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My Observations From The Game and Press Conferences

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Not many of you are happy with the outcome of the game or with how the first-team offense performed. I agree that the starters need work.

-The offensive line still needs time to get it together
-Matt Moore wasn't bad - the tipped ball was unfortunate and Chad Johnson needs to catch that third down pass.
-Reggie looked good in his limited time. Running backs and receivers will get tired in this offense so I anticipate a nice offensive rotation
-The pace was phenomenal. It was great seeing the quarterbacks go up to the line and bark out calls/audibles.
-Tannehill knows this offense better than the other two quarterbacks and that was apparent.
-Speaking of Tannehill - the dude is making a case for himself. If he puts together another preseason performance like that against Carolina, you could be seeing your third preseason game starter (The most important game for evaluating your starters in the preseason)
-Besides Chad's drop, our receivers looked good. Naanee looked like he was getting some nice spacing. Pruitt and Wallace also looked the part.
-Fasano will be valuable to this offense. His ability to block and catch showed. He converted those two early first downs and also set some nice blocks that gave Reggie some running room.
-Egnew was inconsistent, but the ability is there. Had a great catch when the ball was tipped in the air.
-Clay will be a valuable asset in this offense with his ability to get yards after the catch.
-Secondary looked bad. But let's remember, defensive gameplans throughout preseason are VERY vanilla. Not a lot of blitzes and pressure scenarios.
-Richard Marshall impressed me with his tackling. Sean Smith did not. Chris Clemons also needs to stop trying to bring guys down from the shoulder pads.
-Jason Trusnik secured his spot as a backup and special teams player. Dude was all over the place
-Rishard Matthews looked solid as a returner. Would like to see more from him as a receiver.
-According to several players in their press conferences, the pace of practice made this game seem a lot more slowed down. That is a good thing.

I'm tired so that's all I will write. I'll be making a Ryan Tannehill highlight video tomorrow so I'll put the link in a new thread whenever that's finished.
 
Thanks for the summary. Nice to see some silver linings amongst all the doom and gloom being reported elsewhere.
 
Clemons is the 2nd best tackler of our Db's besides Vontae. Maybe you have been watching the wrong player :ponder:

I would also switch the praise from RT to Moore. RT did play very well, but he played against 2-3rd stringers and made quite a few questionable decisions(that would be pick-6 stands out to me the most). Moore played against the starting D and made all the throws he needed to make. If it wasn't for our O'line and Ocho we might've been able to score on those first 2 drives.

Other than that I would agree with your observations :up:
 
ITS!MATEO said:
Clemons is the 2nd best tackler of our Db's besides Vontae. Maybe you have been watching the wrong player :ponder:

I would also switch the praise from RT to Moore. RT did play very well, but he played against 2-3rd stringers and made quite a few questionable decisions(that would be pick-6 stands out to me the most). Moore played against the starting D and made all the throws he needed to make. If it wasn't for our O'line and Ocho we might've been able to score on those first 2 drives.

Other than that I would agree with your observations :up:
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true that it was 2nd and 3rd stringers, but it's nice to see him looking like he's not a part of that group. It would be concerning if he couldn't do anything against scrubs (henne)
 
He looked like a top 10 pick in his first NFL preseason game. Lot's of potential and lot's of mental errors.


All in all i'm extremely happy with what he showed in tonight's game. Not better than Moore, but at least we know he can play at a high level.
 
ITS!MATEO said:
He looked like a top 10 pick in his first NFL preseason game. Lot's of potential and lot's of mental errors.


All in all i'm extremely happy with what he showed in tonight's game. Not better than Moore, but at least we know he can play at a high level.
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not sure if serious.

did u even watch the game? are offense was flat out dead with moore out there, not to mention he ran with the starters!!!!! and tannenhill had backups!! fact of the matter is, tannenhill has no fear, he throws a dart far downfield almost everytime because of how much faster he scans the field than moore and henne and has confidense in his accuracy to get the ball where he wants it, something henne never had.. He is not thinking checkdown first like our previous qbs.
 
Dead serious.


Moore was playing against a first team D while RT was playing against 2-3rd team D. Big difference there. Moore was above average with his play, moving the ball down the field with ease. RT also was above average with his play. He moved the ball down the field and got some good pick ups.

Again, the difference is Moore did it against the starting unit D. RT did it against players that might not even make the roster. Not taking anything away from Ryan, i'm just saying his performance wasn't better than Moore's. Now if RT does that against a first unit D than we can talk, but for now Moore has the edge.
 
Agreed with almost everything you said. Don't get the overreaction over week 1 of pre-season especially when there were so many positives. The offense did actually move the ball well, just two missed field goals and a few fourth down conversions away from a lot more than 7 points haha
 
Sean Smith still has a bad habit of not tackling but just throwing his body in the way of the ball carrier. Dude needs to learn to wrap up if he's gonna go for the legs.
 
Moore had too many balls batted at the line of scrimmage. This is an on going problem for him.
 
I just dont buy into the first preseason game. If the defense continues to look lame then I worry, but as said, it was not exotic.

Tampa Bay always likes to show up for us in preseason and they just nailed their 3rd down conversions while we tended to not (chad). I counted two times we should have scored but INT or replay got us.

Its first preseason. We saw some good from rookies. That is very encouraging my friends. Particularly Tannehill. I am starting to say let the kid play. If dude is running hurry up and doing audibles, he will rock. Looking for better show vs. Carolina. In this one, Tampa converted when we did not.
 
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