Lack of a running game...troubling!
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Men, Simma down. We aren't going to burn up Reggie or Miller in preseason. Figuring out the zone blocking is one thing, the real reason is we are trying to move from the bottom 10 in passing to top tier. I agree with phinsN703, rinse and repeat.
During the Olympics I don't pay much attention to anything else but I did catch a few brief glimpses of the Dolphin telecast, enough to force an opinion that backs up my lingering concerns:
50 passes courtesy of mediocre quarterbacks will be a joy to defend. If that trend continues it will be a soft vulnerable team. Rushes may be down in the NFL but not the percentage of games won by the team with highest rushes, upwards of 82%.
Teams that abuse short passes with less than dominant quarterbacks invariably butcher short yardage and goal line situations. They don't seem to comprehend that you've earned no respect down the field or via the running game so the cutesy underneath garbage will be dismantled with a laugh in key spots. The first plays I watched this season were Tannehill near the goal line late in the first half. He threw short of the goal line twice, once over the middle and once to the left sideline. Both plays were destroyed. Granted, I have no idea if that was representative of the game but you've got to redesign those patterns with an understanding of personnel limitations. With an Aaron Rodgers the play will break quicker and cleaner and more precise than expected. You might get away with throwing a yard shy of intention and rambling into the end zone. With lesser quarterbacks the opposite will be true so the design needs to be a yard further downfield than standard.
Otherwise, I saw plenty of marginal athletes. That's the overwhelming variable. No need to dissect every nuance of a team loaded with .240 hitters or 12 handicappers. I caught the Jeff Ireland interview in the booth and it's not hard to pinpoint how we got here. One standard comment after another. Not a fleck of special insight. Ireland reminds me of these opening heat types I've been watching from London the past two weeks, the guys who are comfortable lingering way back in the pack of a race, confident they can spot superior athletes 10 meters and chase them down with no problem. "Jeff Ireland failed to advance..."
50 passes courtesy of mediocre quarterbacks will be a joy to defend. If that trend continues it will be a soft vulnerable team. Rushes may be down in the NFL but not the percentage of games won by the team with highest rushes, upwards of 82%.
Teams that abuse short passes with less than dominant quarterbacks invariably butcher short yardage and goal line situations. They don't seem to comprehend that you've earned no respect down the field or via the running game so the cutesy underneath garbage will be dismantled with a laugh in key spots. The first plays I watched this season were Tannehill near the goal line late in the first half. He threw short of the goal line twice, once over the middle and once to the left sideline. Both plays were destroyed. Granted, I have no idea if that was representative of the game but you've got to redesign those patterns with an understanding of personnel limitations. With an Aaron Rodgers the play will break quicker and cleaner and more precise than expected. You might get away with throwing a yard shy of intention and rambling into the end zone. With lesser quarterbacks the opposite will be true so the design needs to be a yard further downfield than standard.
Otherwise, I saw plenty of marginal athletes. That's the overwhelming variable. No need to dissect every nuance of a team loaded with .240 hitters or 12 handicappers. I caught the Jeff Ireland interview in the booth and it's not hard to pinpoint how we got here. One standard comment after another. Not a fleck of special insight. Ireland reminds me of these opening heat types I've been watching from London the past two weeks, the guys who are comfortable lingering way back in the pack of a race, confident they can spot superior athletes 10 meters and chase them down with no problem. "Jeff Ireland failed to advance..."
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This stat is stupid and not indicative of anything. Of course the team has the most rushing attempts is going to be the winner of most games. Teams with leads do nothing but run in the 4th quarter. Assuming their defense doesn't collapse they win by running the clock out.
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Agreed, but it would be nice to see our starters look sharp in a preseason game once in awhile. Other teams are occasionally able to line up with no game planning and look like they have a clue. Wish Miami could do it.