DefensiveEnd76
Football Guru
We have way too much dink and dunk crap. Hence the low yards per catch average (Landry 6.6 yards per catch for example)
No - we made little attempt to stretch the field. Very disappointed even more since I was in attendance at FedEX. Really felt a couple deep balls would have been a good idea to get RT on track. Also seemed like coverage should have been tested. I think our wideouts could have beat the skins deep from what I saw.
Oh darn...our longest play was more than one quarter of the entire firewood l field...I didn't see the game, just the highlights. It looks like our longest play was the 27 yd pass to Jordan Cameron.
I'm just wondering if we attempted any deep ball throws (30+ yds) to our WRs, esp Kenny Stills. TIA.
We have no real WRs that can stretch the field. Stills is the only one that comes even close, but he's not starting. Got beat out by Matthews, a 4.6 WR.
This is going to be a problem going forward. As well as the LB play, run D (Mitchell, Wake and OV will always be liabilities in run D -- add in horrible LB play and inability to cover quick hitting passes, and wow -- sad.), and CB play. Two picks, but low-level play throughout, and Taylor isn't an NFL shutdown corner and never will be.
Safety is also a huge issue. Jones is the only real safety out there. Aikens a liability. Missing Delmas already.
I'm glad for the win, but I see huge problems going forward. TE, with Sims out -- big issue.
Add in the complete inability to have physicality in the run game with poor run blocking -- wow. Miami is soft, yet again, in the run game. Other teams have backs that bounce off tackles and drag people for yards downfield -- which happened over and over again to Miami LBs and DBs this game. But Miami has soft backs that go down with first tackle most of the time. Huge problem. The best teams can impose their will in the run game when needed. Miami has ZERO backs to do this, and never the blocking, either -- at least not in the last how many years?
LD
Okay for anyone that watched the game, their time of possession and running game put our defense of the field a long time. We had a 3 and out the first possession. A lot of our play calling was dictated by trying to sustain drives and give the D some much needed rest. Tanne did miss 2 passes. The one to Sims was pretty freaking bad as he was wide open and he didn't need to float the ball like he did. The one to Stills should have been better but Stills should have also given him a little more room on the boundary. Tanne was running right and his throw sailed just right. It was not nearly as off as the Sims pass. On the flip side, Tanne made the plays he needed to make to win the game at the end. After watching some supposed elite QBs this week miss much easier and many more throws than Tanne did today, I am not overly concerned. I hope Sims is okay though!
He does?
We have no real WRs that can stretch the field. Stills is the only one that comes even close, but he's not starting. Got beat out by Matthews, a 4.6 WR.
This is going to be a problem going forward. As well as the LB play, run D (Mitchell, Wake and OV will always be liabilities in run D -- add in horrible LB play and inability to cover quick hitting passes, and wow -- sad.), and CB play. Two picks, but low-level play throughout, and Taylor isn't an NFL shutdown corner and never will be.
Safety is also a huge issue. Jones is the only real safety out there. Aikens a liability. Missing Delmas already.
I'm glad for the win, but I see huge problems going forward. TE, with Sims out -- big issue.
Add in the complete inability to have physicality in the run game with poor run blocking -- wow. Miami is soft, yet again, in the run game. Other teams have backs that bounce off tackles and drag people for yards downfield -- which happened over and over again to Miami LBs and DBs this game. But Miami has soft backs that go down with first tackle most of the time. Huge problem. The best teams can impose their will in the run game when needed. Miami has ZERO backs to do this, and never the blocking, either -- at least not in the last how many years?
LD
you guys whine more than children, Washington had a team out there also, you all want them to throw deep to satisfy what? there is no rule about a team has to throw deep, just win the game, and to think some of you pros have been on this site for years. THE ONLY THING THAT MATTER IS DID THEY WIN THE GAME WITH THE GAME PLAN THEY INSTALLED, and the answer is "YES".