I heard that segment.
Darlington: Tannehill to start vs Raiders
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I heard that segment.
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Interesting take from Polian.
David Carr or Tim Couch anyone?
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Did they ask Mike Wallace or Rishard Matthews how they felt?
Media, schmedia. It's all about the clicks and misconstruing what is said however they can to gain more attention than they actually need (much like myself since Sunday night :foundout:). That said, Darlington is about as straight forward as they get.
IMO, there was very little question here in who was going to start vs the Raiders. I honestly don't care how we get it done as a team I just want to win in London, go into our bye on a positive note and build on it. Tannehill isn't going anywhere this season and that's exactly how it should be. It would be even more appalling if Philbin flip flopped as much as some of us fans do. (me included)
IMO, there was very little question here in who was going to start vs the Raiders. I honestly don't care how we get it done as a team I just want to win in London, go into our bye on a positive note and build on it. Tannehill isn't going anywhere this season and that's exactly how it should be. It would be even more appalling if Philbin flip flopped as much as some of us fans do. (me included)
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YES!!!!! Get a win. Get to 2-2 and re-set things during the bye. That is the only strategy. Find a way to win this weekend and things can settle down. Hook or by crook…find a way to win.
roy_miami
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Obviously Philbin mishandled Tannehill. There probably was a path to get him up to at least a poor mans Joe Flacco level and we didn't take that path, but here's the thing: I don't care if we may have missed out on a poor man's Joe Flacco or a rich man's Kyle Orton or one playoff appearance every 4 years. I want a Russell Wilson. Hell I'd even take a Matt Ryan or Colin Kaepernick at this point, at least those guys are capable of kicking some major ass once in a while.
I've said all along that we'd find out sooner rather than later how high Tannehill is capable of soaring in the NFL under Joe Philbin's system. What you see is what you get. And its not good enough.
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Philbin lost me for good at the end of the first half in Buffalo. Then he nearly gave me an aneurysm with his clock management at the end of the first half Sunday. Then, he forever reserved a spot on my list of most hated coaches that have coached my favorite teams by responding to a question asking just WHY exactly he waited to call a time-out until there were two seconds left in the half as follows: 'I thought we had five or six seconds, but someone told me we didn't.' This quote demonstrates in one sentence why Joe Philbin should not be an NFL head coach.
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I'll tell you right now what the strategy should be, regardless of who's under center:
First down: run the ball. Second down: run the ball. Third down: run the ball.
The Raiders pass defense impressed me against the Patriots, but their run defense is not so good. If we go out there and throw the ball 50 times, they WILL pick some off. They were getting great jumps on the ball vs New England and just couldn't hold on to the football.
roy_miami
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Clearly there was a miscommunication with the refs and he tried to call the timeout but refs missed it which is why he was still arguing about it when they came back from commercial. I'm kind glad it played out the way it did though because its highly likely we would have gotten zero points otherwise.
Instead of bitching about 2 or 3 seconds what about Daniel Thomas choosing to stay in bounds for an extra yard? Terrible awareness from a dumb player. And I appreciate the effort from Tannehill but a smart QB throws it away there, there is a reason you don't call a running play in that situation. Those two plays by the players cost us the opportunity at more points, not the coach. One is dumb, but you kind of expect him to be which might be why no other team even worked him out. And the other is supposed to be our very intelligent QB.
We most certainly need more balance and I for one am very surprised we haven't achieved that. I was convinced we would be more equal to the Eagles of last year (500 run/506 pass). The NFL isn't pass happy, it's pass friendly. We need at least a 40/60 (run/pass) split and I would like to see an even more balanced attack than that.
That! when half your pass attempts are either incompletions or sacks for losses, maybe you should run the ball more, just maybe! 1) Our runs are at about 5 yards a pop and most definitely gain at least some yardage on more than 50% of the plays. 2) doing this will eventually lead the opposing Ds to at least consider we might be running on the next play. wich could open up the passing game. who knows? its been considered before by many people youknow..,. run to set up the pass.... 3) You dont have to pass.... or catch a damn ball to execute a running play, which kind of fits with this team issues at the moment...
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You're absolutely right about the dumb decisions by Thomas and Tannehill, and they get their own blame. But the fact that Philbin's clock management has been horrific cannot be denied.
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I've never been a fan of that ground control, ground and pound, run the ball and hide your quarterback style of play. I think it only works if you have a top tier rushing attack and a top tier defense. We don't have either of those.
From what I've seen of the Raiders, this 'throw the ball 50 times and run it 15' nonsense is a one way ticket to an interim head coach. Heck, I don't even think that's a bad thing right now, but that's what it is. That Raiders secondary is aggressive and made some nice plays against Tom Brady.
But they can't stop the rushing attack I saw in week one or week three.
