PFF- ReFo: Dolphins @ Raiders, Week 4

[gafin]

5,362 miles from Oakland, the Raiders ‘hosted’ the Miami Dolphins at Wembley Stadium in London on Sunday. The Dolphins, however, were rude guests as they dominated from start to finish with a 38-14 cakewalk victory.

A trip across the pond was the perfect tonic to a tumultuous week which started with over-reactions to a couple of demoralizing defeats, as the offense took a huge step forward. For Oakland the rebuild continues, but the patience of all those involved is starting to wear thin.

Let’s take a look at the performances that made it so.

Miami Dolphins – Performances of Note

Jelani Jenkins, LB: +3.3

Breakdown: Jenkins didn’t stuff the stat sheet on Sunday like he has in past weeks, but he quietly managed his highest graded game of his career. The second year outside linebacker was assignment sure and played mistake free football with no missed tackles. Jenkins was quick to react when the Raiders ran power and stacked the lead blocker in the hole on multiple occasions. It’s safe to say that he’s no fluke at this point with four straight game graded in the green.

Signature Stat: Jenkins +8.0 overall grade is the highest among all 4-3 outside linebackers this season.

The Starting Secondary: +6.8 combined

Breakdown: You can’t ask for much more from your starting secondary. Brent Grimes, Cortland Finnegan, Louis Delmas, and Jimmy Wilson would all grade positively against both the run and pass on Sunday. Maybe the best news is that the four combined for just one missed tackle on the day (Finnegan) after missing an absurd 10 against the Chiefs.

Signature Stat: Raiders quarterbacks had a passer rating of 55.3 when targeting these four.

Ryan Tannehill, QB: +4.8

Breakdown: It was a surgical performance for the Dolphins pass master. Chastised this week for his putrid accuracy against Kansas City, Tannhill went and had the most accurate game of his career. The Dolphins quarterback was on the mark for 26 of his 30 targeted pass including a ridiculous 9-of-11 on passes 10+ yards downfield.

Signature Play: With 1:56 left in the first quarter, Tannehill saw Brian Hartline get a step on a seam route with Chimde Chekwa trailing in man coverage and the quarterback fired a strike 23 yards in stride for a first down.

PFF Game Ball

Not named the starter earlier in the week, Ryan Tannehill responded with his best game of the season and earned himself a PFF game ball.

https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2014/09/29/refo-dolphins-raiders-week-4/

 

[FSU Truth]

Jenkins....Jenkins...

Hold the ****ing phone....did that say Jenkins?

Jelani Jenkins, LB: +3.3

Breakdown: Jenkins didn’t stuff the stat sheet on Sunday like he has in past weeks, but he quietly managed his highest graded game of his career. The second year outside linebacker was assignment sure and played mistake free football with no missed tackles. Jenkins was quick to react when the Raiders ran power and stacked the lead blocker in the hole on multiple occasions. It’s safe to say that he’s no fluke at this point with four straight game graded in the green.

Signature Stat: Jenkins +8.0 overall grade is the highest among all 4-3 outside linebackers this season.

Holy **** it did...

 

[MiamiDolphin618]

Jenkins has been the biggest bright spot for this team so far. Depleted LB core who desperately needed someone to step up and he has answered. He just has to continue to build on it…and maybe we will have one less LB position to worry about next year.

 

[Digital]

Before we get too excited just remember that the Raiders haven't won a game traveling to the east coast in a long time. Traveling to London was an advantage for us more so than them.

Good performances, but let's see a little consistency before we start thinking this is fully fixed yet. But yes, good performances worthy of praise.

 

[MRojas4]

Jenkins....Jenkins...

Hold the ****ing phone....did that say Jenkins?


Holy **** it did...

:3w:

Wheeler goes bye bye this offseason.

 

[So Be]

Jenkins has been the biggest bright spot for this team so far. Depleted LB core who desperately needed someone to step up and he has answered. He just has to continue to build on it…and maybe we will have one less LB position to worry about next year.

Ellerbe, with his HUGE contract, is done as a Dolphin. Jenkins does look to be the answer at WLB. Wheeler has looked much better, and his contract comes down to good for next year. Misi in the middle is still a question but, think he will do well, and then there is Tripp.

 

[MRojas4]

Before we get too excited just remember that the Raiders haven't won a game traveling to the east coast in a long time. Traveling to London was an advantage for us more so than them.

Good performances, but let's see a little consistency before we start thinking this is fully fixed yet. But yes, good performances worthy of praise.

:err:

Because the Fins also didn't travel 8 hours to London? 3 days before the game?

Raiders arrived in London a week before the game?

Not sure I get the logic.

 

[MRojas4]

Ellerbe, with his HUGE contract, is done as a Dolphin. Jenkins does look to be the answer at WLB. Wheeler has looked much better, and his contract comes down to good for next year. Misi in the middle is still a question but, think he will do well, and then there is Tripp.

****,

If we can draft a true Mike, Wheeler and Ellerbe are both gone.

Misi at SAM, Jenkings at Will, get me a true 3 down Mike and we roll for the next 3 years.

Tripp and McCain decent depth, and Trusnick goes back into special teams oblivion.

 

[greasyObnoxious]

Ellerbe, with his HUGE contract, is done as a Dolphin. Jenkins does look to be the answer at WLB. Wheeler has looked much better, and his contract comes down to good for next year. Misi in the middle is still a question but, think he will do well, and then there is Tripp.

Misi is a serviceable SLB. find a true MLB, cut the dead weight and run with Misi, Jenkins and that new MLB in 2015.

 

[datruth55]

Misi is a serviceable SLB. find a true MLB, cut the dead weight and run with Misi, Jenkins and that new MLB in 2015.

Eric Kendricks would be at the top of my list for MLB if we drafted one.

 

[uk_dolfan]

As I was saying last night Jenkins has earned a starting spot, and frankly I prefer Trusnik to both Ellerbe and Wheeler

 

[So Be]

****,

If we can draft a true Mike, Wheeler and Ellerbe are both gone.

Misi at SAM, Jenkings at Will, get me a true 3 down Mike and we roll for the next 3 years.

Tripp and McCain decent depth, and Trusnick goes back into special teams oblivion.

Sounds good to me but, I still want to see what Misi does in the middle.

 

[So Be]

As I was saying last night Jenkins has earned a starting spot, and frankly I prefer Trusnik to both Ellerbe and Wheeler

Misi is a better SLB than Wheeler but, could work in the middle. Trusnik has done well but, is very limited. Who knows what we have in Tripp? Maybe he works out as well.

How was going to your first NFL game?

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

Play that says it all for me about Jenkins: the play that injured Derek Carr, actually. QB is scrambling up the middle and I'm thinking "oh no, that's a first down."

And then Jelani Jenkins appears on my television set, like a vision in a white jersey. Silently he glides across the screen, catching hold of the quarterback and wrangling him to the ground with sure-handed tackling. Short of the sticks.

#53 just knows what he's supposed to be doing out there, does it in a timely fashion, and does it competently. That's all you can ask from your reserve LB.

 

[So Be]

Play that says it all for me about Jenkins: the play that injured Derek Carr, actually. QB is scrambling up the middle and I'm thinking "oh no, that's a first down."

And then Jelani Jenkins appears on my television set, like a vision in a white jersey. Silently he glides across the screen, catching hold of the quarterback and wrangling him to the ground with sure-handed tackling. Short of the sticks.

#53 just knows what he's supposed to be doing out there, does it in a timely fashion, and does it competently. That's all you can ask from your reserve LB.

And all you can ask from your starting LB.