Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good... | Page 3 | FinHeaven - Miami Dolphins Forums

Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good...

We adjusted for the second half and trusted our o line a bit more with protections and timing.

We pulled it out, barely....but that defense and lack of pass rush is going to get exposed week in week out. Our corners can't cover for 3-4 seconds every play.


The most disappointing thing from the game in my opinion was the lack of any pass rush from Suh and Wake during the final drive, when the Dolphins knew the Chargers had to pass the ball.

When you pay Suh and Wake the kind of money they make, they have to show up at those times. And if I'm not mistaken, Wake was working against the Chargers' backup right tackle.
 
And we're ready to anoint him something significantly different this year, after two games?

And if so, that's attributable to his head coach, and not to the expected improvement in quarterback play from one's rookie season to year two?

I'm not ready to anoint him, I thought he looked horrible today. Goff's arm talent limits the offense.
 
I'm not ready to anoint him, I thought he looked horrible today. Goff's arm talent limits the offense.

Exactly. Me neither. My point was simply that coaching, scheme, and the offense in general are all responsible for YPA.
 
Someone else suggested in another thread that they thought Gase's conservative offensive game plan was to keep the thin Miami Defense off the field. That seems as likely a possibility as any. Dolphins did win the time of possession game at 33:22 vs 26:38.
 
We won.
We can improve.
We are leading the division.
We should not start to be so concerned after the 1st game.
 
No love for Gurley? Quite the game for the whole Rams offense, sucks Watkins had to get concussed. I like him so much more now that he isn't a bill.

Of course. Gurley has always been a beast. He was just stuck with Jeff Fisher before.
 
Tortoise not the hare. It's about figuring out what works and setting up things for the rest of the game. It isn't a coincidence that we're barely winning these close games. Just my humble opinion.

Sounds like bs to me, not to be rude, but the patriots dominate most games because of bb, they're never close for the most part, and Brady is nothing without BB, you see it with every qb that replaces him, they all play great, its BB and nothing else. If Gase is so great why do we barely hang around every game instead of winning outright beginning to end most of the time like BB for the past however many years? You can say playing Haire for the season is smart, but why barely win at the end when you can just crush the division every year?

Gase's play calling since he's been here has been very weak in terms of aggression and excuses, probably smart in x's and o's a lot, but it's about a lot more than x's and o's, attitude and aggression of play calling often times is much more important. BB isn't outsmarting everybody on every play, he just plays to win where everybody else plays not to lose, scared, and continually makes excuses or hides it behind haire this, bad game that, not ready yet this.

How many times do people have to see the same bs over and over again before they realize what it is? People should call Gase's crap play calling crap when it is, him playing it safe early on is smart with cutler and his first game but last seasons was safe almost every time until he was forced to play not to lose and try to win, and almost every time points went up fast, no surprise there, Gase doesn't lack smarts, just mindset. He has the whole season to change and improve, but don't be surprised if it just stays the same because most coaches are historically mostly talk.
 
Nah..... if you're good, you can continue to be good. If you're lucky, inevitably your luck will turn on you because no one stays lucky forever.
 
  • Like
Reactions: <O>
Nah..... if you're good, you can continue to be good. If you're lucky, inevitably your luck will turn on you because no one stays lucky forever.


That's exactly right. Being good is stable and predictable, whereas luck is unstable and unpredictable.

This is the difference between systematic and random variables.
 
Sounds like bs to me, not to be rude, but the patriots dominate most games because of bb, they're never close for the most part, and Brady is nothing without BB, you see it with every qb that replaces him, they all play great, its BB and nothing else. If Gase is so great why do we barely hang around every game instead of winning outright beginning to end most of the time like BB for the past however many years? You can say playing Haire for the season is smart, but why barely win at the end when you can just crush the division every year?

Gase's play calling since he's been here has been very weak in terms of aggression and excuses, probably smart in x's and o's a lot, but it's about a lot more than x's and o's, attitude and aggression of play calling often times is much more important. BB isn't outsmarting everybody on every play, he just plays to win where everybody else plays not to lose, scared, and continually makes excuses or hides it behind haire this, bad game that, not ready yet this.

How many times do people have to see the same bs over and over again before they realize what it is? People should call Gase's crap play calling crap when it is, him playing it safe early on is smart with cutler and his first game but last seasons was safe almost every time until he was forced to play not to lose and try to win, and almost every time points went up fast, no surprise there, Gase doesn't lack smarts, just mindset. He has the whole season to change and improve, but don't be surprised if it just stays the same because most coaches are historically mostly talk.
I sincerely hope that I'm listening to your complaints that we're not dominating while getting wins under Gase for a long time...
 
I sincerely hope that I'm listening to your complaints that we're not dominating while getting wins under Gase for a long time...

Yeah it would be nice, but it would be nicer to win like the patriots and have a better mindset, that's the only way the phins will ever overcome them.
 
Back
Top Bottom