Patriots face a must-win against Dolphins | Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast
On this episode of the Greg Bedard Patriots Podcast, Greg Bedard and Nick Cattles look ahead to the Patriots matchup this week against the Miami Dolphins. Greg and Nick update you on all of the latest news around the Patriots, the latest from Jerod Mayo, and DeMario Douglas owning his tantrum. Plus, Greg gives his PrizePicks picks for the weekend. All that, and much more!
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00:00This is the Gregg Bedard Patriots podcast with Nick Cavins.
00:07All right, we'll get to this Dolphins game coming up in a minute, but first download
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00:32All right, we're going to get into the game.
00:35But first, a few notes, Greg, from earlier today, Alex Van Pelt met with the media.
00:41The first note is Brian Hudson, practice squad center, took all the first team reps yesterday
00:48at practice.
00:49Should we just pretty much consider it a given that Hudson will start at center on Sunday
00:56and Nick Leverett is not going to go or is that too much to glean from that?
01:02Yeah, I think I think that's too much.
01:04I do think that he needs some recovery time.
01:06I do think that Leverett talked to reporters and indicated that he's going to be okay.
01:13And by the way, let me just tell the listeners, if I sound a little bit off today, I just
01:18got like three vaccines yesterday and I feel like a truck ran over me, so I feel a little
01:26bit hung over.
01:27So I'm battling, though I'm battling, you know, like Nick Leverett.
01:31I'm going to be out there on Sunday, ready to go.
01:33But I think Leverett's going to end up going.
01:37It's not unusual that on a Wednesday, maybe takes it takes a step back.
01:42Now, I would assume he'll ramp things up today and then it's all how does he feel on Friday?
01:48So that's normally how these things go.
01:50Yeah, I got the flu vaccine yesterday.
01:53I'm feeling OK.
01:54And I got COVID a couple of weeks ago, so I'm good for like six months with the COVID
01:58stuff.
01:59All right.
02:00Speaking of the offensive line, Greg, I found this interesting.
02:03Van Pelt said today that offensive line instability is not going to impact Drake Mays timeline.
02:10And I just I tweeted this out a little while ago at Nixie Radio.
02:14If you want to follow me, I tweeted this out.
02:17The messaging, Greg, you know, if you go back.
02:21So they've told us that May outplayed Brissette in camp.
02:26Then last week, everybody's talking about how May is lighting up practice.
02:30They feel like May is ready enough to take over for Jacoby if Jacoby got hurt on the
02:35first play this Sunday.
02:39And Jacoby obviously coming off of his worst game on Sunday against San Francisco.
02:46If it's not the offensive line, then why is May not playing?
02:50Like at first to start the season, I would say, well, because May is not as ready as
02:55Jacoby.
02:56But that's a tough argument to make after Sunday.
02:58Yeah, I you know, I hear you, Nick, and I don't want to get too specific on this because
03:06I don't want to, you know, reveal my sources or get anybody in trouble.
03:12But let me just say that, you know, digging around the team, I was told that May's not
03:21ready, that, you know, ideally he's not ready.
03:25There are some things and yes, I'm being intentionally vague.
03:31There are some things associated with the offense that he still is working through.
03:37So I don't think he's there.
03:39I mean, I think it was termed to me that similar to what Rappaport reported on the weekend,
03:45like, you know, I was told he's kind of a ways away.
03:49Of course, one more bad hit to Jacoby Brissett and he could be out there.
03:53And I think they're going to have to simplify things if he goes out there.
03:57And I, you know, I think it'll be fine.
03:58And I do think, you know, similar to what we talked about the other day, you know, Jacoby
04:07is not playing well.
04:08He's been playing worse by the week.
04:10Some of that could be the pressure.
04:12But you know, the film isn't going to lie.
04:14And you know, once you get two of these games back to back, that's why this game is so,
04:20so important.
04:21I mean, not only to Brissett, but Mayo and Van Pelt.
04:25To me, Nick, this, they have to win this game.
04:28If they don't win this game, it's going to be big trouble next week.
04:32And I do think you, so that would drop down to what one and four.
04:37You know, I've heard Tom Curran talk about, like, he thinks the timeline is like when
04:41they're six games under 500 or something like that.
04:45I don't necessarily disagree with that.
04:48I think it's more of a mid-season thing for May.
04:51But of course, you know, like we talked about, I mean, Brissett could not get up one of these
04:55times.
04:56And I'm sure he's dealing with a lot of stuff that we don't know about because he's so freaking
05:01tough.
05:02But just in general about Drake, I think some of the stuff last week about how good he looks
05:07in practice, I think some of that was a byproduct of the, you know, reporters doing their jobs
05:13and asking a lot of questions because there was a long layoff.
05:17And what else is there to talk about on this team other than the third overall pick sitting
05:21in the garage?
05:23But from what I heard, you know, I think physically he's doing, he's doing well.
05:28I would say as far as playing quarterback in this offense, there are some things that
05:35they want to see more improvement on before, you know, really giving him, you know, that
05:39starting opportunity.
05:42Should have signed a veteran like we talked about earlier in the week.
05:45We're going to miss on that bad management.
05:48So the other the other guy who I find to be interesting here with this offense as we get
05:53ready for the game on Sunday is Kendrick Bourne.
05:56He's back at practice yesterday.
05:59He was talking up his vibe.
06:00Van Pelt said the vibe was different.
06:03Bourne just told the media a few moments ago that he's kind of limited right now, so he
06:07can't do everything.
06:09He then said, well, I can do everything, but I have a count, so I'm just trusting the process.
06:15Does Kendrick Bourne play on Sunday limited snaps or do you think they take at least one
06:20more week to get him back on the practice field and see if he continues to get better?
06:25You know, that's a great question.
06:26I think, you know, a lot of it would come down to, you know, special teams and sort
06:32of depth and things like that.
06:34And, you know, does the center position and what's going on there like Hudson's probably
06:39going to be up?
06:41Does that affect things?
06:43How does that all shake out?
06:44I mean, I think ideally.
06:46Yeah, I think ideally Kendrick Bourne gets out there and he plays probably.
06:54I don't know, two max, 20 snaps, get them a few design touches.
07:01Now, you know, can Alex Van Pelt actually do that?
07:04That's that's a whole nother topic of discussion.
07:06But I think ideally, I think Kendrick needs to get out there, get back into game action.
07:11It's been a long time and just, you know, get his feet wet.
07:14And I just think where they are.
07:16I think there's a benefit to that where, you know, I'm not really worried about, oh geez.
07:21Well, they need a gunner on punt team because of X, Y and Z.
07:24I think I think it's more important to get Bourne out there because like I talked about
07:28the other day, I'm really hoping that once Bourne gets back in the mix, we start seeing
07:34some trips with Bourne and Douglas and Paul and sort of that's to me, that's where the
07:41offense when they're not running the ball, at least a passing offense needs to go through.
07:45It needs to Van Pelt needs to work some magic off of those three guys.
07:51One more receiver question for you, Van Pelt was asked about Javon Baker today.
07:57He said he has the talent to play, but Van Pelt wants to see him line up correctly and
08:01run the right routes before giving him more snaps.
08:06Are we at the point now week five where we might as well just chalk this up as a lost
08:12season for Javon Baker?
08:14Are we there yet?
08:15It could be from what I'm hearing internally.
08:20I don't think they're exactly thrilled with him.
08:24And this is, you know, this is, you know, it's funny how all these things that we talk
08:28about on the podcast and stuff like that, like from like, you know, a week ago, you
08:32know, like the, we talked about the selfish play on the defense coming out of the Jets
08:36game and all of a sudden it's a storyline this week.
08:38And we talked about Javon Baker in the preseason, like what the hell kind of route is this that
08:43he's running in the preseason game and now it's a, it's an issue, you know, all this
08:48sort of stuff.
08:49It's, it's nice to hear that, uh, that our observations are in line with what's going
08:54on with the team.
08:55And I, I've just heard, yeah, I, I've heard not great things about Javon, um, you know,
09:01he's a young kid and we knew he was immature and there were going to be issues.
09:05I never want to bury a kid, you know, NFL players are never static.
09:10You might suck one week, but in two months you might be a good player cause you're stacking
09:15success every day.
09:16So I don't want to bury him at all, but, uh, I think they're trying to show him some tough
09:21love and, and we'll see how he reacts to it and whether he can get back into the mix.
09:27But as of right now, yeah, I mean, you know, why would you, why would you play him over
09:31like a caisson booty who I think, um, you know, I've been impressed.
09:35Another kid who was immature, had some off field issues coming out.
09:38But from what I hear, he's done, you know, all the right things the past couple of years.
09:42So I'd much rather reward that than, um, hope and pray on Baker.
09:49Maybe the gambling thing struck fair in him when he, when he got, you know, when he got
09:52caught on that and, and maybe it, you know, they say scared him straight, so to speak.
09:56Maybe he woke up and said, I got to stop messing around because my career could be over any
10:01moment.
10:02Uh, last one, I promise you on the receiver and pop Douglas talked about his frustration,
10:09his tantrum, Greg, I was impressed with how pop handled it.
10:11What'd you think?
10:12Yeah, I completely agree.
10:13You know, another thing that we, um, sort of talked about that, uh, hadn't become an
10:18issue, but it was there on film and everybody, everybody could see it, him poke to a lesser
10:23extent.
10:24Um, you know, I questioned his professionalism and, um, and I think he, he, he said that
10:31he saw it on film.
10:32He was embarrassed.
10:33He realizes the way that it looks and that's the way that it looks.
10:37And, uh, yeah, I was very, you know, pops, a kid who, you know, I've been impressed
10:42with him.
10:43Um, you know, the whole time that he's been here and, you know, being a professional is
10:47a big thing.
10:48And I think probably Gerard Mayo probably had something to do with it and, you know,
10:53talk to him and, you know, related to him, you know, one-on-one and, but I thought it
10:59was extremely impressive and it gives me a hope.
11:02Not that I didn't have hope for pop because I do think he's really good and I do think
11:06he needs to become more of a focal point of this offense, but for him to react that
11:11way and say, he's going to be better.
11:12And basically like, you know, people who are my fans, they don't need to be seeing that.
11:17That's, that's really good stuff by pop.
11:18I'm very encouraged.
11:20Big fan of pop Douglas.
11:21I am a big fan of pop Douglas.
11:23All right, let's jump to the defense, uh, for a couple of different things because the
11:26Marcus Covington also spoke with the media.
11:29Uh, he said as far as Marte Mappu and Sione Taki Taki go, it sounds like Mappu might be
11:36ready to contribute earlier.
11:38Doug Kai tweeted this, uh, since he was in the defense last year, uh, Covington said
11:43the Patriots are still getting to know Taki Taki on the field.
11:47Do we see one of those two guys?
11:49Do we see both of those guys?
11:51If we see one or two of those guys, how much do you think they could play Greg?
11:55Yeah, I, I do think guys need to be on a pitch count.
11:58I think that, um, I do think that Mappu, uh, stands a better chance of, um, being part
12:04of this game and being part of a package.
12:06Um, make no mistake.
12:08They need both guys.
12:09Um, with some of the stuff that was apparent on film against the 49ers, the, the Patriots
12:15were slow.
12:16Um, when you're slow at middle linebacker, uh, you, you're, you're a slow defense and
12:21that's out there on film for everybody.
12:23I mean, look, it's not Jelani Tavaes fault that he had to be put in that position.
12:26He was doing his best for the team.
12:28It's just not his thing having to be, you know, 25 yards down the field and carrying,
12:33you know, Jawan Jennings or Debo Samuel down the middle of the field.
12:37I mean, you know, he's not going to look good doing that, but I, I do think, you know, I'm
12:43hopeful that talkie talkie can at least come in and, uh, do some special teams and be a
12:49depth guy at linebacker.
12:51I mean, his bag is kind of, you know, being a smaller, quicker linebacker who I think,
12:56uh, can help, uh, in some of their sub packages and Mapu, if he can stay on the field, ideally
13:02like, you know, he's a middle of the field safety linebacker hybrid that, uh, can replace
13:09a divide and be in there and sort of be, uh, the, the past defender down the middle of
13:14the field.
13:15And so, yeah, I'm hopeful that both of those guys can, can start to get their feet wet
13:19similar to Bourne.
13:21Um, because I do think they, they can help a lot, you know, with some of the issues on
13:27this defense.
13:28Um, and they can also, both of them are also pretty good blitzers and can come from the
13:31second level.
13:33And I think that's something they need to do along with, you know, what I wrote for
13:37today was, you know, and we talked about it last pod, the Patriots need to start playing
13:41more man coverage.
13:42Their zone coverages have been terrible compared to last year and like, look, Tyreek Hill and
13:47Jayden wall, Jaylen model, aren't the ideal guys to do it against, but you kind of want
13:51to make Snoop Huntley, um, make some throws, which we'll talk about.
13:56Uh, I think all those guys can help the Patriots do that in terms of playing man coverage and
14:01also rushing the passer.
14:04Last one from Covington.
14:05I want you to let me know if you agree with this or disagree with this statement, Covington
14:10told the media, this is from your buddy, Mike Giardi, uh, on Twitter, Covington says the
14:15Patriots are quote unquote, winning the rush and causing quarterbacks to escape the pocket.
14:20That's where the trap rush has failed, meaning others haven't kept the quarterback caged
14:26in.
14:27Do you think Greg that the Patriots have been winning the rush and have they been winning
14:32the rush enough to your eyes?
14:35I would say it's been inconsistent.
14:37I'm not going to totally say he's, he's wrong.
14:40Um, certainly there are times, um, you know, where it's just not working in tandem, um,
14:48you know, both the initial rush and the quote unquote trap rush.
14:51Um, but you know, it needs to be a lot more, uh, consistent.
14:57I mean, I do think Keon white is, is winning his rushes.
15:00I think Equality has done a good job at times.
15:03Dietrich Wise has done a good job at times, but, uh, they just have to be a lot more in
15:08sync.
15:09I mean, I do think, I do think they're going to need to start blitzing more.
15:12Um, you know, the four man rush against some of these teams, it's just not, you know, working
15:18out, but we'll have to see which direction they go.
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15:48Okay.
15:49There's a lot of pressure building two straight weeks of hitting my prize picks.
15:55Um, I will just say upfront, if, if I was just playing, um, I would probably sit out
16:04this game because I don't feel great about anything.
16:07I think these are two teams that I don't know what the hell's going to happen, um,
16:12on Sunday.
16:13I, and, and I think prize picks also doesn't know what the hell's going to happen on Sunday
16:18because their options for dolphins and Patriots players were limited this week.
16:23Uh, but I did make a pick.
16:26And so if you will see, if we can make it three weeks in a row, I only did three picks
16:29and there's no free square this week, but I did three picks, 20 bucks to win two 80.
16:35I did Jalen Polk more than 26 and a half receiving yards.
16:40He had 30, I think last week, every week he's been getting a little bit more.
16:44Now if Jalen Ramsey is on him all day long, we'll feel great about it.
16:49Uh, but I'm hoping like, can they just put Taekwon Thornton on and just let Jalen Ramsey
16:54run down the field?
16:55I mean, I just think they got to get touches for Polk.
16:58I, I went Tyreek Hill more than a half rushing and receiving TDs.
17:05Uh, I was looking back his history with the Patriots, of course, you know, different head
17:10coach, different, uh, defensive play caller.
17:13He's pretty much averaged a touchdown, a game against the Patriots.
17:17Um, and they are running a lot of their offense through Tyreek.
17:21They're getting him touches and I don't feel great about the discipline on the Patriots.
17:24So I think, you know, him or Waddle are going to, uh, bust one, whether it's running or
17:29receiving.
17:31And Antonio Gibson over more than a half rushing and receiving TDs.
17:36I'm going with, um, you know, Ramondre Stevenson probably going to sit a little bit.
17:43Gibson's going to get more touches.
17:44I can't see down on the goal line them putting Stevenson in unless Gibson is tired to all
17:49of a sudden that, yeah, let's put the fumbler in on first and goal five.
17:55Yeah.
17:55And I would really, really like to see Antonio Gibson get more action in the past game.
18:00Like we saw the 50 yarder late in the game.
18:02He's a, he's a matchup issue.
18:04And I think that can be exploited.
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18:26All right.
18:26So let's, let's look at this matchup on Sunday.
18:29Let's start with, uh, Alex van Peltz, his brain trust and, uh, how they
18:35might attack this Miami defense.
18:36What are you thinking, Greg?
18:38Yeah.
18:38So, um, a couple of things, um, stood out, you know, watching some film.
18:42Um, you know, I know the dolphins are having injury issues.
18:46They just lost Jalen Phillips.
18:47Um, so they're probably going to have chop Robinson out there.
18:50He's a rookie, right?
18:52Um, yes, yes.
18:53Rookie Penn state.
18:55Yep.
18:55Uh, first round 21st overall.
18:58I mean, good player.
18:59Um, you know, you just wonder, you might be able to take
19:03advantage of him, you know, on the edge.
19:05Um, uh, they have the, the dolphins have a, uh, I didn't know if you
19:12noticed this Nick, but they have a cornerback named storm duck.
19:17Um, yes, yes, yes.
19:20He he's, uh, he made a, uh, he made a play against, uh, Tennessee.
19:24I'm trying to remember what play it was, but he, and I remember seeing on the back
19:27of his Jersey duck and I'm like, Oh, okay.
19:30Yep.
19:30Storm duck is out there along with, uh, you know, Jalen Ramsey and cater
19:35Kuhu, they had the, uh, the, the all name team out there.
19:38Storm duck and cater Kuhu.
19:41Uh, Jordan Poirier safety didn't practice the other day.
19:44We'll see if he can make it.
19:46He hasn't been playing well.
19:47Javon Holland, of course, number eight is one of the best safeties in the game.
19:51I like their defensive line class.
19:53Campbell, dude, that dude is still going and still playing good
19:57balls, uh, Siler in the middle 92.
20:00He's always had good games against the Patriots.
20:02Agba.
20:03Um, I do think this is a team.
20:06I, this is a good defense that they are.
20:08I mean, it's not going to be easy.
20:10I mean, I do think the Patriots need to get back to running the ball.
20:13And like we talk about pretty much ad nauseum, just be like,
20:17well, I don't think they have a great pass rush.
20:19Um, no, they, this has to be a premium where they say we're not getting the
20:24quarterback hit, at least not in the first quarter, like we're going to max
20:27protect, we're going to do certain things like, you know, just let's try to get our
20:31feet under us, um, before we, we, we get a little bit crazy.
20:36So, you know, I think they can run the ball.
20:37They don't blitz a lot.
20:39You just, you know, they have some ball Hawks.
20:41So, uh, Jacoby Berset can't be laying the ball out there or else, uh, or
20:45else they're going to pounce on it.
20:47I mean, you got to love Ramsey when you watch him.
20:50He, he made a couple of plays against Tennessee where he just downhill
20:54gets to the, gets to the line.
20:55He's playing pretty much like a, like a defensive end and he just streaks
21:00down and just smokes a running back.
21:02He, he plays with intensity.
21:04Uh, they don't even really throw his way like they don't really try.
21:09Uh, Calvin Ridley was erased.
21:11He was non-existent in the game on Monday night.
21:14Uh, so I mean, Ramsey's good.
21:18Campbell, as you said, sealer is good.
21:20The, the, the matchup to me, Greg is the interior offensive line
21:24was late in Robinson, having issues in past protection city.
21:27So just getting back had a rough week last week, Nick Leverett,
21:30your backup center, if he plays.
21:32Campbell is a nightmare.
21:34As you said, still, he is sixth in football when it comes to pass rush
21:38win rate from defensive tackles.
21:41And so he's, he's still playing good football.
21:44A couple of things though, that I noticed about the defensive
21:46tackles, number one, Campbell, he's, he's playing, you know,
21:50he's not playing a ton of snaps.
21:51He played last week, 54% of the snaps.
21:54It was actually, actually he's played 54% of the snaps this year.
21:58Last week, season high, 36 snaps short week.
22:04So they're managing them.
22:06How much is he actually going to play?
22:08Can you go a little, no huddle, hurry up and try to keep them
22:11off the field from time to time.
22:12I think the Patriots could mess with that if they trust their
22:15offensive line and their quarterback to be able to run the operation.
22:19The other thing, I don't know if you noticed, but you know, Zach Sealer,
22:22he's another dude you said, as you said, he's made some plays.
22:26He's top 20 and pass rush win rate.
22:28So you got two defensive tackles on this defense, two of the top 20 interior
22:34defensive lineman when it comes to pass rush.
22:37That could be a problem in this game, but I don't know if you saw it.
22:41I saw it.
22:42Sealer tends to get very aggressive at times.
22:46And I thought that Tennessee took advantage of that.
22:49They took advantage of that on a touchdown.
22:51I thought it was a nice play call by Callahan where they had Spears and the
22:55Wildcat and they ran like a fake jet sweep to Pollard and Spears kept it.
23:01And Sealer just was like all gas, no brakes towards Spears.
23:05It just like arm tackle, whirling Dervish 95 miles an hour.
23:11And Spears did one little move to the left and Sealer went flying right by him.
23:15Where'd he go?
23:18There was another play.
23:19There was another play in the Tennessee game where again, Sealer just got caught.
23:24Well, he's just like shrieking.
23:25He looked like Usha last week on the Mason touchdown run.
23:29He's just like shrieking that.
23:31So I do think they can take advantage of, of Sealer's aggressiveness downhill
23:37if they pick the right spots.
23:40Uh, and I, I agree with you on Gibson.
23:43This, this run defense for Miami is difficult.
23:46Uh, you know, they're just doing a really good job when it comes to
23:51stuffing runs and then all of that.
23:54But I thought Spears, uh, gave Miami a little bit of an issue and Spears is
24:02similar Spears is quicker than Gibson, but Gibson is similar to Spears.
24:07And I think Gibson, he has the opportunity with his elusiveness and that quickness.
24:14I think they could find some opportunities against the run defense.
24:17It's not going to be easy.
24:18I agree with you.
24:18The defense is good, but I do think they can find some opportunities there.
24:23All right.
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25:43Pat's defense, uh, blown assignments gave up some big plays against San Francisco
25:49last weekend, uh, Kyle Duggar likely not to be out there, your thoughts about how
25:55they match up against a Miami offense that, that frankly, Greg going in.
25:59I think the biggest question to me is the dolphins offense looked absolutely
26:03lost on Monday night and they haven't been good leading into Monday night, but
26:08we also have to understand and appreciate the fact that they've played three
26:11quarterbacks in four games and Huntley pretty much just got there.
26:16So the first question before you get into breaking it down, I want to ask
26:19you is if you're Covington, because Covington said today, look, I'm not
26:23going to, I'm not going to get fooled pretty much by the tape on Monday.
26:26They still have got Hill.
26:27They've got waddle.
26:28They've got fast running backs.
26:31If you're preparing for this game as Covington is, and you look at
26:35Monday, how much do you say to yourself?
26:38All right.
26:38What happened on Monday was kind of a thrown together plan with Huntley.
26:42And now that they've had a full week and he's, you know, could they, could
26:45they change some of what we saw on Monday and should the Patriots anticipate
26:51a little bit more exciting of an offense from the dolphins on Sunday?
26:56Well,
26:57here, I'll put it this way, Nick, you know, watching the dolphins on film.
27:01Um, Mike McDaniel still does a lot of like really good stuff.
27:05Um, there's, you know, all the motion he moves Tyreek around.
27:09He'll be running back.
27:10He'll be in, you know, fast motion.
27:12The dolphins lead the league in motion at the snap.
27:16You know, we talked about it the other day, the Patriots are last.
27:19I think the dolphins are over 50% motion at the snap, which to me, I mean, it
27:24stresses the defense and right now the Patriots aren't exactly sound in what
27:29they're doing and, you know, we've seen in every game we've seen bus.
27:32And I do think watching the film, like there was a, uh, it's hard to explain,
27:37but there, you know, Mike McDaniel was doing a lot of his stuff, especially
27:40in the ground game.
27:42Um, I do think that there were a lot of opportunities there.
27:45I think if Huntley, if he had a better quarterback, I think the dolphins, you
27:49know, would have done some more good things in that game.
27:53I mean, I think, I thought they came out, it got worse as the game went on.
27:57I mean, you had freaking snaps before the quarterback was ready.
28:01Like they look like a, they look like a crap show, uh, as the game went on.
28:06But I mean, you know, the bones of the offense of being really good
28:12and being explosive, it's there.
28:15This is my issue with the dolphins and, and where they are right now.
28:18And it's, I know McDaniel's get is getting a lot of heat.
28:22Um, their personnel is getting a lot of heat for not having a better backup for
28:26two.
28:26I understand all that, all that stuff's valid.
28:29But to me, this is the, this is the whole matchup of the game.
28:33I think the dolphins offensive line stinks out loud.
28:36Like they are horrendous.
28:38Patrick Paul, who we talked about, he was in that group of offensive tackles,
28:43bottom of the second round to the top of the third before the Patriots took Caden
28:48Wallace.
28:49Uh, I think he went to Houston.
28:50Uh, he was one of those guys on the list and I don't know if, well, I mean,
28:54Taron Armstead's supposed to be out there.
28:56Of course he's hurt.
28:57You know, this is, this is what happens.
28:59You know, everybody clamors for let's sign this old guy who breaks down
29:03after two games every single year.
29:05Let's get this guy.
29:06And then you're left with, you know, a rookie who's not ready to play.
29:11I mean, Patrick Paul awful on film and, you know, Robert Jones, the left
29:16guard, um, has a nice reputation.
29:18I think he stinks.
29:20Ikenberg the right guard.
29:22He's okay.
29:23Austin Jackson, the right tackle has always stunk.
29:26Um, you know, like it, it just like the, the lack of athletic
29:30ability and cohesiveness.
29:32I mean, to me, that's, what's holding the dolphins back.
29:36It's not the play calling.
29:38It's not the quarterback, even though, you know, Huntley could do more.
29:41It's the offensive line.
29:43There are, there are complete disaster.
29:45Mike McDaniel is trying to, as opposed to Alex van Pelt, he is trying to.
29:50Call plays scheme up around the offensive line and he's doing some really good
29:55stuff, but it's just, it's not working because they're that bad.
29:58So to me, the Patriots have to own the dolphins offensive line.
30:02And I think they should.
30:03I think Keon white's going to have a huge game.
30:06I think all those guys are going to have a huge game.
30:09You know, I worry about Uche on the edge.
30:10I don't like the idea of him playing.
30:12Hopefully.
30:13Um, Jennings is back this week.
30:14Cause I'd really much rather have him out there and just
30:17let Uche be a pass rusher.
30:19But to me, the B if the Patriots are going to win this game, they are going
30:24to win the battle against a dolphin's offensive line, they should dominate.
30:28Yeah.
30:28Armstead, I think concussion, uh, he was limited at yesterday's
30:32practice, Wednesday's practice.
30:34It looks like he could be on track to return on Sunday.
30:36We'll see.
30:37I agree with you about Patrick Paul.
30:39He was a train wreck.
30:40Uh, the, the thing that stood out to me is that I think the Patriots can play some
30:47games, uh, if they want to every once in a while, uh, let's see, uh, the right
30:52tackle, is that Arthur Jackson?
30:53Is that his name?
30:54Uh, Austin Jackson, Austin Jackson.
30:57Uh, he got absolutely torched twice when Tennessee had some simulated pressure
31:01and they, they totally messed with the right side of the line
31:05and he looked like he was lost.
31:07And the second one was late in the fourth quarter, which
31:12resulted in the safety.
31:14I mean, he, he just got, he was totally confused.
31:17He had no idea what to do.
31:18So I think Covington can, can, can play some games upfront.
31:22He doesn't have to do it a ton, but I do think they can catch Miami at
31:26opportune times by screwing around a little bit with, you know, simulated
31:29pressure, having defensive linemen back and send a blitzer from, you
31:33know, safety or, or corner.
31:35Uh, they can mess around with some of those games.
31:37Uh, they are having, when I think of a Mike McDaniel team, Greg, it's
31:42similar Shanahan, it's similar to Ben Johnson in Detroit, you know, running
31:47football, Sean McVay running football.
31:51They, they need their run game and their run game has been trash this year.
31:56They are getting murdered in the run game.
32:00So because they're not having a great time running the football, uh, they are
32:06just miserable, miserable when it comes to third down offense.
32:13And so, you know, when you look at it, Miami's 25th in football on third down
32:18offense that they're worse on third down defense.
32:21Uh, I do believe so.
32:24So when, you know, when you look at, when you look at some of these, you
32:27know, run game issues, actually, sorry, it's the absolute opposite.
32:31Miami is really good on third down defense, terrible on third down offense.
32:35So, you know, you've got to, you've got to be able to slow down that run game.
32:40And I think, as you mentioned earlier, Tyreek Hill on the edges,
32:43you're going to see jet sweeps.
32:45Uh, Miami loves to run outside the tackles.
32:48They'll throw a bunch of toss plays out there, but if it's Huntley, what I'm
32:53thinking is, you know, if you watch the game on Monday and it wasn't just, we
32:58were not sure about what we're going to do because Huntley just got into town.
33:04They really played it safe with Huntley.
33:07You know, there weren't many throws at all beyond 15 yards.
33:10It was like watching the Patriots offense.
33:12And when Huntley threw it deep, he was completely inaccurate.
33:16He almost threw a pick in the end zone.
33:18He underthrew Tyreek Hill.
33:20Uh, Hill was wide open again in the second half and he missed them.
33:23He threw it like three yards too deep.
33:25He tried to throw to the sideline on the left side to Tyreek Hill again.
33:30I don't know if he was trying to go back shoulder, but
33:32he was completely inaccurate.
33:35So a lot of the stuff that Miami was running on Monday was short stuff, quick
33:40stuff, and, you know, I just think if, if the Patriots get a little bit more
33:45aggressive in that front seven and they play five guys on the line every once in
33:50a while, if they play that more often and they decide, as you said, I would put, I
33:55would put Gonzalez on waddle one-on-one and I would double Tyreek Hill and I'd
34:00say, and I'd say, all right, we're, you know, we're going to go after time.
34:03We're going to go after Huntley a little bit.
34:05They're not running the football.
34:06Well, we're going to be aggressive upfront and we're going to trust our
34:09cornerbacks because this offensive line will collapse.
34:12Huntley will make a mistake and he can't beat us deep consistently.
34:15So.
34:16That that's kind of how I would do it if I were Covington, but obviously I'm not.
34:20So we'll, we'll see how it all sticks out.
34:21A couple of quick updates on the dolphins.
34:24I'm just seeing some reports.
34:26So Taryn Armstead and cornerback Kendall Fuller were present at practice today.
34:31Um, so there's some, they're optimistic that he could, that they could play.
34:37Moser, uh, was also back out there.
34:39He hasn't played since the first game of the season.
34:42Poyer was not out there.
34:44Um, they are thinking about activating Odell Beckham jr.
34:49Um, for this game.
34:51So yeah, that's just sort of a, uh, a little update.
34:56Marcus veteran, Marcus may would sub for, um, Poyer if he can't go.
35:02Um, yeah.
35:04Before we get to the pick, uh, for this week, I just want to highlight this
35:08because Dakota Randall, and I know you just reposted this, uh, Dakota Randall,
35:13uh, quote tweeted Greg's tweet from earlier in the week showing that crazy
35:18Jabril peppers play when the Patriots are getting smoked and peppers just
35:24doesn't give up on the play and he chases Mason down.
35:27I mean, it's a go to Greg's Twitter.
35:29It's really why I will always in forever love Jabril peppers.
35:33He's like my favorite player on this team.
35:36And, uh, apparently Gerard Mayo showed that play to the entire
35:40team as an example of like, look at this guy, this is, this is what we want.
35:47And, uh, pepper said about the play.
35:50It just comes naturally for me.
35:52Ever since I tore my ACL, you never take it and you never take no play.
35:56Um, that's double negative.
35:58You never take a play for granted that play didn't even matter.
36:02They kind of had the game one already, but it's just like the final whistle.
36:05Try to lead by example.
36:07Uh, I think, uh, Jabril peppers is a national treasure.
36:11All right.
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36:45Spread Patriots giving one and a half to the dolphins.
36:50Uh, the over under is 36 and a half.
36:54The weather 67 degrees and sunny six mile per hour winds.
36:58So the weather is supposed to be absolutely gorgeous.
37:01Whether, yeah, absolutely gorgeous on Sunday.
37:04I'm trying to, I'm looking for a full-time job.
37:05You never know.
37:06Put me in front of a green screen.
37:08Crazy shit can happen.
37:09Uh, all right.
37:10So, so let's get to the pick.
37:12I will, I will pick first.
37:13Cause you picked the last two weeks.
37:14I will also point out that, uh, so far this season, Greg is
37:18two one and one against the spread.
37:19I am three and one against the spread.
37:20We are both, I believe three and one straight up.
37:23Yeah.
37:24Well, uh, I think this is going to be an ugly game shocker.
37:29And if you're going to the game on Sunday, uh, do not
37:32anticipate lots of offense.
37:35To me, the difference is the Patriots are home.
37:40The Patriots are better in the red zone.
37:43And I think Huntley will turn the football over at least once.
37:46And I think Brissette will take care of the ball.
37:48I'm going with the Patriots.
37:50Uh, my final score is 1713.
37:53I don't think either team reaches 20.
37:56So I'm going 1713 Patriots win the game by four.
38:00They improved to, uh, two and three on the season.
38:03Greg, what do you think?
38:05So, uh, yeah, I think this could be ugly and, um, this could be really ugly.
38:11And I just want to bring people back in time a little bit.
38:14Cause this could, this game could, uh, it reminds me of this one.
38:19And possibly what we see.
38:20So 1988, uh, I would have been what 14 years old and I was a Dolphins fan.
38:27My dad had season tickets and, uh, we went to, there was a Sunday night
38:32game, November 20th, 1998, uh, Dolphins hosting the Patriots.
38:37It was Sunday night.
38:38Start time eight o'clock at the Joe Robbie stadium at the time.
38:42Uh, I remember, so my dad, because there was work, he had club levels, take the
38:46ticket.
38:47So we were in that, like, uh, at the time you remember, uh, it was like the
38:50Aqua seats at pro player, uh, or Joe Robbie stadium and we're there.
38:56And next to us, like, uh, um, uh, a section over was Jimmy Johnson's
39:03university of Miami football team.
39:05Uh, I think that was like Daniel Stubbs, probably.
39:08I don't know if Alonzo Highsmith was on that team, but like, you know, they
39:11were about to play in the national championship game, um, you know, in,
39:15in like a month they were going to play in the orange bowl and I think they won.
39:18And then Johnson went to the pros.
39:21So this game was absolutely freaking horrible.
39:24I mean, this was on national television.
39:26It was like ESPN or whatever it was.
39:28It was horrible.
39:29It was at halftime.
39:31It was three to three.
39:33Um, the, uh, the, the P the Patriots, uh, thanks to two.
39:41I've never even heard of him.
39:42Jason Starovsky field goals, one six to three, Tony Franklin kicked for the
39:47dolphins, uh, you know, barefooted Tony Franklin who used to kick for the
39:52Patriots, if I'm not mistaken, um, at halftime, the football was so bad that
39:57Jimmy Johnson got his team and left.
39:59They, they left because he didn't want his team watching that.
40:02Uh, so I'm, uh, part of me wants to pick six, three again.
40:07Uh, but I'm not going to, uh, similar to you.
40:09I think there will be some offense, um, manufactured in this game.
40:14I like the Patriots.
40:15They I'm too afraid to think about the alternative, them being one in four and
40:19losing to this, um, ass dolphins team right now.
40:23So I'm going, uh, Patriots, 17 dolphins, 14.
40:27Oh,
40:29oh, I got 1713.
40:31Greg got 1714.
40:33All right.
40:33My dog is losing her mind.
40:34She wants to eat.
40:35All right.
40:36So I got her on.
40:37He's Greg Omnic.
40:38Everybody enjoyed the game on Sunday.
40:39We're back early next week, uh, to discuss what is certainly, if you just
40:44listen to Greg Bedard going to be a fantastic and exciting football game.
40:48Uh, we, we just cannot wait for this until then be well.