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well that sucked...let's get to it
there was 2 concerns i had about this game going in...how we would handle kyle williams on the interior and the mike lb play with trusnick in there...well we failed with both
kyle williams killed our offense pretty much in the first half...i don't know who decided it was a good idea to leave williams one on one with shelley smith and have satele help with dareus instead but i know damn well we payed for it...first pass play of the game williams walks shelley smith right back into the qb as if on skates...later smith does what he does a plenty oversets and gets smoked two times clean to the qb...kyle williams killed our offense in the first half...we insert dallas thomas in the lineup he struggles with williams also in the 2nd half picks up a false start penalty has the qb moving off the spot you name it...this team needs a right guard cause we got a murderers row of interior dts in this division to face 2 times this year...sure wish billy turner was ready
mike lb play just awful...trusnick late all over the place no ability to move laterally gets no depth in zone drop it's embarrassing that's the best depth option this team has at mike...can anyone shoot a gap when clean at mike and make a tackle for loss??? this is a season long problem misi would have helped with some things for sure but he would also have issues in space all the same...awful mike lb play though...it's a MASSIVE weakness...
special teams just terrible...from a blocked punt to the decision to kick to spiller in the first place darren rizzi hide your head in shame...your kicker can barely get the ball in the endzone we've all heard of out kicking your coverage well sturgis underkicked his coverage on the td kick return...should have never kicked the damn ball to spiller in the first place...should have been making one of the up backs fair catch the damn thing all game long at like the 15...especially when your kicker despite the new rules can't kick the damn ball deep...even the punter was kicking the damn thing off the side of his foot all game long...add in a muffed punt off the face mask of landry and we got ourselves a disaster of a showing...
bill lazor what no damn tempo all game long??? i mean you practice all camp pumping in music to simulate road conditions etc and want to play fast and then we don't go fast at all the entire game...
every time we tried to work down the field off pa i saw some clean lb coming right up the middle unimpeded...it was as if they knew what we were calling they were messing up things for us so much off pa
nothing like satele giving away the snap with that men in black half head turn on every play...nah that sure can't be something for the d to key on...that's the answer to playing on the road in loud conditions??? who needed to practice with loud music pumping in when you got that reverse bobblehead action...
offensive tackle play yet again stellar in pass pro...thank god we got those two bookends...james just continues to ace tests in pass pro...outstanding awareness and recovery skills
thought the line communication was lacking especially on the interior...the bills couldn't get home on the edge so they started looping guys to the inside and our guys on the interior did not pick it up well and communicate...
ryan tannehill once again it comes down to execution and this is now 2 weeks that i found the qb subpar in that department...got a perfectly drawn up post route to the middle of the field after clay influenced the safety and wallace has won to the inside of the db down the middle just throw the ball out in front and to the center of the field and it's 6 points...instead he throws the damn ball too far to the outside and underthrown and wallace has to AGAIN slow down for the ball and try to play a game he's not gonna win and go up and fight for a jump ball...awful throw...no way around it...took points off the board
later we call a nice outside inside route with gibson who runs it perfectly 3rd down and 8 i think it was fires the ball over his head wide open after stepping into the throw no less that just can't happen...takes a potential td drive and turns it into a fg one and the first points of the game...poor execution by the qb on a well drawn up play call and we got what we wanted coverage wise...
still later 3rd and 4 i think he's got lamar miller in the flat for a easy catch and conversion flaring to the outside he never sets his feet pretty much executes his footwork like it's a damn screen and a jailbreak rush no less back pedaling the entire way throws the ball high and outside...sorry but that's garbage...what the heck happened to lazor cleaning up the footwork and as a result accuracy getting better we heard all offseason??? i wonder if this throw to a spot stuff has effected his game cause i swear i didn't see him miss like he's missed on easy stuff the last 2 years at this rate...
thats not to say he at times didnt get help from his teammates...charles clay drops a nicely designed play ball where he has rac opportunities...brian hartline after the game was over pretty much drops the best deep ball tannehill has probably ever thrown right thru his arms...
and lamar miller absolutely butchers a perfect call vs the perfect defense on 3rd down on a little under route down the seam where had he caught it he'd still be damn running...that was another 6 points taken off the board...although for some damn reason millers going to ground on the play i hope that was more about trying to catch it when it was dropping thru his legs more than it was about him going to ground to make the catch...cause that was bs if it was...he should have caught that puppy turned on that rediculous quick acceleration and scored...period...he had already beaten the angle of the outside corner trying to close to the inside and there was nothing but green grass and pay dirt in front of him...3rd down back that doesnt catch the ball...just lovely
qb held the ball too long on the 3rd sack only one i thought was on him...hughes on the edge loops to the inside ball must come out by then...on the qb...
nothing like playing scared at the end of the first half 2:20 left 3 time outs no two minute offense we sit on the ball and are content to go in down 9 nothing when we could have gotten in 2 minute tried to score and got the 2nd half kick for a 2 consecutive possessions...poor clock management we played scared...period
miamis got dion sims running routes down the field like he's a legit pass receiving mismatch option...uhhh bill if that's what you want from your primary in line tight end in this offense you might want to make getting a more dynamic one a priority this offseason...cause right now it's pretty much wasting downs...and i like dion sims that's
just not what he is...he works the underneath and can sit in zones but the further down the field he goes the less interesting he becomes...
knowshon moreno looked like dislocated elbow...sure hope we get him back soon...that was a big deal early in the game...damien williams showed some nice feet for his size some run thru contact and some decent vision...sees things better than lamar miller that's for sure
on defense i gave jelani jenkins another solid effort grade...thought he showed pretty well...probably the best looking lb this teams had thru 2 games...louis delmas i also gave high marks filled nicely rallied to the ball solid in coverage although he did get caught flat footed on a ej manuel missed td that was wide open...although it looked like that may have been a blown coverage...jimmy wilson seemed to think it was...
manuel tried to give us the ball on back to back plays but we just didnt make the plays...the first a poorly placed ball that grimes was gonna snag and maybe score but he got pulled down by the wr...imo should have been offensive pi...the second on a stare down vs 2 deep zone where because he stared at it will davis never sat down and just tracked his eyes the ball for a tipped ball and almost pick...outstanding ball awareness with will davis...probably his best trait...he gets his head around and finds the football...
brent grimes with an awesome get a hand in there while going to ground for a pass break up to watkins deep where the ball was placed perfectly...
offense finally scores a td and picks up some momentum defense reverts to 2013 form and immediately gives up a td drive...you can set your watch to that from our defense when we score it seems
going forward let's pick up the tempo on offense trust these offensive tackles one on one to handle guys (cause they've earned it) and help on the interior difference makers and this offense can score some points...this teams issues right now are interior oline right guard primarily and mike lb...neither may be fixable but lets work to hide them as much as we can...this team needs misi back bad
still i'm pretty confident this team can get to the bye week at 3-1 off what i see...both the next 2 opponents lack interior wrecking balls and i trust the tackles to handle their edge guys...poe is a damn good player for kc but he's not the upfield disruptor that the bills and jets have
qb needs to step up pass receivers need to catch the damn ball and make plays for their qb...bring in alex smith and that wrecked oline of theirs and hope like heck jamaal charles doesn't play and expose our mike lb all over the place in space
there was 2 concerns i had about this game going in...how we would handle kyle williams on the interior and the mike lb play with trusnick in there...well we failed with both
kyle williams killed our offense pretty much in the first half...i don't know who decided it was a good idea to leave williams one on one with shelley smith and have satele help with dareus instead but i know damn well we payed for it...first pass play of the game williams walks shelley smith right back into the qb as if on skates...later smith does what he does a plenty oversets and gets smoked two times clean to the qb...kyle williams killed our offense in the first half...we insert dallas thomas in the lineup he struggles with williams also in the 2nd half picks up a false start penalty has the qb moving off the spot you name it...this team needs a right guard cause we got a murderers row of interior dts in this division to face 2 times this year...sure wish billy turner was ready
mike lb play just awful...trusnick late all over the place no ability to move laterally gets no depth in zone drop it's embarrassing that's the best depth option this team has at mike...can anyone shoot a gap when clean at mike and make a tackle for loss??? this is a season long problem misi would have helped with some things for sure but he would also have issues in space all the same...awful mike lb play though...it's a MASSIVE weakness...
special teams just terrible...from a blocked punt to the decision to kick to spiller in the first place darren rizzi hide your head in shame...your kicker can barely get the ball in the endzone we've all heard of out kicking your coverage well sturgis underkicked his coverage on the td kick return...should have never kicked the damn ball to spiller in the first place...should have been making one of the up backs fair catch the damn thing all game long at like the 15...especially when your kicker despite the new rules can't kick the damn ball deep...even the punter was kicking the damn thing off the side of his foot all game long...add in a muffed punt off the face mask of landry and we got ourselves a disaster of a showing...
bill lazor what no damn tempo all game long??? i mean you practice all camp pumping in music to simulate road conditions etc and want to play fast and then we don't go fast at all the entire game...
every time we tried to work down the field off pa i saw some clean lb coming right up the middle unimpeded...it was as if they knew what we were calling they were messing up things for us so much off pa
nothing like satele giving away the snap with that men in black half head turn on every play...nah that sure can't be something for the d to key on...that's the answer to playing on the road in loud conditions??? who needed to practice with loud music pumping in when you got that reverse bobblehead action...
offensive tackle play yet again stellar in pass pro...thank god we got those two bookends...james just continues to ace tests in pass pro...outstanding awareness and recovery skills
thought the line communication was lacking especially on the interior...the bills couldn't get home on the edge so they started looping guys to the inside and our guys on the interior did not pick it up well and communicate...
ryan tannehill once again it comes down to execution and this is now 2 weeks that i found the qb subpar in that department...got a perfectly drawn up post route to the middle of the field after clay influenced the safety and wallace has won to the inside of the db down the middle just throw the ball out in front and to the center of the field and it's 6 points...instead he throws the damn ball too far to the outside and underthrown and wallace has to AGAIN slow down for the ball and try to play a game he's not gonna win and go up and fight for a jump ball...awful throw...no way around it...took points off the board
later we call a nice outside inside route with gibson who runs it perfectly 3rd down and 8 i think it was fires the ball over his head wide open after stepping into the throw no less that just can't happen...takes a potential td drive and turns it into a fg one and the first points of the game...poor execution by the qb on a well drawn up play call and we got what we wanted coverage wise...
still later 3rd and 4 i think he's got lamar miller in the flat for a easy catch and conversion flaring to the outside he never sets his feet pretty much executes his footwork like it's a damn screen and a jailbreak rush no less back pedaling the entire way throws the ball high and outside...sorry but that's garbage...what the heck happened to lazor cleaning up the footwork and as a result accuracy getting better we heard all offseason??? i wonder if this throw to a spot stuff has effected his game cause i swear i didn't see him miss like he's missed on easy stuff the last 2 years at this rate...
thats not to say he at times didnt get help from his teammates...charles clay drops a nicely designed play ball where he has rac opportunities...brian hartline after the game was over pretty much drops the best deep ball tannehill has probably ever thrown right thru his arms...
and lamar miller absolutely butchers a perfect call vs the perfect defense on 3rd down on a little under route down the seam where had he caught it he'd still be damn running...that was another 6 points taken off the board...although for some damn reason millers going to ground on the play i hope that was more about trying to catch it when it was dropping thru his legs more than it was about him going to ground to make the catch...cause that was bs if it was...he should have caught that puppy turned on that rediculous quick acceleration and scored...period...he had already beaten the angle of the outside corner trying to close to the inside and there was nothing but green grass and pay dirt in front of him...3rd down back that doesnt catch the ball...just lovely
qb held the ball too long on the 3rd sack only one i thought was on him...hughes on the edge loops to the inside ball must come out by then...on the qb...
nothing like playing scared at the end of the first half 2:20 left 3 time outs no two minute offense we sit on the ball and are content to go in down 9 nothing when we could have gotten in 2 minute tried to score and got the 2nd half kick for a 2 consecutive possessions...poor clock management we played scared...period
miamis got dion sims running routes down the field like he's a legit pass receiving mismatch option...uhhh bill if that's what you want from your primary in line tight end in this offense you might want to make getting a more dynamic one a priority this offseason...cause right now it's pretty much wasting downs...and i like dion sims that's
just not what he is...he works the underneath and can sit in zones but the further down the field he goes the less interesting he becomes...
knowshon moreno looked like dislocated elbow...sure hope we get him back soon...that was a big deal early in the game...damien williams showed some nice feet for his size some run thru contact and some decent vision...sees things better than lamar miller that's for sure
on defense i gave jelani jenkins another solid effort grade...thought he showed pretty well...probably the best looking lb this teams had thru 2 games...louis delmas i also gave high marks filled nicely rallied to the ball solid in coverage although he did get caught flat footed on a ej manuel missed td that was wide open...although it looked like that may have been a blown coverage...jimmy wilson seemed to think it was...
manuel tried to give us the ball on back to back plays but we just didnt make the plays...the first a poorly placed ball that grimes was gonna snag and maybe score but he got pulled down by the wr...imo should have been offensive pi...the second on a stare down vs 2 deep zone where because he stared at it will davis never sat down and just tracked his eyes the ball for a tipped ball and almost pick...outstanding ball awareness with will davis...probably his best trait...he gets his head around and finds the football...
brent grimes with an awesome get a hand in there while going to ground for a pass break up to watkins deep where the ball was placed perfectly...
offense finally scores a td and picks up some momentum defense reverts to 2013 form and immediately gives up a td drive...you can set your watch to that from our defense when we score it seems
going forward let's pick up the tempo on offense trust these offensive tackles one on one to handle guys (cause they've earned it) and help on the interior difference makers and this offense can score some points...this teams issues right now are interior oline right guard primarily and mike lb...neither may be fixable but lets work to hide them as much as we can...this team needs misi back bad
still i'm pretty confident this team can get to the bye week at 3-1 off what i see...both the next 2 opponents lack interior wrecking balls and i trust the tackles to handle their edge guys...poe is a damn good player for kc but he's not the upfield disruptor that the bills and jets have
qb needs to step up pass receivers need to catch the damn ball and make plays for their qb...bring in alex smith and that wrecked oline of theirs and hope like heck jamaal charles doesn't play and expose our mike lb all over the place in space
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