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Dan Day and Chico react to a valiant effort from the Miami Dolphins on Sunday in a loss to the New England Patriots.
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00:00To feel okay with the Dolphins.
00:03Starting to get to that point now with the Dolphins.
00:05They're showing improvement.
00:06You want wins.
00:07You don't want to just get better.
00:08You beat the Jets.
00:09You got that taste.
00:10This week you're up 13-3 at halftime.
00:13They only had 97 yards of offense.
00:16The New England Patriots.
00:17Chop Robinson ends the first half with a sack.
00:19You're saying, all right, we're doing this thing.
00:22We're going to be good.
00:24All we got to do is finish strong, and we did not.
00:27It was some big plays from Drake May.
00:28Two long touchdown passes.
00:30Then Drake May on the keeper.
00:32Faked out Willie Gay Jr.
00:34Great play by Drake May.
00:36Tip of the hat to the New England Patriots.
00:38They were the better team in the second half.
00:40Like I said, it seemed like the veteran experience and the coaching experience paid off.
00:46How are you feeling?
00:51305-567-0560.
00:53I'm a little lost right now.
00:54I'm a little choked up too, Dan.
00:55Don't worry.
00:56305-567-0560.
00:58Are you hopeful?
00:58Are you happy?
01:00Are you upset?
01:01Are you like me, starting to say, like, look, I know doing well and playing competitive
01:05is important, but I want it to translate to wins.
01:08Taking your calls.
01:09305-567-0560.
01:11Let's go to Jackson in South Carolina.
01:13Jackson, how are you feeling today?
01:15What up, Dan Day?
01:16What up, Chico?
01:16How are you guys doing today, man?
01:18I'm okay.
01:18I'm okay.
01:19Happy to hear from you, big dog.
01:21Yeah, I'm not going to be really mad about anything today.
01:23We shoot ourselves in the foot, like, on the second half, defense especially, offense too.
01:31We're not a second-half team.
01:33We basically just saw right there that we're not a second-half team.
01:37But I just see a lot of improvement.
01:39I just see a lot of improvement with the offense and defense side of the ball.
01:43But, you know, this team, the Patriots, in the Super Bowl last year, that's a hard, hard team to play
01:51against.
01:51Plus, Drake Mays, like, one of the best quarterbacks in the league right now.
01:56He's basically, like, another, like, version of, like, Josh Allen, basically, but different.
02:03But I just want to say is, like, you kind of, like, if you, like, are up in the first
02:10half, carry that momentum into the second half.
02:14Don't just give up because look for the Patriots.
02:19They're like, oh, yeah, we're not giving up.
02:20So, we still got a lot of football to play.
02:22We got to go out there and get ourselves a touchdown.
02:26We got to keep this momentum going on.
02:29But the Dolphins hit themselves in the foot.
02:32The whole, they just, it's just, I can't.
02:36No, I feel you, Jackson.
02:37I think Dan said it best, lethargic, the way that they were moving around.
02:41On the YouTube chat, they said a seven-minute drive with zero urgency.
02:46And that's kind of what it seemed like.
02:47Yeah, well, the offense isn't built with tempo, Jackson.
02:49It's an offense that's built to have long, sustained drives, keep the ball out of the other team's hand, and
02:54they just can't turn the switch.
02:56And what I think happened in the second half is we got, for lack of a better term, Malik Willis
03:01isn't at that point in his career that he's like Drake May.
03:04Drake May's got the experience.
03:05He's got the cool.
03:06He's got the know-how.
03:07I'll be honest.
03:07Jeff Halfley, not at the point in his head coaching career that he's like Mike Vrabel.
03:11Mike Vrabel's got the know-how.
03:12He's got the experience.
03:13We got all experienced in the second half.
03:16We were the better team, but we got all experienced.
03:18We weren't the more knowledgeable team.
03:20And that cost us in the end, unfortunately.
03:23And now the number one pick is still piling over us.
03:27It's every single – some games we're like, oh, yeah, we're winning.
03:32But the number one pick, dude, it's always near us.
03:36It will always be near us for some odd reason.
03:40But, hey, look at today.
03:43I mean, like we saw improvement.
03:44We saw improvement.
03:45I'm going to say after the last two weeks, Jackson,
03:47I don't even think the number one pick is on the table.
03:49I think this Dolphins team has a couple of wins in them,
03:51and they're going to find a way to win four, five, six games this year,
03:54and they will not be picking number one overall in the draft.
03:57I really do believe that.
03:58They have shown so much improvement.
04:00They've been in every game outside of the 49ers game where they got run off the field.
04:03Outside of that, they've been competitive in every single game this year.
04:07Yeah, I think so, too.
04:09Hey, I mean, like we can win more games.
04:11I mean, we could, like – there's still the rest of the season.
04:14Yep, there's still a lot of season.
04:17There's still a lot of game.
04:17The Detroit Lions got a big win today.
04:19They defeated the Minnesota Vikings.
04:22So, Dolphins fans, 1972, still going to be the only undefeated team ever to play in the NFL.
04:28This team has shown vast improvement.
04:31They are not a JV high school football team.
04:34They are an NFL team, and they are competitive with anybody that they play against.
04:39So, 305-567-0560 is the number to call.
04:42Well, Collin, 104.3 FM, WQAM, what's your name?
04:46Where are you calling from?
04:47I'm calling from Miami.
04:49My name is Daniel, brother.
04:51And all I'm going to say about the Dolphins is I think we all need to, like, realize that this
04:58is what we kind of want.
05:00I mean, we want to have a bad record.
05:03I don't know.
05:04For me, I kind of want the number one pick.
05:06Like, I kind of feel good about the improvements of our rookies.
05:10I mean, we have a whole bunch of young kids playing right now.
05:14So, I think as a fan, I think we all have to realize that we're not having a – we
05:19don't have the most talented roster in football right now.
05:22I mean, we're like an average team.
05:24So, I don't know.
05:26I think as a fan, and I don't know, I'm just going to say this about me, but I really
05:30think that we should be happy with our results right now, brother.
05:34I am pretty happy with the results.
05:35I'm not going to lie.
05:35We've been competitive.
05:36Trust me.
05:37We are a team that has our hands tied behind our backs trying to play football.
05:41We have so much dead money tied into Tua Tungvaloa, Tyreek Hill, Jalen Waddle, Minka Fitzpatrick, Jalen Ramsey.
05:48All those guys are getting paid by us.
05:51We can't pay half the players that we want.
05:53So, we're ending up with a lot of rookies and a lot of inexperience.
05:56Today, the inexperience got us, though.
05:58But we are ahead of schedule on how good and how much experience we are getting.
06:02I expected us to be maybe a little bit worse than we are right now.
06:06We are extremely competitive in every game.
06:08I don't know if Drew Messamaker over at Oklahoma State, who is going to be projected as the number one
06:13overall pick, is a difference maker.
06:15I've watched him a little bit this year.
06:17I don't know.
06:17Malik Willis, though, not the greatest day at the office today.
06:20I will say that.
06:21He was okay.
06:22He was not as good as he was last week.
06:25That interception was all on him.
06:27He hit another guy in the helmet, and then it ricocheted off.
06:30And that was kind of the folly of events that brought us down.
06:33But, Daniel, you're right, man.
06:34We kind of are getting exactly what we wanted and expected.
06:37We're in a rebuild.
06:40Agreed.
06:41Hey, man.
06:41Well, look, we're going to worry about the draft when the draft comes.
06:44We'll worry about the Detroit Lions when they come next week.
06:47Like I said, they got a big win against the Minnesota Vikings today.
06:50305-567-0560 is the number to call.
06:52Let's go back to the phone lines.
06:53It's 104.3 FM, WQAM.
06:56Avi, what's up?
06:58What's up?
06:59Hey, what you thinking?
07:00So, I called after the Bengals game two weeks ago.
07:03We finally got our win last week, and I'm so disappointed in this team.
07:07What's up?
07:08This is unbelievable.
07:10Unbelievable.
07:12What are you upset about, Avi?
07:15I am upset that our offense cannot carry momentum into the second half, and our defense steps
07:21up game in and game out and has to bail out the offense every single time.
07:27I do understand what you're saying, man.
07:29We only had six points in the second half.
07:31We scored 13 in the first.
07:33We do have a very field goal heavy.
07:35We do not have a sense of urgency because this team is not built like that, and if it
07:39weren't for really the New England Patriots defensive back falling down, that Kevin Coleman
07:44touchdown pass might not have happened.
07:46This team had no urgency, even when they needed to have urgency, and look, today we got beat.
07:52We got beat by a more experienced team.
07:54It looked like New England never hit the panic button when they were down 13-3.
07:57They only had 97 offensive yards at halftime.
08:00They came out and had themselves a nice little second half and got us.
08:05Yeah, the defense has been good.
08:06They only allowed 24 points, although a couple of big plays in the second half.
08:10You got to worry about that, Avi.
08:11Something nobody's mentioned yet today.
08:13Two words, two syllables.
08:15Field goal.
08:18The missed field goal came back to haunt us.
08:22We can never have a good kicker.
08:24We never had a good kicker at all.
08:27I mean, around the league, there's only about three really good kickers.
08:30They're even bringing Justin Tucker back.
08:32That's how bad the league is, man.
08:34I just announced the 16-and-under Messi World Cup, and I saw some strong legs from those
08:3916-year-old kids kicking soccer balls 100 yards.
08:42Somebody holler at them, please.
08:44It's a phenomenon around the NFL.
08:46Look, Andy Borgalis missed one, too.
08:48He's a Miami guy from Hollywood.
08:49But look, it's around the league.
08:51Outside of Minnesota and Jacksonville, your field goal kickers have not been all that great.
08:56Maybe it's because they don't practice anymore.
08:58I don't know, but Avi, I do understand that we did get beat in the second half, and these
09:02second half adjustments are kind of rough.
09:05305-567-0560, 104.3 FM, WQAM.
09:08What's your name?
09:09Where are you calling from?
09:11Hey, Dan.
09:11How are you, my friend?
09:12It's Anthony from Long Island.
09:13How are you doing tonight, sir?
09:14I'm glad to hear from you, Anthony.
09:15I'm doing okay, man.
09:16Look, it's a little rainy outside.
09:18We're competing, but we're getting better.
09:20But I'm starting to want to be like, I want wins now.
09:22I'm starting to get greedy, I guess, a little bit.
09:25Oh, well, it's not being greedy.
09:26And by the way, to divert just for 10 seconds, the last time I was there, I spoke with you.
09:31I was in Miami and went to the Cincinnati game, and we got caught up because I hung up.
09:35You asked me where it was staying.
09:36We stayed in Miami Springs, not far from the stadium, when we did come to the game.
09:42So anyway, that was a question to ask, and it felt so bad.
09:44My wife was like, you hung up the phone, you idiot.
09:46Anyway, so Dan, as far as tonight goes, you know what?
09:51Really felt okay going into the third quarter.
09:56The quarterback, not completely his fault.
09:59The quarterback missed some running lanes wide open.
10:03You know, going back to what I said a few weeks ago, this man is, you know, he's an offensive,
10:09he's almost like a fullback running the ball with speed.
10:11He's missing his opportunity to run with the ball.
10:14You're right.
10:16I mean, a lot.
10:18One particular play, he had even said, the commentator said, he had wide open in front of him,
10:23and he just, he drew a ball side-armed, and it was terrible.
10:27As soon as New England scored that touchdown, I knew we were done.
10:31Took a four-court as it finished.
10:32We're not there yet.
10:33And guess what?
10:35It is what it is for right now.
10:37We didn't get blown out.
10:38We played a respectable game.
10:40We're not there right now with the roster, especially with quarterback, where, you know,
10:46we're going to take control of those games and go forward and win those games, because
10:51it was very winnable.
10:53Anthony, I will say this.
10:55We're starting to get a larger sample size on Malik Willis.
10:58His awareness and presence is questionable.
11:01I will say that.
11:02A couple times today, I was like, why is he not running the ball?
11:05Why is he not throwing the ball?
11:06Why is he not throwing the ball away?
11:08It's starting to get like that.
11:10I don't know how you improve that.
11:12You would say more reps, but I think maybe he just, that's quarterback.
11:15He is who he is.
11:17I'm starting to think that.
11:18Dan, do you think that their coach, the coach's body of their offense court is slow?
11:24I'm sorry if I mispronounce that.
11:25Are they, are they like, kind of like pushing him to say, pass before you run?
11:30I don't know, because it doesn't seem like his natural instinct is so hesitant.
11:35Yeah, he seems like, he's trying to prove he's a pocket passer.
11:39It's okay to run the ball.
11:40Drake made a couple times today, tucked the ball and ran.
11:42It's okay.
11:43We believe that you can pass the ball, Malik.
11:46We want to see you run a little bit more.
11:48Use your legs.
11:49Well, it keeps drives alive.
11:51It keeps the momentum of going to get a first, to get a touchdown.
11:56I mean, you get that first down with your legs, the next play, who knows what could happen?
12:00And he's not doing that.
12:02And that's probably, you know, with his pocket presence and other things, more than anything else, really disappointing.
12:08But you know what?
12:08At the end of the day, I'll let you go in a second.
12:10I know you're busy.
12:11You know, it is what it is.
12:13To me, it's another loss, coach picking a quarterback for next year's draft.
12:18Always appreciate your time, Dan.
12:20Chico, you guys do a great job.
12:21Glad to have you, Anthony, from Long Island.
12:23That's what I'm talking about.
12:23Yeah, Malik Willis, I'm starting to worry about him a little bit.
12:26He might just be one of those quarterbacks, his decision-making.
12:29You see guys like Drake May.
12:31And this is another problem.
12:32And once again, we did lose.
12:33I don't want to be 100% negative, but I do have to point things out.
12:36It seems like every quarterback we've gone against this year, and Geno Smith even had a good game last week,
12:42seems like they're just taking a walk in the park.
12:44They're just doing whatever they want.
12:46Now, in the first half, though, I will say the defense came up big,
12:49but they made those second-half adjustments, and Drake May chopped us up.
12:53Chop Robinson got two sacks today, though.
12:55So, speaking of Chop, I do want to give him a little bit of credit.
12:58305-567-0560.
13:00Back to the phone lines.
13:01104.3 FM, WQAM.
13:02What's your name?
13:02Where are you calling from?
13:04What's going on, my man?
13:06This is Abel.
13:07How you doing today, Dan?
13:08I'm glad to hear from you, Abel.
13:09I'm all right, man.
13:10What's on your mind?
13:11Brother, I mean, I can't be too mad.
13:13I'm a Kings fan, so, you know, right now I'm living high right now.
13:15But I'm leaving the stadium, and I have two issues, okay?
13:19The first thing is, I know where our season, and I'll tell you what,
13:22I'm very proud of the way that this team is playing lately.
13:26I see the progress.
13:27I already tempered my expectations down completely down this year.
13:31So, I'm just here to see progress, see how we're getting better.
13:34We are getting better.
13:35I know that Malik Willis is not the long-term solution, and I'm okay with that.
13:39But I just felt like today, if a couple of clubs would have gone our way,
13:43it would have been a little bit different.
13:44I didn't like that we got outscored 21-0 in the second half after we were up 13-3.
13:50But, again, I'm okay with that.
13:52What I have a big issue with, and I know your producer is going to agree with me,
13:56is all these Westchester, all these fake Hialeah boys out here repping Drake May jerseys,
14:03and repping all these New England asshole jerseys, when they have never even stepped foot in New England.
14:09They can't even tell you where their stadium is located.
14:13That is not even in Boston.
14:15That is in Foxborough, Massachusetts, which is closer to Preston.
14:18Then it is.
14:19Let it out.
14:20It's in Boston.
14:20So, you know what?
14:21I don't want to hear about all these fake phony Patriots fans out here talking about,
14:26oh, I'm pumped.
14:27Where were you three years ago when we were getting into you?
14:30Where were you when you guys went down?
14:31Nowhere.
14:32So, enjoy your victory.
14:34You're 5-3.
14:35Let me freaking know you barely made it to the Super Bowl last year.
14:39Why?
14:40Because you played until the soccer schedule in NFL history, by the way.
14:45But enjoy it.
14:46Go ahead.
14:46You beat up a team that's great building.
14:48You beat up a team that nobody has believed that they wouldn't even think they were going to win a
14:52game.
14:53But guess what?
14:54You were in a tough fight, and you didn't even cover the spread.
14:57Great teams.
14:58You know what?
14:59You know what that shit goes, right?
15:00Good teams win.
15:01Good teams win.
15:02Great teams cover.
15:04You set it cover, Brayville.
15:06It's doing Rashini in the parking lot, brother.
15:09I'm doing push-ups in the studio right now.
15:11You're preaching, brother.
15:13Listen, Dan, I've been struggling with this my whole life.
15:15Miami born and bred, Cuban, Haitian, Dominicans, born and bred right here.
15:21And they wear Yankees caps, and they wear New England Patriots jerseys.
15:24Oh, and I'm a Cardinals fan.
15:25But you've never left Dade County.
15:27So say whatever you want about the Dolphins.
15:30Wear whatever jersey you want, but this is your team.
15:32Whether you like it or not.
15:33This guy's got me pumped, Dan.
15:35I have nothing to add to that.
15:37We'll be back after this on Gameday Uncensored.
15:44We'll be back after this on Gameday Uncensored.