Henne looked good on the first series. He was sacked and bounced right back with two big completions. Marshall broke a couple of tackles and scored a TD. Then, they couldn't get Bush going on the next several series. Right before halftime, they got another drive going. But it stalled inside the 5 yard line. They tried to run it too many times. Henne didn't throw to an open WR in the back corner of the endzone and instead ran for a couple yards. They kicked a field goal. And really that is why it is tied. That kind of showing in the red zone is very similar to last season.
After the half, they really couldn't sustain anything on offense and the Bucs had their backups in. So Miami pulled their starters as well just to save face. They really had no choice unless our starters would have lit up their backups.
I can't say I was very impressed with our offense tonight. Henne was ok. I'll give him a B. The O-line was garbage most of the night. They get a D. Our running game was dead. I give them a C only because the O-line was to blame most of the time. We had a couple of fumbles and too many penalties as well. The Marshall fumble really let the game fall into a tied gridlock. Marshall had the boneheaded blocking penalty last game that called back Bush's big play. Then tonight, he fumbles on what would have been a big gain for Miami. His head doesn't seem right.
Overall, the offense gets a C for tonight. I'm not sure they would have won this game had all the starters stayed in. Things looked really promising from the start, but they fizzled out and struggled too often. This was a good defense though. So that can be considered. But that is no excuse for the lack of run game and mental errors.