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HAS to start on the ground.

I don't think Williams can be our #2, if Ajayi is done being a punk we need his size and presence on the ground - if not bring in Pead.

Foster was a factor today, but far more so in the passing game and not the running game, his YPA was actually terrible. (2.9)

64 yards rushing (including yardage from Tannehill) won't get it done and make us completely one dimensional.

:ponder: thoughts?
 
The ratio wasn't terrible: 29 passes and 20 rushes . . . .we just didn't sustain drives. Seattle ran 26 more plays than us and had the ball 9 minutes longer.

This line is clearly built to protect Ryan Tannehill. 4 tackles from the outside in. Foster showed good vision out there and great one cut ability, which is essential in Adam Gase's offense. Keep in mind who we were playing as well.
 
If Foster had mustered at least 50 on the ground I might agree. My issue is that the time of possession comes from not being able to effectively run the ball, we have no shot of running play-action if our best rusher has 38 yards on the ground.

The passing game shows some promise, especially once DVP comes back in but the rush was completely shut down by Seattle in the 2nd half.
 
They have to go down field more in the passing game. Too many 2 yard hitch routes, screens and pick plays for little to no yards. If they start moving the ball down field better, 15-30 yard chunks at a time, then things will loosen up for everything else. Seattle was pressing because of the no threat of Miami's offense making any plays down the field. Everything was too jammed up in the 0-10 yard range.
 
Get used to the dink and dunk. That is what gase's offense is.....
 
Same old same old. A QB that's only comfortable throwing the ball around the line of scrimmage which requires sustained drives to put up points, but the team fails to convert 3rd downs resulting in few scoring drives. If Miami is going to score more points we need a QB this is willing to be more aggressive throwing down the field.
 
Bill Lazor's offense > Adam Gase's offense

Really wish we would've hired Mike Shanahan instead of Gase. Now we got to watch this crap ever week till Ross decides it time to get rid of Gase.
 
Vol&dolfan said:
Bill Lazor's offense > Adam Gase's offense

Really wish we would've hired Mike Shanahan instead of Gase. Now we got to watch this crap ever week till Ross decides it time to get rid of Gase.
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Yep, 4 or 5 years of it. Just embrace the suffering until the year 2020. By that time Ross will be 95 years old but still won't sell.
 
I seriously consider these items. IF they are acted on, Miami might be able to improve the skill positions THIS YEAR and fairly quickly:

1. I pick up RAY RICE and sign him to a violence-free clause, charity-heavy contract.
2. I try to work MARQUEIS GRAY into the TE role that Jordan Cameron now plays. Cameron shows signs of being washed up. Zero playmaking ability on the ball and slow in his routes.
3. I put JUSTIN HUNTER or JAKEEM GRANT on the field with DVP, with LANDRY in the slot when HUNTER is in -- and GRANT spelling Landry in slot or as a 4th WR. STILLS would be a 3rd, 4th or 5th option and never a 2nd.

This would give Miami a stop-gap infusion of slightly higher level ceiling at potentially four skill positions on the offense: 2 and 3 (or 4) WR, 1 TE and 2 RB.

Miami desperately need skill position infusion and can't wait till next year.

And for those who are saying Gase is worse than Lazor, etc. -- please, just stop. IF Miami had even one playmaking WR on the field today, or ONE decent kicker, you'd be singing his praises on a miracle win.

LD
 
Vol&dolfan said:
Bill Lazor's offense > Adam Gase's offense

Really wish we would've hired Mike Shanahan instead of Gase. Now we got to watch this crap ever week till Ross decides it time to get rid of Gase.
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If you're skeptical of Gase, that is fine and I don't blame you. I also wanted us to hire Mike Shanahan because I feel like the stuff he loves to do (heavy play action, boot game) would have been a great fit for our QB.

But it's way too early to say this.
 
I think the offense will be okay. This was the equivalent of playing an extra division game, on the road. Those division rivals know your personnel and attack the cupcake crap, like the underneath bootleg pass to Cameron. That play was symbolic of this game and how it differed from the standard non-division game. In those games the off side defender never recognizes the play and arrives to wipe it out. Cameron can waltz for 10-15 yards. Same with our bunched formations in the red zone. Seattle is talented, intense and prepared. In "normal" games those formations will create enough confusion to bust somebody clear.

Lazor never seemed to identify the situational differences between divisional and non-divisional foes and Gase didn't seem to grasp what type of plays to prioritize today. The Seahawks destroy so many drives by producing 2nd and 18 situations that you can't expect to 5 and 10 yard them down the field. I have no idea why we fretted about the drop by Stills instead of trying it again. Heck, they didn't cover him fully with 20 seconds remaining. Those 35-45 yard deep balls that Tannehill executed so well last season were avoided completely. Instead we defaulted again to the sideways stuff, including on third down. I predicted that as soon as Gase was hired, BTW. There were posts insisting every Bears play from last season had been evaluated and Gase never throws short of the sticks on third down. Meaningless. I've been laughing at third down screen passes and horizontal garbage for more than 30 years. Every tinkering young offensive coach thinks his schemes are so well designed that cheap tosses will prance upfield, even in critical situations. And when it happens occasionally like the early Foster play or late Williams play you get even more of it. Tannehill himself is so comfortable with those short passes regardless of down and situation that it really doesn't matter who is coaching the team or the offense.

Tannehill still needs to take more decisive shots over the middle. I would literally run scrimmages in which those plays are mandated, and nothing else. Force a change in his mindset. His batted ball and interception rates will rise but everything else is fortified. Late in the game when we were desperate and needed those plays he threw some wonderful third down darts over the center.

The disastrous offensive play was 4th and inches in the first quarter. I still have a difficult time believing what I saw. The Seahawk defenders weren't prepared at all. They were wandering and looking around while uncertain where or how to line up. Our offensive line arrived quickly at the line of scrimmage. A quick snap and any type of straight ahead play wouldn't have been threatened at all. Even a moderate paced snap would have been a huge favorite. Seattle was still dawdling. Somehow we managed the only timing and scenario that forfeited the advantage, with Tannehill taking so much time and appearing to check off. I literally screamed as it unfolded that way.

A disappointment offensively was lack of intensity on many plays from James and Tunsil. Fouts properly identified the failure on the field goal blocking scheme but overall I didn't think the young linemen totally recognized the vastly different intensity requirement given a setting and opponent like that. Too often it looked like they thought they were playing Vanderbilt. Seattle had some offensive linemen with far less ability but they were battling with every ounce they had. Likewise the Seattle backs really picked up the energy level in the second half.
 
Sadly I don't think we have a starting RB on the roster. Foster Williams and Ajayi all offer something but neither are an all around rb.

Gutted we missed out on Anderson who was perfect and even Forte

Agree with what Awsi said above I wish we would open the O up more, as he showed in the 4th q and later in the season last year Tannehill is more than capable of running a more effective passing game when we call that. I bloody hate seeing passes behind the line of scrimmage.
 
5 sacks, a dropped my use open perfect bomb TD by a scum bag, horrible run pass ratio, crappy predictable play calling and we still **** on the QB. Amazing.
 
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