Marvez: The Dolphins have no talent

[Kinzua]

This might be my biggest fear. First down is very critical. Third and long could be disastrous to our WC style offense.
Might also create unnecessary penalties for itself with all the movement and urgency.

Not to mention the risk for turnovers.

The purpose of a fast paced offense is to get the unit into a rhythm while preventing the defense from doing a lot of situational substitutions. The brisk pace keeps everybody on the offense focused. Good offensive teams almost always don't waste time in the huddle, get to the line crisply, and are ready to go -- even if they stay at the LOS while the QB lets the clock run down. That crisp, sharp rhythm is always there. When they need to go into two-minute drill mode, it's a piece of cake for them because they're already in the habit of doing things quickly.

IMO, a slow deliberate offensive pace results in more problems than does the faster pace. From my observations (watching 3+ years of Dick Jauron as Bills HC makes me an expert on crappy offenses BTW), it's crappy offensive teams that dwaddle in the huddle, straggle to the LOS, don't get set once at the LOS, and commit more stupid pre-snap penalties. They are the teams that can't run a decent 2 minute drill. Are they crappy because they are deliberate and slow or does the slow pace make them sloppy so they can't execute as well? It a chicken-or-egg argument, but I haven't seen too many good teams use the slow deliberate offensive pace outside of the ends of games where they want to waste time -- and then the really good ones will just run the ball.

Thirds and long are always problems for any team that gets too many of them no matter what style of offense they use.

I think your concern over pre-snap penalties like movement, two men moving, etc may be misplaced. There's no reason that the Dolphins offensive players can't learn the same self-discipline that the Packers' Os has demonstrated over the last few years. If the HC demands self discipline all the time, even in practice, it's amazing how the number of stupid pre-snap penalites diminishes. When the Bills ran Jauron's slow, deliberate offensive offense, they were likely to get one pre-snap penalty on just about every possession -- and sometimes more. Under Chan Gailey, the Bills offense is much faster paced, but the pre-snap penalties are rarities -- and Gailey uses rookies and other youngsters a lot more than Jauron did.

 

[BlueFin]

Number one Marvez is a reporter....he is not an expert. I love how these writers have taken on the role of football expert. Has he ever coached at any level much less the NFL?

Has he ever GM'ed a football team other than his fantasy team?

His opinion is no more important than any other fan, and in his case is tainted by his longstanding hatred which he has made more than clear in his columns and in radio interviews.

Dolphin fans need to learn to ignore what he says and writes.

 

[broccoli rob]

Everyone in SoFla is spoiled from the Heat. The Marlins and Fins are screwed, because neither will be able to replicate the star power the Heat put on the court.

I am just hoping the Heat put heat (no pun intended) on Ross/Fins FO to get us some big names and put something special on the field!

 

[Phinsome]

The most annoying thing about listen to Marvez is that he always says, "Go ahead and . . . . " during interviews. Listen to him. He constantly says that like a moron. The Dolphins should "go ahead and . . " The coach will "go ahead and . . ."

Its so annoying. Some one should "Go ahead and" fire this jackwagon.

 

[ryan0398]

How can anyone say "any" NFL team has NO TALENT? That's absolutely ridiculous...

my point exactly. Winning is contagious. If they get on a small role watch the talent come from out of the wood work. We have talent in the back field and in the TE / H back position in the passing game. I think the oline will be better than last year. Columbo was the worst signing humanly possible last year. I don't anticipate missing Carey. Im not nearly as concerned as some about our WR corp. I think they can get it done. It isn't about the most talented 53, its about the right 53.