Scoring Points

[J. David Wannyheimer]

No, this isn't about a he-said / she-said investigation. This is about the Miami Dolphins' inability to score points this century, regardless of who the coach is, who the quarterback is, and who the opponent is.

The Miami Dolphins have scored 40+ points in the regular season 27 times. The last time the team did it was on November 27th, 2003. That was nearly ten years ago. That was the Thanksgiving day game against Dallas in which Chris Chambers caught three touchdown passes.

Since 2004, there have been 245 instances of a football team scoring 40 or more points in a game. The Miami Dolphins do not account for a single one of those instances. That is absolutely pitiful.

Since that game, the Dolphins have scored 35 points five times. We've done it in the Wildcat game against New England, again in 2008 against the Chiefs, twice against the Bills, and once last year against the Oakland Raiders. Reggie Bush broke two long touchdown runs in that last game.

Since 2004, there have been 538 instances of a football team scoring 35 or more points in a game. Yeah.


So what I'm saying is, HANG FORTY POINTS IN THE BUCS TONIGHT, GUYS.

 

[Miamifinz]

Yuck - that makes for some absolutely pitiful, boring football. I wouldn't mind a 40 burger tonight that's for sure.

 

[WVDolphan]

We have not been good at scoring points because we have not had a good QB.

 

[Gonzo]

Ugh, maybe I don't want to get back to football talk. It can be more depressing with this team.

 

[PhinMagic]

We haven't had great quarterback play for quite some time. Has nothing to do with the coaches. We're not throwing up 40 tonight.....I could see a nice 31-10 win though. Screw Martin-gate and shut everyone's mouth!!

 

[Tyrion]

Im concerned that this media circus has affected the team's focus...well, the small amount of focus we did have. Hope im wrong.

 

[El Calebra]

Why does the amount of points mean anything? It is winning that counts.

Yesterday I watched Carolina and San fran play. A total of 19 point between them. One of the most exciting games yesterday. Defense was the star in this game and Carolina won.
I would take 100 games like this with us coming out on top, than two 50 point games where we lost.

Thanks for at trying to change the atmosphere on this forum. I appreciate the football themed thread. But scoring 40 points means nothing to me or the team. It is winning that matters.

 

[NBP81]

I just hope the CS realized how running the ball is beneficiary to this offense. It buys time, opens up the PA pass in which Wallace can really hurt the other team and we've actually run the ball pretty well the last couple of games... Just run the god damn ball!

 

[datruth55]

We have not been good at scoring points because we have not had a good QB.

Well if you think good QB play is all it takes to put up 40 points, Mark Sanchez is your biggest fan.

 

[J. David Wannyheimer]

We have not been good at scoring points because we have not had a good QB.

It's a lot more than that. A lot of QBs have scored 40+ points in that span of time, and many of them are players I feel are objectively worse than Ryan Tannehill. Not even including the questionable guys, here is a list of the inferior QBs who have scored 40+ points in that span of time:

John Skelton
Chris Redman
Kyle Boller
Ryan Fitzpatrick
Matt Moore (Carolina)
Josh McCown
Kyle Orton (he's done it SEVERAL times with multiple teams)
Rex Grossman
Kelly Holcomb. Yes, KELLY EFFING HOLCOMB
Derek Anderson (twice)
Brady Quinn (his line in that game was 10-17 66 yards 0td 2int, by the way. Long completion of 11)
Vinny Testaverde and Drew Bledsoe each had one for the Cowboys on their respective retirement tours
Jon Kitna
Shaun Hill
Matt Flynn (currently unemployed)
Sage Rosenfels (yup)
Blaine Gabbert. Literally Blaine Gabbert's team has put up 40 points in a game.
David Garrard
Byron Leftwich
Matt Cassel
Damon Huard
Trent Green (only here to show that yes, he's done it even though he SUCKED when he played here)
Gus Frerotte (in Minny)
Tarvaris Jackson (twice, lol)
Mark Sanchez
Kellen Clemens
Kerry Collins (this one's debatable but I threw it in anyway)
Jason Campbell
Josh Freeman
Jake Locker and Vince Young have done it. Jake did it in 2012 when he was the worst starting QB in the NFL. Vince is unemployed.


And if you go through the box scores of these games, a lot of these guys had very pedestrian numbers in those games. And a lot of these guys played for the Dolphins at one point, yet never did it in Miami. It's a lot more than the QB. The Miami Dolphins just aren't good at scoring points. Not on offense, not on defense, and not on special teams.

You know what the only team that returns "Sorry, there are no results that match your search" is as I'm looking this stuff up? That's right, your 2004-2013 Miami Dolphins.

And no, Andrew Luck hasn't scored 40 points in a game. Yet.

 

[Shouright]

Why does the amount of points mean anything? It is winning that counts.

Yesterday I watched Carolina and San fran play. A total of 19 point between them. One of the most exciting games yesterday. Defense was the star in this game and Carolina won.
I would take 100 games like this with us coming out on top, than two 50 point games where we lost.

Thanks for at trying to change the atmosphere on this forum. I appreciate the football themed thread. But scoring 40 points means nothing to me or the team. It is winning that matters.

True, but you need the capacity to score 40, because there will be games, perhaps playoff games, where you need explosive scoring to win.

And despite the "exceptions to the rule" arguments that will likely run rampant here with regard to the relationship between quarterback play and explosive scoring ability, the rule is that such scoring ability is very strongly related to very good quarterback play.

In other words, the capacity to consistently score exceptionally large numbers of points is very strongly associated with very good quarterback play, and very weakly associated with poor quarterback play.

 

[olivadotti]

Just run the god damn ball!

Agree 100%....gives us our best shot at a win...will keep RT relaxed as well....

 

[slk018]

.The Fins will not score 40 tonight! The Bucs have a good defense. I don't se ethem scoring 40 on anyone, best opportunity would be against Buffalo. But, by the time they play them in Buff it will be cold as hell...A healthy Gibson and Keller would help their chances to score 40, they do not have a red zone threat.
But, anything is possible, a pick 6, wake strip sack for a TD, Thigpen return (what happened to him) would help

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Agree 100%....gives us our best shot at a win...will keep RT relaxed as well....

Yep, Run the ball heavily, and throw with play action not empty backfield 5 wr sets...Make Glennon make plays, and pressure him. this has the makings (if Sherman runs the ball) of a 24-10 type beat down

 

[DolfanISS]

Well I agree, one way or another this has been a long standing problem with the Dolphins. Maybe it's just me but through the entire Chad Henne era and into the Ryan Tannehill era I fell like there are many games we come out and dominate everywhere onm the football field except for the scoreboard and have inevitably lost many of those games. I could dig up tons of examples of games like this, some we won and some we lost. I think the Cincy game is a pretty good example. With a 4-1 TO differential our lead should have been insurmountable but of course it wasn't. The Dolphins just deperately need to be able to score more points. This has been a long running issue that has spanned 2 QB's. I'll say this for Matt Moore (AND NO I DON'T WANT HIM TO START SO PLEASE TRY TO RESIST THAT DEBATE) when we dominated bad team (which is everyone's argument against Moore that he only beat weak teams) we put them away on the scoreboard. He's the only QB over the last like 8 years you can say that about.