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Much of the attention on the Dolphins’ offense during training camp was its conversion from a power-running attack to an exciting, up-tempo, pass-first scheme.
Through three games, the Dolphins are dropping back to pass at a higher rate than they did a year ago, and gaining significantly more yards than in 2010. But they’re having about equal success (or lack thereof) on the scoreboard.
A look at the numbers:
Yardage-wise, the Dolphins are doing well this year. The 13th-ranked offense averages 410 yards per game, up from 323 a year ago (21st).
And the Dolphins certainly are calling more passing plays. Henne has 131 “drop backs” this year – plays in which he initially drops back to pass – which is good for seventh-most in the NFL. At this rate, he will drop back 699 times this season, which would obviously be a new career high for him and significantly more than the Dolphins’ three quarterbacks combined for in 2010 (618).
Similarly, the Dolphins have called just 74 run plays this year, on pace for 395 for the season. Last year, the running backs touched the ball 397 times.
I feel like our offense has been moving forward in clunks rather then clicks but still moving forward. It is almost like it is running 4-5 weeks behind at this early stage of the season. Which really what it is because of the lock outs. It seems like every week we are trying another part of it and adding to the playbook.
I think our own coaching staff was a little surprised at how well D Thomas is running. It seems like Henne is slowly adjusting to our new "throw first, throw longer" offense. For instance, it seems like he is adding a part to it as time goes on, I would now expect him to look more often to "shorter" passes to guys like Bush etc.
3 games in, I'm not that really upset about having passing problems in the redzone. That can be worked on easier then let's say, having a problem getting into the rezdone. We are moving the ball well.
What will show me something is if our coaching staff makes the needed changes.
Much of the attention on the Dolphins’ offense during training camp was its conversion from a power-running attack to an exciting, up-tempo, pass-first scheme.
Through three games, the Dolphins are dropping back to pass at a higher rate than they did a year ago, and gaining significantly more yards than in 2010. But they’re having about equal success (or lack thereof) on the scoreboard.
A look at the numbers:
Yardage-wise, the Dolphins are doing well this year. The 13th-ranked offense averages 410 yards per game, up from 323 a year ago (21st).
And the Dolphins certainly are calling more passing plays. Henne has 131 “drop backs” this year – plays in which he initially drops back to pass – which is good for seventh-most in the NFL. At this rate, he will drop back 699 times this season, which would obviously be a new career high for him and significantly more than the Dolphins’ three quarterbacks combined for in 2010 (618).
Similarly, the Dolphins have called just 74 run plays this year, on pace for 395 for the season. Last year, the running backs touched the ball 397 times.
I feel like our offense has been moving forward in clunks rather then clicks but still moving forward. It is almost like it is running 4-5 weeks behind at this early stage of the season. Which really what it is because of the lock outs. It seems like every week we are trying another part of it and adding to the playbook.
I think our own coaching staff was a little surprised at how well D Thomas is running. It seems like Henne is slowly adjusting to our new "throw first, throw longer" offense. For instance, it seems like he is adding a part to it as time goes on, I would now expect him to look more often to "shorter" passes to guys like Bush etc.
3 games in, I'm not that really upset about having passing problems in the redzone. That can be worked on easier then let's say, having a problem getting into the rezdone. We are moving the ball well.
What will show me something is if our coaching staff makes the needed changes.
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