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NRA said:


thats because his qb couldnt get him the ball in stride.

its hard to be productive when you have to stop dead in your tracks, turn around and then wait for the ball to fall out of the sky with 3 defenders in your face waiting for the same ball.

had tanny hit him with consistancy, wallace would have had double digit td's and over a hundred catches.

everyone is blaming ANYONE BUT the qb in that problem. wallace [as well as other players] were open a LOT and thats all you can really ask of a player and if you qb doesnt do his part, throw it to the open guy, hit him in stride, etc..... it doesnt matter who is coaching. sherman, like wallace is taking more blame than he should.

had tanny done his job, we would have made the playoffs and no one would be hating on sherman. and if tanny doesnt improve, all the haters will be on here at end of season wanting philbin gone and ranting on what a bum lazor is and how stupid it was for philbin and hickey to bring him in.

AGAIN, this whole season depends on tanny. yes, we had some legit o-line issues, but he brought a LOT of the sacks on himself holding on to the ball to long or not using his athletic ability to get out of the problem and make plays. EASILY half of the sacks he took last year were on him.

i like tanny. i am NOT a hater. kid has big skills, but, he also STILL has big issues and only he can correct them. another year of blaming wallace and the o-line wont cut it. he also has to show hickey he IS a true franchise qb and he is worth spending the time and years in him when his contract is up. hickey didnt draft him and has no strings attached.

i still have him 50-50. maybe he will, maybe he wont. but his career is in his hands this season and it is him ALONE who decides his fate, not wallace.
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His YPC was just slightly below what it was the previous year but of course all the fault will lie with everyone but Wallace.
 
dlockz said:
His YPC was just slightly below what it was the previous year but of course all the fault will lie with everyone but Wallace.
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You do realize he had several games that year with Leftwich and Batch as his qb? That is a handicap if there ever was one!
 
flynryan15 said:
You do realize he had several games that year with Leftwich and Batch as his qb? That is a handicap if there ever was one!
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9 of his 13 games were 13 yards receiving average and below and that still leaves 6 games with Rotlisberger that he didn't break that average.
Rotlisberger was still the starter for 13 games.
 
dlockz said:
9 of his 13 games were 13 yards receiving average and below and that still leaves 6 games with Rotlisberger that he didn't break that average.
Rotlisberger was still the starter for 13 games.
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I posted this in another thread:

Wallace's numbers in 2013 were nearly identical to his numbers in 2012. Is Tannehill responsible for that too? Wallace is a 1 trick pony. When the defense doesn't have to worry about the running game, they can keep a safety over the top and minimize Wallace's chances. Compare his numbers as his team's rushing performance drops:

2010
376 carries for 1520 yards - Wallace 21 ypc

2011
338 carries for 1407 yards - Wallace 16.6 ypc

2012
317 carries for 1215 yards - Wallace 13.1 ypc

2013
286 carries for 1115 - Wallace 12.7 ypc


It is clear as day. If the Dolphins develop a running game or a TE that can consistently draw the safety in coverage or if Wallace is used differently, his numbers could jump back up. But, the drop off is a trend that started 2 years before he came too the Dolphins.
 
FinfanInBuffalo said:
I posted this in another thread:

Wallace's numbers in 2013 were nearly identical to his numbers in 2012. Is Tannehill responsible for that too? Wallace is a 1 trick pony. When the defense doesn't have to worry about the running game, they can keep a safety over the top and minimize Wallace's chances. Compare his numbers as his team's rushing performance drops:

2010
376 carries for 1520 yards - Wallace 21 ypc

2011
338 carries for 1407 yards - Wallace 16.6 ypc

2012
317 carries for 1215 yards - Wallace 13.1 ypc

2013
286 carries for 1115 - Wallace 12.7 ypc


It is clear as day. If the Dolphins develop a running game or a TE that can consistently draw the safety in coverage or if Wallace is used differently, his numbers could jump back up. But, the drop off is a trend that started 2 years before he came too the Dolphins.
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OR if the qb hit him when he was open.
 
I'm still pissed wallace dropped a great pass to win the Panthers game right in his hands.
 
FinfanInBuffalo said:
How do you explain the consistent drop off each year?
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I think somebody else said it as it has to do with Pittsburgh being able to run the ball effectively. It makes sense since a safety would have to drop down leaving the middle of the field open for either Wallace or Clay or a seam busting TE.
 
nick1 said:
Or if Wallace could challenge for a jump ball or run different routes its not all tannehill and its not all wallace
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According to Brent Grimes, Wallace can run different routes. It may have seem during games that he didn't run different routes and that is on the offensive coordinator.

One of the things Matt Moore talked about after they watched tape of how Pittsburgh used Wallace was all the different ways they got him the ball. Unfortunately we had an offensive coordinator who didn't want to make Mike the focus of the passing offense.
 
Geforce said:
According to Brent Grimes, Wallace can run different routes. It may have seem during games that he didn't run different routes and that is on the offensive coordinator.
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Wait, I thought everything was Tannehill's fault.....
 
FinfanInBuffalo said:
I posted this in another thread:

Wallace's numbers in 2013 were nearly identical to his numbers in 2012. Is Tannehill responsible for that too? Wallace is a 1 trick pony. When the defense doesn't have to worry about the running game, they can keep a safety over the top and minimize Wallace's chances. Compare his numbers as his team's rushing performance drops:

2010
376 carries for 1520 yards - Wallace 21 ypc

2011
338 carries for 1407 yards - Wallace 16.6 ypc

2012
317 carries for 1215 yards - Wallace 13.1 ypc

2013
286 carries for 1115 - Wallace 12.7 ypc


It is clear as day. If the Dolphins develop a running game or a TE that can consistently draw the safety in coverage or if Wallace is used differently, his numbers could jump back up. But, the drop off is a trend that started 2 years before he came too the Dolphins.
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Fans are the only one who think Wallace is a one-trick pony. There's an easy of reason why Wallace's yard per catch has dropped each year and it had very little to do with the running game. Wallace has become a more complete receiver and is asked to do more in the passing game than just run '9" routes. In Pittsburgh, Wallace set career highs in first down catches every year except his last year there when they changed the offense to try to protect Big Ben better.
 
Geforce said:
Fans are the only one who think Wallace is a one-trick pony. There's an easy of reason why Wallace's yard per catch has dropped each year and it had very little to do with the running game. Wallace has become a more complete receiver and is asked to do more in the passing game than just run '9" routes. In Pittsburgh, Wallace set career highs in first down catches every year except his last year there when they changed the offense to try to protect Big Ben better.
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That would make sense if he had a big increase in catches. He had a modest jump in 2011, then dropped back in 2012.
 
FinfanInBuffalo said:
That would make sense if he had a big increase in catches. He had a modest jump in 2011, then dropped back in 2012.
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Why would he need a big increase in catches to be more involved in the passing game? The type of patterns he was asked to run was more indicative of Wallace also becoming a chain mover than just a "one-trick pony". The Steelers offense under Bruce Arians took advantage of Wallace's big play ability while the offense under Todd Haley did not. Haley wanted Wallace to run shorter, quicker, timing based routes in order for Big Ben to get the ball out faster and it took awhile for them to buy into that concept.
 
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