Miami Dolphins Are Almost In The Hunt After Back to Back Wins

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The Dolphins are close to being in the hunt for Playoffs, we hear from Mike McDaniel after Sunday's morning game. What does this offense look like without De’Von Achane? Is it possible that Michael Penix Jr. is out for season with an ACL injury?

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00:00Let's hear from Mike McDaniel.

00:02This was him on the Dolphins not taking the points

00:07and going for it late.

00:08Here's what he had to say.

00:09Oh, boy.

00:10Well, I definitely thought you don't make that decision unless, you know,

00:14I thought the play was going to work, and it didn't.

00:17But, you know, looking at from it was about 147 or something

00:22with no timeouts, a field goal gives them the ball back.

00:28Their special teams is very adept at getting the ball between the 30 and 40,

00:34which would leave about 25 yards for a tying field goal

00:41as opposed to going 60 yards when they're backed up.

00:49And, you know, so those are the type of situations that, you know,

00:53you try to do the best thing with the recourse of failure.

00:59And, you know, that was an example of, you know, defense stepping up.

01:04They held when it was most critical.

01:11And to get three phases, a complementary football game where we got takeaways

01:17in two phases and didn't turn the ball over, you know,

01:22it was an important win for our team.

01:25But, yeah, I definitely would have made that call if I thought it was going to fail.

01:29But you also make that decision based upon the recourse if it doesn't work.

01:35Deep thoughts.

01:36Okay.

01:36Wait.

01:37Did he just say, I wouldn't have made that call if I knew it was going to fail?

01:40Oh, yeah.

01:41So, basically all the things that I said, like, yeah, he played it all out.

01:48In it?

01:49Yeah, except until he's like, yeah, you have him backed up.

01:51Until the first play, Mariotta finds Debo Samuel for 30 yards.

01:56Here's Mike McDaniel when that happens immediately.

02:00Those cheeks got squeaky, dude.

02:03Because he's like, oh, I didn't expect that to be the first thing that happened.

02:07Just right out of the end zone.

02:10But whatever.

02:11They won.

02:11You know?

02:12I can't say, like, the commanders deserve to win either.

02:15I mean, you know what?

02:17There's a saying.

02:19Win the game that's being played.

02:20All right?

02:21And I'm not going to ever complain about a win.

02:31Is there moments or things to get better?

02:37Yeah.

02:38Was it the best game?

02:39No.

02:40But win the game.

02:42You know what?

02:43Sometimes you go into games, there's going to be a shootout.

02:47Look at Tampa and Buffalo.

02:50Sometimes it's a tickle fight.

02:51Sometimes it's a rock fight.

02:53They were playing at a legendary soccer stadium and they figured, why not kick the ball around

02:58a lot?

03:00A lot of not scoring.

03:02A lot of kicking.

03:04A lot of running up and down.

03:05You don't want to excite Spain too much with too many points.

03:09They don't know what to do.

03:10You know?

03:10You got to just break them in a little bit.

03:12You ease them in.

03:12Yeah.

03:12It's the first game ever in Spain.

03:14Ease them in.

03:15You don't have to run all over the place and score a ton of points.

03:19They expect that every time.

03:20I think the Dolphins have found a pretty sound offensive plan, which is just give the ball

03:25to Devon Achan all the time.

03:27Both teams have the exact same game plan.

03:29Hold the ball for as long as you possibly can.

03:31Keep the defense off the field and just hope for the best.

03:35The Dolphins also got a bad break on that Devon Achan thing because it also stopped the

03:39clock.

03:40He ran out of bounds too at one point.

03:42Everybody's overlooking that because he played so well.

03:44He ran out of bounds.

03:44He did.

03:45He stopped the clock.

03:45Then he got the injury, which is not his fault, but he stopped the clock twice.

03:48I was very scared when he got it because it looked like he got crunched up.

03:51I was like, oh, no.

03:52That would literally be the end of me for this season.

03:55If Devon Achan just had no season left.

03:57Yeah.

03:57Leroy, what does this offense look like without Devon Achan?

04:02Not great.

04:04Well, the problem is that the thing you have with him that you don't have with the other

04:10backs is you can move the defense because I like the fact that sometimes they go with

04:18Achan and Ali Gordon.

04:20Yes.

04:20Right?

04:21So you don't know, depending on who they put out on Achan determines what your play is.

04:27You lose a lot of that.

04:29There's some other guys that can run hard.

04:31They don't run with the same explosiveness as Achan, but you use him in so many different

04:39ways that that's the part of it that becomes lost.

04:44So you kind of lose that more than anything.

04:49Big J says Michael Penick's done for the season.

04:53Uh-oh.

04:54Where'd he have?

04:55Let's see.

04:56Schefter says Michael Penick has suffered a season-ending ACL tear.

05:02Oh.

05:03Well, did he already have that?

05:04I think he's on both knees.

05:05Yeah, and he made it this far without any real injuries.

05:10So, I mean, his history says it was coming, right?

05:15I didn't see what happened.

05:16Did anybody watch that game?

05:17The Falcon?

05:18No.

05:18The Falcons-Panthers?

05:19Never.

05:20I didn't know.

05:21Yeah, well, I know why.

05:22You're not watching it.

05:24Could they just both lose?

05:25Yeah, I was really hoping for a tie, to be honest with you.

05:28I hate both of those teams.

05:28They were almost.

05:30Oh, man.

05:30Went to overtime as well.

05:31Leroy, they wouldn't even put it on at a bar in New Orleans, I would guess.

05:34That game.

05:35That game?

05:37That's nothing.

05:39Well, they're showing the injury right now.

05:40Yeah, he fell on his knee.

05:41He got tackled on his knee.

05:43Oh, let's see.

05:44It's up there, Leroy.

05:46Ooh, it got twisted up.

05:47I saw it.

05:48Yeah, that was rough.

05:52The knee with the brace or the other one?

05:54It looked like it was his right knee.

05:58Yeah.

05:59Tough.

06:00Sucks for Michael Penick's.

06:02Kirk Cousins, you're back, dude.

06:04By the way, that division, are for grabs now for the Panthers?

06:09No.

06:10I don't know.

06:11Bucks are slumping.

06:12Tampa Bay is by far the best team in that division.

06:14Yeah, the problem is, the problem is they are banged up.

06:18And has their magic worn out?

06:20Like, don't forget, they got off to this crazy start with, like, all of those fourth quarter

06:23comebacks.

06:24Right.

06:25Yeah.

06:25So, I don't know, like, I don't know.

06:28Like, it's one of these, like, this is the funny thing with the Chiefs, right?

06:30Like, the Chiefs are losing all these one-score games.

06:33It was like, oh, they're 0-5.

06:34Eventually, the voodoo has to wear out for them.

06:37Right.

06:38Right?

06:38Like, eventually.

06:40They can't just keep winning with black magic.

06:42Right.

06:42And just like, yeah, Chiefs, dude.

06:44That's what they're doing.

06:45But that's kind of how we've been saying this for the past five years.

06:48I know.

06:49But it's not surprising that one season, the bounces don't go your way.

06:54Shocking.

06:54Right.

06:55Right.

06:55And keep in mind.

06:57This year, it's the Broncos year where the bounces are going their way.

06:59That everybody else, everybody else has gotten better in that division.

07:05Now, I'm going to tell you.

07:07See what I'm trying to do?

07:08Hey.

07:10Hey.

07:11Justin Herbert.

07:13Woo!

07:15Woo!

07:16Wow!

07:17There's something about being the greatest.

07:18There's something about saying.

07:2081.

07:21Totally yards for old Wonderboy over there.

07:24Yikes.

07:25I'll tell you who's back.

07:25Did he do a University of Michigan in 1985 against Michigan State?

07:32What's that?

07:33Our quarterback had four completions and seven picks.

07:36He did.

07:37Wow.

07:38That's incredible.

07:38That was the flag football guy?

07:40No.

07:41So, I think I've told this before.

07:45But after the game, we lost 17-11.

07:50And the quarterback had four completions, seven interceptions.

07:54But we had no other quarterback.

07:56This is a University of Michigan.

07:58So, Sunday, we're getting ready to watch the film.

08:02Bo Chimbeckle comes up to the front of the thing.

08:05He goes, Demetrius, in case you were wondering, we were wearing the white yesterday.

08:13Now, I thought he was telling a joke.

08:22I look around.

08:24Yes.

08:25Dan.

08:26Everybody in the back was going.

08:27No, no, no.

08:29No, no.

08:30He's like.

08:30So, I was literally the only one.

08:36Everybody else did the little smile.

08:38I was like.

08:40So, Bo says, hey, Horde.

08:46You think that's funny?

08:48Now, I'm looking over at all the people around.

08:50They go.

08:51They go.

08:52Don't.

08:52Please don't.

08:53Yes.

08:53It was hilarious.

08:55They go.

08:56What are you doing?

08:58So, I think I ran.

09:01Every morning, I had to get up and go run the stadium stairs.

09:04And we had a game that week.

09:06But, yeah.

09:07Like, I'm like.

09:08If you don't want me to laugh, why the hell is he telling jokes?

09:11Was that what you said to yourself as you were running?

09:13No.

09:15Because, like.

09:16Who has to watch you run, by the way?

09:17Does he watch you run?

09:18Does an assistant watch you run?

09:20No, no.

09:20You're the conditioning coach.

09:21Oh, man.

09:22He already crazy.

09:23Wow.

09:24He already crazy.

09:25He's like.

09:26Honestments.

09:26Wait.

09:26Think about this.

09:29Austin, the conditioning coach, fought in Nam.

09:32Oh, Jesus.

09:32So, that's just think.

09:34Just think.

09:36Like.

09:36So, he had a level of intensity in him.

09:39Mm-hmm.

09:39So, he didn't mind getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning.

09:43Loves it.

09:44So, yeah.

09:45So, like.

09:46Okay.

09:47I'm not.

09:48Listen.

09:48If you say something funny, I'm going to laugh.

09:50And it's unfortunate that sometimes it might not be the right, you know, time to laugh.

09:55But it also means it wasn't the right time to tell a joke.

09:58Man.

09:59So, yeah.

10:00That's.

10:00You should keep your mouth shut.

10:02I wanted to.

10:04I wanted to.

10:05I.

10:05Dude.

10:06I have never felt so alone when I.

10:09I.

10:10I.

10:11I.

10:12I.

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