Statistical Deep Dive on the Winning Streak, Coordinators Break Down Parker's Return, Batted Pass, Jason Sanders

for y'all. We're gonna do a statistical deep dive from the last five weeks, the five and oh stretch here for your Miami Dolphins team stats and rankings the individuals as well. Plus we heard from Dolphins coordinators today Danny Craftsman, Josh Boyer and coach George Godzi will play the highlights from those pressers. A big congratulations off the top to Jerome Baker on his nomin nation for the Miami Dolphins

Walter Peyton Man of the Year representation. We'll hear from Josh Boyer on Jerome Baker from the Baptist Health Studios inside the Baptist Health Training Complex this is the Drivetime Podcast. I love our time. We get with the coaches for media every single Tuesday. Every other Tuesday it's all the coaches,

and the other tuesdays it's the coordinators. I always learned something and as we like to do here on the Drivetime Podcast, part of the Miami Dolphins podcast network presented by Auto Nation, is that we want to teach you those things as well. Let's go ahead and kick it off with George Godzi, Dolphins cooc who fielded back to back questions about wide receiver Davante Parker to kick off his availability. Let's go to Godzi first to discuss what

Parker's reinsertion into the lineup does from Miami. I mean it creates a lot of a lot of defensive issues outside um, it does a good job blocking in a run game. He's got a lot of experience to help out to the guys in the meeting room. You know, he hasn't necessarily been there every day because of his treatment and making sure he's trying to get on track

to get back in the lineup. So just having his experiences, you know, in his productivity out there is is definitely a you know, helpful helpful thing for a whole unit. Travis Coach, Good morning. My question was kind of in that same pain, but I was curious about the back shoulder balls that you guys hit to the Parker on Sunday. I was just curious about how that process plays out. Is that free snap you know he's going back shoulders

an adjustment post snap? How does that workout for Tonn Parker? Yeah, I mean, in my opinion, I mean, I think you just throw it to the guy and let him let him catch it, because he's done that and he's proven that in his career, and there's a lot of evidence on tape of guys that have his ability that just get up there and catch the ball, whether it's behind him, in front of him, you know, a jump ball. So as many times as we can get the ball in

his vicinity, we like it. But as you're dropping back and you know you're decide from what's going on defensively before you get ready to throw that ball over to that player, you know, it's all about where the defender is and how I want to place that ball. Really on every route, um, So you know a lot of times on incut you see him thrown low and that's really to say the guy from a headache of a

guy coming there to knock him out. And it's the same thing on the on the sideline, guys playing the ball deep, then you want to throw the ball, you know where it's in a position for for just our guy to get in. So a lot of that, you know, place into to seeing the defense, you know, posting that really good stuff there from coach Gotzi and if you want to go to the YouTube channel after the fact here on the podcast, all of those media vls, as

always will be posted to the Dolphins YouTube channel. And kind of back to that point here, I was looking up the PFF numbers because I was curious where Parker stood in contested catches because of the the games in the time he has missed this season, He's still number two in the league going back to team, behind only Marvin Jones with fifty three contested catches. Marvin Jones with the Lions and Jaguars. Of course, I thought that was a very impressive number. There. We know what Parker does

very well. He pulls in contested balls with the best of them. Up next, Josh Boyer talked about Jerome Baker and what he does that makes him worthy of the Walter Payton Man of the Your nominee. There's plenty of have to talk about here with Jerome Baker. You know, the thing that stakes out about Baked to me is,

you know, he's a very even keeled guy. I think he's got a good perspective on Uh, you need balance in life, and I think that uh, you know, are our sole focus, um you know, when we're in the building is really about getting better and executing better, coaching better,

and uh, becoming better football players. I think, you know, oftentimes what gets lost in that is the balance of being a good human being and uh you know, being kind, being considerate, um, being able to be compassionate by listening and uh. I think Bac embodies all those things. I think he's got a good balance of football, uh and he knows when to um, you know, put in the time solely for football, and he also has that um

you know, once he leaves the building. There's a lot of other things that he embodies that I think he shows why he's in the building and when he's out. So I think he does a good job of, you know, just having that balance in life that probably all of us, regardless of profession, are searching for really good stuff there and couldn't agree more. Balance is very important in this life, and whatever profession or whatever walk you're in, find that

balance a certainly key. And for Jerome to give back the way he has and really in so many ways kind of dedicate himself to giving back and being a man of service within his communities, that was awesome to hear there from Josh Boyer. We'll hear more from that later this week on the Drivetime podcast, perhaps sometime next week, something special for you guys coming up on Drivetime here down the Pike with Jerome Baker. Let's go ahead and move on to the the idea of batted passes at

the line of scrimmage. The Dolphins lead the league in that category. Here's Coach Boyer on the idea or the stat and the execution of batting passes down at the line. Well, you know, it's it's no different than like um, tackling um. You know. So we we have specific drills that we use that have specific coaching points, just like we do with tackling UM, just just like we do with you know, interceptions UM, just like we do with defeating blocks um

so UM. And it's something that I would say is a defense that you know, we highlight um and really we started that a year ago with with the batted balls and kind of explain the impact that they have on the game. And uh, you know, our players are bought into one the impact that they have in the game, but to the drills that we asked them to do.

And then obviously we're seeing some success um or some carry over from the drills that we do in practice to um, you know, when they do them in group periods versus you know, whether it be our offense or a show team, uh, two game situations. I think you kind of all see that carry over. But yet there's definitely things that we do to try to increase the odds on that and when you can do it, you know, because there's certain situations that you would not want to

be in that position. UM. So you know, we kind of try to tie all those things in together, just a situational awareness and no one understanding and then obviously you know our players, no one understand the impact of a bat the ball and how big it is to us as a defense, uh, to keep offenses off track. Yeah, these lost plays that that Josh is kind of talking about there with regards to you, you reject a pass at the line of scrimmage, you essentially put yourself in

position to to waste a down for the offense. And when you're early in the down count, let's say you get a first down run stop, you then swatt the

pass down. On second down, all of a sudden, you're in third and long, which is where this defense can really get cooking and get some of those sacks, those negative plays that can help further flip the field in the special teams game, and at the best case scenario, you take the football away and put the offense in position to make a big score on the other end. It all works together. It's all cyclical. All these plays matter.

The play before the play one of my favorite themes here on the Drivetime podcast, and the batted passes are a big point of emphasis, and you see that play out, just like the takeaways, just like the third down defense, just like quarterback pressure, all that stuff. This defense really predicates itself on. It's worked on, it's drilled on every single day, and you get the results as a result

of that work. We've got one more here for coach Boyer, who was asked about Jalen Phillips and his recent surge. You're gonna hear his name a lot and our stats deep dive here and just one second, but first let's go ahead and hear from coach Boyer about how rookie Jalen Phillips puts himself in position to have success on Sundays. Well, I think first it starts with he he plays with great effort. I mean he he plays with great effort, um,

you know, and he's blessed with um. You know, he has a he has a good amount of explosion to him.

You know, he has a good first step. Um. But uh, you know, I think the thing with Jalen that you know, he's always playing with effort and you know, and a lot of our guys, dude, I mean, you see Adam Butler, you see Christian Wilkins, you see Jalen Phillips, you see these guys twenty yards down field on a pass play and um, you know, um, so I think you know, when they play with that effort in that intensity, um, you know, not only does it seem like they're all

over the field, they literally are. Let's go ahead and finish up with special teams courtator Danny Crossman, who was asked a question about is there a common denominator across the missed field goals of Jason Sanders, because I think he has a pair of missed kicks between the under forty yard ran range, the forty nine yard range and fifty plus. Is there a common denominator there between those misses?

Here's coach Crossman, there's not. And as as odd as this is gonna sound, I wish there was, because then this would show would be an easier uh, an easier fix. You know. So they've been made, they've been wrong, they've been short, they've been left, they've been right. So you know, I go back to the I mean, and you guys aren't at practice every day, but you guys are at training camp. Jason has been the same guy. You know,

he's been all year. You know that that that that missed opportunity, that that ball that creeps in there is just creeping in at the wrong time. So he still strikes a lot of really good balls, and uh, and

we still have great confidence in it. We just you know, again I've said it a million times, so that that play is designed to score points and you know we got to get those points, all right, there you go, So once again, go check out the YouTube channel for the media availabilities from Tuesday, December seventh with Coach Crossman,

Coach Boyer, and Coach god. See. This is our normal deep dive show and since there's no game on Sunday, to kind of turn the page and look ahead to want to look back over this five game winning streak and just where this team stacks up as a whole, as well as the individuals who have played the most snaps. So buckle up, here we go. And before we do get into that, just remember this kind of information going

into this little deep dive. If you didn't play a certain snaps, you were not included in this grouping because it was tough to get the league rankings from these guys that haven't played enough snaps to qualify in certain areas. So keep that in mind here as we go forward. But I wanted to take a look at the general Dolphins statistics here that are not neither offense nor defense. And we start with point differential over the five game stretch.

This are between weeks nine and weeks thirteen, and yes, some teams will have played only four games compared to Miami's five, But you'll see that kind of benefit Miami and also cost them in some areas, but a lot of these it's also our efficiency based. So now that the forty five disclaimers are done, which leads the league, by the way, let's go ahead and jump right in point differential plus sixty one over the five games, that's the third best in the National Football League behind the

Patriots and Colts. The Dolphins are plus thirty two and first halves that's fifth, and plus twenty nine in the second half that's tied for third, So good balance there for Miami. Their yard margin is plus two oh eight that's eleventh in the National Football League. Their passing yardage margin is plus two thirty one that's seventh best over those five weeks. The turnover margin plus four that's tied

for six in the National Football League Top ten rankings. Here, that's how you wind up going unbeaten over a five game stretch. Their time of possession margin is plus four forty two, that's eighth best in the NFL. Their sack differential plus seven that's tied for second best in the NFL. Net e p A expected points added is fifty seven point three seven. That's second highest. They're also second in defensive ep A. The general e p A is total

offense and defense. They're passing e p A their twelve and their defensive passing e p A. They are first good recipe there for modern day football to win by stopping the pass and throwing the football effectively. How about the defense is numbers over these last five weeks with takeaways eleven of them is tied for third in the NFL. Their points per game eleven points per game allowed is also third in the NFL. In rushing totals, the yards per game eighty four point eight is fourth best fourth

THEWIST for the Miami run defense. Their yards per play passing or rushing is four point four seven allowed. That's third best in the NFL. Their interception per attempts four percent, that's six Their sacks per attempt at nine point five percent that is fifth. Their third down percentage at thirty three point three percent, so one out of every three third downs this defense faces, they're getting off the field, or rather they're allowing conversions, so two thirds they're getting

off the field. That's eighth best. Over that five game stretch. They are the number one red zone defense over this five game winning streak at twenty three point one percent touchdown conversion rate. You're gonna win a ton of football games. And that's why they allowed no touchdowns to the Giants, one touchdown to the Panthers, was it, two touchdowns to the Jets, one touchdown to the Ravens, and no touchdowns

to the Texans. Not bad at all. Goal to go situations into the ten yard line fifty percent they get stops on those. That's tied for second best with Kansas City, Tennessee and Detroit, New England's first at over that stretch. A lot of these teams in this little category here, the Patriots and the Chiefs, those are the teams that have winning streaks right now. As far as team, the defensive individuals go. Christian Wilkins ranks six and ESPNS run

stop win rate at forty percent. That's over the entire season though, just so you guys are aware of that, fourteen run stops over the five game winning streak is tied for eight. His third team pressures with a sack, two hits and ten hurries is twenty three among all interior defensive A linements, so he's topped twenty three and pass rushing top what is the eight and run defense. I mean he's a complete player at this point. Zack Seeler nine run stops, six quarterback pressures. That's one hit

in that category. He has six and run stops among his position mates over the five game stretch. Ray Kwon Davis has seven run stops and two quarterback pressures. Adam Butler has four run stops and eleven quarterback pressures, two sacks and two hits over that run. At the off ball linebacker position, Jerome Baker has third team pressures over the five game period. He's second among off ball linebackers

in that category. Three of those are QB hits. He has twelve run stops that's twenty two among off ball linebackers, so again top twenty two and top two and run stop and pass rush win rate eighty two receptions or receiving yards rather on a hundred and thirty seven coverage snaps, so he is allowing less than one yard per coverage snap.

It's a very good number two be at. He has a pick in the stretch as well, A landing Roberts has three quarterback pressures and six run stops, while Duke Riley has two pressures and four run stops over the five game winning street. Run stops are run down tackles made within two yards of the line of screwman. If you win a run down, make a stop. Basically you get a run stop. Let's talk about the edge player series.

This is gonna blow your guys minds away. Emmanuel Ogba over five games twenty two quarterback pressures is third most among his position group three and a half sacks, two hits. His eight run stops are third most, so top three in pressure and run stop win right there for Emmanual Agba. Jalen Phillips has nine team pressure that's tied for ninth, seven sacks, three hits, eight run stops. Both he and Ogma are tied at twenty two for run stops over

that stretch. Among edge defenders, Andrew van Ginkl has twenty one pressures that's tied for fifth, one and a half sacks, eight quarterback hits. His thirteen run stops are also thirteenth among edge defenders, and he makes his first appearance among ESPN's run stop win rate at tenth among edge defenders with twenty percent. That's the entire season for that stat. That's the only stat we're talking about today that covers

the entire season. And moving into the defensive secondary, Xaving Howard has two picks over the five games a hundred and this is for corners is ridiculous. To be under one linebacker safety is one thing. For a corner to be under one in the stat is completely bonkers. One hundred and seventy nine receiving yards on two hundred and twenty two coverage snaps. He has a QB pressure and three run stops. Byron Jones has allowed three hundred one

receiving yards. Perer Pro Football Focus on two hundred and twenty three coverage snaps and he has three run stops. Nick Needum has a pick over that stretch a hundred and twenty four receiving yards on eighty four coverage snaps. He also has two pressures and six run stops. Justin Coleman two picks over that stretch and just forty nine receiving yards allowed on a hundred and nine coverage snaps. He's allowing less than a half yard per coverage stop.

That's fantastic. Work from Justin Coleman. Javon Holland has two picks over the five game stretch. Nine QB pressures leads all NFL safeties, a sack and two hits. He has three run stops, and he's allowing just twenty eight receiving yards on a hundred and eighty four coverage snaps. Brandon Jones, despite missing two games, has four quarterback pressures that second among all NFL safeties over that stretch. His four run stops are also up there as well, eighty seven receiving

yards allowed on seventy one coverage snaps. And Eric Rowe has three quarterback pressures, ten run stops over this period, which is tied for third among safeties, and he has a hundred and twenty seven receiving yards allowed on one hundred and sixty eight coverage snaps and plenty of that in the slot as well. So not just the safety position not bad? Huh? How about offensively? I tweeted about this in a Damn ne yar broke Twitter. Fifty plus yard plays in the NFL over these five game periods.

This five game period, Miami has four of them. The fifty two yard or to Isaiah Ford against Baltimore that was off the hand of Jacobe Bursett, the sixty four yarder to Albert Wilson in that same game from Tua in the second half of that game, the sixty five yard touchdown past to mac Hollands at the Jets, and the fifty seven yard strike to Jalen Waddle at home against Carolina. Those four fifty plus yard plays most in

the National Football League. As far as twenty plus yard plays, Miami has eleven that's tied for nineteenth, all but one of those via the air. Their red zone efficiency over the stretch sixty two point five percents, tied for twelve. Their goal to go efficiency is seventy six point nine percent. That's and that's primarily through the air. Their passing yards per game two hundred and forty two point two yards per game is eleventh best in the National Football League

since week nine. Their interception per attempts is just one point six that's eight best, eight fewest. Their third down conversion rate is forty four point four percent. That's ninth best in the National Football League since Week nine. Their fourth down conversion rate they are one of three teams who are one hundred percent over that period. Baltimore and Tampa Bay the others. Their points per game twenty three

point two is twelveth best in the NFL. There one hundred first downs over a five game period is tenth best in the nf fell and there are eleven touchdowns scored are tied for fourteenth most. The team passer rating is nine point six, that's tenth best over that period. A bit of an NFL drop off here in passing game production over the last five or six weeks, and Miami's is going in the opposite direction, trending up. Completion percentage sixty nine point seven percent is seventh best in

the NFL. Two was ranks per Pro Football Focus minimum one hundred pass attempts y p A over the last five games seven point seven yards per past that's sixth best in the NFL. His five touchdown passes are tied for sixteenth most. His one interception, he's one of five regular starting quarterbacks with more than one hundred pass attempts to have one or fewer interceptions over this five game span. His sack percentage is the sixth lowest in the NFL.

His quarterback rating one on nine point two is fourth best, and Kyler Murray's up there as well, but he has just fifteen pass attempts he does not qualify, so the one on nine point two passer rating fourth best over the last five weeks for two A. Tonga Bloa ellen Waddle is fourth in receiving yards second and catches. He's fourth in yards per route run minimum twenty targets he's seventh, and yards after the catch with one fifty two. He's

fourth in catch percentage at eighty two point six. He's third and first downs with twenty four so fourth, second, fourth, seventh, fourth, third across the National Football League over these last five weeks. Big time playmaker there. We'll go with the volume stats here as there's not really any rankings for the rest of the players here across the NFL, but we'll go with the one qualifying running back here to start this.

Miles Gaskin. Over the five games, eighty eight rush attempts, two hundred forty seven yards, three rushing touchdowns, eleven first downs. He's caught fourteen of sixteen targets for fifty two yards and a touchdown, so four total tds in five games for Miles Gaskin that'll play. Albert Wilson has seventeen catches for two fifty nine over the five games. MATC. Collins has six for nine nine but three touchdown receptions over the five games. He also has three special teams tackles

per PFF over that stretch. Isaiah Ford six of seven targets he's caught for ninety seven yards and a touchdown. Mike Gasicki has nineteen grabs for a buck sixty seven over the five games, and Durham Smith has twelve catches on thirteen targets for one nineteen. How about some quarterback pressures allowed here? We did not include the center because Austin Ryder and Michael Dieter and even some Greg Man's in there. Cameron Tom I think we'll play a snap

as well, so we didn't use the center here. But Leam Eichenberg three sacks, five hits, twenty three hurries over a five game period. Austin Jackson two sacks, one hit, ten quarterback hurries over that period. That's not a bad number right there at all for Austin Jackson. Robert Hunt even better, one sack, one hit and ten pressures allowed.

He also has a seventy run block win Right on ESPN for the whole season, which ranks eighth most or eighth best rather among offensive guards Jesse Davis three sacks, two hits, nineteen quarterback pressures. And then how about special teams net yards per punt is forty two point one one. That's twelve best in the NFL. That's my numbers podcast, brief and short. Took a long time to get those numbers for you guys, so I hope you appreciate them and enjoy them. Let's go ahead and make some NFL

picks here before we get out of here. On a short edition of the Drivetime podcast, we were ten and four last week one and sixty four and one on the season. Give me a second, I'm gonna pull up some math here really quickly, because I don't know how to do maths so well. So I want to find out what that winning percentages plus sixty four is one one divided by one two. Not great sixty seven percent winning percentage. We want to be seventy five. That's probably

not gonna happen this year, but I digress. On Week fourteen, Thursday Night, we're going with the Vikings over the Steelers. We're taking the Browns over the Ravens on Sunday, the Titans over the Jaguars, the Chiefs over the Raiders, the Saints over the Jets, the Dallas Cowboys over the Washington football team. Will take the Falcons over the Panthers, the Seahawks over the Texans, the Broncos over the Lions, take

the Chargers over the Giants. Although you want to hopefully pull for the NFC teams against a FC teams here down the stretch San Francisco Cincinnati, that's a tough one because you have playoff implications, you have next year's draft implications. I'll be pulling for this year's you know standings more than anything else. We'll take the Niners to win that game, the Bucks over the Bills, the Packers over the Bears, and the Cardinals over the Rams. Alright, short condensed version

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