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Did Miami Under or Over Perform Last Season?

This is a great question actually. I think the over achieved in some games and got some huge wins…other times they played down to the competition and came out like garbage.

I still wonder if the Martin Saga helped bring the team together and the last few weeks of the year when there was talk that nothing would come of the Wells Report, the team let down.

Bottom line, is this staff needs to win more games than it loses or they should clean house.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
I thought that given our schedule , the fact that the Patriots were playing a JV squad all year, and the fact that we got the Geno Smith Jets / EJ Manuel Bills twice -- and went 2-4 in those games -- we definitely underperformed. That said, I don't think we will do better this year. The OL still looks like a hot mess to me, I'm not sure where our running game is going to come from, our kicker stinks, and our run defense really concerns me.
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I don't understand this thinking. The team should be much better just from the growth in Tannehill and the addition of Lazor alone, without even mentioning the fact that we should get major contributions from the last 2 draft classes. The o-line may not be great but I don't see how you can expect it to be worse. The line got better with McKinnie, it would have been a lot better still had McKinnie been signed in the offseason and had time to get acclimated to our system. The fact that Albert is >>>> McKinnie and has the entire offseason to train in our system is huge.

Anyway, back to my point:

I'm capable of shooting even par in golf if everything goes perfectly but my handicap is 12, so what should my expectation be? If I'm even par with 2 holes left and end up 4 over (this actually happened) did I perform below expectations?

If the team is better, and it should be if you really believe in Tannehill, then your expectations should go up, not down. Am I the one looking at this the wrong way? :idk:
 
I'd say right about where we were supposed to be talent-wise, so neither under or overachieving.
 
The problem is Dolphin fans have zero short term memory.

This time last year:

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6"

(Keller goes down for the season)

"OMG!! Gutted, GUTTED I tell you. HUGE blow to the offense! Season might be over..."

(A few days later)

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6."

 
We sucked. The team had no continuity. One area that would work one week would be completely useless the next. Zero consistency. Brought it against some teams and laid eggs against teams that should have been beaten. Some individual players stepped up but I'd be hard pressed to say that any one position group was really a strong point for the entire season.

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roy_miami said:
The problem is Dolphin fans have zero short term memory.

This time last year:

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6"

(Keller goes down for the season)

"OMG!! Gutted, GUTTED I tell you. HUGE blow to the offense! Season might be over..."

(A few days later)

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6."

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Oh my goodness thank you. Knee jerk reactions everywhere. A player could have a good play and it'd be "this is why we should get this guy more time!" and when they'd make a bad play it'd be "why does this guy even see the field? release him!"

You guys need to chill :lol:
 
Well, since I called 8-8...I would say they performed exactly as expected.
 
roy_miami said:
The problem is Dolphin fans have zero short term memory.

This time last year:

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6"

(Keller goes down for the season)

"OMG!! Gutted, GUTTED I tell you. HUGE blow to the offense! Season might be over..."

(A few days later)

"Welp, no reason we can't go 10-6."

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I feel compelled to point out, for whatever reason, that I predicted 8-8 and 9-7 the last couple of years. In 2012 I was considered to be wildly optimistic, and the team fell one win short of my prediction. In 2013 I was considered by some here to be a complete pessimist, and the team fell one win short of my prediction.

:idk:

I'm sticking with 8-8 again this year.

They're going to have to prove that they can pass block, run block, and stop the run. I'm a Tannehill backer. I watched the cutups of all the sacks and pressures with the timer synced to the snap, and I saw just how brutal the pass protection was. I expect it to be better.

But expectations don't count for a hill of beans. These guys have to prove it.
 
roy_miami said:
I don't understand this thinking. The team should be much better just from the growth in Tannehill and the addition of Lazor alone, without even mentioning the fact that we should get major contributions from the last 2 draft classes. The o-line may not be great but I don't see how you can expect it to be worse. The line got better with McKinnie, it would have been a lot better still had McKinnie been signed in the offseason and had time to get acclimated to our system. The fact that Albert is >>>> McKinnie and has the entire offseason to train in our system is huge.

Anyway, back to my point:

I'm capable of shooting even par in golf if everything goes perfectly but my handicap is 12, so what should my expectation be? If I'm even par with 2 holes left and end up 4 over (this actually happened) did I perform below expectations?

If the team is better, and it should be if you really believe in Tannehill, then your expectations should go up, not down. Am I the one looking at this the wrong way? :idk:
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Had to be painful.

I was roughly a 20 capper, ended a round with a birdie on 14, ace 15, birdie 16, par 17, birdie 18 to finish 5 over par...I guess that's part of the reason I'm always optimistic...you NEVER know.

This is why I currently see 10-6 this year and a wildcard. HOWEVER...I fully realize the O line could dump hard, and the run game right along with it, so I'm reserving until camp/pre-season.
 
with our talent we underperformed.

Especially our last few games where we barely performed at all!

Our staff has a lot to learn from last season, I hope Philbin and company can put our players in roles where they will succeed.

100%
 
a lot of people are basing their answer off the last 2 games. bottom line is vegas had us at 6.5, we finished above that with huge distractions. ABOVE is the answer
 
Neither, they just imploded, Tannehill have to play like a professional not like in college, change is in the air if he can't make plays from his position.
 
roeky said:
a lot of people are basing their answer off the last 2 games. bottom line is vegas had us at 6.5, we finished above that with huge distractions. ABOVE is the answer
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And many of those people refuse to realize Tannehill was injured in those 2 games (injured against Buffalo, wasn't healed against the Jets). Most of the ones that realize it call it an "excuse."
 
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