Falcons v. Dolphins: Game Day Thread
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Another game to watch. Despite our past losses I am looking forward to seeing how the team plays this week with Tua calling signals. Gesicki and Waddle should be his primary targets.
colonel Wrote:
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> Another game to watch. Despite our past losses I
> am looking forward to seeing how the team plays
> this week with Tua calling signals. Gesicki and
> Waddle should be his primary targets.
>
> Go Dolphins!
Lately and shockingly no matter how good our recievers play our defense just can't hold a lead. Like an over flowing diaper they just can't hold it. They just let big plays happen .Most disappointingly I thought our defense had finally turned a corner and we were building on it. Deep down in the pit of my stomach I knew TUA might not be a long term answer. I was hoping , but I kinda knew. This defense has really blew my mind. I was convinced we really had something. I still love OGBAH. Where the hell did Van Ginkle go!?
TC, I think the D is confused and getting poor info from the sidelines with defensive schemes to run on a given play. Van Ginkle may be a victim of this confusion.
When everyone in the &*^%$ stadium knows there is going to be a certain play and the guys on the field see substitutes that don't jive well with what should be on the field, coverage goes out the window. This is simply a hypothesis, nothing more, since I can't review game film and compare what existed last year and what the hell is going on today.
It's just like the offensive 4th and 1 play that failed. Hike in shotgun formation and handoff to Brown that is stopped. Everyone in the *&&^% stadium knew it was a run, yet the play called and approach to it was asinine.
Bottom line is I don't know. (And the coaches don't know either apparently).
We go into desperation mode with 1 minute left in the half and Tua throws a medium pass into the end zone with double coverage on the TE and it's intercepted. Really!!!!! Bad. Bad, bad decision.
Announcer made a good point. He said it appears Atlanta is in a better place with the first year of yhier new coach then the 3rd year with Flires. In other words the team has regressed. Why? Last season looked so promising and we added some good additions. It's frustrating because I usually have a handle on why or a direction.
JJ just called TUA a work in progress during halftime.
GO DOLPHINS!!!!
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 10/24/2021 09:29AM by TreasurecoastPhinsfan.
TC--"Work in progress." That's like Sgt Carter's answer to his company commander about how Pyle was doing. Very diplomatic answer from Jimmie Johnson--that Tua needs lots of training/ coaching/ mentoring.
TUA is used to just playing off the cuff like he did in college. Just wing it. But the NFL is not as forgiving. TUA should have learned that lesson last season. Now he's just showing he can't make the right decisions when he needs to. Can't blame either of his 2 INTs on the line. He's just throwing when he shouldn't.
I can have grace early in a young player's career...but I gotta see progress. He's not shown any real progress in this area and, as you said, it's not on the line or anyone else. Just boneheaded decision in the moment.
TreasurecoastPhinsfan Wrote:
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> I hear you Colonel. Its not all TUA's fault
> though. Howard got burned for a couple before
> finally Intercepting one.
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> TUA might be a decent QB one day behind a good
> Oline.......but I'm not sure we can afford to wait
> orif 80 yr old Mr. Ross can afford to wait.
And I hear you, TCP. That interception that Howard got was pure luck; it rolled right into his arms while on the ground. Howard didn't even know he had the ball until just before it dropped to the turf.
Tua, so far, IS a decent QB, and when and if the brass can get things straightened out on the OL (and the D), Tua may be even better and would be the QB that can lead the Dolphins.
Its going to take time for all of that, but let Tua continue to play and let's see how he does through the season, THEN decide if he should remain with the team.
The thought of finally getting a QB like Watson is so god damn tempting. I was 7 the last time Miami won anything .....I'm 55 now. My dad was 39. He passed away at 86 with no championship. Thats too long.
But this guy is available for a reason. He's worth alot of picks. But the they are asking too much AND all the sex scandal stuff AND his salary!
But these new revelations about TUA and Flores.....whats up with that? something someone is not telling us.