clownfish
Club Member
Okay guys. This is my 1000th post, so I'm gonna try to make it halfway decent. Thanks to all the Finheaven members who have been cool to me over the years. This board is the absolute BEST for Dolphins fans to get up-to-the-minute news and to have great discussions about our team. Also, thanks to all the mods for always working hard to make this a better place to post, even though I get infractions almost monthly, sometimes for inane or petty reasons.
Anyway, after watching the final 2 games before the Super Bowl, I noticed some plays being called by all the teams throughout the playoffs, but not being called by us really ever.
First of all, we run a ton of WR bubble screens and those do well sometimes. But, I noticed a couple of teams pump-fake the bubble screen to one sideline and toss it to the other sideline or hand it off in a draw. It seemed to work very well every time, as some of the defensive players would always sell out to stop that screen, leaving the middle of the defense and moreso the opposite side of the defense much more open. Heck, I even remember Brees completing one of these screens to the opposite side, then follow it up a few plays later with a double-pump-fake, one to each sideline, then a completed bomb down the middle (may have even been a TD....don't remember).
Also, once we establish a decent passing game, and I feel Henne showed us that he can make that happen, do you think that we will use the draw play a little more? If called at the right time, the draw can lead to a big run. It can also open the playcalling up to fake draws (is that still considered play-action?) and therefore some big pass plays.
Anyway, my question to you guys is, since we have retained our offensive coordinator (ugh), what kind of plays would you like to see Henning add to our game plans next year? Besides what I described above, I really think we should add more HB screens. Ronnie excels in that area, but it seemed we rarely did it (except the notorious call for Polite to take one of those....disaster).
I lied. I have another question. Is the pump fake something that is called sometimes (besides in the scenarios described above where it is an integral part of the play) or is that all on the QB to decide when to do it? Like when Dirty Sanchez threw that pass to a wide open Edwards yesterday. Did he make the decision to pump-fake or did Schottenheimer call it as part of the play? I noticed Henne did not use the pump-fake much last year and I'm wondering if that is on him or Henning. I'm hoping Henne and David Lee will work on the pump-fake this offseason, along with the touch pass.
One last bonus question. How many times did I type "pump-fake" in this post?
Anyway, after watching the final 2 games before the Super Bowl, I noticed some plays being called by all the teams throughout the playoffs, but not being called by us really ever.
First of all, we run a ton of WR bubble screens and those do well sometimes. But, I noticed a couple of teams pump-fake the bubble screen to one sideline and toss it to the other sideline or hand it off in a draw. It seemed to work very well every time, as some of the defensive players would always sell out to stop that screen, leaving the middle of the defense and moreso the opposite side of the defense much more open. Heck, I even remember Brees completing one of these screens to the opposite side, then follow it up a few plays later with a double-pump-fake, one to each sideline, then a completed bomb down the middle (may have even been a TD....don't remember).
Also, once we establish a decent passing game, and I feel Henne showed us that he can make that happen, do you think that we will use the draw play a little more? If called at the right time, the draw can lead to a big run. It can also open the playcalling up to fake draws (is that still considered play-action?) and therefore some big pass plays.
Anyway, my question to you guys is, since we have retained our offensive coordinator (ugh), what kind of plays would you like to see Henning add to our game plans next year? Besides what I described above, I really think we should add more HB screens. Ronnie excels in that area, but it seemed we rarely did it (except the notorious call for Polite to take one of those....disaster).
I lied. I have another question. Is the pump fake something that is called sometimes (besides in the scenarios described above where it is an integral part of the play) or is that all on the QB to decide when to do it? Like when Dirty Sanchez threw that pass to a wide open Edwards yesterday. Did he make the decision to pump-fake or did Schottenheimer call it as part of the play? I noticed Henne did not use the pump-fake much last year and I'm wondering if that is on him or Henning. I'm hoping Henne and David Lee will work on the pump-fake this offseason, along with the touch pass.
One last bonus question. How many times did I type "pump-fake" in this post?
