How the Dolphins Can Turn the 2013 Season Around
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And yet another game for Tannehill with fewer than 7 yards per attempt. It was roughly 5.5
It's remarkable that no matter how the game unfolds, we get stuck in the 20 point range. Somebody here posted a thread here begging for 40 points. As I've pointed out recently, we hold the longest streak in the league of failing to reach 30. Now 18 games.
I have to say, once Tampa Bay stalled near the goal line when they led 7-0, I was confident we'd eventually pull it out. When rookie quarterbacks of that level are held to field goals on key drives, normally it comes back to bite them. Mike James was gone for the game already. I felt okay at 10-0 and even 15-0. Only when Tannehill failed to stick the ball in the end zone after Jimmy Wilson's interception return did I have a sick feeling that we'd find a way to blow it.
Philbin knows all about net passer rating but he obviously never checks out win percentage when rushing attempts are very low.
It's remarkable that no matter how the game unfolds, we get stuck in the 20 point range. Somebody here posted a thread here begging for 40 points. As I've pointed out recently, we hold the longest streak in the league of failing to reach 30. Now 18 games.
I have to say, once Tampa Bay stalled near the goal line when they led 7-0, I was confident we'd eventually pull it out. When rookie quarterbacks of that level are held to field goals on key drives, normally it comes back to bite them. Mike James was gone for the game already. I felt okay at 10-0 and even 15-0. Only when Tannehill failed to stick the ball in the end zone after Jimmy Wilson's interception return did I have a sick feeling that we'd find a way to blow it.
Philbin knows all about net passer rating but he obviously never checks out win percentage when rushing attempts are very low.
Today's game was precisely the opposite of this recipe. 77% of the offensive plays were dropbacks to pass (only 23% were runs), the adjusted net YPA differential was -0.025 to 5.5 in favor of Buffalo (-0.025 is absolutely horrendous and almost unheard of, by the way), and the defense made no big plays other than the INT that was delivered to Carroll as though it was intended for him.
Notice the result. An absolute embarrassment by a team that isn't very good.
How this team doesn't seem to know itself by now I can't figure out. One would think Mike Sherman would have a better understanding of the kind of gameplan he needed to execute with a developmental QB, a makeshift offensive line, a receiving corps largely new to the team (Wallace and Matthews), and playing against a very good pass rushing defense. This wasn't it.
Notice the result. An absolute embarrassment by a team that isn't very good.
How this team doesn't seem to know itself by now I can't figure out. One would think Mike Sherman would have a better understanding of the kind of gameplan he needed to execute with a developmental QB, a makeshift offensive line, a receiving corps largely new to the team (Wallace and Matthews), and playing against a very good pass rushing defense. This wasn't it.