That and the defensive coordinators had a year of tape in the Texican system to find strengths and weakness' to exploit. That to me can not be overstated. DC's get paid a lot to figure these things out. Look at Tua. He went from the penthouse to theouthouse fairly rapidly, sure there were other issues, but DC's not having to defend the whole field was the 'tell' on Tua. I'm sure they did the same for Stroud. Look at the last playoff game for them.
Well with us, people figured out our oline sucks.. so slow down the game/ limit the field.. make him hold the ball. sure in part to him not being very mobile, but most of the issue was they exploited the oline.. and this has happened to many teams, and a statement to how you cannot cheap out on oline.
Absence of evidence isn't evidence of absence.
Well he didn't like the execution of the plays he called.
I hope the opposite--that Miami learns how to use 1A QBs somewhat interchangeably (and at far less than QB1 prices) with a superior team around them. That strikes me as far more attainable and sustainable.
I don't know enough about what Ingold does to deem him dispensable. Do feel like other players should get a chance to try out as part time FBs. Thinking Julian Hill and Ken Grant.
Not at that price, he should rarely get off the field. I like the guy a lot he is a team captain, but I'm cutting him and running 22 and 12 personnel with Ollie Gordan instead. At least we'd also have a receiving threat as well out of the position and have a fb that can go in motion like kyle juszczyk does for the 49ners a lot.
It's a lot harder to field a superior roster when the QB is eating a quarter of the cap. You can have a great QB on a rookie deal (but bear in mind it could take multiple first round picks to acquire one) or an adequate QB at the going rate (and use the draft capital to stock rookie deal guys at other positions) and still be able to retain quality depth across the rest of the roster. But once you have a QB on a tier 1 contract you are cooked trying to keep the rest of a good roster together.
The Pro Bowl is just a popularity contest with teenagers doing the voting.
He was there 3 years which is quite a long tenure for an OC. After 2 years they either get a HC job somewhere or they are moved on. Expect similar situation to happen here. Bottom line, don't get too attached to you coordinators.
