Miami Dolphins Win In Overtime Over Commanders In Spite Of Mike McDaniel Nearly Blowing It

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A victory is a victory! The Miami Dolphins defeated the Washington Commanders in Madrid yesterday morning, 16 to 13 in overtime. The guys go over and recap all the boneheaded calls, stats, and moments of confusion.

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00:00The Dolphins and Canes!

00:01A football winning weekend.

00:03It wasn't the best looking of Dolphins wins.

00:08But how many times have we complained about them not winning these games?

00:12Look, I understand.

00:14I'm not complaining about the win.

00:18Trust me.

00:19They didn't look great.

00:20No.

00:21And it was just, you just saw when both teams were 3-7.

00:25You know, like you saw the decision making,

00:29especially the coaches, was questionable.

00:33You made a valid point.

00:36And this is kind of how you have to, you know, understand.

00:44That the leader of your team, the head coach,

00:50regardless of what the analytics say as to what to do,

00:54when to do it, and how to do it,

00:56there is nobody in the world that should have a better grasp

01:01of what your team can do more than you.

01:04Right.

01:05So, in that moment, when it's fourth and one,

01:11you want to score and try to ice the game

01:13or try to have a lead where you can't lose.

01:16However, you went at it two or three times

01:21and came up with donuts.

01:24Right.

01:24Both of you.

01:25So, what in the hell makes you think you're going to get it this time?

01:29That's what I'm saying.

01:30You have to be aware, even though,

01:32and if you would have said,

01:33you know what, I'm going to just take the points

01:36because we were 0 for it.

01:38Everybody would have respected that.

01:39Especially the idea.

01:40But here's the other thing.

01:41If they would have got it,

01:44then we would have caused it.

01:45They got stones moving.

01:46And a lot of coaches want stones instead of victory.

01:51This is the thing that I was confused about.

01:53So, like, the game was 13-13.

01:56Dan and I were talking about this before the game.

01:57Right?

01:57Like, Dan, it was a weird game

01:59because the ball was moving a lot,

02:01but then they got to the red zone,

02:02and the red zone was the dead zone.

02:04Like, nothing was happening in the red zone at all.

02:06It makes it a little bit,

02:08one of the things that it does

02:10that a lot of people don't sometimes understand

02:12is constricts everything.

02:15So, if you have speed,

02:19they don't have to worry about getting beat deep.

02:21So, all they have to worry about is what you do well,

02:24the crossing routes, the whatever.

02:26That's why you need to,

02:27you cross everybody and have that tight end,

02:29find an open area in the middle of the field.

02:31When you have that, it works out.

02:33So, you can get away with it.

02:35You also have to,

02:37I don't know if,

02:40every time I see them get in the red zone

02:43and they made an attempt to be physical and run,

02:46the first down and the second down worked.

02:49So, it always got down to third and two,

02:53third and three.

02:55That's the play you screw up on.

02:57He got, like, right onto the doorstep, A-chan,

03:00and then he got held back.

03:01And I was like, you know what?

03:02Okay.

03:03Now, it's like, let's set up for this field goal.

03:06Like, that was the,

03:06they got to the two-minute warning.

03:08I'm like, commanders are not going to go and,

03:11like, okay, if they go in tight,

03:13they're not going to go to the end zone and beat you.

03:14At the worst, it's going to go to overtime.

03:16I just didn't want them to come away empty

03:18because you're going to be sitting in a situation

03:21where the commanders were going to have enough time

03:23to come back.

03:24But the thing that was weird is

03:25the drive before,

03:27when the commanders had it,

03:28they went for it too.

03:30And I also didn't understand that.

03:32I'm like,

03:32why is a game that no points are happening?

03:36I,

03:37why are we just giving up points?

03:39I didn't understand Dan Quinn doing it,

03:41and I didn't understand Mike McDaniel doing it.

03:43It was weird.

03:44Now, they did have a stat during the game,

03:45which I was unaware of,

03:47that the Dolphins in goal-to-goal situation.

03:51Yeah, they scored every time.

03:51They were perfect.

03:52I didn't know that up until they weren't.

03:54So, keep in mind,

03:56this is also what you're thinking about,

04:00that we've had a lot of success doing this.

04:02Yes, and that was a great play.

04:04When they got stopped,

04:05was it Bobby Wagner, Dan,

04:06the linebacker?

04:07It was a great play by Bobby Wagner.

04:10Two was trying to do that,

04:11like, little play that he does to Tyreek all the time,

04:13to Waddle.

04:13And Wagner just gets it.

04:15It was a great play.

04:16Great play.

04:16Right.

04:18It's just,

04:19when you had a game,

04:21okay,

04:21the drive starts,

04:23and you basically go three and out,

04:26right?

04:27Tua gets sacked,

04:28and they punt,

04:30and this guy,

04:31apparently,

04:31this is his first punt return,

04:32and he didn't read the toes.

04:34I don't know what that guy is.

04:35Like, that's got to be,

04:36that was his first,

04:37it was his first time ever doing it.

04:38Let me explain something.

04:41There is only one job.

04:42on the football field

04:45that has you

04:47the most defenseless

04:49punt returner.

04:51You know why?

04:53Because you got two eyes

04:54that can only look one way,

04:55but you try to make him look two different directions.

04:59You try to have him look at the ball

05:01and the rush.

05:03Does anybody volunteer to return punts?

05:06I'm sorry.

05:07Does anybody?

05:07Does anybody return?

05:09Yeah, I don't know.

05:09They said,

05:10I think that he hadn't done

05:11since college.

05:13Right.

05:13What year was it for him?

05:14I don't know.

05:15But they practice,

05:16if he was back there,

05:17they do it every day.

05:17Their normal guy was out.

05:19They do it every day

05:20if he's back there.

05:21So it's not like

05:22we're picking a rando

05:23guy to do it.

05:24Well, he

05:25he didn't even come close.

05:26And then Ethan Bonner

05:27gets through it.

05:28He looks shaky from him.

05:28Ethan Bonner returns,

05:30gets the,

05:30so they get the ball back.

05:31Like,

05:32you get this gift.

05:33And I'm just like,

05:34just take the points, dude.

05:35Just take the ball.

05:35And he's just like,

05:36McDaniel's just like,

05:37nah, dude.

05:38Ball's on the table.

05:39I'm going for it.

05:40Well, at that point,

05:41it's free money.

05:43I get you.

05:43But I've,

05:44but you're not,

05:44but you're turning down

05:45the money.

05:46Again,

05:46let's look at it

05:48from a perspective

05:49of this.

05:51You're talking about

05:52a team,

05:53regardless of what

05:54their record was,

05:55going into this game,

05:57perfect in the red zone.

05:58I understand.

05:59Perfect in goal-to-goal

06:00situation.

06:01Yep.

06:01So why would the coach

06:03not think

06:04they would be successful?

06:07Yeah.

06:07Especially like,

06:08you just missed

06:08your first one.

06:09You're just like,

06:10we can do it.

06:10I like,

06:11I get it,

06:12but also it just feels

06:13like you overthought it.

06:15And so,

06:16so you don't get it.

06:19And then there's

06:19this time left.

06:20And of course,

06:21the command,

06:21now the commanders,

06:22thank God for the commanders

06:23because they're also stupid.

06:25They're also stupid

06:26because they're like

06:28humming down the field.

06:30Debo,

06:3128 yards,

06:32finds Jacoby Jones

06:33who's on the commanders.

06:34He goes 25 yards.

06:35And so like,

06:37you're like,

06:37great.

06:38You set yourself up

06:38in two plays.

06:39And you're just like,

06:40you know what we should do?

06:41We should just keep,

06:42like set yourself up

06:43for a 50 yarder.

06:45We've gotten too cocky

06:46with the kickers.

06:47This is happening.

06:47Here's the problem though.

06:51Here's a,

06:52and I was,

06:53would tell you

06:54if I'm a coach

06:55what I'm thinking.

06:56What is the worst thing

06:58that could happen

06:59in this situation?

07:00a sack.

07:02Right?

07:03So you just don't

07:04put yourself

07:05in that situation.

07:06Right.

07:06And,

07:06and,

07:07and,

07:07but if

07:09you had a kicker

07:11that only had a leg

07:12to go 50 yards,

07:13you would have been

07:14more aggressive.

07:15And that,

07:16that sucks

07:17because that's how

07:18they think.

07:20We're in field goal range.

07:22Let's not do anything

07:23to screw it up.

07:25And so they ran it,

07:26but that's asking

07:28a bit much to say

07:29we're in field goal range

07:30at 56.

07:31Yeah.

07:32When you probably

07:32should be saying

07:33we need one more

07:34first down to be safe.

07:35you should punch it

07:36a couple of times.

07:37And they were just like,

07:37let's go deep balls.

07:38I'm like,

07:39what?

07:40Exactly.

07:40I didn't understand that.

07:41And so whatever.

07:43So we go to overtime

07:44dolphins win,

07:46but defer.

07:46And then Jack Jones,

07:47awesome interception.

07:48And guess what?

07:51The commanders coach

07:52is probably over there

07:52going.

07:53That's why.

07:54That's why we didn't

07:55throw it on the other.

07:56Probably.

07:56Right.

07:57You see what I mean?

07:58Like Jones said,

07:58I think after the game,

07:59didn't he say like,

08:00I just needed to Marcus

08:01Mariota to throw it

08:02because he's no good

08:03at that.

08:04And I'm just like,

08:05he's a good,

08:06he's,

08:07he was,

08:07he was having himself

08:08a day yesterday

08:09on social media,

08:10Jack Jones,

08:11but he was cocking,

08:12but that's,

08:13that's kind of like,

08:15you know,

08:17your players,

08:18you know,

08:19your team tendencies,

08:20you,

08:22you have a sheet.

08:24That gives you

08:25the analytics of it.

08:28Right.

08:29But sometimes,

08:30sometimes you got to go

08:33Jack McKeon on it.

08:35Yeah.

08:35Got gut feeling.

08:36Got feeling.

08:37And when we looking

08:39at them down there,

08:40I,

08:40I said,

08:41yeah,

08:42you go for it.

08:43You try to end the game

08:44because you like,

08:45don't put it in somebody

08:47else's hands.

08:47You go and take control of it.

08:49And I said,

08:50and the other thing is,

08:52is if the Washington

08:55commanders can go 99 yards

08:58with Marcus Mariota,

09:01then I'm a tip my hat.

09:02Right.

09:03So that's why,

09:04that's why you go for it.

09:07You see what I mean?

09:09Oh,

09:09that's why you would take

09:09the points.

09:10No,

09:11that's why you go for it.

09:13You're like,

09:14no matter what,

09:15but if they,

09:17but I always thought this,

09:18here's what I thought.

09:19Here's what I thought.

09:19I was told as far as coaching,

09:23there's two things you always do

09:26when it comes to kicking

09:27versus going for it.

09:29First points,

09:31points to take the lead

09:32in the half,

09:33in the game.

09:34That was my point.

09:35Just take the lead.

09:36That,

09:36that,

09:37but,

09:37but that whole theory

09:38is out the window in lately

09:40because everybody's,

09:41I don't know.

09:41But that's,

09:42so me,

09:44well,

09:44you know,

09:44I think it is.

09:45I think it's because,

09:46and this goes to the decision

09:47that they were making

09:48with the kicker.

09:49I feel like

09:50it's become very chic now

09:52in the NFL

09:53because these kickers

09:54are bombing it.

09:55Right.

09:55And you have the dynamic kickoff.

09:57Right.

09:58It's becoming very easy

09:59to get into field goal range.

10:00So it almost feels like

10:02the three's automatic.

10:04I kind of understand,

10:05but that,

10:06that game,

10:07it hadn't been that way.

10:08He had already missed a kick.

10:09I was just like,

10:10I don't know the feel of the game.

10:12I didn't like the decision.

10:12Whatever.

10:13That's where I'm getting at

10:14is that the whole point

10:16of all of this is

10:19you have to have

10:20a better feel

10:21for the game

10:22than anybody else.

10:23You see what I mean?

10:25And so that's,

10:27sometimes I hate analytics

10:30for that reason.

10:31Right.

10:32I hate analytics

10:32because you've been

10:34with these guys

10:35for five months now.

10:37There is nobody

10:38who knows what they can

10:39and can't do more

10:40than the head coach.

10:41And so to sit here

10:43and,

10:45and,

10:45and kind of,

10:46and,

10:47but again,

10:48they had been perfect.

10:51So,

10:52so like,

10:53if you miss it one time,

10:55it's just what you said though.

10:56It's just for me,

10:57I was like,

10:58just take the lead.

10:59Take the lead.

10:59Just take the lead.

11:00Right.

11:00Just take the lead.

11:01That's it.

11:01I'm,

11:02I'm all for stones.

11:03I like,

11:04I like stone.

11:05It was unnecessary stones.

11:06So how about this?

11:07So,

11:08and I'm just thinking,

11:10let's see.

11:10Okay.

11:11You take those points.

11:12Then you kick off.

11:14Okay.

11:15That's one obstacle.

11:16You got to,

11:17right.

11:18You,

11:19well,

11:19it's just like,

11:19instead of the ball

11:20being on the one or two,

11:22now the ball's on 2530.

11:25The only disaster scenario though,

11:26is if you didn't go

11:27over the touchdown

11:28and then they score touchdown,

11:30that's the only disaster.

11:31Right.

11:32Like that's,

11:32you know,

11:33but the,

11:34the disaster scenario

11:35is you go for it.

11:36You don't get it.

11:37Zero points.

11:38They beat you with a field goal,

11:39which is what almost happened.

11:41Yeah.

11:42So look,

11:43two coaches.

11:44I thought their,

11:44their,

11:45their,

11:45their balls were too big

11:46to coach that game

11:47for three and seven teams.

11:48That's what it felt like.

11:49Cause Dan,

11:50I was almost like,

11:50is there a gentleman's agreement

11:51amongst,

11:52I know they're friends.

11:53So it was like,

11:53Dan Quinn,

11:54like I'm,

11:55I'm coaching this game.

11:56Mike,

11:56you know,

11:56like I got nothing to lose.

11:58I was like,

11:58I really got nothing to lose.

11:59They fired my general manager.

12:00So I guess we're going to go

12:01at this one,

12:02whatever they went.

12:04The dolphins are rolling.

12:04They got two in a row and

12:06they got the bi-week.

12:09You get to sit on it.

12:09You get to sit in some wins

12:10and come back for the saints.

12:11How many points can they score

12:12in bi-week?

12:13What's the over on it?

12:14I don't know.

12:14It's a good question.

12:15Will he go for it?

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12:23Final numbers from yesterday

12:24as they beat the commanders

12:2616 to 13.

12:27Devon H and 165 total yards.

12:30He's good.

12:30Tua, 14 to 20, 171 yards.

12:34Ollie Gordon, he had a good game.

12:36Nine carries.

12:36Only 20 passes, huh?

12:38Oh, listen.

12:40They were very, very limited on the Tua.

12:43They were big time run game.

12:44Well, because first of all,

12:46that defense is not terrible.

12:49And they do get after the quarterback.

12:52Yeah, 32.

12:52Waddle had some big drops.

12:55He could have very easily

12:56been like 16, 17 for 20.

12:59Ollie Gordon, nine carries, 45 yards.

13:01He had the lone Dolphins touchdown.

13:04And that's that.

13:05Those were the numbers for your fins.

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