had great stuff and coverage against John why Smith. No less, Javon is always a force back there and the linebackers did

some damn good work too. That Duke Riley Tampa tow Cat blitz rotation play where he got the pass break up that was beautiful round in the pipe by him. He bypasses the three who hooks up and then keeps going twenty plus yards down field to the two and matching him stride for stride. It's another example of how multiple this defense can be and how important speed is. Will come back to that in just a second. As for the ray Wins wide receiver usage, Rashad Bateman led

receivers with thirty seven snaps. They played fifties six totals. The team Duvernet played twenty nine and DeMarcus Robinson. That's a ton of speed among that group. And they want to get vertical. Like we mentioned, I mean eight deep pass attempts from receivers group that played the least snaps in the league on Sunday. It just tells you their thought process with that position group and where they believe they can make the biggest impact. The average separation numbers

only three guys qualified. Bateman average four yards of separation. He was eleventh this weekend and the National Football League, but I will say he was like all alone on a touchdown catch deep down the field that probably had a big part of that. Mark Andrews two point eight yards average reception was thirty four in the NFL, and Devon Duvernet was two point four yards at fifty eight.

So again, this is kind of why I talked about like if Byron Jones is down for a couple of games, these are the two opponents where they don't run as many three four receiver sets to where you can actually maybe survive it a little bit. I guess obviously that changes against Buffalo and Cincinnati, but these two games, these these teams, you know, as far as the receiver usage, it's the best time to have a bad situation. I guess I should say so if they try to get

it in the short intermediate, I like it. I think a lot of it comes down to what we saw last year. Can they hit the deep ball. They nearly got one to Samuel Watkins on that first series, but never did it again, and a lot of those deep shots in the Jets game. We're not close. So if we can get consistent in completions handle the run game, I think it'll be a repeat of last year. If not, it won't be. So there you go. Offensive line, defensive line.

Few teams had this to build of the ravens on that line up front for the longest time, and recently they've had to overcome and they successfully have done so. Some attrition at the position that rhymes. Ronnie Stanley didn't play last week. We'll see if he's available this week. His replacement, Jawan James, went down again. I feel terrible for James. He's played two games since he left Miami.

UH the numbers for their offensive line on Sunday. That third string left tackle Patrick McCarry allowed two pressures and one half of football. Ben Powers left guard two pressures. Tyler Linderbaum, the rookie center out of Iowa, allowed two pressures in his debut, and then the right side Kevin Zeitler and Morgan Moses one pressure allowed a piece still solid. Linder Bomb made his NFL debut and man he had a tall order with the Jets big deep defensive line.

The Jets came out with their hair on fire, Quentin Williams, John Franklin Myers and then Quinn's Brow in the second level, the linebacker Quincy Williams flying downhill behind them. They committed a ton of bodies to the run and it worked for them. I'm curious to see how the Ravens adjust, because you know they will. Miami's defensive time is deeper and even better, in my opinion than the game Green group. It's really good and I can't wait to see how

Bowyer deploys them this week. That right side of Zeitler and Moses is rock solid. But one thing I like about this run game as far as defending it, is you can kind of follow the guards to the football.

There are plenty of two polling guards or garden tackle like trap type of runs, and if you can control the point at those positions where the ball is coming to you the way Christian and Zach can you should be able to control things and potentially wreck the game, especially on that left side with the guys with the weapons the Dolphins have over there with some inexperience, and you know, a new guy like Patrick McCarry if Ronnie

Stanley can't go, interesting matchup. They're really interesting to see what happens, who goes, and how it plays out, because football man, anything can happen. It took the entire Ravens offense to have to get going last week, which is to be expected for week one for most teams across the league. They were at one point two yards per carry, an average negative half yards behind the line before contact getting hit behind the line. Now they finished with sixty

three yards and twenty one rushes. That's three yards per carry, which shows a nice second half improvement. And you absolutely have to include Lamar Jackson as a factor in that run game. They kind of have backed it down from him running a little bit in terms of designed runs because you just can't lose that guy, and I kind of hope it stays that way because if he does,

that's how he can be so dangerous. But he had just six rushes for seventeen yards in the opener, and like ten of those were on that scramble I talked about. Kenyan Drake led the way with thirty one yards on eleven rush attempts. Dobbins his availabilities of question mark. If he plays, he scares me even if he's limited. Mike Davis also had two carries for eleven yards and Justice Hill had two for four in the game. I mentioned

this in the receivers tight end versus cornerback position. Miami speeded linebacker is such an important element in this game. It showed up last year. They have to find a way to replicate that success because this stuff doesn't just carry over automatically. We saw Jerome Baker play off the edge for the first time in this game last year and seventy three snaps. Duke Riley had six snaps. We also Sell Van ginkle for sixty seven and Jalen Phillips

for forty one. I mentioned those guys because they're the fastest guys in this linebacker group and we'll see about Van Gigkl's availability. But speed on the fields the key anytime you face Lamar Jackson and then special teams. The Ravens have the best kicker ever once they crossed midfield. They're in range. That's always a big part of playing this team, so it kind of figure out how you're

gonna going to defend that. Jason Sanders has great range and accuracy of his own, the most accurate kicker here in team history, so it's a good kicker matchup. We saw Thomas Morris with a big game on Sunday, four points, averaging forty five point eight with three of those inside the twenty yard line, and that fifty eight yard or

with almost no return was such an impressive punt. Jordan's stout for Baltimore kicked six times, averaging forty eight point five per kick, with three inside the twenty of his own. Devon Duvernas there electrifying punt returner. He has Olympian speed. It do not let him get open in the open field. He had two for seventeen yards last week. Football Outsiders has the Dolphins at ninth and Special Teams d v o A in Week one and the Ravens at thirteen. So there you go. Oh that was one take. By

the way, I love these preview pods. We'll finish up on the other side with what's at stake and the three keys. That's next Drivetime podcast, your host Travis Wingfield, brought to you by Auto Nation. We've been through the matchups. Let's do our last two bits on this game with what's at steak and akin to last week, not much to put in this category. I'll repeat that this is more of a post Halloween, maybe even Thanksgiving segment, but I do think there's at least a little bit we

can say about every game. What's at stake is a chance to pick up a big road win against a team that figures to be in the mix in the a f C. It could potentially be a tiebreaker down the road. You never know, especially a team is probably gave me the playoffs like Baltimore, a chance to get out of the gates two and oh for the first time since eighteen season, and a chance to keep the momentum rolling into Week three when we turn home for

another divisional game. And finally, since I think it's pretty clear how much I respect this team, getting a win against them will certainly garner a lot of respect among the media, although that means absolutely nothing. It's always fun to have a week full of praise for your favorite football team. How about the three keys. Let's get to this and we'll get out of here. Efficiency on play

action passing. You have to find the way to keep those linebackers flowing forward and throwing the football right behind him. That obviously happens through a good running game as well. Number two, I cannot see the ray wins defensive line wreck this game and the Dolphins win the game. So find a way to control those guys, whether it's keeping maximum guys in the running game outside keeping them off balance. You have to find a way to control Calais Campbell, Madabuki, uh,

Michael Pierce, Justin Houston, Odafe, Oh way. It's a tough, tough group up front, and the number three always have eyes on number eight. And this Gray wins run game. That's where it all starts. It's the engine that drives the offense like a Landon Roberts said Thursday Night Football, Tonight might be the best game of the year on the TNF calendar. Chiefs over Chargers is my pick. Will do the rest of the week two picks on tomorrow's show. We'll do uh some questions on the mailbag as well.

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