Much has been made this week about the Dolphins’ sheer speed on offense. With the likes of Tyreek Hill, Jaylen Waddle, Raheem Mostert and De’Von Achane, they have elite speed. Or as Raiders DC Patrick Graham put it ‘they can run run‘.

Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce played in the league for nine years from 2001-09. And when asked Friday what offense the Dolphins offense reminds him of, he made a stark comparison.

“The walls. On the turf,” Pierce said, referring to the St. Louis Rams’ Greatest Show on Turf offense. “Like it was for real. When they rolled with Kurt Warner and (Tory) Holt and (Isaac) Bruce and Marshall Faulk. Even later down the road it didn’t matter if it was on grass, they were fast. Like it was on you right now. The speed is legal. You can’t mimic it. We do the best we can in practice.

“But the good thing about it like I said, we went against these guys last year and really felt how fast Hill and Waddle and the guys over there are. So we understand that, and we respect that. But at the end of the day, with speed has you put your hands on them, right? The physicality has to show.”

It’s one thing to have to deal with a lot of speed at receiver where the defense lines up their fastest players. It is another thing to then also have to take into account that the backs come out of the backfield and to make plays in the passing game.

De’Von Achane leads the team in rushing (457) and yards from scrimmage (774). He’s a legit game-breaker whose career has been marred by injuries, including when the Raiders faced the Dolphins last season.

“Just dynamic. Everything is explosive. Everything is a big gain,” Pierce said of Achane. “Everything is an explosive gain in the run game, the pass game, route running. I think, obviously you look at the size, you think a smaller guy, but he runs like a big boy. He runs behind the bullets, does a good job. He comes at you quickly, and the arm tackles won’t work with a player like this. You have to bring him up on your chest. You just have to put your body on him to slow him down throughout the game.”

That’s your Holt, Bruce and Faulk comps right there. Tua Tagovailoa is far from Kurt Warner, but with those weapons, he might not have to be.