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Positives
* DeVante Parker playing.
* Miami had 462 total yards to Tampa Bay's 234.
* 184 yards rushing with a 4.7 average.
* Matt Hazel was open all night as he pushes for a roster spot. He had 96 yards on 7 catches for 13.7 average.
* Jay Ajayi was impressive all night. He gained 66 yards on 9 carries and caught 2 passes for 37 yards. He ran hard and made defenders miss.
* Mike Gillislee with 2 rushing TD's. He finished with 69 yards rushing on 17 carries. Gillislee showed nice second effort on a 4th down carry to gain a first down to keep a drive alive.
* Run defense. Tampa was held to 75 yards on 28 carries for a 2.7 average.
* Great penetration from the DT's all night.
* Anthony Johnson was active with 4 TOT with all 4 being solo. He also had a sack and 1 TFL.
* Jordan Phillips was disruptive against the run and pass.
* Chris McCain. He had his best night of the preseason. 4 TOT...all solo. He had 1 TFL coupled with 1 PD.
* Walt Aikens and Chris McCain combining for a TFL.
* Aikens was very active around the LOS.
* Jeff Luc's hit. Luc also had 6 TOT with 4 solo.
* Will Davis' 2 interceptions.
* Matt Darr. What a night for the new punter. 3 punts dropped inside the 5 yard line. He netted 44.2 yards with a long of 65 yards.
* James Davidson blocked field goal.
* Christion Jones' 104 yard return that was negated by a penalty. Jones showed explosive speed in outrunning the Bucs coverage unit.
Negatives
* Minus 3 turnover differential.
* By my count, Tampa scored 17 points off of Miami turnovers and that is not counting the safety on a bad snap.
* Ugly interceptions thrown by both McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Josh Freeman...4 total. One of MBT's went back for a pick six as the Fins were approaching the end zone. Freeman airmailed one as Miami was close to scoring the go ahead TD. They were not even close with these throws.
* Sam Brenner's high snap that ended in a safety for Tampa.
* 86 yards on 11 penalties.
* Will Davis getting beaten in between his interceptions.
* LaMike James fumbling a punt leading to Bucs TD.
* The holding penalty on Michael Liedtke that negated Jones' kick return TD.
* A bad snap that I believed was from Tim Semisch that Darr had to punt out of desperation that netted very few yards.
* The officials were amateurish tonight. Jerome Boger mixed up teams all night. They killed a successful play with a whistle that was not supposed to be blown. Just terrible job by that crew.
* Game Pass using the Tampa's broadcast team. Nothing against the crew, but I was owed my home team's crew for two of the games and did not get that.
Overall Assessment
* We cannot overrate our assessments of players based on tonights game. We could be excited about what a player produced tonight, but it is the total body of work we must look at. Take Will Davis, I saw the same player from the previous few weeks. In my opinion, he is on the outside of the 53, albeit barely. However, those two interceptions should not all of sudden put him on the roster.
* Mike Glennon is not awful, but how did Miami lose to him as a rookie. Pathetic loss. I still blame Jon Martin for that loss, but that was a bad Bucs team playing that Monday Night.
* I am very interested on how the snaps are spread out among the WR's on opening day.
* Billy Turner looks like he has lost a lot of confidence. He played down to the level of competition tonight and was not very good at first take. The kid has talent and hopefully he stays positive because the team will need him sooner or later.
* Sam Brenner is going to be the back up Center, but he is physically weak and will not be capable holding up for a few weeks or more if Mike Pouncey gets injured.
* Matt Hazel needs a roster spot. With another year of development, he can help this receiving group next year.
* I am waiting to see how many DT's and the names of the players they keep. Very competitive position. Plus, Anthony Johnson left with an injury tonight. Interesting roster decisions to be made at DT.
* Not crazy how the staff handled the kicking situation the last few weeks. Andrew Franks got the lion's share of the kicks and kickoffs the last two weeks. Sturgis has barely been seen. Now, I suppose Franks could be the guy. However, is the team really going to roll with a rookie from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this season? However, with that said, what has Caleb Sturgis done to "win" the kicking job? Sturgis does not have the body of work to put on a ball cap and be entitled to a roster spot. I wanted to see Sturgis make some kicks. I am not sold on Strugis at all...never have been. Perhaps this team looks outside the organization. In the end, I think they give the job to Sturgis, but I feel he is far too inconsistent and did nothing to win the job verses Franks.
* Very interested on how Mike Tannenbaum sets his 53 (or 51 or 52 as he mentioned during the broadcast) this weekend. He even discussed the idea of trades. It is good to know that he understands that more improvements might be needed.
* Areas I would like to see the team look at this weekend on the waiver wire or free agency is OL depth, kicker, CB and Safety. Outside of OL depth, I am not demanding a move, but I would like to see if some talent at those other positions fall through the cracks.
* Props to all of you that stayed with preseason game #4 all the way through. Game ball for you all.
* The health situation going into Week 1 is pretty solid considering. The staff did a great job holding players back at times as well. Others rehabbed successfully and patiently to get back to a point where they could help very early this season....if not Week 1.
* I am very excited for the season ahead. There are a lot of areas to be positive about for this team. They have great direction from the front office and have as much talent as they have had in years. The coaching staff needs to come up big and if they do, Miami could very well be playing playoff football this January.
* DeVante Parker playing.
* Miami had 462 total yards to Tampa Bay's 234.
* 184 yards rushing with a 4.7 average.
* Matt Hazel was open all night as he pushes for a roster spot. He had 96 yards on 7 catches for 13.7 average.
* Jay Ajayi was impressive all night. He gained 66 yards on 9 carries and caught 2 passes for 37 yards. He ran hard and made defenders miss.
* Mike Gillislee with 2 rushing TD's. He finished with 69 yards rushing on 17 carries. Gillislee showed nice second effort on a 4th down carry to gain a first down to keep a drive alive.
* Run defense. Tampa was held to 75 yards on 28 carries for a 2.7 average.
* Great penetration from the DT's all night.
* Anthony Johnson was active with 4 TOT with all 4 being solo. He also had a sack and 1 TFL.
* Jordan Phillips was disruptive against the run and pass.
* Chris McCain. He had his best night of the preseason. 4 TOT...all solo. He had 1 TFL coupled with 1 PD.
* Walt Aikens and Chris McCain combining for a TFL.
* Aikens was very active around the LOS.
* Jeff Luc's hit. Luc also had 6 TOT with 4 solo.
* Will Davis' 2 interceptions.
* Matt Darr. What a night for the new punter. 3 punts dropped inside the 5 yard line. He netted 44.2 yards with a long of 65 yards.
* James Davidson blocked field goal.
* Christion Jones' 104 yard return that was negated by a penalty. Jones showed explosive speed in outrunning the Bucs coverage unit.
Negatives
* Minus 3 turnover differential.
* By my count, Tampa scored 17 points off of Miami turnovers and that is not counting the safety on a bad snap.
* Ugly interceptions thrown by both McLeod Bethel-Thompson and Josh Freeman...4 total. One of MBT's went back for a pick six as the Fins were approaching the end zone. Freeman airmailed one as Miami was close to scoring the go ahead TD. They were not even close with these throws.
* Sam Brenner's high snap that ended in a safety for Tampa.
* 86 yards on 11 penalties.
* Will Davis getting beaten in between his interceptions.
* LaMike James fumbling a punt leading to Bucs TD.
* The holding penalty on Michael Liedtke that negated Jones' kick return TD.
* A bad snap that I believed was from Tim Semisch that Darr had to punt out of desperation that netted very few yards.
* The officials were amateurish tonight. Jerome Boger mixed up teams all night. They killed a successful play with a whistle that was not supposed to be blown. Just terrible job by that crew.
* Game Pass using the Tampa's broadcast team. Nothing against the crew, but I was owed my home team's crew for two of the games and did not get that.
Overall Assessment
* We cannot overrate our assessments of players based on tonights game. We could be excited about what a player produced tonight, but it is the total body of work we must look at. Take Will Davis, I saw the same player from the previous few weeks. In my opinion, he is on the outside of the 53, albeit barely. However, those two interceptions should not all of sudden put him on the roster.
* Mike Glennon is not awful, but how did Miami lose to him as a rookie. Pathetic loss. I still blame Jon Martin for that loss, but that was a bad Bucs team playing that Monday Night.
* I am very interested on how the snaps are spread out among the WR's on opening day.
* Billy Turner looks like he has lost a lot of confidence. He played down to the level of competition tonight and was not very good at first take. The kid has talent and hopefully he stays positive because the team will need him sooner or later.
* Sam Brenner is going to be the back up Center, but he is physically weak and will not be capable holding up for a few weeks or more if Mike Pouncey gets injured.
* Matt Hazel needs a roster spot. With another year of development, he can help this receiving group next year.
* I am waiting to see how many DT's and the names of the players they keep. Very competitive position. Plus, Anthony Johnson left with an injury tonight. Interesting roster decisions to be made at DT.
* Not crazy how the staff handled the kicking situation the last few weeks. Andrew Franks got the lion's share of the kicks and kickoffs the last two weeks. Sturgis has barely been seen. Now, I suppose Franks could be the guy. However, is the team really going to roll with a rookie from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute this season? However, with that said, what has Caleb Sturgis done to "win" the kicking job? Sturgis does not have the body of work to put on a ball cap and be entitled to a roster spot. I wanted to see Sturgis make some kicks. I am not sold on Strugis at all...never have been. Perhaps this team looks outside the organization. In the end, I think they give the job to Sturgis, but I feel he is far too inconsistent and did nothing to win the job verses Franks.
* Very interested on how Mike Tannenbaum sets his 53 (or 51 or 52 as he mentioned during the broadcast) this weekend. He even discussed the idea of trades. It is good to know that he understands that more improvements might be needed.
* Areas I would like to see the team look at this weekend on the waiver wire or free agency is OL depth, kicker, CB and Safety. Outside of OL depth, I am not demanding a move, but I would like to see if some talent at those other positions fall through the cracks.
* Props to all of you that stayed with preseason game #4 all the way through. Game ball for you all.
* The health situation going into Week 1 is pretty solid considering. The staff did a great job holding players back at times as well. Others rehabbed successfully and patiently to get back to a point where they could help very early this season....if not Week 1.
* I am very excited for the season ahead. There are a lot of areas to be positive about for this team. They have great direction from the front office and have as much talent as they have had in years. The coaching staff needs to come up big and if they do, Miami could very well be playing playoff football this January.
