INSIDE THE NUMBERS: Balance In The Passing Game

[fishfanmiami]

[h=3]At this pace, the Dolphins will have four receivers finish with at least 70 receptions and with at least 899 yards.

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This is what is called spreading the ball around.

As the Dolphins return from their bye with a game against the Buffalo Bills scheduled for Sunday, their top four receivers — Brian Hartline, Brandon Gibson, Charles Clay and Mike Wallace— all have between 22 and 25 catches and between 281 and 332 receiving yards.

At this pace, all of them will finish with at least 70 receptions and with at least 899 yards.

The last time the Dolphins had two — not four, not three, but two — players finish with at least 850 yards receiving in the same season was 1993 when Irving Fryar had 1,010 and Terry Kirby had 974. The Dolphins have never had three receivers reach that plateau in the same season, not even during Dan Marino’s 5,084-yard season in 1984 — although the Marks Brothers did both top 1,300 yards that year.

In terms of receptions, the most receivers the Dolphins have ever had with at least 70 catches in a season is two. That happened in 2010 (Brandon Marshall, Davone Bess), 1991 (Mark Duper, Mark Clayton), 1985 (Tony Nathan, Clayton) and 1984 (Duper, Clayton).


This is the kind of balance the Dolphins have shown when it comes to producing big plays in the passing game: Miami has nine explosive passing plays (25 yards or more) this season. They have been produced by five different players and no one has more than two.

Here’s the rundown:

67 yards, Charles Clay at Indianapolis
50 yards, Marcus Thigpen at New Orleans
49 yards, Mike Wallace vs. Baltimore
46 yards, Brandon Gibson vs. Baltimore
45 yards, Charles Clay vs. Baltimore
34 yards, Brian Hartline at Cleveland
34 yards, Mike Wallace at Indianapolis
30 yards, Brian Hartline vs. Baltimore
28 yards, Brandon Gibson at New Orleans

 

[fishfanmiami]

I mainly posted this because after two losses and with the obvious need to get better at pass protection and running the ball there have been a fews bright spots and this is one of them. Really spreading it around to the receivers and four guys having good years so far.
Run the ball a little and get in the end zone more and we'll be hard to stop.

 

[Daytona Fin]

Once we get the line solidified next year, we will have a premiere offense. Great times a coming in dolphin land.

 

[FSU Truth]

I mainly posted this because after two losses and with the obvious need to get better at pass protection and running the ball there have been a fews bright spots and this is one of them. Really spreading it around to the receivers and four guys having good years so far.
Run the ball a little and get in the end zone more and we'll be hard to stop.

This isn't possible....Tannehill obviously locks on to his targets....right?