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Maria. Taylor my glory. Oh Tony. Dungy and Jason Garrett
in the studio.
You might be confused though because why are you here? What
are you doing? This is weird. I have not actually put my hands
on this desk in a very long time, but it's great to be
here. We're actually happy to have you in still? Yeah,
it's been fun and that means that we get to do our week 3
recap with everyone here in person,
which is great because we had a bomb game, the game of
the week, for sure, Miami Dolphins, taking on the bills walking
away with the victory. Even though, Jason, if you looked at
the stats and read the paper,
you would say the bills won this thing. How did
the Dolphins get it? Well, the stuff that I keep going back to
his ninety plays for Buffalo 39, for Miami. That's
incredible. 500 yards, 215 yards.
It was all about Josh Allen and at the end of it, they might
have been asking him to do too much credit, Miami finding
different ways to win every week. We thought this is going
to be a high-scoring affair.
They want a low scoring Affair and made the plays when they
needed to they really did. And And
got some Red Zone stops at the right time.
Josh Allen though,
mishandled Spike, that caused some three points at the end of
the first half. Missing them a wide-open receiver for
the game-winning touchdown. Just a couple of plays off but Miami
you have to give them credit. They're making the plays that
it takes to win ball games. Well, the bills had that
Mystique that early feel of a team of Destiny and blowout
over the rims and then they blow out the Titans
but they just felt like they were pressing. They felt like
they were off, I think. Heat was a major factor today.
Whether it was failure of Planning by the training staff,
or the individual players too many guys with cramps, too many
guys with heat issues and and that I think contributed to it.
And credit the Dolphins, they took the bills, best punch and
they found a way to
win. Don't get me wrong though. Josh hollan was spectacular.
Yeah,
he played an incredible football game but Miami came up
big when they needed to at the end of the game. But you said
it over and over again. Like is this offense to Josh Allen
Centric? And what ways can they become more dynamic or
diversify? What
they're Doing on often. I just feel like the best teams in
football. Spread the burden around. They're good on
offense, they're good on defense. They're good in
the kicking game. It's not like, Hey, we're relying on this
unit, none
within those units. Can they spread it around the obvious
example is, can you run the ball better? Can you just take
some of the heat off of him? He threw it. 62 times today.
That's not easy in the NFL
and meanwhile, the Miami Dolphins. All they are is
the only remaining unbeaten team in the AFC, which is Thoroughly
impressive, considering their schedule and even the way they
played
against the Buffalo Bills,
Talk about the Kansas City Chiefs. Now because they went down
to the Colts. Matt Ryan gets his first Victory,
and happens at a home game and the Colts uniform Maddie ice
was back, but the Chiefs also made a lot of mistakes in this
one to hand over the game. And this is what happens to
the Chiefs from time to time where it's just not their day
and they never seem to fully overcome it. You think they're
going to. But there's just always this lingering sense
that this is just one of those days where it doesn't work and
to their credit, they usually rebound from it. You're going
to have these. They weren't going to win. In all 17 games.
But but still, this is one. They should have had in Travis
Kelce, took to Twitter after the game and basically said
it's on me. If I get the job done, we win this game and next
time, I will, well, he dropped a ball that he normally
catches, but they were off, and they weren't finishing drives.
They didn't have their field goal. Kicker their regular
kicker Harrison, but curse so that cost him a few points. And
but, you know, I think Kansas City at times gets bored with
just doing the little things and just running the ball in
short yardage Red Zone,
they haven't Great. Yeah, and it's tricky because we talked
about them the first couple weeks like wow, they're so
creative down in the Red Zone. They
do all these amazing things and
you know this quarterback throws it underneath and throws
it behind his back for all these plays. And then when it
doesn't work out, you say, hey, what are they doing? The one
thing about Kansas City and Mike, you alluded to it last
year, they struggled offensively for a while
and everybody was kind of off the Kansas City bandwagon then
it was about leak 11 or 12 and all of a sudden they start
playing the way they play. So it's a little bit of a hiccup
you
Really much more explosive than this. Usually they finished
better in the Red Zone than this. They didn't do it today,
but I'm still betting on them, not against, you should have
heard. I push Dungey all through last season, remember,
it was Kansas City's. Like they're just getting bored with
the details, they're getting bored but it proved it was
a missed field
goal miss p80, a muffed punt, turned into
the Colts first points.
How do you Rectify this? Going into your matchup against
the Bucks and week for? Well they have to really get back to
those details know that it's going to be tough
and I know what
the Bucks are going to do. They're going? Dereham to run
the football. They're going to sit back with four deep, guys,
make them, throw short passes, and see if they can have 1214,
play drives. And it's going to take patience patience by
the play
caller but also by the quarterback.
And then when you get your chance, you got to cash in on
it and nobody's done that better than Kansas City. And
they've also got to tell Chris Jones, watch what he says,
the Tom Brady, we still don't know. We don't know what Christian
said, no, one is saying what he said, but it drew a key fob
with Drive was over. He had sacked, Matt Ryan. It was done.
They were getting the ball back instead, they throw the penalty,
coach it Extends the drive and the Colts get the game-winning
touchdown. I have heard some bad stuff out in the field.
You threw a flag for every bad comment,
something made you never be able to have a game. So I'm
curious as to what he said also. Yeah we're probably never
going to find out but ultimately the Colts walk away
with that Victory but the Packers
they are able to hand the books, their first loss. And it
was really the battle of the goats it comes down to the last
play of the game. What was your takeaway from this one? Like
I just can't believe this Tampa Bay offense.
Isn't doing more. And I know that Todd Bowles, the new coach
wanted to go heavier with the Run game and play defense. But
for Tom Brady to be averaging about six and a half yards per
attempt at is very low by today's NFL standards. You're
you're usually in the range of 7 or above. If you're
a functioning offense, scored 17 a game
last year, the average 30. So they have to figure something
out and we know why it's the injuries. It's no Mike Evans.
They got to get more out of the rest of the offense or this is
going to continue.
Playing against Brady for years and years and years just
precision timing chemistry. And he doesn't have that now, new
receivers
and missing 11 days of training kit. So,
his first year there, we expected the offense to take
off when he got there and it took eight, nine weeks for them
to get going there in that mode right now. Precision timing
chemistry equals trust
and need to have trust as a quarterback and Tom Brady,
he's going to throw the ball to the guy.
To trust. Now a lot of the guys who trusts or over on
the sidelines Colby's, Luke showed up on Wednesday first critical
third, down in the game, he's throwing the ball tool Beasley.
So it takes time and again, it's a little bit, like,
the Kansas City
explanation. It's a long year. They're going to have some ups
and downs when those guys come back. I'm betting on the box.
Yeah it's a little bit rare for the second straight week. We're
seeing a Tom Brady LED offense not getting a touchdown until
the fourth
quarter being held out of the end zone for that long but
we'll see if they can get that rectified against the Chiefs.
All right now time for our our quick hits. So we'll start with
you. Mike Florio Jaguars. Go to and one and September with wins
over the Colts and Chargers.
It's amazing to me. And in first place in the division,
and I know it's a week division, but they look so much
better. And I go back to week, 18 last year, when they beat
the Colts to keep Indianapolis out of the playoffs, in a game
that meant nothing at all to the Jaguars.
That was kind of when Trevor Lawrence came of age
and it's carried over into this year, coach where Trevor
Lawrence has taken that team and he is the guy. Now, that
was the first overall pick in the draft and we see the Ours.
And it's weird because you look at him, you think all those are
the Jaguars are not any good. And I think a lot of their
opponents are
are doing that and paying for it, but it's amazing to see
what they've done. They should be 3 and up I go back to
the Hall of Fame game that we broadcast earlier this year,
Josh Allen their job shall on the defensive. Lineman came up
to me and he said we're going to be on your show before
the season.
We're gonna be better than people, think
two former to, my former players are on the step there
and they said Doug Peterson has been the mature. Purity. He's
brought that to us that what we needed, we are going to have
a very good team and they may be right.
When you lose like the Jacksonville Jaguars have lost
in recent years, you're always picking. Hi, so there's a lot
of good players on that roster. Young players and Doug Peterson
comes in their winning mentality, winning structure in
place.
They have the quarterback
really, really impressive though. You talk about the win
last week, I get that but to go to LA with Justin Herbert
playing quarterback and beat them thirty eight to ten, it's
impressive
and safe. Say, Doug Peterson was on the plane,
even stated,
he knows how to tailor and offense to a quarterback
strength. We saw him do that with Carson Wentz, and with
Nick Foles, and he's going to do the same thing with Trevor
Lawrence, he is going to
dial up. The things that Lawrence is good at and
Lawrence has a lot of strengths to dial up. And we see that his
movement has been outstanding thrown from the pocket
continues to get better
impressive group today.
Yeah, it's incredible to see him in year 2 and some of
the evolutions that he's been able to make another big story line
coming out of week, three, Mac Jones suffering, an injury on
his final pass attempt and the matchup against the Ravens. And
it sure sounds like he's going to
miss some time and they've got Brian horn. They've had feels
like they've had Brian. Who are forever. Remember the last time
we saw him in the game, it was that
game against the Chiefs when Cam Newton was out with covid
and he made a mistake a mental mistake, late and a half with
a timeout and, and they kind of cooled off on Brian. We're then
I just Wonder whether or not they're going to roll the
dice at some point with Bailey's a because they love
him. He's a rookie. And if they can get him ready, if they're
going to be without Mike Jones for a few weeks. Why not see
what he can do?
You know? I just I have to say I have to question this
coaching step in the past. I wouldn't worry about it. I saw
Bill Belichick dial up. Winning formula for
Matt Cassel, Jacoby Brissette, Jimmy Garoppolo
you know whoever they put in there. Hey, we're going to do
something to accentuate. What these guys do? Well I don't
Know if it's going to happen that quickly. Now,
I know there's a lot of optimism about Bailey's a pee
but I think the answer is Hoyer first. He's been with them for
so many years. He leaves, he comes back, he leaves, he comes
back, they love them,
he knows the system
better than anybody there. So I think he gives them the best
chance. I don't think he's the long-term answer for their
sake. Hopefully Matt gets back here quickly because they have
a lot invested in him and they've really directed
the entire offense around him.
He really was in agony though. The pictures of you can just
see it on his face, They Carried him in. Dark room. So
it's hard to think he's not going to miss some time. Yeah,
he immediately grabbed that left ankle and he clearly
couldn't put any pressure on
it at all. We finally saw a couple of teams get up off
the mat and get their first win, the Titans and the Bangles.
Jason, finally get one,
which one impressed you the most.
Oh I think the Titans win impressed me more. It was at
home but Las Vegas is a good team and they won ten games
last year. They went to the playoffs. They were owing to
coming into the game. But that was a must-win for two
contending teens
early on in the season.
You don't want to go 0 and 3 in
the year 2022 and the NFL is a lot of noise and Racket. You
got to deal with all week long in Tennessee, stepped up. They
played the game they want to play. They threw it 27 times.
They ran it, 27 times, they handed it to the big guy. They
throw it to the big guy they took pressure off
the quarterback. That's how they want to play. They played from
ahead. That's their formula.
Yeah, I agree with you. I think Tennessee,
got back to doing what we think they need to do to win.
They look like themselves.
Cincinnati on the The hand they won the game but it was still
Joe burrow. Running around you mentioned. You thought he was
looking at the rush.
I thought the same thing
you know, they still have to show me something and do it
again. I guess. And it was important for both of those
teams to get wins because the AFC is so loaded, you get to
three losses for losses. You
you get to a point, we got to run the table before November
1st. If you get into a deep hole and now the Raiders need
one and their first six games this year. I remember looking
at schedule saying, they are going to be tested and it is
going to be hard to win a game.
Game and it's only going to get harder and harder thing to feel
more pressure as the week's go by. Alright. Let's talk about
the eagles. Fly eagle fly they're sitting at 3 and 0
coming off a win against Washington. I mean, are they
the best team in the NFL like am I confused? Is there The
Undefeated Squad coach? What do
you think? I don't know that they're the best team in
the NFL but they've got some things going that that make them very
tough to play.
They can run the ball, you've got to stop the quarterback
from running. You've got a load that box up, and when you do
that, now they have Dynamic outside receivers that can Hurt
you.
They've got people who can put pressure
on the defensive line
so when they get ahead they're very very tough for they're
playing great right now. Yeah I think you described it
perfectly. Are they the best? Who knows if the best? They
might be the most complete, they run it. They run
a different ways. They throw it. They rush the passer nine sacks
today, they can cover on the back
end. They got guys who can cover all over the place.
So there are tough out. I mean, it's hard to move the ball on
them. It's hard to get anything going. And then here they come,
run it, run it, run it, you'll load the Box they got
Playmakers outside. So
they're playing awfully well. I think they are the best team
coach.
It's down to them in the Dolphins and and what a great
storyline that the two quarterbacks who are at Alabama
and such a different vibe. Yeah, for jail and hurts.
The sense was there behind him and they're adding weapons to
make him better with two of the sense was. Okay, they're
eliminating all the excuses, so if he fails this year, it's on
him. But now they're both undefeated and it would be
great if they would cross paths sooner rather than later.
Because I think they're the two best teams right now. It may be
for me the Coffins a little bit better than the Eagles but
I think they're the two best teams right now.
All right, well I'm going with you guys. It's two best teams.
Miami Dolphins in Philadelphia Eagles. The the only question
I have less, it's my floor. You're going to come back to
the studio next week or
over under. How many shows are you going to do in this video?
And so, a coach, will be here next week.
I'll be back. I will be back over under how many shows in
the studio two and a half
going over. I'm
I'm gonna take the over.
Thanks for joining us on the recap, Mike Florio. Does, in
fact have legs that could bring him into the studio? We hope to
see you next week on football night in America. We'll get you
set for your week, 4 matchup between the Chiefs and
the Buccaneers at 7:00 eastern.