October 2, 2025 • 15 mins
Brad Idzik speaks with the media before Thursday's practice.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hope on for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This week.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
You know, we've kind of focused on, you know, a
four week regroup as we have like a later buy.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I think it's a great idea by Dave and the crew.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Just you know, taking these chunks of this first stretch
of the season for us and doing an evaluation of
like where we're at schematically as a team as a group,
and you know, just just kind of like putting our
stamp for our guys just to give you guys a
little insight and a little picture of you know, what
we've been talking to our guys about this week is
just focus and refocus, treating every rep individually, treating every
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game individually, getting to practice that out in the field
here today, getting to practice at in the meeting room
when we're talking about individual plays.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You see it in you know, a.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Couple of our games of just some good sustained success
and then not being able at times to keep that
going with refocusing, reclicking back in the perfect example of it.
And we had had our guys watch the first drive
of the Miami game and you know, you watch the
New York Jets do a great job of driving that
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thing all the way down the field and then unfortunately
end up with the fumble. Well, it's it's just a
testament to the need to every single play tap back in,
treat every single play as an individual entity of its own,
being able to press hard reset no matter what good
or bad happens before and then moving forward. So I
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just love that that came up, you know. And then
you contrast that with our first drive in New England
where we do a good job of being efficient going
down the field, refocusing after an injury on the first play,
clicking right back in, having great rhythm and going right
down the field. Well, now we've got to be able
to do that from one drive to the next, no
matter what's happening on the defensive side of the ball
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or the special teams. Just wanting to give you guys
a little picture into that, because that's that's been our mainstay.
That's what we're gonna hang our hat on going forward
and making sure we emphasize every single rep is treated individually.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
We'll kick things off what David new In.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yep, Hey, Brad, you got me morning. Yep.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Yeah, you mentioned schematically you look at that, I mean, Brad,
I mean they've mentioned that too. What can you change gemmatically,
What do you think is wrong schematically?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I'll never phrase it is. What's wrong is is you
you continue as you go to learn your guys and
learn you know what you're going to hang your hat on.
Every single week there's new guys. I mean, we had
injuries last week, you have elevations. So this is the
constant reevaluation of what are the players you know that
we're playing with out there and what do they do well?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
And then they you let them go.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Show you one thing that we we kind of showed
from a self scout that's it's out there for everyone
to see is last year we really hang our hat
on the mid zone. Well, this year, gap scheme has
gone way up for us. I think it was like
eighty percent of fish on normal downs. So every year
we're just feeling out, Okay, what is this going to
look like with the group of players that we have
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every single week, just like we're asking their players to
refocus every week, focus on a new opponent, go from
play to play. Us as coaches as well, when we're
game planning, we're constantly doing that, constantly trying to push
the envelope schematically of what fits the guys that are
going out there for us.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
And how much does injuries impact that?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, you never use it as an excuse. Everybody's dealing
with injuries. That's just a testament to the you know
the necessary nature of having to really train the guys
from the bottom up. So no matter who's on the roster,
no matter who came in this week, they got to
be ready to play. And our coaches take that approach,
we all take that approach. We make sure when we
sign these guys and we bring them in, whether it's
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the off season, mid season, we let them know like, hey,
we're bringing in because we think you fit the mold
of the guys that we want to try it out
there with. And you need to be ready. And our guys,
for the most part, they have been. They have been ready,
and and that's a testament to our coaches, you know,
having them trained even though they might not be getting
the full speed reps in games in practice.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
And one last quick one, how much more inside pressure
is Bryce getting sense? You you're down to your third
or fourth whatever you wanta call it, right guard, your
backup centers now starting how much more pressure have you noticed?
And how's that impact of Bryce.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, I think I think some of it starts with
the communication, and that's all of us, you know, coaches,
all the way down to the quarterback to the center.
And then there's such an importance of those guys being
on the same page up front so they know where
their help is. And so that's the starting point, is
making sure that you know, during the week, we're getting
those five guys working together, communicating together. And then and
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then you bring Bryce in, like this morning, having a
third down protection meeting, you bring Bryce in. Coach Gilbert
does a great job of showing the looks of the week. Hey,
this is what they like to do, all right, how
would you see this?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Right? Let them engage the material.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
So let let Bryce engage the material on the film,
all right, and then see it come to life in practice.
And then you hope that thing that carries over into
the game, and you know, you take care of ninety
five percent of it, knowing that they're going to have
some wrinkles too, but as long as you take care
of that ninety five percent of it, will go ahead
and tweak in game adjustments for the rest of it.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Thank you, yep. Aaron Gimp followed by Julian Council.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Brad, going back to what you were talking about out
of the top in trying to become a more resilient
what are those conversations like in game? I mean, what
gets said? Who's saying it when you guys are between series?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, it's a it's a combination of guys. So you
you lean on your leadership, you know, once you're inside
the white lines.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Uh, those are the guys that lead the charge. As coaches.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You that's our job, right, Our job is to make
sure that they're dialed into the plays, the whys and
then the hows and the hows. A big part of
that how uh you know, is having the right mentality
as we go out on the field. So keeping our
guys engaged during the game, while the defense is on
the field, while special teams is on the field, that's
that's a big portion of our job. So I take
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a lot of pride in that. And and and it
looks different for every single guy. So Rob Moore is
gonna do it different than Harold Goodwin's going to do
it different than Will Harriger. But constant investment in the
engagement of our guys. Uh, it's it's just a huge
part of our job on game day.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Okay, hey, Brad, I hope you're doing well. Just curious
on game day. I know Dave's giving you the opportunity
throughout training camp and even the first two preseason games
to call plays. How much does he lean on you
from serious series down to down in that department if
at all.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah, when you're when you're a head coach and the
defense is on the field, you've got to be engaged,
you know. So we have these little pockets, these little
windows when there's a TV timeout or you're going in
between special teams and defense, where we get to recap.
Mike Bercovici does a great job of recalling the coverages
from the previous drive, any of the pressure looks. Will
try to hit that really quick before the defense is
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out there, and then while the drive's going on, a
piece of that engagement I was talking about with Darren
is us coaches coming together and making sure, okay, hey,
the next next three runs that we like versus what
we're seeing the next three passes. If we get in
the situational ball, here's our next third down call. Things
that you can preview with the players. But then I
can also bring the Dave and say, hey, we might
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want to deviate a little bit and go down this
route because of what they're presenting us. You know, as
he's transitioning from defense back to Okay, offense has the
ball now, so there's little pockets in there. But you know,
he has to be engaged in the defensive side of
the ball for the game management. But you know, I
get those little those little slivers, and he leans on
me to make sure those conversations are going smoothly with
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the other coaches while he's engaged with defense.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Thanks yep, no person, followed by Scott Ballard, Rag.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Good morning, Good morning, Joe.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Heard what you think this offense has lacked or has
missed with with X's absence the last two weeks.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, I think one thing you look at x and
he's an explosive athlete and the biggest one of the
biggest missing pieces of our offense right now if you
just look at the stats, is the explosion of the
explosive plays.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And also that's in both phases.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
So when you have an explosive athlete out there like Xavier,
you know, like Jimmy's gonna get a chance this week
to run around and provide some speed on the field,
or you're just making plays down the field like t
Mac does. That expands the coverage, gives us more favorable
looks for the running backs you know in the box.
So it really all ties in together. And Xavier is
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a huge part of that. When he's playing fast, he
threatens the defense, he forces the coverage to back up,
and that opens up a lot of lanes both in
the past game and the run game.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Did you see defenses. I know it is only two weeks,
but did you see any change in how you guys
were being schemed?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I think the more you have a young guy like
t Mac who's having success, I know in one on
one contest, you start to see defenses walk out a player,
pre align a flat defender and zone coverage to try
to you know, slow him off the ball, or start
to tilt a robber safety to him. Little things that
start happening, but all things that we've had experience with.
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You go back to Tampa with Mike Evans, you go
back to Seattle with DK Metcalf. Like when guys start
having success in one on one ops and they lean coverage,
there's ways to combat it. There's ways to move Temac
to get him open, which to kudos to him, him
understanding the offense has allowed us to do that. You
see him when he's at number three getting free access looks.
You see him moving back across to the strong side
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of the formation, not just leaving him in one spot.
That's a huge testament to Rob Moore getting him prepared.
That's a huge testament to t Mac and his ability
to learn conceptually so we can keep him in those
favorable matchups. But then and so also that's when we
got to lean on our other guys. If they're going
to lean coverage and they're starting to do that, they're
starting to recognize his ability one on one. We need
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our other guys to show up, and we've challenged our
guys with that. You know, there's not a lot of
opportunities in this league to have one on ones, and
when the coverage is going away from you, you got
to win. That's that's what it comes down to.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yep, Hi, Brad.
Speaker 7 (10:26):
Get into a little bit what you just said, But
I wonder if you could just talk about specifically the
concept of speed, because it seems like speed is one
thing y'all have lacked a little bit on the field
the last couple of games. And then particularly about Jimmy
Horn Junior and how you think he may well be
used this weekend. I mean, is he mostly a decoy
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to take the top off or is he really a
guy that you know, you could see catching a fifty
yard pass downfield?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yeah, So speed for for us is it goes with
our nature. It's the first element of our offense. We've
got five elements. I kind of with the guys every
single Wednesday just to regroup, and it's aggressive in our style.
So aggressive in our style looks like coming off the
ball with everything he got. It starts with having athletes
in here that run four three, run four four, take
the top off. We have those guys, those guys that
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play aggressive, Xavier being one that we just mentioned, Temac
doing it in his own right because he wins.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
And then Jimmy.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Obviously an explosive athlete that excited a lot of us
all throughout camp, really excited about him, really excited about
his work ethic, just the time that he's put in,
the patience, he's had the resilience to get comfortable with
our schemes. I go back and look at the development
of Jalen Cocher over last year and where he got
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to because of all of his investment and the time
some of the time it took for him to get comfortable,
and the formations and just the difference of the NFL
in college, and and Jimmy's getting that, He's picking it up.
He's gaining the trust of us as coaches, getting aligned
and knowing his assignment. But then also the speed off
the ball for him. He attacks every route. Uh, he
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attacks every route vertically and puts a little fear in
the DB's eyes where coverage just naturally expands. It just
does because they they feel that they feel that urgency
off the ball, they have to back up and that
just opens up bigger, bigger lanes for Bryce and Andy
and and HNDO to get him the ball.
Speaker 8 (12:23):
Thanks bet Yep, Yes, hey, Brad, how's it going?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Good morning? Good?
Speaker 8 (12:31):
A couple of things. One, this is a Dolphins defense
that that seemingly likes to really punch at the ball.
Do you have to up those drills in a practice
or in practice on a week like this, and how
do you kind of just prepare for that or do
you just have to like emphasize ball security.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I guess Darren Bates would he would hate me if
I said we had to up it this week, because, Uh,
here's our here's our our guys emphasizing going after the ball.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
We call it turnover Thursday or no turnover Thursday based
on the results of today's practice. If the defense gets
a turnover next week, it's it's turnover Thursday. If if
we protect the ball next week, it's no turnover Thursday.
And and Darren Bates gives us a really nice recap
every every Thursday morning. So I would say that's a
huge piece of who we are. It's all about the
ball is a big mantra in our building.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
And the guys on defense make us better because they
emphasize it. On defense, they're always scrapping after the ball.
You think of young even young guys coming in Lathan Ransom, Uh,
you know, bringing in new new guys like Morig coming
in that always attacking the ball.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
J C.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Horn, Mike Jack.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Uh. They're just they're wired that way, and that makes
us better on offense because anytime they relax or they
don't play through the echo of the whistle, those guys
are hunting and uh, And I think that that prepares
us for games like this where you got you know,
DB's punching the ball out. They did a great job
of that on that first drive I was talking about
in the New York game. It prepares us for games
like this where guys are going after it sweet.
Speaker 8 (13:57):
And then just one more thing you mentioned seeing the
defense has kind of tilt their coverage towards t Mac.
I think there was even a couple of plays Sunday
where they had like two dbs lined up on him
just directly. Have you seen that before with the KI,
especially in their fourth week.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, I think it happens differently for you know, for
every team, for every guy. Sometimes he's got to fit
the scheme too of what they're doing. Sometimes it's just
a flat player that's just a little bit of presence
there and then that's his zone responsibility anyways, But the
more success you have, the harder they're going to try
to make it. I've seen that stuff happen early again,
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looted the DK. Metcalf was there his rookie year and
and it didn't take long for the league to notice
that that guy could.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
He was special down the field.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
And I don't think it's taken long to notice that
that team Mac has an ability to attack the ball,
come off the line of scrimmage, and win one on one.
So you're going to continue to see things like that.
We're going to continue to study how teams get into
those situations. Every team's a little different on how they
want to provide double teams or extra pressent. So as
long as we present that to our guys and how
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we're going to combat it, I trust that Timak will
do his film study and understand, Okay, what kind of
leverage am I going to get? How can I still
win when teams are trying to lean
Hope on for the review.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
This week.
Speaker 3 (00:07):
You know, we've kind of focused on, you know, a
four week regroup as we have like a later buy.
Speaker 2 (00:12):
I think it's a great idea by Dave and the crew.
Speaker 3 (00:15):
Just you know, taking these chunks of this first stretch
of the season for us and doing an evaluation of
like where we're at schematically as a team as a group,
and you know, just just kind of like putting our
stamp for our guys just to give you guys a
little insight and a little picture of you know, what
we've been talking to our guys about this week is
just focus and refocus, treating every rep individually, treating every
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game individually, getting to practice that out in the field
here today, getting to practice at in the meeting room
when we're talking about individual plays.
Speaker 2 (00:48):
You see it in you know, a.
Speaker 3 (00:49):
Couple of our games of just some good sustained success
and then not being able at times to keep that
going with refocusing, reclicking back in the perfect example of it.
And we had had our guys watch the first drive
of the Miami game and you know, you watch the
New York Jets do a great job of driving that
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thing all the way down the field and then unfortunately
end up with the fumble. Well, it's it's just a
testament to the need to every single play tap back in,
treat every single play as an individual entity of its own,
being able to press hard reset no matter what good
or bad happens before and then moving forward. So I
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just love that that came up, you know. And then
you contrast that with our first drive in New England
where we do a good job of being efficient going
down the field, refocusing after an injury on the first play,
clicking right back in, having great rhythm and going right
down the field. Well, now we've got to be able
to do that from one drive to the next, no
matter what's happening on the defensive side of the ball
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or the special teams. Just wanting to give you guys
a little picture into that, because that's that's been our mainstay.
That's what we're gonna hang our hat on going forward
and making sure we emphasize every single rep is treated individually.
Speaker 1 (02:06):
We'll kick things off what David new In.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Yep, Hey, Brad, you got me morning. Yep.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Yeah, you mentioned schematically you look at that, I mean, Brad,
I mean they've mentioned that too. What can you change gemmatically,
What do you think is wrong schematically?
Speaker 2 (02:24):
I don't.
Speaker 3 (02:25):
I'll never phrase it is. What's wrong is is you
you continue as you go to learn your guys and
learn you know what you're going to hang your hat on.
Every single week there's new guys. I mean, we had
injuries last week, you have elevations. So this is the
constant reevaluation of what are the players you know that
we're playing with out there and what do they do well?
Speaker 2 (02:45):
And then they you let them go.
Speaker 3 (02:46):
Show you one thing that we we kind of showed
from a self scout that's it's out there for everyone
to see is last year we really hang our hat
on the mid zone. Well, this year, gap scheme has
gone way up for us. I think it was like
eighty percent of fish on normal downs. So every year
we're just feeling out, Okay, what is this going to
look like with the group of players that we have
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every single week, just like we're asking their players to
refocus every week, focus on a new opponent, go from
play to play. Us as coaches as well, when we're
game planning, we're constantly doing that, constantly trying to push
the envelope schematically of what fits the guys that are
going out there for us.
Speaker 5 (03:23):
And how much does injuries impact that?
Speaker 3 (03:27):
Yeah, you never use it as an excuse. Everybody's dealing
with injuries. That's just a testament to the you know
the necessary nature of having to really train the guys
from the bottom up. So no matter who's on the roster,
no matter who came in this week, they got to
be ready to play. And our coaches take that approach,
we all take that approach. We make sure when we
sign these guys and we bring them in, whether it's
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the off season, mid season, we let them know like, hey,
we're bringing in because we think you fit the mold
of the guys that we want to try it out
there with. And you need to be ready. And our guys,
for the most part, they have been. They have been ready,
and and that's a testament to our coaches, you know,
having them trained even though they might not be getting
the full speed reps in games in practice.
Speaker 5 (04:08):
And one last quick one, how much more inside pressure
is Bryce getting sense? You you're down to your third
or fourth whatever you wanta call it, right guard, your
backup centers now starting how much more pressure have you noticed?
And how's that impact of Bryce.
Speaker 3 (04:24):
Yeah, I think I think some of it starts with
the communication, and that's all of us, you know, coaches,
all the way down to the quarterback to the center.
And then there's such an importance of those guys being
on the same page up front so they know where
their help is. And so that's the starting point, is
making sure that you know, during the week, we're getting
those five guys working together, communicating together. And then and
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then you bring Bryce in, like this morning, having a
third down protection meeting, you bring Bryce in. Coach Gilbert
does a great job of showing the looks of the week. Hey,
this is what they like to do, all right, how
would you see this?
Speaker 2 (04:58):
Right? Let them engage the material.
Speaker 3 (05:00):
So let let Bryce engage the material on the film,
all right, and then see it come to life in practice.
And then you hope that thing that carries over into
the game, and you know, you take care of ninety
five percent of it, knowing that they're going to have
some wrinkles too, but as long as you take care
of that ninety five percent of it, will go ahead
and tweak in game adjustments for the rest of it.
Speaker 5 (05:18):
Thank you, yep. Aaron Gimp followed by Julian Council.
Speaker 6 (05:23):
Brad, going back to what you were talking about out
of the top in trying to become a more resilient
what are those conversations like in game? I mean, what
gets said? Who's saying it when you guys are between series?
Speaker 3 (05:36):
Yeah, it's a it's a combination of guys. So you
you lean on your leadership, you know, once you're inside
the white lines.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Uh, those are the guys that lead the charge. As coaches.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
You that's our job, right, Our job is to make
sure that they're dialed into the plays, the whys and
then the hows and the hows. A big part of
that how uh you know, is having the right mentality
as we go out on the field. So keeping our
guys engaged during the game, while the defense is on
the field, while special teams is on the field, that's
that's a big portion of our job. So I take
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a lot of pride in that. And and and it
looks different for every single guy. So Rob Moore is
gonna do it different than Harold Goodwin's going to do
it different than Will Harriger. But constant investment in the
engagement of our guys. Uh, it's it's just a huge
part of our job on game day.
Speaker 1 (06:30):
Okay, hey, Brad, I hope you're doing well. Just curious
on game day. I know Dave's giving you the opportunity
throughout training camp and even the first two preseason games
to call plays. How much does he lean on you
from serious series down to down in that department if
at all.
Speaker 3 (06:45):
Yeah, when you're when you're a head coach and the
defense is on the field, you've got to be engaged,
you know. So we have these little pockets, these little
windows when there's a TV timeout or you're going in
between special teams and defense, where we get to recap.
Mike Bercovici does a great job of recalling the coverages
from the previous drive, any of the pressure looks. Will
try to hit that really quick before the defense is
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out there, and then while the drive's going on, a
piece of that engagement I was talking about with Darren
is us coaches coming together and making sure, okay, hey,
the next next three runs that we like versus what
we're seeing the next three passes. If we get in
the situational ball, here's our next third down call. Things
that you can preview with the players. But then I
can also bring the Dave and say, hey, we might
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want to deviate a little bit and go down this
route because of what they're presenting us. You know, as
he's transitioning from defense back to Okay, offense has the
ball now, so there's little pockets in there. But you know,
he has to be engaged in the defensive side of
the ball for the game management. But you know, I
get those little those little slivers, and he leans on
me to make sure those conversations are going smoothly with
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the other coaches while he's engaged with defense.
Speaker 5 (07:52):
Thanks yep, no person, followed by Scott Ballard, Rag.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Good morning, Good morning, Joe.
Speaker 1 (08:00):
Heard what you think this offense has lacked or has
missed with with X's absence the last two weeks.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
Yeah, I think one thing you look at x and
he's an explosive athlete and the biggest one of the
biggest missing pieces of our offense right now if you
just look at the stats, is the explosion of the
explosive plays.
Speaker 2 (08:22):
And also that's in both phases.
Speaker 3 (08:24):
So when you have an explosive athlete out there like Xavier,
you know, like Jimmy's gonna get a chance this week
to run around and provide some speed on the field,
or you're just making plays down the field like t
Mac does. That expands the coverage, gives us more favorable
looks for the running backs you know in the box.
So it really all ties in together. And Xavier is
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a huge part of that. When he's playing fast, he
threatens the defense, he forces the coverage to back up,
and that opens up a lot of lanes both in
the past game and the run game.
Speaker 1 (08:55):
Did you see defenses. I know it is only two weeks,
but did you see any change in how you guys
were being schemed?
Speaker 2 (09:04):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (09:04):
I think the more you have a young guy like
t Mac who's having success, I know in one on
one contest, you start to see defenses walk out a player,
pre align a flat defender and zone coverage to try
to you know, slow him off the ball, or start
to tilt a robber safety to him. Little things that
start happening, but all things that we've had experience with.
(09:25):
You go back to Tampa with Mike Evans, you go
back to Seattle with DK Metcalf. Like when guys start
having success in one on one ops and they lean coverage,
there's ways to combat it. There's ways to move Temac
to get him open, which to kudos to him, him
understanding the offense has allowed us to do that. You
see him when he's at number three getting free access looks.
You see him moving back across to the strong side
(09:47):
of the formation, not just leaving him in one spot.
That's a huge testament to Rob Moore getting him prepared.
That's a huge testament to t Mac and his ability
to learn conceptually so we can keep him in those
favorable matchups. But then and so also that's when we
got to lean on our other guys. If they're going
to lean coverage and they're starting to do that, they're
starting to recognize his ability one on one. We need
(10:08):
our other guys to show up, and we've challenged our
guys with that. You know, there's not a lot of
opportunities in this league to have one on ones, and
when the coverage is going away from you, you got
to win. That's that's what it comes down to.
Speaker 4 (10:21):
Thanks.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
Yep, Hi, Brad.
Speaker 7 (10:26):
Get into a little bit what you just said, But
I wonder if you could just talk about specifically the
concept of speed, because it seems like speed is one
thing y'all have lacked a little bit on the field
the last couple of games. And then particularly about Jimmy
Horn Junior and how you think he may well be
used this weekend. I mean, is he mostly a decoy
(10:47):
to take the top off or is he really a
guy that you know, you could see catching a fifty
yard pass downfield?
Speaker 3 (10:53):
Yeah, So speed for for us is it goes with
our nature. It's the first element of our offense. We've
got five elements. I kind of with the guys every
single Wednesday just to regroup, and it's aggressive in our style.
So aggressive in our style looks like coming off the
ball with everything he got. It starts with having athletes
in here that run four three, run four four, take
the top off. We have those guys, those guys that
(11:14):
play aggressive, Xavier being one that we just mentioned, Temac
doing it in his own right because he wins.
Speaker 2 (11:21):
And then Jimmy.
Speaker 3 (11:23):
Obviously an explosive athlete that excited a lot of us
all throughout camp, really excited about him, really excited about
his work ethic, just the time that he's put in,
the patience, he's had the resilience to get comfortable with
our schemes. I go back and look at the development
of Jalen Cocher over last year and where he got
(11:43):
to because of all of his investment and the time
some of the time it took for him to get comfortable,
and the formations and just the difference of the NFL
in college, and and Jimmy's getting that, He's picking it up.
He's gaining the trust of us as coaches, getting aligned
and knowing his assignment. But then also the speed off
the ball for him. He attacks every route. Uh, he
(12:05):
attacks every route vertically and puts a little fear in
the DB's eyes where coverage just naturally expands. It just
does because they they feel that they feel that urgency
off the ball, they have to back up and that
just opens up bigger, bigger lanes for Bryce and Andy
and and HNDO to get him the ball.
Speaker 8 (12:23):
Thanks bet Yep, Yes, hey, Brad, how's it going?
Speaker 2 (12:29):
Good morning? Good?
Speaker 8 (12:31):
A couple of things. One, this is a Dolphins defense
that that seemingly likes to really punch at the ball.
Do you have to up those drills in a practice
or in practice on a week like this, and how
do you kind of just prepare for that or do
you just have to like emphasize ball security.
Speaker 3 (12:46):
I guess Darren Bates would he would hate me if
I said we had to up it this week, because, Uh,
here's our here's our our guys emphasizing going after the ball.
Speaker 5 (12:55):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (12:56):
We call it turnover Thursday or no turnover Thursday based
on the results of today's practice. If the defense gets
a turnover next week, it's it's turnover Thursday. If if
we protect the ball next week, it's no turnover Thursday.
And and Darren Bates gives us a really nice recap
every every Thursday morning. So I would say that's a
huge piece of who we are. It's all about the
ball is a big mantra in our building.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (13:18):
And the guys on defense make us better because they
emphasize it. On defense, they're always scrapping after the ball.
You think of young even young guys coming in Lathan Ransom, Uh,
you know, bringing in new new guys like Morig coming
in that always attacking the ball.
Speaker 1 (13:32):
J C.
Speaker 2 (13:32):
Horn, Mike Jack.
Speaker 3 (13:34):
Uh. They're just they're wired that way, and that makes
us better on offense because anytime they relax or they
don't play through the echo of the whistle, those guys
are hunting and uh, And I think that that prepares
us for games like this where you got you know,
DB's punching the ball out. They did a great job
of that on that first drive I was talking about
in the New York game. It prepares us for games
like this where guys are going after it sweet.
Speaker 8 (13:57):
And then just one more thing you mentioned seeing the
defense has kind of tilt their coverage towards t Mac.
I think there was even a couple of plays Sunday
where they had like two dbs lined up on him
just directly. Have you seen that before with the KI,
especially in their fourth week.
Speaker 3 (14:13):
Yeah, I think it happens differently for you know, for
every team, for every guy. Sometimes he's got to fit
the scheme too of what they're doing. Sometimes it's just
a flat player that's just a little bit of presence
there and then that's his zone responsibility anyways, But the
more success you have, the harder they're going to try
to make it. I've seen that stuff happen early again,
(14:35):
looted the DK. Metcalf was there his rookie year and
and it didn't take long for the league to notice
that that guy could.
Speaker 2 (14:41):
He was special down the field.
Speaker 3 (14:42):
And I don't think it's taken long to notice that
that team Mac has an ability to attack the ball,
come off the line of scrimmage, and win one on one.
So you're going to continue to see things like that.
We're going to continue to study how teams get into
those situations. Every team's a little different on how they
want to provide double teams or extra pressent. So as
long as we present that to our guys and how
(15:02):
we're going to combat it, I trust that Timak will
do his film study and understand, Okay, what kind of
leverage am I going to get? How can I still
win when teams are trying to lean
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