Agree. He doesn’t suck but he’s no where near as important to the offense as Jarvis or even Stills when anyone not named Cutler is playing QB.
The biggest disappointment of this Dolphins season
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Agree here- began with FO off-season and failure to address O-line.
I can name 5 horrible moves off the bat:
Alonso Maxwell trade
Alonso extension
Branch signing/ extension
Carroo trade
Failing to resign Matthews
OL- Relying on this OL and only drafting Isiata & signing Larsen
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On a positive, I think Stills might be one of the most improved players on this team. His route running is so much crisper this year, fantastic to see.
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I think Miami needs completely different offensive and defensive schemes, and since Gase is running his offense, then he needs to go too.
Yea, there are so many good, proven NFL coaches out there... It's always a good idea to get rid of the last guy to coach you to the playoffs, despite the injuries last year, because he lost his QB before the season.
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I don’t agree. The d-line has been unimpressive, but the coaching staff has been a far bigger disappointment. Just in this case about 5 weeks ago the nfl figured out the way to combat our dline was quick passes, and Burke has yet to make an adjustment. The 2nd biggest dissapointment has been our personal department.
Coaching staff far and away wins this dubious honor. From losing two games(bucs and raiders) due to penalties, too our offense still not knowing the offense in year two, to our oline coach doing blow, to coach Gruden calling out Gase uninspired play calling or how the team quit, to our defense completely failing dispite so much money being spent, our team has been out matched before opening kick off all season. There is no excuse for one of the highest paid NFL team to be this out classed all season. When it’s happening across the board like it has the coaching staff is for sure to blame.
Personal dept is a close second. The free agent class was an epic failure. There hasnt been one success. Larsen, Timmons, Maluga, Allen, Verner, and Cutler have hurt this team more than they have helped. TJ McDonald is the only signing that may be a success, but we even screwed that up by extending him before seeing him play one snap. Going in to the season relying on Maxwell was a crucial mistake. Wasting a 5th round pick on Anthony when he was days away from being released. Then the Jay Ajayi melt down, as we knew he didn’t fit what Gase wanted to do, but we waited till injury and inacfectiveness reduced his value at least 2 rounds, not to mention getting a 2017 pick that could have helped this season. Then the epic failure of ignoring the interior oline. It has been a catastrophic failure in the front office.
Coaching staff far and away wins this dubious honor. From losing two games(bucs and raiders) due to penalties, too our offense still not knowing the offense in year two, to our oline coach doing blow, to coach Gruden calling out Gase uninspired play calling or how the team quit, to our defense completely failing dispite so much money being spent, our team has been out matched before opening kick off all season. There is no excuse for one of the highest paid NFL team to be this out classed all season. When it’s happening across the board like it has the coaching staff is for sure to blame.
Personal dept is a close second. The free agent class was an epic failure. There hasnt been one success. Larsen, Timmons, Maluga, Allen, Verner, and Cutler have hurt this team more than they have helped. TJ McDonald is the only signing that may be a success, but we even screwed that up by extending him before seeing him play one snap. Going in to the season relying on Maxwell was a crucial mistake. Wasting a 5th round pick on Anthony when he was days away from being released. Then the Jay Ajayi melt down, as we knew he didn’t fit what Gase wanted to do, but we waited till injury and inacfectiveness reduced his value at least 2 rounds, not to mention getting a 2017 pick that could have helped this season. Then the epic failure of ignoring the interior oline. It has been a catastrophic failure in the front office.
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For me it comes down to the lack of energy, passion, will....whatever you call it. In a way, it seems like the season was doomed from the beginning with the hurricane, traveling on the road for so long at the start of the season, the injury to Ryan Tannehill. The team came out sleep walking and hasn't seemed to wake up.
There were brief moments, mostly when Matt Moore came in to ignite the team in the win over the New York Jets and what should have been a win against Tampa Bay.
The low point of the season for me was the trade of Jay Ajayi. He was so instrumental in jump-starting the team last year after the horrible 1-4 start. Watching Ajayi in the open field was really the highlight of last season for me and I would have never expected a trade there. I thought Miami would be riding the J-Train for quite some time.
I do get the trade, if Ajayi was missing assignments and getting his quarterback killed. He also wasn't performing as a receiver out of the backfield. Apparently, Adam Gase saw enough and made the decision. It's his team, but doesn't take away from the disappointment there.
There are seasons that just seem to spin out of control for some reason and this feels like one of those. It's a hard team to watch in 2017.
There were brief moments, mostly when Matt Moore came in to ignite the team in the win over the New York Jets and what should have been a win against Tampa Bay.
The low point of the season for me was the trade of Jay Ajayi. He was so instrumental in jump-starting the team last year after the horrible 1-4 start. Watching Ajayi in the open field was really the highlight of last season for me and I would have never expected a trade there. I thought Miami would be riding the J-Train for quite some time.
I do get the trade, if Ajayi was missing assignments and getting his quarterback killed. He also wasn't performing as a receiver out of the backfield. Apparently, Adam Gase saw enough and made the decision. It's his team, but doesn't take away from the disappointment there.
There are seasons that just seem to spin out of control for some reason and this feels like one of those. It's a hard team to watch in 2017.
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Honestly, there are two massive disappointments for me. I have trouble deciding between the two.
1. We gave away our best physical runner since Ricky/Ronnie for a song.
2. Our loser OL coach not only destroyed our OL, but also dragged us back down into the realm of a dysfunctional franchise. (with an assist by LB's AWOLrence Timmons and Rey MauaLlama).
Lot's of other contenders, like Tannehill's injury, Cutler, McMillan, AWOLrence Timmons, Rey Mauallama. continuing to be humiliated in prime time games, not re-signing Landry earlier, the play of everyone on the OL. Historically bad offense, not enough takeaways, never playing Asiata, not investing much into the OL, not signing David Harris when we had the chance, never playing with a FS, etc. etc. etc. Lots of contenders.
1. We gave away our best physical runner since Ricky/Ronnie for a song.
2. Our loser OL coach not only destroyed our OL, but also dragged us back down into the realm of a dysfunctional franchise. (with an assist by LB's AWOLrence Timmons and Rey MauaLlama).
Lot's of other contenders, like Tannehill's injury, Cutler, McMillan, AWOLrence Timmons, Rey Mauallama. continuing to be humiliated in prime time games, not re-signing Landry earlier, the play of everyone on the OL. Historically bad offense, not enough takeaways, never playing Asiata, not investing much into the OL, not signing David Harris when we had the chance, never playing with a FS, etc. etc. etc. Lots of contenders.
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I'm going to respectfully disagree with the last post. Combination of Ajayi playbook issues, long term health & attitude made him expendable. The Offense has seemed more fluid without him.
And although the Foerster incident was an embarrassment, he certainly didn't destroy this OL. The OL was doomed by its formation and personnel. The FO overrated the Center and failed to address the G position for years.
And although the Foerster incident was an embarrassment, he certainly didn't destroy this OL. The OL was doomed by its formation and personnel. The FO overrated the Center and failed to address the G position for years.
The annual disappointment is lack of truly great players. When you don't have them all the chess piece moves are doomed to high chatter irrelevancy.
The draft was the greatest letdown because it didn't look like we even tried for a special player. Entering the season the only logical candidates to find that level were Tunsil and Howard. I'll be kind and say not yet.
I'm we're going to be insignificant I wish we at least looked like the Dolphins. I might attend the Bills finale because I understand we will wear the old logo and uniforms. Terrific. Cheap ticket and classic look is the only attractant that works for me.
Motion sickness is the ongoing malaise attached to this team. Nothing is more of a downer than that.
The draft was the greatest letdown because it didn't look like we even tried for a special player. Entering the season the only logical candidates to find that level were Tunsil and Howard. I'll be kind and say not yet.
I'm we're going to be insignificant I wish we at least looked like the Dolphins. I might attend the Bills finale because I understand we will wear the old logo and uniforms. Terrific. Cheap ticket and classic look is the only attractant that works for me.
Motion sickness is the ongoing malaise attached to this team. Nothing is more of a downer than that.
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The signing of Jay Cutler.
Edit: Oops. Didn't know it was an article. I thought it was a question for the forum to answer. I still stand by my statement though.
Edit: Oops. Didn't know it was an article. I thought it was a question for the forum to answer. I still stand by my statement though.
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Not enough to justify his salary, anyway. Whatever he's doing against the run isn't worth the money he's paid. He could singlehandedly make the Dolphins the best team in the league against the run, and if they were this poor against the pass, his salary still wouldn't be worth it.
In that scenario you would forsake yourself to being only average against the run, while taking the savings from Suh's salary to get better against the pass.