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MIAMI AT OAKLAND
23-31 278 yards 2 tds 1 int 9 ypa 109.3 qb rating 0 sacks…what does the tape say???
1[SUP]ST[/SUP] QUARTER
9:31 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score mia 30 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back gibson motions from the bottom of the formation behind the rb and qb for a swing pass placed front shoulder to the top side with 2 wrs blocking out in front 9 yard gain…all play call +1
8:23 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 40 yard line shotgun 3 wide clay in line off right tackle single back fakes the inside hand off back picks up the free inside blitzer in the b gap pre snap tannehill wants clay releasing off the line for a depth crossing route but the blitzer goes over miller and forces tannehill off the spot before clay gets the proper depth on the crosser as in still early in his stem and tannehill is flushed out to his right by the inside immediate pressure and throws the ball away while taking contact in his legs past the sticks out of the pocket…inside pressure on the blitz pick up forces the qb out of the pocket +1
8:16 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 40 yard line 4 wide 2 stacked to each side of the formation single back shotgun takes the snap fakes the read option inside hand off to the back correctly when the edge player crashes down inside following the back sees that the defense only has one defender near the los on that side despite 2 wrs and in a one on with the db now closing to stop the qb keep presses the los and throws the wr screen outside to landry who makes nice space reads with the ball in his hands and gains 15 yards…nice read of the fact that the defense only had one defender to handle the 2 wrs and the qb once he broke the tackle box and the edge rusher crashed down inside +1
7:15 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 25 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back takes the snap miller releases to the flat but slips and gets off balance on his way qb waits on him to right himself then hits him in space vs an inside the box lb who has to come from the middle of the field out to cover it but the rb slip means the timing is off coming out and results in a 2 yard only gain +1
6:35 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 8 0-7 score oak 23 yard line shotgun 3 wide gibson motions across the formation bottom to top into a stacked top side wr look…drop out safety to that side qb reads it right but hartline is working a short field wide corner route away from said safety and the ball comes out just slightly later than it should and as a result it is a leaping catch high and when he comes down he is out of bounds…ball needs to come out prior to that out cut in that short a field if it does it’s a conversion past the sticks…tannehill patted the ball once after finishing his drop and it was the difference in the timing on the play -1
3:03 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 3-7 score mia 9 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back fake the inside hand off sets up square to the target and hits landry on a clean release quick slant into the middle of the field leads him on the throw for rac 18 yard gain +1
1:57 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 9 3-7 score mia 28 yard line shotgun4 wr single back the back motions into the boundary making a 5 wr empty set look…man to man single high deep safety shaded to the top side hartline on the bottom side works a vertical down the numbers…tannehill holds the shaded safety with his head and eyes before coming to hartline and drops a dime over the inside shoulder down the numbers to hartline for a 34 yard gain…textbook +1
:44 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 6 3-7 score oak 33 yard line under center 3 wide single back landry motions across the formation fakes the inside hand off fakes to the motion behind the qb landry…takes a deep drop has landry on the swing and 2 wrs working down the field doesn’t like either of the 2 wr options goes to the rb who releases to the flat for a 1 yard gain…good decision not to hold the ball and wait he stepped forward didn’t like it and immediately went to the rb in the flat…something he didn’t do vs kc the game prior +1
:06 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 5 3-7 score oak 32 yard line shotgun single back 4 wide trips top side clay motions across the formation top to bottom db follows indicating man…oakland playing man under 2 deep coverage…wallace from a tight bottom side set works a depth out route where he presses the numbers and sells the vertical and works away from the safety to the bottom side and to the boundary…ball is placed spot on and timed spot on while taking heavy contact to wallace for the conversion and a 16 yard gain…stepped forward and stood in nicely despite knowing he was going to take a shot and stepped thru on the throw and a nice route from mike wallace +1
2[SUP]ND[/SUP] QUARTER
15:00 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 3-7 score oak 16 yard line RZ shotgun single back 3 wide trips bottom side from the short hash throws a out front placed wr screen to landry from the slot where he gets no blocking from hartline and as a result goes for 2 yards…all play call +1
14:24 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 8 3-7 score oak 14 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked top side fakes the inside hand off hits wallace on the top side wr screen just gets the ball over a clean release edge rusher in the air on the play wallace scores on a nice play by the wr to put the ball over the goalline TD +1
12:50 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 5 10-7 score mia 42 yard line under center single back 3 wr clay just off the left tackle in line 3 point stance play action fakes the hand off to the back finishes his 7 step drop and hits clay vs zone on a depth stop route he works back to the ball on between the numbers for a 15 yard gain +1
10:24 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 9 10-7 score oak 17 yard line RZ shotgun 3 wide single back vs zone hits hartline on a shallow crosser for a 4 yard gain +1
9:42 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 5 10-7 score oak 13 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide rb motions from the backfield to the boundary safety follows indicating man…the motion makes it 5 wide and empty pre snap...hits hartline at the sticks working a release outside redirect inside slant route for a 5 yard gain leaving it 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and inches on a unfavorable spot +1
5:56 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score mia 10 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back clay in line off left tackle fakes the inside hand off hits clay working a depth crosser in the hole in zone between defenders for a 17 yard gain +1
5:10 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 2 17-7 score mia 35 yard line shotgun 2 wide sees the top side 8 yards off coverage on hartline pre snap and takes the 5 yard stop route...hartline does a nice job of coming back to the ball on it resulting in a missed tackle and some rac for a 13 yard gain +1
4:35 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score mia 48 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked to the bottom side wr screen to gibson who reads his blocking well and gains 18 yards +1
4:05 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score oak 35 yard line undercenter 2 wide 2 tight ends single back play action to the rb rolls out to the far hash steps forward doesn’t like it pump fakes and runs for a 5 yard gain…decisive took what was given to him…kind of thing we didn’t see vs kc +1
3:10 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 2 17-7 score oak 27 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back sees the 10 yards off coverage top side to hartline pre snap... quick snaps it and fires to hartline for the easy 4 yard gain and conversion…nice play there to recognize it and to get the ball out before the defense is ready or could adjust if they were going to make an adjustment +1
2:00 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 5 17-7 score 18 yard line shotgun single back 2 wide 2 tight ends both tight ends top side in line off right tackle…wallace motions from the bottom side boundary to inside the slot making it a very tight formation and giving away man to man vs a single high deep slightly shaded to the top side safety…qb takes the snap fakes the wide pitch to the back bottom side and turns and rolls back top side and on the move hits dion sims over the shoulder in the end zone for the TD…the single deep safety influenced by the pitch fake to the opposite side gets influenced away from the ball side and the qb drops a dime to sims working a vertical corner route for 6…beautiful TD +1
3[SUP]RD[/SUP] QUARTER
14:17 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 7 24-7 score mia 31 yard line shotgun 3 wide backs to each side of tannehill damian williams motions to the swingf rom the backfield...lb follows late with him indicating man looks to williams post snap influencing the ilb to the flat a couple steps goes to gibson from the top side slot working a depth crosser he has won inside of the trail db on throws the ball right by that influenced lb trying to follow his eyes back inside late but gibson drops it and goes to ground in the process on what should be a 12 yard gain...nice influence of the lb with the motion to the swing and the head to it by the qb but dropped by the wr ending a 14 straight completions effort +1
14:13 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 12 24-7 score mia 31 yard line shotgun 4 wide empty set clay off left tackle a yard off the left tackle sees a 11 man within 7 yards of the los all out blitz man look from the defense checks into a max protect where he pulls back the rb miller and clay on each side of him to pick up the blitzers on the edge…the raiders post snap drop an ilb into a soft middle zone drop looking to read the qbs eyes and tannehill has a clean bottom side blitzer coming right at him off the edge as the line protection had slanted down inside to pick up that inside lb should he blitz and just prior to being hit qb hits the out route at the sticks to hartline vs the off man coverage for the conversion…understood that the raiders would have a clean free blitzer bottom side and banged them with the throw into the vacated hole by that db…stared down the barrel and fired a rope to hartline and took a helmet in the chest in the process…one of my favorite plays of the entire season…there’s coverage and blitz recognition and pick up there’s the toughness and guts to stand in and take a big shot and deliver the ball on target and there’s a qb making a play…no bail out on the throw stuff here…just big brass balls…a play that should be worth more than just a +1
12:09 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 24-7 score oak 27 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back dion sims motions from a yard off left tackle into the backfield making miller on one side of the qb and sims on the other…play action fakes the hand off to miller crouches down to sell the inside run even influencing the walking up top side safety to come forward a few false steps and the ilb top side to take a false step forward and be unable torecover to get into the throwing lane following the qbs eyes to rishard mathews working a skinny post where the db plays it outside leverage expecting the walk up safety to maintain depth if no inside hand off and take away the inside breaking route…but instead tannehill throws a flat rope on the in cut between the safety and the lb desperate to get depth but the ball comes out to quick and cannot and mathews catches it and turns up field for rac and placed front shoulder spot on…that ball was thrown right by the trying to drop out ilbs ear before he knew what happened even…it does not get any better than that…I don’t care who’s playing qb…that is as good a play as you will find period…23 yard gain +1
10:53 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and goal 24-7 score oak 5 yard line RZ shotgun single wr single back clay behind the los lined up in an h back look off left tackle…mike wallace is actually the in line end man on the left top side of the formation takes the snap play action play fakes to the rb looks to Wallace first working a diagonal route to the pylon covered…jawaun james whiffs on a block releasing a clean de justin tuck to the qb…miller tries to make up for james miss and cut tuck but he dives over miller and tannehill back pedals a step and lofts a ball to clay in the hole in the zone to the back of the end zone before clay even clears the lb level…miami wants clay to engage at the los and get lost on the release vs the zone in the middle hole between defenders at the back of the end zone…clay and the late arriving safety go up for the ball and clay gets two hands on it but is raked out by the db woodson…nothing wrong with that…tried to hit the hole in the zone threw a jump ball to spot between zone depth defenders safety just got a hand in there at the high point incomplete but +1
10:47 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and goal 24-7 score oak 5 yard line RZ shotgun 3 wide single back in the backfield 2 stacked receivers bottom side depth safety shaded to the stack side takes the snap wants the off the los stacked receiver clay on a clean release out route to the front pylon but it’s covered well on the gear down out cut...comes off it to the back of the endzone crosser hartline the on the los wr in the initial bottom side stack after the depth safety overplays the head and eyes of the qb to the bottom side and overruns the play as a result but hartline’s held in his stem and working across the field at the back boundary for a penalty and an automatic first down…ball is thrown just off hartlines diving finger tips as a result of the hold…dion sims top side in line gets tossed aside on the play and the qb just as he’s releasing the ball takes heavy contact…went from the primary to the secondary and had a td if not for the hold in the end zone and got the ball out just prior to contact if he had gone to his 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] progression there it’s a sack +1
2:40 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score oak 16 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked wr set top side pump fakes the screen to the top side wr wallace comes back to the bottom side play call the screento daniel thomas as he’s getting hit on his lower legs and thomas turns upfield for a 16 yard TD but it’s called back for pass interference on dion sims for blocking downfield cannot be engaged more than 2 yards past the los prior to the pass…play doesn’t count but qb still gets a grade +1
2:33 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score oak 26 yard line shotgun single back 4 receivers trips top side stacked hits wallace on the top side screen blocking in front for a 6 yard gain +1
1:44 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 24 38-7 score oak 30 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back who motions from beside tannehill to just outside the slot making it an empty set qb ids the zone coverage wants a quick and easy 5 yards on the bottom hash out cut between zone defenders…sims carries the route like man to man out of his cut and the ball hits off his inside shoulder and bounces up in the air for a int…sims read it wrong…needs to sit down in that zone hole and the ball will be placed on the turn spot on but he carries it like man…int but not at all on the qb + 1
4[SUP]TH[/SUP] QUARTER
15:00 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 6 38-7 score mia 13 yard line shotgun 3 wide clay motions into the backfield beside tannehill and daniel thomas is on the other side of the qb fakes the hand off to thomas...clay works a from the backfield release to the bottom side flat diagonal route vs man…the line slants down inside and picks up the rushers leaving the bottom side edge rusher khalil mack clean who fires out of a cannon to the qb in the backfield and just prior to contact tannehill flips the ball out to the flat to clay…the ball has to be released prior to clay even clearing the coverage lb and the play just doesn’t have time to develop as a result of the clean bottom side pressure and the balls just off the fingers of clay as a result…it’s too bad cause we got a 10 man tight to the los look and a deep single high safety and if we can let that develop clay clears the lb level and is in the open field one on one with a closing from very deep safety in space…qb did a good job to get rid of the ball there +1
14:55 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 6 38-7 score mia 13 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back lb pre snap over the center sateles nose showing blitz…tannehill ids the man to man the receivers inside run vertical clear outs and he comes to daniel thomas one on one vs a safety he shakes on the out cut sell and then works back inside to the inside breaking slant route where thomas wins and clears the trail db and the ball is placed spot on for rac and a 25 yard gain +1
12:48 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 4 38-7 score mia 44 yard line shotgun 4 wide trips bottom side single back vs zone hits the clean release in cut sit down at the sticks to mathews in front of the drop ilb for the 1[SUP]st[/SUP]down conversion at the sticks and 5 yard gain just prior to bull rush head high contact +1
12:31 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line under center 3 wide single back play action finishes his 7 step deep drop miami wants to take a shot goes to sets up has immediate pressure from 2 clean defenders and immediately goes to his dump off the rb in the flat just prior to contact ball is over thomas head who is covered on the play…nothing wrong with that…knew he didn’t have time to let anything develop went immediately to his check down and threw the ball away…no lost yardage no harm no foul +1
12:26 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line 4 wide 2 stacked top and bottom side single back fakes the inside hand off keeps it flows top side on the keep the scrape lb closes and he throws the wr screen while being hit on his lower legs and taken down but a forward pass to gibson who drops it or knocked it down to prevent a potential loss or no gain given the defenses closing on the play…no harm no foul…becomes a qb keep or a wr screen once the scrape lb commits to the qb post snap +1
12:21 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line 3 wide single back landry motions from the boundary into a stacked bottom side look wr screen to landry defense plays it well 2 yard gain all play call +1
***Doesn’t play another snap***
GAME SUMMARY…34+ grades 1- minus grade…that one minus grade a ball out of hand just a tick late on the corner route to hartline on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP]down opening fg drive of the game…needless to say you can’t play it any better than ryan tannehill did in this game…execution wise of the offense this is as good as it gets…qb grade wise the same…had time protection held up and qb made plays the entire game…14 straight completions broken up by a drop…2 tds one int but not on the qb…stones to stand in and take big shots and make throws multiple times…3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down conversions over and over…oakland played alot of man to man and tannehill made them pay for it…the qb rating doesn’t match the qb play in this one
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MIAMI AT OAKLAND
23-31 278 yards 2 tds 1 int 9 ypa 109.3 qb rating 0 sacks…what does the tape say???
1[SUP]ST[/SUP] QUARTER
9:31 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score mia 30 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back gibson motions from the bottom of the formation behind the rb and qb for a swing pass placed front shoulder to the top side with 2 wrs blocking out in front 9 yard gain…all play call +1
8:23 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 40 yard line shotgun 3 wide clay in line off right tackle single back fakes the inside hand off back picks up the free inside blitzer in the b gap pre snap tannehill wants clay releasing off the line for a depth crossing route but the blitzer goes over miller and forces tannehill off the spot before clay gets the proper depth on the crosser as in still early in his stem and tannehill is flushed out to his right by the inside immediate pressure and throws the ball away while taking contact in his legs past the sticks out of the pocket…inside pressure on the blitz pick up forces the qb out of the pocket +1
8:16 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 40 yard line 4 wide 2 stacked to each side of the formation single back shotgun takes the snap fakes the read option inside hand off to the back correctly when the edge player crashes down inside following the back sees that the defense only has one defender near the los on that side despite 2 wrs and in a one on with the db now closing to stop the qb keep presses the los and throws the wr screen outside to landry who makes nice space reads with the ball in his hands and gains 15 yards…nice read of the fact that the defense only had one defender to handle the 2 wrs and the qb once he broke the tackle box and the edge rusher crashed down inside +1
7:15 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 0-7 score oak 25 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back takes the snap miller releases to the flat but slips and gets off balance on his way qb waits on him to right himself then hits him in space vs an inside the box lb who has to come from the middle of the field out to cover it but the rb slip means the timing is off coming out and results in a 2 yard only gain +1
6:35 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 8 0-7 score oak 23 yard line shotgun 3 wide gibson motions across the formation bottom to top into a stacked top side wr look…drop out safety to that side qb reads it right but hartline is working a short field wide corner route away from said safety and the ball comes out just slightly later than it should and as a result it is a leaping catch high and when he comes down he is out of bounds…ball needs to come out prior to that out cut in that short a field if it does it’s a conversion past the sticks…tannehill patted the ball once after finishing his drop and it was the difference in the timing on the play -1
3:03 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 3-7 score mia 9 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back fake the inside hand off sets up square to the target and hits landry on a clean release quick slant into the middle of the field leads him on the throw for rac 18 yard gain +1
1:57 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 9 3-7 score mia 28 yard line shotgun4 wr single back the back motions into the boundary making a 5 wr empty set look…man to man single high deep safety shaded to the top side hartline on the bottom side works a vertical down the numbers…tannehill holds the shaded safety with his head and eyes before coming to hartline and drops a dime over the inside shoulder down the numbers to hartline for a 34 yard gain…textbook +1
:44 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 6 3-7 score oak 33 yard line under center 3 wide single back landry motions across the formation fakes the inside hand off fakes to the motion behind the qb landry…takes a deep drop has landry on the swing and 2 wrs working down the field doesn’t like either of the 2 wr options goes to the rb who releases to the flat for a 1 yard gain…good decision not to hold the ball and wait he stepped forward didn’t like it and immediately went to the rb in the flat…something he didn’t do vs kc the game prior +1
:06 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 5 3-7 score oak 32 yard line shotgun single back 4 wide trips top side clay motions across the formation top to bottom db follows indicating man…oakland playing man under 2 deep coverage…wallace from a tight bottom side set works a depth out route where he presses the numbers and sells the vertical and works away from the safety to the bottom side and to the boundary…ball is placed spot on and timed spot on while taking heavy contact to wallace for the conversion and a 16 yard gain…stepped forward and stood in nicely despite knowing he was going to take a shot and stepped thru on the throw and a nice route from mike wallace +1
2[SUP]ND[/SUP] QUARTER
15:00 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 3-7 score oak 16 yard line RZ shotgun single back 3 wide trips bottom side from the short hash throws a out front placed wr screen to landry from the slot where he gets no blocking from hartline and as a result goes for 2 yards…all play call +1
14:24 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 8 3-7 score oak 14 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked top side fakes the inside hand off hits wallace on the top side wr screen just gets the ball over a clean release edge rusher in the air on the play wallace scores on a nice play by the wr to put the ball over the goalline TD +1
12:50 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 5 10-7 score mia 42 yard line under center single back 3 wr clay just off the left tackle in line 3 point stance play action fakes the hand off to the back finishes his 7 step drop and hits clay vs zone on a depth stop route he works back to the ball on between the numbers for a 15 yard gain +1
10:24 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 9 10-7 score oak 17 yard line RZ shotgun 3 wide single back vs zone hits hartline on a shallow crosser for a 4 yard gain +1
9:42 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 5 10-7 score oak 13 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide rb motions from the backfield to the boundary safety follows indicating man…the motion makes it 5 wide and empty pre snap...hits hartline at the sticks working a release outside redirect inside slant route for a 5 yard gain leaving it 4[SUP]th[/SUP] and inches on a unfavorable spot +1
5:56 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score mia 10 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back clay in line off left tackle fakes the inside hand off hits clay working a depth crosser in the hole in zone between defenders for a 17 yard gain +1
5:10 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 2 17-7 score mia 35 yard line shotgun 2 wide sees the top side 8 yards off coverage on hartline pre snap and takes the 5 yard stop route...hartline does a nice job of coming back to the ball on it resulting in a missed tackle and some rac for a 13 yard gain +1
4:35 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score mia 48 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked to the bottom side wr screen to gibson who reads his blocking well and gains 18 yards +1
4:05 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 17-7 score oak 35 yard line undercenter 2 wide 2 tight ends single back play action to the rb rolls out to the far hash steps forward doesn’t like it pump fakes and runs for a 5 yard gain…decisive took what was given to him…kind of thing we didn’t see vs kc +1
3:10 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 2 17-7 score oak 27 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back sees the 10 yards off coverage top side to hartline pre snap... quick snaps it and fires to hartline for the easy 4 yard gain and conversion…nice play there to recognize it and to get the ball out before the defense is ready or could adjust if they were going to make an adjustment +1
2:00 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 5 17-7 score 18 yard line shotgun single back 2 wide 2 tight ends both tight ends top side in line off right tackle…wallace motions from the bottom side boundary to inside the slot making it a very tight formation and giving away man to man vs a single high deep slightly shaded to the top side safety…qb takes the snap fakes the wide pitch to the back bottom side and turns and rolls back top side and on the move hits dion sims over the shoulder in the end zone for the TD…the single deep safety influenced by the pitch fake to the opposite side gets influenced away from the ball side and the qb drops a dime to sims working a vertical corner route for 6…beautiful TD +1
3[SUP]RD[/SUP] QUARTER
14:17 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 7 24-7 score mia 31 yard line shotgun 3 wide backs to each side of tannehill damian williams motions to the swingf rom the backfield...lb follows late with him indicating man looks to williams post snap influencing the ilb to the flat a couple steps goes to gibson from the top side slot working a depth crosser he has won inside of the trail db on throws the ball right by that influenced lb trying to follow his eyes back inside late but gibson drops it and goes to ground in the process on what should be a 12 yard gain...nice influence of the lb with the motion to the swing and the head to it by the qb but dropped by the wr ending a 14 straight completions effort +1
14:13 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 12 24-7 score mia 31 yard line shotgun 4 wide empty set clay off left tackle a yard off the left tackle sees a 11 man within 7 yards of the los all out blitz man look from the defense checks into a max protect where he pulls back the rb miller and clay on each side of him to pick up the blitzers on the edge…the raiders post snap drop an ilb into a soft middle zone drop looking to read the qbs eyes and tannehill has a clean bottom side blitzer coming right at him off the edge as the line protection had slanted down inside to pick up that inside lb should he blitz and just prior to being hit qb hits the out route at the sticks to hartline vs the off man coverage for the conversion…understood that the raiders would have a clean free blitzer bottom side and banged them with the throw into the vacated hole by that db…stared down the barrel and fired a rope to hartline and took a helmet in the chest in the process…one of my favorite plays of the entire season…there’s coverage and blitz recognition and pick up there’s the toughness and guts to stand in and take a big shot and deliver the ball on target and there’s a qb making a play…no bail out on the throw stuff here…just big brass balls…a play that should be worth more than just a +1
12:09 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 24-7 score oak 27 yard line shotgun 3 wide single back dion sims motions from a yard off left tackle into the backfield making miller on one side of the qb and sims on the other…play action fakes the hand off to miller crouches down to sell the inside run even influencing the walking up top side safety to come forward a few false steps and the ilb top side to take a false step forward and be unable torecover to get into the throwing lane following the qbs eyes to rishard mathews working a skinny post where the db plays it outside leverage expecting the walk up safety to maintain depth if no inside hand off and take away the inside breaking route…but instead tannehill throws a flat rope on the in cut between the safety and the lb desperate to get depth but the ball comes out to quick and cannot and mathews catches it and turns up field for rac and placed front shoulder spot on…that ball was thrown right by the trying to drop out ilbs ear before he knew what happened even…it does not get any better than that…I don’t care who’s playing qb…that is as good a play as you will find period…23 yard gain +1
10:53 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and goal 24-7 score oak 5 yard line RZ shotgun single wr single back clay behind the los lined up in an h back look off left tackle…mike wallace is actually the in line end man on the left top side of the formation takes the snap play action play fakes to the rb looks to Wallace first working a diagonal route to the pylon covered…jawaun james whiffs on a block releasing a clean de justin tuck to the qb…miller tries to make up for james miss and cut tuck but he dives over miller and tannehill back pedals a step and lofts a ball to clay in the hole in the zone to the back of the end zone before clay even clears the lb level…miami wants clay to engage at the los and get lost on the release vs the zone in the middle hole between defenders at the back of the end zone…clay and the late arriving safety go up for the ball and clay gets two hands on it but is raked out by the db woodson…nothing wrong with that…tried to hit the hole in the zone threw a jump ball to spot between zone depth defenders safety just got a hand in there at the high point incomplete but +1
10:47 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and goal 24-7 score oak 5 yard line RZ shotgun 3 wide single back in the backfield 2 stacked receivers bottom side depth safety shaded to the stack side takes the snap wants the off the los stacked receiver clay on a clean release out route to the front pylon but it’s covered well on the gear down out cut...comes off it to the back of the endzone crosser hartline the on the los wr in the initial bottom side stack after the depth safety overplays the head and eyes of the qb to the bottom side and overruns the play as a result but hartline’s held in his stem and working across the field at the back boundary for a penalty and an automatic first down…ball is thrown just off hartlines diving finger tips as a result of the hold…dion sims top side in line gets tossed aside on the play and the qb just as he’s releasing the ball takes heavy contact…went from the primary to the secondary and had a td if not for the hold in the end zone and got the ball out just prior to contact if he had gone to his 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] progression there it’s a sack +1
2:40 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score oak 16 yard line RZ shotgun 4 wide single back trips stacked wr set top side pump fakes the screen to the top side wr wallace comes back to the bottom side play call the screento daniel thomas as he’s getting hit on his lower legs and thomas turns upfield for a 16 yard TD but it’s called back for pass interference on dion sims for blocking downfield cannot be engaged more than 2 yards past the los prior to the pass…play doesn’t count but qb still gets a grade +1
2:33 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score oak 26 yard line shotgun single back 4 receivers trips top side stacked hits wallace on the top side screen blocking in front for a 6 yard gain +1
1:44 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 24 38-7 score oak 30 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back who motions from beside tannehill to just outside the slot making it an empty set qb ids the zone coverage wants a quick and easy 5 yards on the bottom hash out cut between zone defenders…sims carries the route like man to man out of his cut and the ball hits off his inside shoulder and bounces up in the air for a int…sims read it wrong…needs to sit down in that zone hole and the ball will be placed on the turn spot on but he carries it like man…int but not at all on the qb + 1
4[SUP]TH[/SUP] QUARTER
15:00 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 6 38-7 score mia 13 yard line shotgun 3 wide clay motions into the backfield beside tannehill and daniel thomas is on the other side of the qb fakes the hand off to thomas...clay works a from the backfield release to the bottom side flat diagonal route vs man…the line slants down inside and picks up the rushers leaving the bottom side edge rusher khalil mack clean who fires out of a cannon to the qb in the backfield and just prior to contact tannehill flips the ball out to the flat to clay…the ball has to be released prior to clay even clearing the coverage lb and the play just doesn’t have time to develop as a result of the clean bottom side pressure and the balls just off the fingers of clay as a result…it’s too bad cause we got a 10 man tight to the los look and a deep single high safety and if we can let that develop clay clears the lb level and is in the open field one on one with a closing from very deep safety in space…qb did a good job to get rid of the ball there +1
14:55 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 6 38-7 score mia 13 yard line shotgun 4 wide single back lb pre snap over the center sateles nose showing blitz…tannehill ids the man to man the receivers inside run vertical clear outs and he comes to daniel thomas one on one vs a safety he shakes on the out cut sell and then works back inside to the inside breaking slant route where thomas wins and clears the trail db and the ball is placed spot on for rac and a 25 yard gain +1
12:48 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 4 38-7 score mia 44 yard line shotgun 4 wide trips bottom side single back vs zone hits the clean release in cut sit down at the sticks to mathews in front of the drop ilb for the 1[SUP]st[/SUP]down conversion at the sticks and 5 yard gain just prior to bull rush head high contact +1
12:31 1[SUP]st[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line under center 3 wide single back play action finishes his 7 step deep drop miami wants to take a shot goes to sets up has immediate pressure from 2 clean defenders and immediately goes to his dump off the rb in the flat just prior to contact ball is over thomas head who is covered on the play…nothing wrong with that…knew he didn’t have time to let anything develop went immediately to his check down and threw the ball away…no lost yardage no harm no foul +1
12:26 2[SUP]nd[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line 4 wide 2 stacked top and bottom side single back fakes the inside hand off keeps it flows top side on the keep the scrape lb closes and he throws the wr screen while being hit on his lower legs and taken down but a forward pass to gibson who drops it or knocked it down to prevent a potential loss or no gain given the defenses closing on the play…no harm no foul…becomes a qb keep or a wr screen once the scrape lb commits to the qb post snap +1
12:21 3[SUP]rd[/SUP] and 10 38-7 score mia 49 yard line 3 wide single back landry motions from the boundary into a stacked bottom side look wr screen to landry defense plays it well 2 yard gain all play call +1
***Doesn’t play another snap***
GAME SUMMARY…34+ grades 1- minus grade…that one minus grade a ball out of hand just a tick late on the corner route to hartline on the 3[SUP]rd[/SUP]down opening fg drive of the game…needless to say you can’t play it any better than ryan tannehill did in this game…execution wise of the offense this is as good as it gets…qb grade wise the same…had time protection held up and qb made plays the entire game…14 straight completions broken up by a drop…2 tds one int but not on the qb…stones to stand in and take big shots and make throws multiple times…3[SUP]rd[/SUP] down conversions over and over…oakland played alot of man to man and tannehill made them pay for it…the qb rating doesn’t match the qb play in this one
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