Literally the best game of the season by the defense and no A grades?
Cannot get an A if you allow 21 points. That's not an A.
Literally the best game of the season by the defense and no A grades?
Defense didn't allow 21.Cannot get an A if you allow 21 points. That's not an A.
Defense didn't allow 21.
Cannot get an A if you allow 21 points. That's not an A.
Yeah. And Mahomes to 185 passing. Leading receiver was some guy “Gray”. Chiefs punted 6 times. A grade from meNo A grades on defense for holding the best QB in the NFL to 14 points?
DudeCannot get an A if you allow 21 points. That's not an A.
Biggest factors for home field advantage are weather, crowd noise, refs: Refs were on our side this time unlike philly game; weather neutral. How much is crowd noise the common factor in our road game woes? We had to burn a cpl of timeouts explicitly for this, but who knows what other miscommunications played out as a result. I wonder if mcd needs to simplify or adjust his nomenclature to make it easier to distinguish in loud environs, an interesting data exchg puzzle. In any case -definitely- practice to deal with noise, either with loud speakers, or if you wanna save ears, use ear plugsThe frustrating thing is how Miami could have won this game. Despite a bad start and being down 21-0. Despite the fact that Tua missed some throws he usually makes.
So, in that sense if Miami can play a clean game you've got to think they can beat anyone. Kansas City looks beatable. Good, but beatable. I think the AFC is up for grabs.
Obviously, the Dolphins are going to have to beat some good teams to change the narrative. It also looks like officials are going to allow teams to be physical with the Dolphins receivers. So, Miami has to get that run game going again and find other ways to be effective on offense.
The offensive line was atrocious in the first half and better in the second. I think that unit is most to blame for the loss. Although it was an uncharacteristically bad game for Tua as well.
There were a lot of missed opportunities in this one. The lame duck throw late by Tua is usually a sure touchdown for him. That was schemed up perfectly by McDaniel.
I thought Miami came out flat, but I do think McDaniel made good adjustments going with the short passing game in the second half.
The defense gave the Dolphins a chance.