*** OFFICIAL MIAMI DOLPHINS @ CHICAGO BEARS GAME THREAD *** Preseason WK1

[YorkshirePhin]

A lot say it's pointless watching preseason games......only thing it's showed me so far is I'm right to be extremely concerned about this offensive lines ability to open holes against anybody and pass protect against decent lines.

Concerning imo

 

[Retnuhrace]

These preseason games always drag on late. What do you guys think of shortening the quarters to 10 minutes for the preseason?

 

[ANUFan]

A lot say it's pointless watching preseason games......only thing it's showed me so far is I'm right to be extremely concerned about this offensive lines ability to open holes against anybody and pass protect against decent lines.

Concerning imo

You might wanna change your glasses and also note this opponent was ranked top 5 agaisnt the run last season.

 

[C l u t c H 385]

These preseason games always drag on late. What do you guys think of shortening the quarters to 10 minutes for the preseason?

Late is when it's decided who makes rosters or not.

 

[Burt Macklin]

These preseason games always drag on late. What do you guys think of shortening the quarters to 10 minutes for the preseason?

Bears coach acting like this is a must win game. He challenged a play and went for it on multiple 4th downs lol

 

[YorkshirePhin]

So who has improved their stock today and who has **** the bed!

 

[YorkshirePhin]

Bears coach acting like this is a must win game. He challenged a play and went for it on multiple 4th downs lol

He'll be gone at end of season after they've finished 6 - 11 so might as well bask in the screen time now.

 

[Burt Macklin]

So who has improved their stock today and who has **** the bed!

Needham is a lock at 3rd/4th CB. Stock up for sure.

 

[Geordie]

Line depth is non existent.

 

[Finman1022]

So who has improved their stock today and who has **** the bed!

Oline **** the bed. Slightly improved Tua and Hollins. DBs looked good in first half.

 

[BONG SHULA]

You might wanna change your glasses and also note this opponent was ranked top 5 agaisnt the run last season.

You think the o-line held up well today? If so, that would be encouraging. Won't pretend to be an expert on offensive line play. But out of any position group on the team, that's the one I'm most worried about.

 

[BONG SHULA]

Oline **** the bed. Slightly improved Tua and Hollins

I suspect Hollins is a lock for the final 53 at this point.

 

[rickd13]

Deiter is actually not the problem from what I can tell. It is Austin Jackson + Kindley not getting any blocking on runs to the left.

Dieter is a problem too. Skura looked much better when he was in there.

 

[YorkshirePhin]

Line depth is non existent.

Eichenburg needs to have a massive injury free season to make this line even half decent.
Not seen any push at all from the line so backs are in for a good hiding.

 

[Sirspud]

A lot of the top QBs in the league have both. You can develop "dissect a field and a defense." You can't develop running ability, arm strength (you actually can to an extent), size, athleticism, ect....

You can teach a toolsy QB who has never read a defense to do that longterm much the same way you can develop Clyde Gates and Jerome Grant into dominant receivers because they are insanely fast. I mean yeah, of course you can't give a guy physical skills he doesn't have, but it's not that easy to teach a guy who has played a game for 10-15 years a certain way to have to learn to do things that have never been demanded of them over their lifetime of playing the game a certain way.

But you're getting into QB prospect philosophy. I'm more talking about development. My whole point is that you can throw an athletic QB in the game early and have early returns, counter to what the old belief used to be, but it can actually be counter to their longterm development if a guy needs to learn to be more than a one read and run type of guy, yet early game action before he has learned to do anything else is only going to reinforce his reliance on the play style.