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.
09:43Loves 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.
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