DefensiveEnd76
Football Guru
You have to maximize any talent you have. Clearly Burke and Gase are not doing that.
Burke and Joseph were Cincinnati Bengal garbage. STOP BRINGING FORMER BENGAL GARBAGE IN!!!
You forgot about Coyle. What are the odds that 3 consecutive DCs all came to Miami from the same team, and they all suck? Coyle was given a decent defense (with a Top 5 Rushing Defense), and he and Philbin completely neutered it. The first mistake was doing away with the 3-4. The next mistake was Philbin and Ireland replacing somewhat talented players with below-average players. Next, Gase hires Joseph, who runs a defense just as bad as Coyle's. And, to add insult to injury, Gase promotes Burke so that he can continue to run Joseph's defense. Yes, there are slight differences in the defensive schemes/strategies of these 3 DCs, but the overall results are shockingly similar... and pathetic! IMO, the entire problem of their defense (and the offense for that matter) is that they want finesse, when tough, hard-hitting, physically dominating old-school football (with a good passing game, of course) would be more successful. Football is a tough, hard-hitting, physical sport, isn't it?
I don't think that there has ever been a defense that has allowed so many 1st down conversions on 3rd and long as Miami has under Coyle, Joseph, and Burke. If the opponent was facing a 3rd and 21, it was a foregone conclusion that the RB would be able to run for 22 yards. 3rd and 15? A WR or TE would be wide open for a 17 yard pass. (With Miami's offense under Philbin and Gase, 3rd and 15 meant throwing a 3 yard pass... that's 3 yards beyond or behind the line of scrimmage!) How many times must we watch opponents march right down the field because Miami's DC has his CBs playing 10 yards off the WRs? I think that Gase and his staff have proven themselves to be even more inept than Philbin and his staff.
Funny you mention Joseph. One of the beat writers mentioned how Burke and Joseph run similar scheme's and how Denver is struggling mightily right now on defense...and that was an elite defense until Joseph got there so we know it's not the players in Denver.Vance Joseph was way better then Burke and that's not saying much. Joseph was garbage
It's one thing not to be able to score it's another not to be able to stop the opponent from marching up and down the field at will. Matt Burke would rather be hiking up mountains with his billy goat beard or something because he certainly doesn't have the answers to the defensive woes that we are suffering from.
Shave the Beard