...instead I find that the board is filled with posts blaming RT more than anything else after a game where he showed a startling ability to make plays if his OL could just give him a little time. I really don't want to make this a defend Tannehill post, so let's look at the defense.
For the entirety of Philbin's tenure, I have seen the exact same play from the defense every single week. Regardless of if we are playing Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Mike Glennon, or Thad Lewis, its the exact same formula for mediocrity and the game plays out the exact same way. There are openings in the short to intermediate on every single play, meaning that any QB who can hit an even remotely accurate pass can carve us up. The only time we've seen something different is when there is a QB so bad like Geno Smith was our first meeting last year that they couldn't complete a pass in warmups. We let teams work their way up the field almost uncontested, dominating the clock and forcing our offense to always feel like it is playing from behind even when it is not. It feels like if this offense has a single three and out, they are more likely than not to not see the ball for another ten minutes of game time. Kevin Coyle counts on his defense to play percentages, and hope that the offense won't execute for 5-6 series straight, so he tries to take away deep and gives them short over, and over, and over. His only shred of success comes from when the field is finally shorted after a long drive, our defense having to cover much less space can keep other teams from scoring 7 sometimes.
Since Coyle's defense rarely has the ability to regularly stop an opponent, seeing as they scarcely even try to prevent first downs, he has utterly been unable to prevent his defense from letting opponents match us score for score. When teams know they need to score against Coyle to stay in the game, they've rarely been stopped. Sure, there were brief exceptions, like against NE in 2013, but by and large most comeback drives against us have been successful, like GB, Detroit, and Carolina.
Our defense was utterly unable to get off the field against Washington, and got almost no pressure, yet some gave them a pass because of the points allowed, which was as much of a symptom of the bad offense we were facing as it was good defense. This week, another week with no pressure at all, and where pretty much the only defensive plays that were made involved a Jaguar hitting a Jaguar, and it should have been completely evident. It sure was in the first half after we gave up 20 points to a bottom feeder with a second year QB who until this game hadn't broken out. We were only in the game in the 3rd quarter because the offense entirely balled out in what little time they had the ball. While the defense managed to look not bad in the second half, this was largely due to Jaguar drops and missing wide open receivers.
I'm just shocked to come on here and find that the number one culprit for the board is RT. 359 yards and two TD's. No picks. He ran for his life on a number of plays and still found some receivers downfield. He missed like two receivers all game. And he's the culprit? I understand if you want to criticize him for not elevating, but darn, if we are gonna criticize a QB for being mediocre, why aren't we criticizing the outright terrible defense?
For the entirety of Philbin's tenure, I have seen the exact same play from the defense every single week. Regardless of if we are playing Peyton Manning, Tom Brady, Mike Glennon, or Thad Lewis, its the exact same formula for mediocrity and the game plays out the exact same way. There are openings in the short to intermediate on every single play, meaning that any QB who can hit an even remotely accurate pass can carve us up. The only time we've seen something different is when there is a QB so bad like Geno Smith was our first meeting last year that they couldn't complete a pass in warmups. We let teams work their way up the field almost uncontested, dominating the clock and forcing our offense to always feel like it is playing from behind even when it is not. It feels like if this offense has a single three and out, they are more likely than not to not see the ball for another ten minutes of game time. Kevin Coyle counts on his defense to play percentages, and hope that the offense won't execute for 5-6 series straight, so he tries to take away deep and gives them short over, and over, and over. His only shred of success comes from when the field is finally shorted after a long drive, our defense having to cover much less space can keep other teams from scoring 7 sometimes.
Since Coyle's defense rarely has the ability to regularly stop an opponent, seeing as they scarcely even try to prevent first downs, he has utterly been unable to prevent his defense from letting opponents match us score for score. When teams know they need to score against Coyle to stay in the game, they've rarely been stopped. Sure, there were brief exceptions, like against NE in 2013, but by and large most comeback drives against us have been successful, like GB, Detroit, and Carolina.
Our defense was utterly unable to get off the field against Washington, and got almost no pressure, yet some gave them a pass because of the points allowed, which was as much of a symptom of the bad offense we were facing as it was good defense. This week, another week with no pressure at all, and where pretty much the only defensive plays that were made involved a Jaguar hitting a Jaguar, and it should have been completely evident. It sure was in the first half after we gave up 20 points to a bottom feeder with a second year QB who until this game hadn't broken out. We were only in the game in the 3rd quarter because the offense entirely balled out in what little time they had the ball. While the defense managed to look not bad in the second half, this was largely due to Jaguar drops and missing wide open receivers.
I'm just shocked to come on here and find that the number one culprit for the board is RT. 359 yards and two TD's. No picks. He ran for his life on a number of plays and still found some receivers downfield. He missed like two receivers all game. And he's the culprit? I understand if you want to criticize him for not elevating, but darn, if we are gonna criticize a QB for being mediocre, why aren't we criticizing the outright terrible defense?
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