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Interesting thoughts and stats on Miami's offense

Tua is not even in the top 10 of issues our offense had. Injuries to the OL, receivers, and RB top the list. However, even when completely healthy, the OL is below average and looked better than they were because of a QB who can get the ball out in 2.3 seconds. The OL was exposed against better teams who could disrupt our passing scheme and throw off the timing and our QB was hit and pressured above 2.23 seconds a majority of the year.

Also right up there is play calling. McDaniel looked brilliant with a somewhat healthy team against lower competition, because they couldn't stop our few basic plays. He looked predictable against the better teams. He also did not run the ball when he should have and that cost us several games including the Titans game, which cost us the AFC East. I think we need a real OC making play calls with McD's input.

Lastly, the people putting all or even most of how our season ended on Tua, are either haters, have no football IQ what so ever, or a combination there of.

Get a real OL that can stay healthy, and an OC who will run the ball when needed and is less predictable against better teams....and we will win playoff games!
 
I mean combine the fact that hill and waddle were unhealthy they had to settle for the worst pivot on the OL in the history of tackle football
 
dolfan91 said:


I think this really speaks volumes as to what Miami may do this offseason. Whether it's from the Draft, F/A or Re-signing their own. Changes look to be coming, how much is the question.
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Hmmm, so I believe McDaniel did do the right thing when it came to designing this offense around the qbs skill set

We now know Tua’s superpowers which is anticipation, quick release and accuracy.

So McDaniel goes to the extreme and caters exactly to those three things by offering g up the fastest offense in the game from snap to release

Now the challenge is what is left on the bone with Tuas skill set to diversify this offense.

And for him to add other skills like creativity and movement he’s gonna have to really dedicate himself BODY and mind

Now we can build the line better to be more dominant so it allows him more time to survey and go through reads but I’m not sure if that strays away from the original concepts and catering to the strengths, I know it would take redesigning the offense conceptually
 
You can't ignore how badly the Dolphins #3-#6 WR's were once Waddle and/or Hill were sidelined. Smythe had a career year, in large part, due to Tua finally adjusting late in the season to utilize the TE more. Even Wilson became a bit more productive. Finding the perfect compliment to Hill and Waddle could be a High Priority this offseason. Perhaps finding two more playmakers? Maybe McDaniel needs to adjust the offense once again to take advantage of the open areas underneath? He didn't do that for 2/3 of the season. Once Cracraft went down, it was all Hill and Waddle. Until they started missing games. Miami's offense needs more.

As for the Oline, they did better than expected. Even Tua admitted recently, he needs to better look for his 2nd and 3rd reads. Don't forget both Hill and Waddle afforded Tua his quick release, because they were usually open so quickly. While the offensive line needs better pass protection, Miami also need the offense to expand past the dynamic duo to take the next step.
 
Nice post. I don't think it was the other options were so bad as much as it was they just weren't being targeted as much. Claypool was very efficient in Pitt as was berrios in NY. But wow, just goes to show we need both Hill and Waddle to be on the field. As far as the way we are built right now, can't get rid of either of them like some posters were alluding to
 
Here is one person's opinion. My question is was the difference from weeks 1-13 versus 14-18 a function of the injuries to the WRs (not OL interestingly) the author talks about OR were the teams they were playing late in the year better, and the offense also had other issues related to certain players not mentioned in this analysis? Important question, because this also impacts how you solve for the problem.

Here is a snippet, full tweet linked to below: "From Weeks 1-13, Miami was #3 in EPA vs. Zone and #3 in EPA vs. Man.From Weeks 14-18, Miami was still #3 in EPA vs. Zone, but dropped to #22 in EPA vs. Man."

 
Dolphins had the 9th-best offensive line in the league in 2023 according to PFF:

www.pff.com

Final 2023 NFL offensive line rankings | NFL News, Rankings and Statistics | PFF

The Philadelphia Eagles take home the No. 1 spot in PFF's offensive line rankings following the 2023 NFL regular season.
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9. MIAMI DOLPHINS​

Best lineup:​

LT Terron Armstead
LG Isaiah Wynn
C Connor Williams
RG Robert Hunt
RT Austin Jackson

  • Likely no offensive line dealt with worse injury luck in 2023 than the Miami Dolphins. Every starting offensive lineman missed time with injuries at some point, and Isaiah Wynn and Connor Williams were placed on injured reserve. In the end, nine different Dolphins offensive linemen played more than 390 snaps, while none reached 1,000 snaps.
  • Miami still finished with the highest pass-blocking efficiency rating in the NFL. However, over the last five weeks of the regular season, they ranked just 16th.

Best player: Terron Armstead​

  • When healthy, Armstead is among the league's very best offensive linemen. His 80.9 PFF overall grade in 2023 ranked 10th among offensive tackles.
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dolfan91 said:
You can't ignore how badly the Dolphins #3-#6 WR's were once Waddle and/or Hill were sidelined. Smythe had a career year, in large part, due to Tua finally adjusting late in the season to utilize the TE more. Even Wilson became a bit more productive. Finding the perfect compliment to Hill and Waddle could be a High Priority this offseason. Perhaps finding two more playmakers? Maybe McDaniel needs to adjust the offense once again to take advantage of the open areas underneath? He didn't do that for 2/3 of the season. Once Cracraft went down, it was all Hill and Waddle. Until they started missing games. Miami's offense needs more.

As for the Oline, they did better than expected. Even Tua admitted recently, he needs to better look for his 2nd and 3rd reads. Don't forget both Hill and Waddle afforded Tua his quick release, because they were usually open so quickly. While the offensive line needs better pass protection, Miami also need the offense to expand past the dynamic duo to take the next step.
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Utilizing Achane more is IMO 1 way to tweak the offense.
 
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