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It's the OFFENSIVE Line, Stupid

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Interesting to note, the worst players graded on the better lines are better than our best.

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There’s gotta be someone the Fins can bring in as an OL advisor to help coaching and communication.

What happened with Pouncey watching practice the other week.
 
So in reality you are saying we have a mildly offensive line verging on not offensive at all.
 
Our player development is terrible. Look at the Giants. Thomas was terrible as a rookie and now he’s grading out much better. Meanwhile, our guys aren’t getting better and some have regressed. Eichenberg isn’t even as good now as he was week one. He’s a mess right now.

It is a lost season with all the moving around. But the current lineup still doesn’t look right. And we have too many guards and not any tackles. Our centers are nothing to write home about either. At what point does Ross say that Grier is no better than Stevie Wonder at picking offensive linemen. Hell, if I am Grier, I do not have to admit it publicly but admit to myself I don’t know crap about offensive line evaluation and hire some scouts with a proven track record. Do not be in denial about your own limitations. How Ross allows this to go on is amazing.
 
Not a single starter on our line had proven to be a starter much less a good starter going into this year. Some showed flashes of potential, but nothing beyond that. We decided we didn’t even need 1 of our 5 guys to be a proven commodity.

Looking back I don’t know how I didn’t see this coming. This franchise is criminally negligent.
 
The fact some posters don’t understand how bad the OL is just shows they really know very little about the game of football. They actually expect running backs to gain yardage even though the back is hit as soon as he gets the ball. They also want to blame Tua because he is constantly under pressure and doesn’t have the time to throw deep.

Flores is on his 3rd and 4th OC’s and his 4th OL line coach in less than 3 season. While on the field the problem is the OL. The real problem is the coaching staff and their inability to develop players.

Considering all the high draft picks on this team and how bad the team has played this year. The Dolphins appear to have the worst coaching staff in the NFL. Grier and Flores both need to be replaced ASAP.
 
Things have become so clear now after the whole DW fiasco. The last 2 years this team was drafted with different philosophies by the same regime. The Tua draft they went all in on Tua, the next draft they jumped ship and did not set him up for success. What other reason do they have for not drafting Najee Harris who has a chemistry with Tua already?

The oline is obvious to explain. Bad coaching. The only decent olineman we ever have are proven free agents from other teams, Karras and Flowers come to mind, yet all of our homegrown lineman are trash and do not develop.

Jimmy Johnson is of the philosophy that an olineman is only as good as his oline coach, I am starting to believe he is 100% correct and that has been our problem for more than 2 decades.
 
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Jimmy Johnson is of the philosophy that an olineman is only as good as his oline coach, I am starting to believe he is 100% correct and that has been our problem for more than 2 decades... maybe more.
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Thinking of JJ the Cowboys have Joe Philbin as OL coach. Any thoughts folks?


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3 reasons why it's not the line's fault.

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Blocking assignments and techniques vary greatly, and are largely determined by the scheme being used.

The scheme sucks azz. The offense, in whole, is offensive. The line coach is suspect af. Those things need to change before real player development will be seen.

Until then, Miami will be the place OL go to learn how to be sleds or dummies for defenders to play with.
 
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