TNF Recap: Dolphins-Ravens with Youtuber Drew Gooden

it was like watching a bad movie that's entertaining. It's like watching any Stallone movie in the eighties. Pretty much. It was like watching Cobra. This game was Cobra. Ricky doesn't get that reference. That's okay, though, Yeah I don't, but I'm sure a lot of our listeners don't either. So bad, it's good. That's what this game was. The Dolphins twenty two, the Ravens ten. And there's just so much unpack here. So much went down and nothing went down.

It was It was just a strange game. It was a game that after three quarters there were more punts than points and the Ravens were completely flummixed by what the Dolphins. We're doing on defense to cover zero defense. That was bringing a ton of heat on Lamar Jackson and obviously leaves you very vulnerable in the back end when you play that way. But they were getting to Jackson over and over with the pass rushing, frustrating him. I can't remember. I can't remember seeing Lamar that demonstrably

frustrated on the sideline in the game. I know there have been tough playoff losses and tough regular season losses in his brilliant career, but I don't remember him being so angry because I think a lot of that goes back to what happened tonight. This was a Ravens team came in six and two, the Dolphins having a miserable season two and seven, and I think, you know, I'm not saying that the Ravens came in and it was

a trap game or anything that like that. I'm saying they went in there expecting to take care of business. And I think what Brian Flores and Miami cooked up defensively um was really effective and it's gonna be one of those things where everybody's gonna be talking about it. Uh, is this how you play the Ravens? Is how you slow their attack? Well, let's pump the brakes there, because if you don't get home on Lamar, he's gonna shred you um with Hollywood Brown and make big plays. But

give it. Give it up to the Dolphins, who are a very tough team to make sense of. You know, Jacoby Brissette starts the game, Jake Briskett, he bangs up his knee and uh, it looks like it's a serious injury at first, but then he's okay on the sideline and then he goes to go in the game, and Brian Floores is like, chillbro I'm putting in my second year quarterback to who we thought was injured and couldn't play.

But I guess he could play. And if he could go in for Jake Brisket, why didn't he start in the first place. These are the things that you get kind of confused about sometimes when you try to figure out the Miami Dolphins, and you know how they've handled to really over the past two seasons now, it's just been kind of a a tough thing to figure out. But it worked out because the offense did come to life, Um to have made some plays and they got the win.

So the Dolphins improved to three and seven. The Ravens, man, I don't know what to say. The a f C is messed up, and you know I do the power rank Do you know I do the power rankings? Ricky? Yeah, I do the power rankings, and uh, you know, the a f C is a tough one because you thought you had the Bills as the powerhouse and they probably are, but they're going through tough times. And then I think I have the Ravens as the only other a f C team in the top eight, having them at six

this week. Obviously that's not gonna hold because you can't go to Miami and lay an egg. But you also have to keep in mind Thursday night football is weird as it's weird. Weird stuff happens. Guys are tired, guys are hurt, it's under the lights. It's everybody's internal clocks are messed up, and that has to be that comes into play when you try to break down what we do, Ricky. Um, we try to figure make sense of what doesn't make sense.

And when Lamar Jackson averages five and a half yards per attempt against the Miami Dolphins, who had been getting shredded on defense all season. There are a lot of factors. It's it's the good co chng and Brian Flores needed a game where he could remind both Dolphins fans and the front office that's prepared to make big changes potentially in the off season that he is actually good at this.

And he was a coach that came into the season with a lot of respect from all corners of both the you know, the league and also the people that cover the sports. So this was a nice moment for Flora's It's a nice moment for Tah who didn't light

things up. He was eight of thirteen UM, but he made some big plays that throw on the busted coverage Albert Wilson UM sixty four yards that led to the game icing touchdown to not you know, getting in from in close to put that game away and then uh, the game icing interception, which was a fitting way for this game to end because they had really flummixed Baltimore Baltimore all game. So Ravens six and three the a f C is weird. I'm not saying the Ravens and

Dolphins are on opposite sides of the spectrum. I mean, are you know, close to the same level of team. The Ravens are a much better team. But the fact that the Dolphins are at the bottom of the pile and the Ravens are supposed to be at the top of the pack, and you see a game like this, it just shows you. It's just that is a wide open conference. It will be fun to see, um what

happens next. I'm looking at these stats, my goodness, Lamarty three to five and a half yards per attempt and then nine for thirty nine on the ground, So they really bottled them up in every way that you can. And uh, just a special shout out to Xavian Howard. Uh. The game changed on the fumble by Sammy Watkins, So I don't know what was going on with Sammy Watkins today.

The best throw though, Lamar had, was that deep ball. Okay, maybe a touch overthrown on the first drive of the game, and Watkins, I guess he I don't know what's going on in that building, hard Rock Stadium. They it is about sixteen inches between the back of the end zone and the wall where the fans are. And he just said I'm not interested in that. I don't like that. I don't like the fans there, I don't like the

goalposts there. I'm not going for that ball. Uh. And then he has the fumble that Howard scoops up and has really a beautiful runback for a touchdown. Big win for the Dolphins and their fans who really really needed something nice. And speaking of which, Ricky, let's bring in our special guests. We should bring him in right after this break. He is a Dolphins fan. Yeah, there he is, and he is also, um, I'm a fan. This is

Drew Gooden. Drew Gooden, uh, YouTube star Dolphins fanatic and yes, welcome to the Around the NFL podcast, buddy, and congratulations on a win that was not expected, let's face not expected at all. Thank you so much for having me. Um. I mean we talked a little bit throughout the week, Like when I thought of what this podcast would be, I thought I would be venting about a You know, I'm twenty eight years old. I've been closely watching this team for maybe twenty two years now. I haven't seen

them win a single playoff game. Um. They barely make it to the playoffs. They consistently are bad. They get my hopes up for some reason and they always let me down. And I fully expected to be on the verge of tears during this podcast, um, but instead, I mean, that was a that was such a fun game. I

mean a weird Thursday night games. They're just there, sometimes mostly bad, but sometimes just there's this weird like black Magic in the air where I mean between the Jacoby Brissette starting but to his he's not healthy enough to start, but he's healthy enough to be the backup, and then he goes out there, struggles a little bit. Brissette wants to go back in, but then you know, to was like, no, I'm going to stay out here. As a couple of plays. There are other two other things I saw in this

game that I never seen before. There was a pass two or through a screen through the running back who threw it back to to Ah who threw it right back to the running back and he got like fifteen yards. I've never seen anything like it. And of course the Robert Hunt touchdown. Man, I can't believe, you know, I know why it didn't count because nothing on that play was legal, But I wish they changed the rules just

for that one. Place. I'm so glad that you brought that up, because I would have Drew kicked myself if I didn't mention it. Robert Hunt is six ft six,

he's three seven pounds, He's a guard. This was like it was either depending on how you look at the low point of the night or the high point of the night when the game was really sloppy mess I think it was six three at that point, and you know, the Dolphins have a drive that breaks down in the red zone and the screen passes run and there's you know, the Ravens flood the backfield. He flips it up and the fact that Robert Hunt comes down with the ball

and he's ineligible so it doesn't count. But not only is he grabbed the ball, he makes like a football move. He gets to the goal line and the kicker was Drew. He goes up in the air, he gets it over the goal line the stretch and I saw John Boy who does a lot of baseball stuff on Twitter, and he's great, but he very he was quick on the draw and he put the NFL shield with the shadow of Robert Hunt reaching over the goal line. It was like it was the best play ever that didn't count.

It's got to be up there, right. It was incredible And it wasn't just that he caught them. It was the confidence, Like it was he was so confident about catching the ball, turning up field and going It was like, was that the designed play? I was genuinely confused. I think the rest might have been confused for a second too, because he was so Usually when you see those plays, it's like an obvious you know, everyone looks plum x. But he was like, no, they drew this up for me.

I'm gonna score. I'm gonna do the most athletic thing I've I've ever done. And yeah, it didn't count, But if the if the game went differently, that would have been one of those where it's like the low light of the game. But because it was just icing on the cake of a weird like just a funny I'm a Jet fan and I'm used to like things like that happening, and then that's what it's remembered for for twenty years. You did get a pass there, because that kind of just goes down. It's like a fun memory

of a good win. And yeah, that was like when I reached out to Drew and again, I'm a big fan of Drew. He does awesome work. Check him out on YouTube. I probably don't tell you that because I actually did some research through and apparently have three point two six million YouTube subscribers, which seems like a lot. It seems like you found success in your chosen field. I think so, although the I would guess at the Venn diagram of my fans and football fans in general,

don't doesn't fight in resect a lot. I don't talk about football very much. Um, but I'm a very passionate Dolphins fan, as you can tell by my attire. I could see that, and I was gonna say about because like, for instance, when I was in London and I was more jet lagged than I've ever been in my entire life,

I could not sleep. Ricky. We were like it was such a whirlwind when we were there in October and I ended up just like I was binging Drew Gooden videos and you get you helped me through what was an otherwise, is that weird for you? Is that weird to hear that your own man was like sleep, Yeah, couldn't sleep and you were what he was watching. I can't sleep talking my Drew fix you know, and ye good,

it makes good be real. If it was any other grown man, maybe i'd feel weird, but the feeling is mutual. I've been listening to the show for almost six years now. I think my dad's a big fan. To shout out to my dad, who you know, passed this Dolphin's curse onto me, but he'll be listening to this and he'll be excited. But yeah, I'm happy to hear that. You know you're a fan, and I know it through that

tumultuous journey it is. And like when I reached out to Drew last week to come on the show, like the idea the hook was, well, the Raven's probably gonna spank the Colphins and then we could kind of commiserate jets and dolphins and you you're born when when we

were born. It's interesting kind of uh spot to be not a particularly good type of interesting, because that means you're too young for any of the Marino glory and really you have like you're even young, but you're probably you probably have good memories of like the Chad Pennington an f C East title in two thousand and eight, that that that was special, but that's pretty much it, right, Am I missing any other like special? The only Dolphins player or the only Dan Marino game that I remember

watching was his last game. No, No, we lost sixty two to seven. I just remember I was still really young. I think that I was like six, maybe seven, But my my dad was just so frustrated at halftime. It was already thirty one nothing and it was just like, I'm sorry, dad, um. But uh, Yeah, the Chad Pennington year and two thousand eight that came out of nowhere, that was really fun. And two sixteen with the first

year of Gaze, that was a wild year. That was a year we won nine out of ten straight games and the only game we lost was to the Ravens who beat us. So the Ravens have always had the Dolphins number for as long as I've watched. Uh They've destroyed us in two playoff games, two of our three playoff games in the last you know, nineteen years. Um. But it's I wish I could make new memories with the team, but unfortunately, that magical chadpinnion in two thousand

eight year, that's still the best. Yeah, that's that's pretty rough. But you know, maybe there are better times ahead because this was this was a fun game and you do get to enjoy that. I mean, where where do we go from here? I have a good idea. I have a good idea, Drew, how about this? Because you don't. I have noticed that, because I know you're a listener and we've interacted on Twitter from time to time. Um,

interfaced on Twitter. I like to say, um, and I like that you say that, Yes, you don't tend to put your football fandom out front on YouTube, But what if, like you just tape dog this game and just put up like one of your commentary videos, just thirty five minutes just breaking down tape of this game, no jokes, no bits, no cutaways, just tape dog it out and then just see what the reaction is. Maybe you'll, you know,

run into something right. Um, you know that's an interesting idea. Um, no jokes, there were, I mean, there are a couple of funny moments in the game to speak for itself. You know that's pure those out cut them out. Okay, So just the serious football players, Robert hud cannot be in your breakdown. I'll just I'll zoom in on the trench play. Really just focus on the most you know, boring part of football is just the offensive line, and um, yeah,

I think that's I think it's a good idea. Maybe one day, maybe one day, Drew like the Jets and Dolphins will come to rule the division again and you know, once upon a time, and because there's been so many uh down years, are both franchises and Patriots forever and now the Bills of Rose up um Like, I don't know if you have many memories of this being a real rivalry Jets Dobbins, but it used to be one of the best. Not really that see, that's what I

grew up hearing. Um. You know, I didn't get to see the Dan Marino years and the Ken O'Brien years, and you know, the Dolphins and Jets going back and forth and both being competent, well run organizations. We kind of take turns having a year or two here there, and it seems like more than anything my experience has been,

we've taken turns ruining the other team season. Um, I think you know it will come down like the Week seventeen game where I think we beat a Rex Ryan team that was one game away from getting a wild guard spot, and I think you guys did the same thing to us in like, um, but it's like, maybe we should work together instead of fighting each other. We're like the kids on succession. Maybe if we all work together and go after Daddy, then you know, we don't

have to worry about one of us. Is definitely like the Alan ruck character though, So it's like that's gonna be a problem for any type of success if there's Connor Roy involved, that's gonna be a problem. Um. All right, Drew, what do you got going on? Let's get a plug in. Where are you, by the way, where are you set up? Where am I? I'm in my office? I live in Orlando, Florida. Yeah, Just what's it like over there? You like in that

Orlando life? I do everyone makes fun of me. Not everyone, that's kind of an exaggeration, but I do get made fun of quite a bit for living in Florida. Have a lot of friends who live in California, and it's very nice out there. But where I'm at, right in the middle of downtown Orlando or near downtown Orlando, it's it's nice. It's I get the weather of Florida without all the crazy that comes with Florida. UM so there you go. That's good. That's good. Alright, So layoff, Drew,

layoff or Land. Yeah, everyone's a nice place to live. I walk outside and I just get tomatoes throwing at me, like move out of here. It's a fellow Floridians doing it to me like that. That's that's a tough that's a tough thing to figure out. All right, Drew, go ahead. I want everybody to know that Drew could be found on Twitter. Drew is good in uh YouTube, of course, just Drew Good in his page has got all that stuff and anything else. I know you've done some touring

and things of that nature. Anything cooking there, Uh no, not in the near future. That was a fun one time experience. Um and then COVID hit and it was never gonna happen again. But uh no, that's just it. Follow Follow me on Twitter to see me occasionally reply to football related tweets. Beautiful and then YouTube if you want to hear me talk about whatever nonsense is on my mind. All right, check it out and and say hi to your dad for me, and thank he remembers,

he remembers that Jets Dolphins games. My I lost my innocence every Jets fan loses their innocence at some point. I was at the fake Spike game, Dan Marino at the Men the Lands November ninety four. That's when it all changed for me. Your dad remembers that game, I know. But all right, Drew good In, thank you very much, buddy, Thank you, all right, Sandro, thank you. There goes the legend. Drew good In three point to seven million YouTube subscribers.

Why don't you have that riggy? Where is your pull at this point? Yeah, I'm trying. I'm working hard. Dan. We have an you know what, we have a problem if I'm gonna, you know, lift up the curtain or whatever they call it, lift back the curtain. We have an NFL podcast YouTube channel that this is on, right, But it's like you're going to just who's gonna go to a page for all NFL podcast Do I follow all food podcasts dot com? You know what I'm saying?

Do you get what I'm trying to say here? I feel like we need to branch out and have our own around the NFL total I p like our Instagram. I don't know if you've been keeping up, but this week I've we've been killing our I g R I G game with the eames and everything is awesome and it's all ours, but YouTube it's a work in progress. That's what your kids are into. The I G I like that. Well, maybe get our vine game working. Vinds out and gone, But TikTok, TikTok is is fresh hot.

What about Snapchat? You know certain things I've said that's kind of going. It's kind of gone at this point. Yeah, it exists, but it's not what it what it was. Let me know what's like the next like a big thing, and then I'm going to get all in on it. I feel like you still have time to get in on TikTok like it's pretty awesome. Get on the tok al getting on TikTok And it's nine o'clock Pacific, which means that it is dan. What time is it on

the East coast? That would be midnight. That would be midnight, which means that Taylor Swift just dropped red her version And there's a ten minute version of All too Well and no, I'm just so excited, and I know you're you're gonna listen. I know you are. I like Taylor Swift, love Taylor Swift. Actually but the rerelease of her old records has more songs, more songs from the vault with special features. She did a short film that drops today

as well. There's a ten minute version of all but what I'm what I'm trying to say, and this is it's a catch twenty two. I understand why she's doing this. What she's doing. She has a very contentious relationship with her former record label that owns the masters of some of those biggest albums of her career. So now she's saying, I'm re recording them note for notes, So there I own the records. I get all that, I get the

business of it, and I get that's important. But there's things that even when you try to recreate, you can't. And if you're if you're ten years older and you're not the same headspace, the way you sing, the way you play is just a little bit different. And if you're asking me, for instance, like there's my favorite Taylor Swift album, okay, uh, Folklore is right up there by the way. I love that album as well, But if you're telling me, what am I going to listen to?

The one that was in her head space when she put out nine that has the record that I remember and when I go back and listen to it, like, I love every note of that album, or the one where she's consciously meticulously recreating that special album that she made when she was seven now that she's thirty four or whatever, Like I don't know that that's where there's a when she did it. But there are songs from the vault that didn't make the record. So there's new

songs for you to check out. So I implore you to at least give those a chance. And the same thing. Same say, Disney came and bought NFL and we don't own a t N anymore. You mean to tell me you're not going to go back and re record you're the GM from two thousand seventeen. I can promise you I will not be doing that. I can promise that. Rereckie all right, Okay, So thank you to Drew good In. Uh. Taylor Swift was twenty five when that album came out, So let's get our stuff together. If you're a real

super fan, Uh, I was closer than you. Uh. And that's it. Thank you to everybody for listening. We'll be back, of course, they around the NFL broadcast on Saturday on NFL Network and then the Flagship Show Sunday. Everybody, enjoy your weekend, and until then, he's a call, M M M