Timmons is just a two year rental though. It would be smart to draft his replacement unless they think Chase Allen is that guy.
I'm not sure the opponent's passer rating is the key stat for our D's performance. I think it's more indicative of the Bend Dont Break philosophy that we run. Play solid run D, avoid giving up the big play (the long TD Sunday was the first I recall - though my recollections arent as good these days!), pressure the QB and get off the field on 3rd down. A 8 yard completion on 3-9 is a plus for a QB rating but a win in most cases for the D.
That can't be sustained throughout an entire regular season, however.
19 teams since 2004 have surrendered an opposing passer rating between 99 and 105 (the Dolphins' is currently 102).
Those teams' combined record is 82-222, or a win percentage of 27%. That equates to a regular season record of 4-12. All but one of those 19 teams had a losing record on the season, and the one that didn't had Brett Favre and went 10-6.
So, over the short run that can work via the other factors you mentioned, perhaps, but over the long run it's highly unlikely to yield a competitive team.
The conversation was about limiting Cutler because of his inconsistencies. It had nothing to do with turnovers. You're the one that brought up the INTs to make Tannehill look bad to fit your narrative, LOL I just responded to what you posted just to put a little context into it. But your feelings got hurt and took it in a different direction. LOL.
I should've expected the same old rhetoric. LOLYou seem to think the conversation was a lot of things that it was not lol. At this point we're going nowhere, you don't seem willing or perhaps able, to follow the simple logic I've now repeated several times.
I should've expected the same old rhetoric. LOL
LOL. OK JimmyIts pretty clear for anyone to see that you aren't making any sense. Like I said, this is going nowhere. I will now exit the convo. Fins up.