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Five of the worse conditions for an offense unit to grow.

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and the Dolphins are dealing with all of them.

All can be dealt with or minumized by the coaches be it Philbin or Sherman.They say it starts at the top.


1)A new left tackle and a new right tackle.

Although Martin played LT last season filling in for J.long he still didn't have a lot of experience playing LT,and Clabo at this point looks to be a good back up at best. Martin seems to be holding his own and youth is on his side.The Oline needed to be shaken up.

2)No running game

Two incomplete RB's,one can run better,the other can block better.As much as I like Lamar Miller and yes D.Thomas neither are being used enough to this point and used properly.They stay in to block so much,Ryan often ignores their wide open escapes from the back field.This is Sherman's fault IMO.Backs are underutilized.

3)A new Deep threat

Having Wallace aboard is great but until the line settles down the deep ball will struggle and the only answer I can come up with is why in some,not all Ryan is missing open receivers underneath the coverage and the backs roaming out of the back field.Ryan in some cases is trying too hard looking for that long ball when the underneath stuff is there.Every QB goes through it but Sherman and Philbin need to work more in practice on screens dump offs and pitch outs and control the negative long ball chatter with Ryan and let him take whats open.

4)Slow Head coaching / and Offensive coordinating

Philbin and Sherman need to coach a little more proactive rather than reactively .Waited a little too long to deal with Clabo problem or to shake up the oline.Seemed to be wishing it away.Sherman not coaching around our week points on our Oline.Sherman didn't help the situation as much or as quick as he should have

Sherman knows what he has as far as weapon goes, but isnt using the backs enough and is forcing the passing part of the west coast too heavily before the team is ready. Dont get me wrong I like about 75 percent of what Sherman calls, its that 25 percent that I hate worries me.Even if our Oline played better I still think some of what Sherman calls would be suspect and Philbin not keeping a close enough eye on how Sherman is using the offense.

5)A young QB who needs to learn.

The kid is never going to develop quick enough for some of you or get to the next level with out the help from the top. The coaches.
 
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3)A new Deep threat

Having Wallace aboard is great but until the line settles down the deep ball will struggle and the only answer I can come up with is why in some,not all Ryan is missing open receivers underneath the coverage and the backs roaming out of the back field.Ryan in some cases is trying too hard looking for that long ball when the underneath stuff is there.Every QB goes through it but Sherman and Philbin need to work more in practice on screens dump offs and pitch outs and control the negative long ball chatter with Ryan and let him take whats open.

Ireland drafts a promising young QB in the 1st round, and makes his transformation into the NFL even more difficult his rookie season by neglecting to supply him with play makers. Ireland gets those play makers his sophomore season, but neglects yet another thing. The offensive line. Ireland neglected the offensive line in the EXACT same manor he did to the receiver position the year prior. One situation solved, another arises (we all know the offensive line wasn't all-world last season, but it was no where near 2013 bad). He signs a premier deep threat receiver to an astronomical contract, only worthy of hall of fame caliber players such as Megatron and Fitzgerald. I am on board with the receivers he built around Tannehill (although the price tag on Wallace is just flat out ridiculous), but the man made another huge mistake in preparing for this season with the offensive line, just as he did last season with receivers.

The deep threat thing is great and all, but I agree Phindog, it is extremely marginalized with this offensive line. The biggest knock on the men in front of Tannehill is the lack of time they give our QB, he has no clean pocket to successfully progress through his reads in. What do we need for a consistent and efficient deep ball? An offensive line that is, well, the exact opposite of what we have right now. Mike Wallace (and his $60m contract) will not come to fruition with the protection Tannehill is getting. Yes, he has underthrown Wallace multiple times this season which could have gone for big gains, but the offensive line is the elephant in the room here. In order for the Mike Wallace "experiment" to work, we need better play from the offensive line...it's not all on the QB. Hell, even average play from them would suffice, but they are just so damn far away.
 
You forgot the most important one....

1) Bad QB play.
 
You forgot the most important one....

1) Bad QB play.

Never use emotion to read,you'll misread it more than not.

# 5 with "A young QB" and with 1-4 in the way # 5 is bound to be a problem in some shape or form.
 
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Ireland drafts a promising young QB in the 1st round, and makes his transformation into the NFL even more difficult his rookie season by neglecting to supply him with play makers. Ireland gets those play makers his sophomore season, but neglects yet another thing. The offensive line. Ireland neglected the offensive line in the EXACT same manor he did to the receiver position the year prior. One situation solved, another arises (we all know the offensive line wasn't all-world last season, but it was no where near 2013 bad). He signs a premier deep threat receiver to an astronomical contract, only worthy of hall of fame caliber players such as Megatron and Fitzgerald. I am on board with the receivers he built around Tannehill (although the price tag on Wallace is just flat out ridiculous), but the man made another huge mistake in preparing for this season with the offensive line, just as he did last season with receivers.

The deep threat thing is great and all, but I agree Phindog, it is extremely marginalized with this offensive line. The biggest knock on the men in front of Tannehill is the lack of time they give our QB, he has no clean pocket to successfully progress through his reads in. What do we need for a consistent and efficient deep ball? An offensive line that is, well, the exact opposite of what we have right now. Mike Wallace (and his $60m contract) will not come to fruition with the protection Tannehill is getting. Yes, he has underthrown Wallace multiple times this season which could have gone for big gains, but the offensive line is the elephant in the room here. In order for the Mike Wallace "experiment" to work, we need better play from the offensive line...it's not all on the QB. Hell, even average play from them would suffice, but they are just so damn far away.

Good points,but Sherman knowing the pocket is dirty needs to play around it a little.I still think a great offensive mind could over come some of our offensive lines flaws by play calling.
 
Really!

A bad left tackle is worse than a new left tackle.
A bad HC is better than a slow one
No deep threat is worse than a new deep threat
A bad QB is worse than a new QB

Correct, not much worse in the running department than no running game

But ya, Miami has areas for improvement
 
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