The painters don't play the Dolphins until Sunday, they're
getting a head. Start to heading down to South Florida
today, they reportedly want to get acclimated to the heat and
humidity but here's what coach Bill Belichick had to say
when he was asked on Sunday about the travel arrangements,
for week. One at Miami,
I think there are a combination of factors, but in the end, it
all look like it's set up fairly well here. So
Make the travel on Tuesday, instead of on Saturday already
be down there.
The other just focus on the Dolphins.
Well, I really be focused on the Dolphins. Chris, I don't
know what the rules are into the CBA. First of all, for
operating, your team and taking them five days in advance. It's
not like you can lock them in their hotel rooms. When they're
there, you've said it before teams go to Miami for a road
game and they think they're on vacation
at some point. These guys going to be able
Leave the nest at some point. It is going to be a little bit
of a distraction that they're in Miami but you know what?
What they've done in the past hasn't worked. That's right.
They've lost four out of five and
I think seven out of nine right? Miami. Yeah, so they got
to do something different. Yeah, I think that's what it
is. You know, maybe just, you know, get down there getting
acclimated to the brutal Heat this time of the year down in
Miami. That just
can't be replicated in the Northeast. Certainly not
a catches teams by, you know, by Cries. It's a real home field
advantage for the Florida teams there. Early in the year,
we used to love that when I was with the Tampa Bay, Buccaneers
how we're gonna wear, our white jerseys, they'll have to wear
their dark jerseys. They're going to melt out here because
it's hot as hell.
So, there is that aspect. And yeah, they haven't done well,
Brady, whatever Super Bowl years. They have struggled down there
and then it's like,
no, I just think a team that's
he probably just goes. Let's get down there. Let's get
focused. We You got enough issues to deal with
the offensive coordinator thing and all that. And they're playing
a team in Miami. That is extremely talented extremely so
I think it's all you're saying Mike and
I think it's just like hey we gotta change something up here.
Let's get down there and just get used to life there
instead of being shocked by it. When we get there, Saturday
afternoon you run the risk of what you're talking about. Yeah
guys are going to go out a little bit they're going to go
out to dinner
and stuff. But with think that New England's going to have,
you know, some some sort of curfew or something there to
keep it in check, that's a pretty mature football team.
I'd be shocked if we hear their out, you know, on South Beach
Club in there, anything like that to, to aggressively
just calibrate, the robots. They know when to come home.
Yeah, Stepford Patriarchs lie. If I've any of the teams in
the NFL that's one not to worry about but Chris, you know, we
showed the the scores of the game. Since 2013,
it's not as if the Dolphins have been a juggernaut at any
point in the last nine years, That's the other side of it for
the first time.
In a long time,
you could objectively. Look at these teams top to bottom and
say,
I think the Dolphins are better.
I think so too. I don't think there's any doubt about that.
I know. Now we have to see is Mike McDaniel, better, or,
you know, is he an advantage for their football team? How is
to look, right? Those are the big questions, but from
the roster,
I mean, Miami is
its they're one of the best rosters in the game. Mmmmm.
I think the only thing we question is offensive line and
and quarterback a little bit receivers are through
the roofs. Good running backs defense a line and front seven
is really damn good, secondary special.
So you just look at it from that lens. And I go there's no
question Miami has more Talent on the field than the New
England Patriots
plus, they, you know, got a new coach that's going to give them
a little bit. Of a schematic will advantage of. Wait, you
don't know what the hell were going to do, and what's going
to be
our plan of attack here under Mike
Daniel and I think that gives them a little advantage to. So
there's some first game gymnastics to be dealt with,
for Bill, Belichick here, for sure,
belcheck address that on Sunday, the sixty-four Thousand
Dollar, Question of what teams are going to do, they don't
show what they're going to do in the preseason. You don't
have any way of knowing what's going to happen. Now Belichick
presumably studying, everything. The 49ers have done
during McDaniels time there for some Clues but you never know
what kind of curveball you're going to get. Here's McDaniel
from yesterday, talking about facing
the Legend that is Bill Belichick in McDaniels first
ever game as an NFL head coach.
Yeah I mean it can either be a larger disparity and career win
loss total.
Now I
it would be a bigger deal. I think if
coach Belichick and I were on the field maybe doing like
an Oklahoma drill
but I don't, I don't foresee that happening. I don't think
the fans are really pay for that. So
there there's a, you know, we do our best.
You know, I know one thing that
that coaches in the National Football League specially
experienced NFL head coaches, especially
you know, arguably the best coach of all time Bill
Belichick. He's going to be prepared.
So you're you're,
you know, that as a head coach you better prepare your team
and leave
no stone unturned. Otherwise,
you'll end up
kind of coaching with regret after the Fact, luckily,
the schedule is come
came out a long time ago, so
digested that
and
knew what week one was. And
luckily, I'm going, it's the Miami Dolphins versus New
England Patriots and
not
one on one square off between head coaches.
I disagree with Mike McDaniel. I would pay a lot of money for
Oklahoma drills between Mike, McDaniel, and Bill Belichick.
Not as entertaining as they may be involving some other head
coaches. But I think,
And versus Belichick would be worth the price of admission
and oh by the way, 311 career wins for Belichick and 04 Mike
McDaniel. Yeah, I mean it's fascinating when you break it
down from from that standpoint. You know you got the
to Alabama first round quarterbacks going against each other.
You got an ex coach
from the defensive coordinator to Miami. That's a New England
guy
and then you talk about. Yes, it's the map, Patricia Joe,
judge conversation. There's there's a lot of cool story
lines with this football game. Umm
but yeah, I mean it's the Patriots to me. Are real
question mark for the first time in a long time.
I know it's early and we don't know and blah, blah blah but
yeah, defense sirs. I'm sure it's going to be good but how
good? I don't know, you know again I don't know. There's no
JC Jackson Another there's they're not maybe as star
powered as they were before. They got a got a good guys on
the front seven
offense, I think is still question too and didn't look good
during the preseason. Just
It's ours, talent-wise. It doesn't jump off the screen
and then I think you add in the, like,
Bella checking his defenses,
they've had issues with the Shanahan offense
and what they can do.
So that to me also is another thing to look out for,
you know, Miami is unique in the fact Mike that they can
play just like Shanahan
kind of Smash Mouth football,
two running backs on the field. We got a tailback a fullback in
a tight end and two receivers but damn, they're fast.
As hell, this group and your base defense cannot stay with
this group. And that's kind of where Shanahan like member two
years ago, they went to New England and the Cam Newton
covid year and ran the Patriots off the field
and I look at this team and go there's a lot of similarities
here you know they got their Debo Samuel in their brain
deny. You can remote start and all these kind of guys and
kiseki to replace a kettle to where I think it could stress
the Patriots out. And a lot of a lot of ways going to be
fascinating to see what happens. A great game out of the game.
Gates between a couple of teams that may be moving in different
directions in the AFC East, we're going to flip to the AFC
North. When we return predicting, the order of finish
in that division,
more to come on this Tuesday, edition of more to come.