I had issues with two of Lazor's first-half play calls. The one was a rollout flat pass I believe to Clay in which Tannehill had to throw while going backwards ... the play had no forward momentum and lost 5 yards. The next series or a couple of series later, there was another first-down play that was more an east-west play that lost yards. The biggest thing against the Bills is not putting yourself in positions where their D-Line can pin its ears back and tee off on Tannehill. You need efficient, high percentage first-down plays to keep them on their heels; that's exactly what the Dolphins did in the third quarter. The plays I mentioned were high-risk, low-reward plays and they came back to bite us.
I think Lazor might have let Moreno's injury affect his play-calling. He can't let that happen. He has to have faith that his line and backs can make positive plays, even if they aren't as good as the plays Moreno would make, and, again, in the third quarter we did that. But that moment of doubt really was worth about six points. A play-caller needs to keep his composure and believe in the game plan and stick with it, unless the QB is injured and has to leave the game. You can't get that deer in the headlights thing even for a few minutes at this level.
