People laughed when I said this.

[dolfanattic5]

Check that clip out. Look at how the offensive line is aligned. This is not allowed anymore. I said that the new alignment and rules against cheat motion were going to be a big hindrance to the Dolphins offense. All of these awesome runs to the outside with pull and swing blocks are way more difficult when you’re lined up in a perfect line. They’re not getting to their spots like they used to and hence why they’re not working.

For the record, this is no excuse for the offensive play calling. It has been atrocious, but I grew concerned after seeing the Ravens LT get called 3 times on one drive for illegal formation on Thursday Night Football agianst the Chiefs and sensed it would be a problem.

 

[dolfanattic5]

New alignment rule kills Miami

I was watching highlights of the Dolphins against the Bills from week 18. Look at this picture? Do you think this new rule (that was called on Baltimore several times) is affecting the Dolphins runs? It feels like with their old alignment it would be easier to get outside faster and pull. Just...

finheaven.com

 

[MrChadRico]

Spot on, it's a part of the problem, but the lack of talent is still proabably our biggest problem.

Grier still holds most of the blame in my eyes. But this did hurt McDaniels offense, no doubt.

 

[dolfanattic5]

Spot on, it's a part of the problem, but the lack of talent is still proabably our biggest problem.

Grier still holds most of the blame in my eyes. But this did hurt McDaniels offense, no doubt.

Yeah now that things aren’t flashy with big gains we’re seeing the warts in McDaniels play calling. It’s infuriating.

 

[Scotty_P]

I'm sorry, but this is waaaay down on the list of problems.

Coaching is #1. McD is a fraud.

 

[Marino2.0]

I'm sorry, but this is waaaay down on the list of problems.

Coaching is #1. McD is a fraud.

Correct.

McDaniel’s offense was fluky. It gashed bad and undisciplined teams but was quickly figured out by good teams, and now it’s been figured out even by the bad and undisciplined teams.

With Tua, it’s been just barely functional for the last half season. Without him, it’s historically bad.

The coaching is terrible. The OL is terrible. The TEs are terrible. The WR depth is terrible. The QB depth is terrible. That’s a lot of terrible for one offense to overcome.

 

[Scotty_P]

4th and 1, give it to our smallest players! Don't run the bruiser back behind out 6'7 LT.

It's elementary situational football with high probability of success. Our b*tich ass finesse wuss of a coach just doesn't understand smash mouth football. It's what wins championships.

 

[BennySwella]

4th and 1, give it to our smallest players! Don't run the bruiser back behind out 6'7 LT.

It's elementary situational football with high probability of success. Our b*tich ass finesse wuss of a coach just doesn't understand smash mouth football. It's what wins championships.

4th and 1 is a disaster for this team

 

[67Stang]

Maybe a little bit of a problem, but we had similar issues last year against good teams because our OL was slightly below average. Our 2 best OL (not counting busted up Armstead) were allowed to leave and we regressed even more on the OL.

The new motion stuff isn't even sniffing the top 20 of issues on this team. It starts with a GM who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground when it comes to the importance of at least having a competent OL, and a HC who is so brilliant that he lacks the intelligence to change his playing calling to better suit the players that you currently have playing.

 

[Jimi]

Probably not the the biggest impact, but it’s a microcosm of this teams struggles in general.

McD has one scheme, one plan. If it doesn’t work, he just doubles down harder.

 

[bane]

if we had a real oline then we could just play regular football but we don't so we need all the angles and motions. So tired how this team is built

And chop has not done anything. not one thing. I don't care about his win rate on rushes. not one play.