What's the brutal start part? We're at home against a feckless Pats team that Tua is 3-0 against. Getting our D is not a good thing for those teams either. We start the year 4-1. Book it.
McDaniel the most impressive new Head Coach in the NFL?
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Speaking of Tua getting hung out to dry, combined with that awful OL, look at how often his receivers have been blanketed. With the additions of McDaniel, Armstead, and Hill (and guys like Williams, Wilson, Edmonds, and Mostert), you expect this significant weakness to become a major strength. With multiple receivers who can create instant separation and a coach who comes from a system that creates separation at the highest level, Miami can alternate who they design chunk plays for (largely between Hill and Waddle).
Waddle was the only receiver Tua could count on to win in 2021. As a result, and coupled with the OL, they used him more like Jarvis Landry than Tyreek Hill. Tyreek was in a similar-ish situation, where teams wouldn't leave 2-high vs KC, and if they took away Kelce underneath, they didn't have a trustworthy/efficient 3rd option, so KC just started making most of Hill's routes shorter.
So, Miami went from having half-assed offensive systems in each of the last two seasons, with awful OL's, and mediocre-to-bad receiving options
To
A system (with answers, responses, and real focal points), an OL that should at least be average, and one of the very best receiver units in the league - easily the fastest.
If teams want to run a lot of soft looks like they did vs Hill in KC, McDaniel is much more willing to run the ball than Reid. If teams don't play soft, they're always an inch from giving up a big play.
Tua should be in a great spot in 2022
I think he can be the guy. Obv McDaniel has to prove that he can run a team and be a winning/creative play caller/designer away from Shanahan. I feel good about both.
Another one. Look at Miami vs SF.