Sorry if someone already commented on this.
After THill went down all of the commentators were speculating about who, what, and where as for as the Phin offense is concerned. The Answer, they picked up J Cutler. If I am a D coordinator in the AFC east, what am I thinking? Stack the box, play man, force Cutler to beat us. When NFC teams plan for the Phins, let's say, umm Carolina, what brilliant D scheme did they come up with, oh yeah stack the line, make J Cutler beat Carolina with passing. (Oh by the way, I now hate the song "Sweet Caroline" had to listen to that all the way home). Anyway, with or without Ajayi, if you take Thill out of the equation the plan would be the same, stack the line, play man, and force the QB to beat you. In reality this team was not built to say to the opposition, "come on, stack the line, we will still run over you", had this been the case, JAjayi would still be here and the Phins would have had a better record at this time. It would be like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, without the Plank Constant, it just will not work.
Now it is obvious from the reading all of the "insiders", that JAjayi, could not deal with these setbacks, he appears to be very "emotionally volatile", which is opposed to being "passionate", no doubt he wanted Moore, but he could not see past the reality, that, unless Thill came back, or the Phins picked up TBrady, no matter who was back there, it would not work. I really don't like the way he was let go, but we don't know all of the facts and never will. Replacing him now, by picking someone else up, at this point, would be an exercise in futility. It is my observation that in human endeavors, we are not defined by being a winner so much, but how we deal with setbacks, and negative circumstances, young Jay still has to learn this. I really thought he had a bright future with the Phins, or rather hoped, as far as consistent production, you would have to know what the game plan was for each game. If the plan was the same, for every game last year, then I guess there is a point to be made, but even this is very subjective. We would have to see if, at the point of low production, the defense was stacking the line to stop the run, and force THill to beat them, so you have to factor that in also. So the whole production argument needs more "filling" out of data to be an accurate assessment. He had 1272 rushing yards last year, which according to the internet, put him in the top 10 by the end of the year, not bad, in fact in my business, this get you a writeup in Forbes and Bloomberg. So make no mistake about it, the kid has talent, also according to the internet, if we extrapolate his average right now into 16 games, remembering he is not the #1 back, he would have had 1000 yards at the end of the season. Not bad for a non featured back.
Now, I remember a guy years ago, named Csonka, a pretty good back as I recall, ended up with the Giants, and did not do to well there, why? Bad coaching, Oline etc. Came back to Miami and did quite well. So there is more to just "metrics" as the corporate dweeb lingo goes.
Anyway, being a fan I am always hopeful that next year will be better, I don't think bringing in another back will help until the QB situation is better, this year was a crucial setback, in more ways than one, so all I can say is Fins UP
The Ever Hopeful Yet Tempered With Cynicism VIPER
PS I did and still do, have my official New Era winter knitted made in China, NFL metal tag, hat on.
