samsam3738 Wrote:
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> The miami dolphins have been given a second chance
> this year to make playoffs.
>
> Hopefully they take advantage this time around and
> not lay a goose egg like they have in the past.
>
> But i start thinking and ask myself....What else
> can we ask of this team? when you have:
>
> 1.your best OT out for year
>
> 2. Your first and second string cbs out.....And
> starting a cb scrub out of probably retirement.
>
> 3. hartline injured.
>
> 4. Your best starting superstar RB out for the
> year. Moreno
>
> 5. One of your starting LBs out for the year
> ...Ellerbe.
>
>
> I think we are doing good with what we have to
> work with.
>
> PS. Our LBs are made of sweese cheese.....Thats
> why every team in running it down our throats.
>
> Although misi did made a nice play in the
> backfield yesterday against the jets...But we need
> more of those.

Injuries are piling up no doubt. But I still have to shake my head.
-Ellerbe went out 1st game of season. Going into week 11 we had a top 5 run defense. Wake has VANISHED the last 3 games...VANISHED!

-Moreno went out what? 3rd game? Before the Denver game our rushing offense was ranked 4th.

I guess we can blame the offense woes on Albert, the OLine was gelling fairly well before that IMO. But the sudden ineptness on D?? I just don't get it...

Quote: But the sudden ineptness on D?? I just don't get it...


I think Our Lbs need to make more plays....they are too eratic.

Yesterday they made a couple of tackle for loss in the backfield but we need more of those. Eratic is the word.


Next year we need to draft a DT and LB really high.

Our DTs are tweeners compared to what we had in soliai.

We need a legit MLB to stop those inside runs.

...and who did Zach Thomas credit for much of his success? Tim Bowens.

What a sloppy mess last night, but at least we came away with a W. They need to get tighter playing the Ravens this coming week, hopefully they come away with another W. I see it as winning 3 of our next 4

KB Wrote:
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> samsam3738 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > The miami dolphins have been given a second
> chance
> > this year to make playoffs.
> >
> > Hopefully they take advantage this time around
> and
> > not lay a goose egg like they have in the past.
> >
> > But i start thinking and ask myself....What
> else
> > can we ask of this team? when you have:
> >
> > 1.your best OT out for year
> >
> > 2. Your first and second string cbs out.....And
> > starting a cb scrub out of probably retirement.
> >
> > 3. hartline injured.
> >
> > 4. Your best starting superstar RB out for the
> > year. Moreno
> >
> > 5. One of your starting LBs out for the year
> > ...Ellerbe.
> >
> >
> > I think we are doing good with what we have to
> > work with.
> >
> > PS. Our LBs are made of sweese cheese.....Thats
> > why every team in running it down our throats.
> >
> > Although misi did made a nice play in the
> > backfield yesterday against the jets...But we
> need
> > more of those.
>
> Injuries are piling up no doubt. But I still have
> to shake my head.
> -Ellerbe went out 1st game of season. Going into
> week 11 we had a top 5 run defense. Wake has
> VANISHED the last 3 games...VANISHED!
>
> -Moreno went out what? 3rd game? Before the
> Denver game our rushing offense was ranked 4th.
>
> I guess we can blame the offense woes on Albert,
> the OLine was gelling fairly well before that IMO.
> But the sudden ineptness on D?? I just don't get
> it...


Our issues on defense are two. fold:

Versus the run its our DT's. They are undersized and they a wearing down after 12 games. In a 4-3 scheme your run defense starts and ends with your DT's. They either occupy enough blockers to leave your LB's free to fill gaps and make tackles or they beat single blocking and make plays themselves. Our DT's are doing neither.

Versus the pass we have two problems. First, with finnegan, Taylor and Davis out we are down to our 5th, 6th and 7th options at cb. There just aren't enough good cb in the league for any team to play consistently great pass defense with guys off the street. Secondly, our DE's seem to be wearing down as well. Wake and Vernon just aren't applying the same pressure they were earlier in the year.

- Ryan Tannehill's completion percentage was over 70% for the fifth straight game, something that even Dan Marino was unable to accomplish in his career as a Dolphin.


The real deal tannehill is the next dolphins qb superstar.

Yet he had a 77 Qb rating. That's why QB ratings are meaningless. The int should not have been thrown but it did hit Miller in both hands before being deflected to the Jert. He was also under pressure.

JoeFootball Wrote:
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> Yet he had a 77 Qb rating. That's why QB ratings
> are meaningless. The int should not have been
> thrown but it did hit Miller in both hands before
> being deflected to the Jert. He was also under
> pressure.


The int and no tds is the reason for the low rating.

Your analysis on the prior page is the most complete, instructive, thoughtful and correct I have seen by any poster, SamSam.

ChyrenB Wrote:
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> Your analysis on the prior page is the most
> complete, instructive, thoughtful and correct I
> have seen by any poster, SamSam.




Thank You.

samsam3738 Wrote:
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> - Ryan Tannehill's completion percentage was over
> 70% for the fifth straight game, something that
> even Dan Marino was unable to accomplish in his
> career as a Dolphin.
>
>
> The real deal tannehill is the next dolphins qb
> superstar.

that's great and all but when almost every throw is 5 yards or less it should be.

jsm08 Wrote:
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> samsam3738 Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > - Ryan Tannehill's completion percentage was
> over
> > 70% for the fifth straight game, something that
> > even Dan Marino was unable to accomplish in his
> > career as a Dolphin.
> >
> >
> > The real deal tannehill is the next dolphins qb
> > superstar.
>
> that's great and all but when almost every throw
> is 5 yards or less it should be.


I know there have been few long passes but also the few long passes that he connects with wallace, he drops...And that was a perfect strike....Would had been a td.

Receivers gotta help him too.


BTW tannehill threw quite a few passes longer than 5 yards yesterday.

That's 9 and how many of those included yac.

the majority of his passes were short. Wallace dropped one deep pass. with the throws he's making he's going to complete a lot.

An ugly win all right. As others have said, we should have prepared better for the run, with geno not perceived as a passing threat. Yet at the same time our d did not surrender a high number of points.

Ugly win by a win on the road. Vs the jets. Gotta take it.

Tannehill had about the QB rating he deserved IMO. He made some decent throws and played well enough to win...but not lights out or anything close.

The drop by Wallace was ridiculous and ANOTHER reason we need to trade him for a big and/or physical receiver. It looked like he just misjudged it to me.

The INT at the end that sent me to bed was behind the receiver and at his ankles, it was as much on Tannehill as the receiver. Thank GOD the Jets db's can't catch or their would have been two more INT's.

But hey, a MNF win against the hated Jets is good enough for now!

Total number of yards a QB has thrown for (MINUS yards after catch-not including dropped passes)...

Tannehill 1497
Cutler 1401
Andy Dalton 1272
Alex Smith 1054
Russell Wilson 1029

Yards in the air on dropped passes....

Tannehill ranks 4th most with 233 yards (dropped)



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jsm08 Wrote:
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> That's 9 and how many of those included yac.


Not many..... i saw simms get 5 yards after catch after one of the receptions.

I saw replay yesterday afternoon when i got home from work.

he was 18-20 on passes behind the line to 10 yards. He gained 97 yards on those 18 completions. 5.3yds per.

On passes that traveled over 10 yards he was 7-15 for 138yds.

that's in the herald and I would have posted a link had their site not bogged down my computer.

all i'm saying is that completion percentage is nice and all but doesn't tell the whole story. over 10 yards he was less than 50%. he's going to have to improve in that area. a quick score goes a long way and I think would afford the d to be aggressive more often.

happy to eat my words on the win. Glad they're still in contention.

Can't shake this very similar feeling to oh, what? Last year? The exact same scenario you say? Win ANY OF YOUR REMAINING 3 GAMES and you're in?

Let's see what happens. God bless 'em if they do it. Ravens, Pats, Minn, Jets??? We shall see.

Na, similar to last year would be if we win the next two tough games then lose one or both of the last two easy games.....now that would be like last year!

Except we have to win 4 out of the next 5 to even get in most likely.

Miami Dolphins ?@MiamiDolphins 1h1 hour ago
Ryan Tannehill is now up to 7th in the @NFL?in completion percentage.

You can probably blame Coyle for this one....

There were only 10 men on defense when the Ravens scored their only TD!

Did anyone notice the ST play on the opening kick-off? GREAT play by number 38, Don Jones. Shed two blockers and made the tackle behind the 20.