Well I think everyone knows that right now we are on a pace to convert on 3rd and 10 or longer about 1 time every 273 games. Well there are obviously things we need to do better in those situations. But, what we need to obviously try and do is.....STAY OUT of those situations where we dont excel.
It is IMPERATIVE for this team to gain positive yardage on 1st down. Some may suggest we pass more on 1st down, and well we kinda have been. A good 5-6 yard gain on a 1st down pass is a great solution. But, you must still have balance. We have to improve RUNNING the ball on 1st down.
Another obvious solution to that, is to simply run BLOCK better. Yes, that would indeed help. However, I have another resonable solution to this problem.
And you might ask....."But WV, how do you suggest we stay out of 3rd and long more often?" Well Im glad you asked. There are a couple of ways to make 3rd and long a less frequent situation for the phins.
1) Smash a guitar over Ronnie Browns head and remind him to stop ****ing being so god damned hesitant when he gets the ball. ON SEVERAL occaisions today I noticed Ronnie up to his old tricks. Here is Ronnie presented with the opportunity to gain 2 or 3 yards on first down, but of course he stutters instead of exploding when those yards are there and winds up getting no gain. So we could begin to smash him over the head with something whenever he does this so he might remember to just explode up in there and take the 2 or 3 that are there, given the fact that we have so much trouble with 3rd and long.
2) An easier solution would be to just begin giving the ball on 1st downs more often to RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!
Ricky you see is MORE ADVANTAGOUS to the phins because of this little fact about how we cant convert 3rd and anything more than 8 yards. Ricky you see is far more explosive than Ronnie and if you amatures havent noticed he seems to just bust up in there and get 2 or 3 yards when its there. Ricky explodes and then if he gets through starts to try and shift for a big gain, whereas Ronnie is looking to stutter and get a big gain when it isnt there.
This is why Ricky would be so much better for this offense on a regular basis. But, Im probably the only person who has noticed this fact and the only person who was IRATE during the end of that game when it seemed Mare was going to beat us with a long FG late in the game because of Ronnie on 1st down carry before we punted. Camarillos 8 yard gain wouldve been a 1st down had Ronnie taken the 2 yards THAT WERE THERE, but alas he hesitated as usual where Ricky wouldve exploded and picked up the 2-3 yards. That is crucial for us on 1st down.
Ronnie did this earlier in the game as well on the series where we converted on a 4th and 1 with the FB. He also almost killed us in the Denver game, but of course Ricky bailed him out with a huge catch to set Ronnie up for the stat whore TD on that drive of the century to cap that win. I was loving Henning on that drive because he kept throwing it on 1st down when he knew we needed to stay out of 3rd and longs.
It is CRUCIAL for this team to gain some positive yardage on 1st downs to stay out of these situations. I just knew we were screwed on that drive as soon as they gave Ronnie a 1st down carry. Fortunately, Ricky bailed us out with that catch.
3) STOP going wildcat on 2nd and 10.(Unless of course its that handoff to Ricky sweeping around
). We just arent gaining enough yardage to get out of 3rd and long when they do this.(Unless of course they gave it to Ricky. He seems to be doing quite well gaining 3-4 or more yards on that play) But, basically we need to forget about running on 2nd and 10 for the most part and just try and get some good 5-6 yard gains out of the passing game here.
4) Trade Ronnie Brown already. I know you guys love him, but he is killing us right now. 2 weeks in a row we have dodged some serious bullets that were fired at us by Ronnie himself. Well he is getting help from the geniuses calling these plays that he is killing us on, that put us in 3rd and longs, which we obviously struggle beyond belief picking up.
Reality is the dude has played like 2 good games and over the past 5 weeks has been outplayed by Ricky. And the biggest key is what Im pointing out. Ricky EXPLODES and Ronnie hesitates. And when you consider how critical it is for this team to gain positive yardage on 1st downs and STAY OUT OF 3rd and long, its really a no brainer to start giving Ricky the bulk of these opportunities. Hell, we might just be better off if Ronnie gets injured again. Im not wishing injury upon the guy, but whether you want to believe it or not, he is killing us right now with his hesitation at the LOS.
Finally, NO I DONT HATE RONNIE. I think Ronnie is a good football player. Its not like he's Beck or Daunte, or Reggie Howard or something. Ronnie has skills that we can utilize. But, reality is whether you homers like it or not is Ronnie has done nothing for us but, put us in bad situations on 3rd down over the last 5 weeks. He has stat whored a few TDs but, he has been bailed out two weeks in a row from costing us serious playoff position. He already hurt us vs. the Jets with that wasted TO too. And face it, Ricky is just a better player.
EDIT: Let me add that I wanted to post this last week as I have noticed how big of a problem it has been for us over the last few weeks. In fact I mentioned posting this in another thread last week, but I never did because I know how much you guys love some Ronnie. Hey, Im not just making this stuff up to try and bash Ronnie. Its there. Its on the film. I watch the games. Im not pulling it out of my ***.
I was also hesitant to post it because honestly I felt like Ronnie was going to bust out with a huge game today. Instead I saw more of this problem with him failing to take the 2-3 yards that are there if he just explodes instead of waiting for something to set up where he might gain 10 yards.
Look guys, we have to stay out of 3rd and long. We just arent going to all of the sudden start converting a ton of these. We have to gain yardage on 1st down. We need to get the ball to Ricky ALOT more than Ronnie on 1st downs when its a run play. He is just better at exploding to the line and getting positive yardage, then if he gets through worrying about making a big gain.
Ronnie failing to get positive yardage on 1st downs and 2nd and 10s has almost beaten us two weeks in a row now. In fact, if it werent for Ricky with that huge catch in Denver and the defense at the end today, we wouldnt have been bailed out of it.
It is IMPERATIVE for this team to gain positive yardage on 1st down. Some may suggest we pass more on 1st down, and well we kinda have been. A good 5-6 yard gain on a 1st down pass is a great solution. But, you must still have balance. We have to improve RUNNING the ball on 1st down.
Another obvious solution to that, is to simply run BLOCK better. Yes, that would indeed help. However, I have another resonable solution to this problem.
And you might ask....."But WV, how do you suggest we stay out of 3rd and long more often?" Well Im glad you asked. There are a couple of ways to make 3rd and long a less frequent situation for the phins.
1) Smash a guitar over Ronnie Browns head and remind him to stop ****ing being so god damned hesitant when he gets the ball. ON SEVERAL occaisions today I noticed Ronnie up to his old tricks. Here is Ronnie presented with the opportunity to gain 2 or 3 yards on first down, but of course he stutters instead of exploding when those yards are there and winds up getting no gain. So we could begin to smash him over the head with something whenever he does this so he might remember to just explode up in there and take the 2 or 3 that are there, given the fact that we have so much trouble with 3rd and long.
2) An easier solution would be to just begin giving the ball on 1st downs more often to RICKY!!!!!!!!!!!
This is why Ricky would be so much better for this offense on a regular basis. But, Im probably the only person who has noticed this fact and the only person who was IRATE during the end of that game when it seemed Mare was going to beat us with a long FG late in the game because of Ronnie on 1st down carry before we punted. Camarillos 8 yard gain wouldve been a 1st down had Ronnie taken the 2 yards THAT WERE THERE, but alas he hesitated as usual where Ricky wouldve exploded and picked up the 2-3 yards. That is crucial for us on 1st down.
Ronnie did this earlier in the game as well on the series where we converted on a 4th and 1 with the FB. He also almost killed us in the Denver game, but of course Ricky bailed him out with a huge catch to set Ronnie up for the stat whore TD on that drive of the century to cap that win. I was loving Henning on that drive because he kept throwing it on 1st down when he knew we needed to stay out of 3rd and longs.
It is CRUCIAL for this team to gain some positive yardage on 1st downs to stay out of these situations. I just knew we were screwed on that drive as soon as they gave Ronnie a 1st down carry. Fortunately, Ricky bailed us out with that catch.
3) STOP going wildcat on 2nd and 10.(Unless of course its that handoff to Ricky sweeping around
4) Trade Ronnie Brown already. I know you guys love him, but he is killing us right now. 2 weeks in a row we have dodged some serious bullets that were fired at us by Ronnie himself. Well he is getting help from the geniuses calling these plays that he is killing us on, that put us in 3rd and longs, which we obviously struggle beyond belief picking up.
Reality is the dude has played like 2 good games and over the past 5 weeks has been outplayed by Ricky. And the biggest key is what Im pointing out. Ricky EXPLODES and Ronnie hesitates. And when you consider how critical it is for this team to gain positive yardage on 1st downs and STAY OUT OF 3rd and long, its really a no brainer to start giving Ricky the bulk of these opportunities. Hell, we might just be better off if Ronnie gets injured again. Im not wishing injury upon the guy, but whether you want to believe it or not, he is killing us right now with his hesitation at the LOS.
Finally, NO I DONT HATE RONNIE. I think Ronnie is a good football player. Its not like he's Beck or Daunte, or Reggie Howard or something. Ronnie has skills that we can utilize. But, reality is whether you homers like it or not is Ronnie has done nothing for us but, put us in bad situations on 3rd down over the last 5 weeks. He has stat whored a few TDs but, he has been bailed out two weeks in a row from costing us serious playoff position. He already hurt us vs. the Jets with that wasted TO too. And face it, Ricky is just a better player.
EDIT: Let me add that I wanted to post this last week as I have noticed how big of a problem it has been for us over the last few weeks. In fact I mentioned posting this in another thread last week, but I never did because I know how much you guys love some Ronnie. Hey, Im not just making this stuff up to try and bash Ronnie. Its there. Its on the film. I watch the games. Im not pulling it out of my ***.
I was also hesitant to post it because honestly I felt like Ronnie was going to bust out with a huge game today. Instead I saw more of this problem with him failing to take the 2-3 yards that are there if he just explodes instead of waiting for something to set up where he might gain 10 yards.
Look guys, we have to stay out of 3rd and long. We just arent going to all of the sudden start converting a ton of these. We have to gain yardage on 1st down. We need to get the ball to Ricky ALOT more than Ronnie on 1st downs when its a run play. He is just better at exploding to the line and getting positive yardage, then if he gets through worrying about making a big gain.
Ronnie failing to get positive yardage on 1st downs and 2nd and 10s has almost beaten us two weeks in a row now. In fact, if it werent for Ricky with that huge catch in Denver and the defense at the end today, we wouldnt have been bailed out of it.
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