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Hayden Fox's Assessment: Week 2

Hayden Fox said:
Thank you. Means a lot. Congrats to Fin Fans.

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By the way, I did not think the Fins could hang 28 plus on the Raiders. That is not me being negative, it was my assessment...an assessment that was wrong.
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Don't take it as too much of a compliment.

Omar should be writing with crayons or sidewalk chalk.

I also think Hyde's eaten too much lead based paint.
 
The thing that impressed me the most was that Tannehill only made one poor decision the entire game, and that was when he held the ball as he scrambled from the pocket instead of throwing it away. Outside of that most throws were good, and more importantly the right choice.
 
GoonBoss said:
Don't take it as too much of a compliment.

Omar should be writing with crayons or sidewalk chalk.

I also think Hyde's eaten too much lead based paint.
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Omar was Tweeting this morning that Garner might be starting for Martin at RT. Brutal reporter.
 
Hayden Fox said:
Positives
* Opening drive of the game. Showed outstanding preparation by the coaching staff.
* When Oakland was eating the offense up in the second quarter, Philbin and Sherman made tremendous halftime adjustments. Awesome to see.
* Loved how Tannehill's drives ended in kicks. It is okay to punt and esp. with a rookie QB. I thought he managed the game well.
* I love how Tannehill seems to know the offense the BEST on the field. I just think that is great for rookie QB.
* No swatted passes
* Hartline was money. Outstanding game. Oakland wanted to stop him, but could not...
* Rushing offense. Bush was a stud. Loved what Lamar Miller showed. The O-line was awesome against a excellent run defense. Anytime you run well against Tommy Kelly, Richard Seymour and Roland McClain you deserve props.
* Also, the TE's and Lane were excellent blocking at the second level.
* Reggie Bush. The Fins needed someone to step fwd. and he did. WOW!
* Reggie Bush's conditioning. All kinds of stories about him working hard after practice and it paid off today. When others were tapping out, Bush keep pushing forward.
* Rush Defense. Two straight weeks outstanding in this area. For those that do not know why Paul Soliai re-signing was huge, please review the tape the last two weeks. Big Paul is one of the best players in that locker room.
* 3rd down D...1-12 for Oakland.
* Red Zone D. Held strong this week in the red area. They found ways to get it done.
* Jones was bad early in the game, but I thought he improved in the 2nd half. Lord knows we need someone in back half to produce
* Won the field position battle: Winning the field position battle might have been the most vital aspect of the game
* Early pooch punt by Carpenter. Smart, smart decision by Philbin. This was a field position game and Joe was right to keep them pinned.
* Coverage units were on again outside of one punt return by Adams...

Negatives
* The way that Tannehill has hooked up with Hartline, I cannot help how Ireland dropped the ball by not giving RT more weapons. I am kind of frustrated.
* Early on this year Charles Clay has disappointed. Some decent blocks in the running game, but he is not making much happen in the passing game
* While Jones did have a pick at the end of the game, once again, there is an alarming lack of turnovers being created. This team can bridge the talent difference by getting turnovers. They just cannot seem to do it.
* I cannot get by the fact that our pass D is going to get lit up this year. Again, Ireland left this area exposed. Sean Smith, Nolan Carroll and Jimmy Wilson will not cut it...esp if Marshall is out longer than this game.
* While the this week was not as awful as Houston, the Fins again gave up points near the end of the half. I would like to see them finish halves better. However, Joe made the right call taking a knee at the half. No issues there.
* I wonder if the team should be snapping the ball with 12-18 seconds left when up two scores in the 3rd quarter. They got the play clock down lower later in the game. Not sure if that was going to bite them, but it did not. Lots of arguments to milk it. Lots of arguments to keep what you have been doing.

Overall Assessment
* We have to remember this year is going to be a process. Don't get up too much after a win. Don't get too down BTW after a loss.
* Hartline is better than any receiver that was made available post-training camp
* CB's are needed big time. Start rolling in the vets.
* Congratulations to Ryan Tannehill on your first win.
* Finally, CONGRATS to Joe Philbin. He has been steady through some rapid waters.
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good write up. offense played well in most aspects . Need another receiver to do something besides Hartline and who knows what happens versus jets. Our corners are the achilles hill and safeties noy much better. Im not sure we have a corner that should even start in the nfl.
 
Decent write up. Once Philbin became HC, and seeing the process unfold on HardKnocks. It wasn't hard to understand that this team and HC were going to go through growing pains this year. Stock piling picks for next year, had to be the first order. This team wasn't going to spend big in FA, once Flynn wasn't offered big money.

As for Philbin, I too have been ROOTING for him. His attention detail is a good thing, it makes for a professional environment.

This year is about growing pains..not only at QB, but for those young guys at CB and Safety. They either have it or they don't. But best to find out now, in a season that is a learning season, than next year, IMO.
 
DolfanDuBbZ~ said:
Decent write up. Once Philbin became HC, and seeing the process unfold on HardKnocks. It wasn't hard to understand that this team and HC were going to go through growing pains this year. Stock piling picks for next year, had to be the first order. This team wasn't going to spend big in FA, once Flynn wasn't offered big money.

As for Philbin, I too have been ROOTING for him. His attention detail is a good thing, it makes for a professional environment.

This year is about growing pains..not only at QB, but for those young guys at CB and Safety. They either have it or they don't. But best to find out now, in a season that is a learning season, than next year, IMO.
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I agree only problem Qb is talented corners not so much
 
I have absolutely no problem with them NOT milking the clock in the 3rd period...it's the 3rd period. Haven't we seen enough of that around here...playing not to lose. I like that we played to win, kept trying to score. Leave the 4 minute offense for when there's 4 minutes left in the game not 1 quarter and a half.
 
Hayden Fox said:
Positives

* I cannot get by the fact that our pass D is going to get lit up this year. Again, Ireland left this area exposed. Sean Smith, Nolan Carroll and Jimmy Wilson will not cut it...esp if Marshall is out longer than this game.
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I think you need to change that to Chris Clemons. That guy was horrific!:smad:
 
I have to disagree with you on our CB's Hayden. Sean Smith made numerous big plays. Nolan Carrol did not interfere with that receiver. That was a BS call. Nolan Carrol has been playing pretty stout ball, in fact, I hope he stays as starter. He looks better to me than Marshall. Jimmy Wilson also made a big play today causing incomplete. Reshad Jones made a great read for the pick and he also was blitzing and playing the run at LOS. Tackle for loss. He had a great game.

Chris Clemons is just a body playing deep however.
 
datruth55 said:
I have absolutely no problem with them NOT milking the clock in the 3rd period...it's the 3rd period. Haven't we seen enough of that around here...playing not to lose. I like that we played to win, kept trying to score. Leave the 4 minute offense for when there's 4 minutes left in the game not 1 quarter and a half.
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Good point.
 
Agree 100%. I was really concerned after the first half, Oakland seemed to be playing with much more energy which was pretty surprising to me. But we played a HELL of a lot better in the second half both on O and D. Its pretty refreshing to have a coaching staff that makes great half time adjustments.

Hartline's performance reinforced the need to have a legit number one (or at least another Hartline). It was as if Oakland was playing with 10 men on defense a lot of the time but next week we'll need at least 2 guys that can beat one on one coverage and can catch the ball. BTW, if anybody hasn't checked out the interview Hartline did on finsiders, you should. He's a really well spoken young man.

http://www.miamidolphins.com/media/...-To-Form/bb7b1977-f95e-474d-b213-1ecc0de32eb1
 
Good game and congrats to the team. I had few more things that need some work though:

If we can't sack Palmer, who can we sack?
We can hide our secondary with a better pass rush.
We gave up too many passing yards to that team.
Bad tackling and pursuit angles on several pass plays esp. their TD.
I disagree that our kick coverage was good, they had several great returns called back, plus the one that wasn't.
Hopefully Carpenter does not hurt himself celebrating this year.

Home field was important, Raiders were gassed.

Miami Coaching was good.

Jets will stop Hartline and slow down Bush; we will need a new plan next week.

RW
 
Hayden Fox said:
Positives
* Opening drive of the game. Showed outstanding preparation by the coaching staff.
* When Oakland was eating the offense up in the second quarter, Philbin and Sherman made tremendous halftime adjustments. Awesome to see.
* Loved how Tannehill's drives ended in kicks. It is okay to punt and esp. with a rookie QB. I thought he managed the game well.
* I love how Tannehill seems to know the offense the BEST on the field. I just think that is great for rookie QB.
* No swatted passes
* Hartline was money. Outstanding game. Oakland wanted to stop him, but could not...
* Rushing offense. Bush was a stud. Loved what Lamar Miller showed. The O-line was awesome against a excellent run defense. Anytime you run well against Tommy Kelly, Richard Seymour and Roland McClain you deserve props.
* Also, the TE's and Lane were excellent blocking at the second level.
* Reggie Bush. The Fins needed someone to step fwd. and he did. WOW!
* Reggie Bush's conditioning. All kinds of stories about him working hard after practice and it paid off today. When others were tapping out, Bush keep pushing forward.
* Rush Defense. Two straight weeks outstanding in this area. For those that do not know why Paul Soliai re-signing was huge, please review the tape the last two weeks. Big Paul is one of the best players in that locker room.
* 3rd down D...1-12 for Oakland.
* Red Zone D. Held strong this week in the red area. They found ways to get it done.
* Jones was bad early in the game, but I thought he improved in the 2nd half. Lord knows we need someone in back half to produce
* Won the field position battle: Winning the field position battle might have been the most vital aspect of the game
* Early pooch punt by Carpenter. Smart, smart decision by Philbin. This was a field position game and Joe was right to keep them pinned.
* Coverage units were on again outside of one punt return by Adams...

Negatives
* The way that Tannehill has hooked up with Hartline, I cannot help how Ireland dropped the ball by not giving RT more weapons. I am kind of frustrated.
* Early on this year Charles Clay has disappointed. Some decent blocks in the running game, but he is not making much happen in the passing game
* While Jones did have a pick at the end of the game, once again, there is an alarming lack of turnovers being created. This team can bridge the talent difference by getting turnovers. They just cannot seem to do it.
* I cannot get by the fact that our pass D is going to get lit up this year. Again, Ireland left this area exposed. Sean Smith, Nolan Carroll and Jimmy Wilson will not cut it...esp if Marshall is out longer than this game.
* While the this week was not as awful as Houston, the Fins again gave up points near the end of the half. I would like to see them finish halves better. However, Joe made the right call taking a knee at the half. No issues there.
* I wonder if the team should be snapping the ball with 12-18 seconds left when up two scores in the 3rd quarter. They got the play clock down lower later in the game. Not sure if that was going to bite them, but it did not. Lots of arguments to milk it. Lots of arguments to keep what you have been doing.

Overall Assessment
* We have to remember this year is going to be a process. Don't get up too much after a win. Don't get too down BTW after a loss.
* Hartline is better than any receiver that was made available post-training camp
* CB's are needed big time. Start rolling in the vets.
* Congratulations to Ryan Tannehill on your first win.
* Finally, CONGRATS to Joe Philbin. He has been steady through some rapid waters.
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You left out the part where you were totally wrong predicting this game and the fact that we would maul the raider superior D-Line.
Damn atleast nyjunc comes in and eats his crow when he is wrong.

Good assessment though.
 
Fins1971 said:
You left out the part where you were totally wrong predicting this game and the fact that we would maul the raider superior D-Line.
Damn atleast nyjunc comes in and eats his crow when he is wrong.

Good assessment though.
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I ate my crow with the respective thread I was wrong. Very impressed by the line, backs etc. Another big challenge this week.
 
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