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The tape don’t lie: SF 49ers at Miami Dolphins, a review

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Dolphins coach Adam Gase says, “The tape don’t lie.” So each week, I’ll give the game tape a closer look. Here are some things I noticed:

  1. Ryan Tannehill is coming of age. OK, so I get it. Tannehill is 28 years old. And if he was going to figure it out, shouldn’t he have figured it out before his sixth season? Well, not necessarily. Tannehill currently has the highest passer rating of his career. Tannehill has exceeded 97 in four of his past six games and has crushed it against San Diego (130.6) and San Francisco (130.6). Tannehill is running more. I noticed in the two games he did not have a rush attempt this season, Miami was mauled — losses at Cincinnati and home to Tennessee. And here is perhaps the most important thing we’re seeing on a week-to-week basis now. Tannehill and first-year head coach Adam Gase have meshed. They are on the same page. They are simpatico. In the first quarter against the 49ers, Tannehill scrambled for six with eight 49ers in the box. He sensed pressure and moved his feet. This has become a habit for #17. In the second quarter, Tannehill ran for 17 yards on a zone-read. Off a fake draw to Jay Ajayi, with seven players crashing the running back, Tannehill took advantage as he saw tons of green grass. Smart play-calling. Smart execution. As the game moves on, Tannehill shows how he is blossoming. He is carrying himself differently. He is delivering the ball with authority and velocity. He is empowered and confident. In the second quarter, Tannehill shows trust in tight end Dion Sims, delivering a spiral in the seam of the 49ers defense for a touchdown. In the third quarter, Tannehill again utilizes play-action to Ajayi, rolls left and unleashes an effortless 40-yard pass from the 50-yard line to DeVante Parker near the left sideline. Arm strength is no issue. No evaluator should suggest arm strength is an issue for Tannehill again. Also, Tannehill seems to have had a brand-new clock installed in his head, one that tells him more efficiently when to take off and how to best keep a play alive. It’s the fourth quarter and Gase’s play-calling has set up the Niners well. All those zone-reads earlier in the game, Tannehill keepers, gives or fakes to Ajayi and Kenyan Drake, and now this. Tannehill zone-read fakes to Ajayi, and keeps the ball. Instead of taking off, he holds on the ball, moves right and waits for Jarvis Landry to come open across the middle for a 12-yard gain. Gase now knows what Tannehill does best because the quarterback has told him and because he’s verbalized plays into the quarterback’s helmet for 10 games. Tannehill has a trust in Gase because he thinks he is smart and has a thoughtful plan and because Gase has told Tannehill how good he believes he can be. The Dolphins don’t need Tannehill to be a Pro Bowl quarterback to win playoff games. The Dolphins don’t believe that and neither do I. But why can’t Tannehill bloom into, say, one of the 12 or 14 best quarterbacks in the NFL? Entering Monday night’s game, Tannehill stood 13th in the NFL in passer rating, just behind Aaron Rodgers and just ahead of Andrew Luck. And he’s been even better than that during this six-game win streak.
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Another good one from Joe Schad.
 
Schad is very good, so is the other PBP new guy Jason Lieser

Immediately before and after every game they do a live facebook video in which they discuss the game and take fan questions. Well worth a watch, tho the views arent huge so far, if you like the pbp dolphins facebook page you get a notification when they go live. After the game they chat about the lockerroom etc, id advise checking it out
 
Spot on. So Gase said early on that it takes 5 or 6 games to get this offense. Almost like clockwork, first 5 games just weren't quite good enough to downright terrible in the Cleveland and Tennessee games.

Then along comes game 6 ... and the first of a 6 week winning streak (and still growing!). Now we were just good enough to win or hold the other team just long enough to win, and kill just enough clock to protect a lead.

It feels like we are finally over the hump. Gase has made believers out of many people, including me.

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"OK, so I get it. Tannehill is 28 years old. And if he was going to figure it out, shouldn’t he have figured it out before his sixth season?"

Well he did... seeing that this is his fifth season.
 
These last two points are a concern. McCain we all know about but Phillips still lacks consistency...feels like it's one step up, one step back with him. He's stuck in the mud.

Slot corner Bobby McCain’s play has been uneven. In the third quarter, he missed a tackle of Rod Streater that resulted in a 25-yard gain. McCain did have a key third-down tackle late in the third quarter in which he lost his helmet tackling Streater. He avoided the block of a lineman and followed through aggressively… If Jordan Phillips isn’t better he may lose his job to Earl Mitchell. In a best-case scenario, they push each other and can both go full-throttle when in the game. In a worst-case scenario, a discouraged Phillips misses tackles, is soft and doesn’t always fill the right gaps.
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Phillips is still learning and growing. I don't think we'll see the final product with him until season three or four. I think he's on pace with most interior defensive linemen who were drafted in the second or third round.
 
6th season? Hmmm. Drafted in 2012. 12, 13, 14, 15....16. 5 years. I swear every time someone throws put a tanmehill stat its wrong. Even the other day they said "Ryan tannehill has 9 tds and 0 picks in their last 5 games". Wrong again. Sometimes I feel like I should put in my resume in at these places.
 
datruth55 said:
These last two points are a concern. McCain we all know about but Phillips still lacks consistency...feels like it's one step up, one step back with him. He's stuck in the mud.
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You think Maxwell or Howard could play the slot if/when Howard comes back. Might not be ideal but you at least have your best 3 corners out there.
 
mnphinfan said:
You think Maxwell or Howard could play the slot if/when Howard comes back. Might not be ideal but you at least have your best 3 corners out there.
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Xavien Howard is a big physical corner (if you meet him, you will be struck by just how big he is). I don't think he's nimble enough to play the slot role. When fully healthy, he's more likely to take Lippett's position. Bobby McCain makes some mistakes but he's nimble and he competes. Sometimes he gets beaten and we'd love to have a more dominant player in the slot but I think he's improving.
 
mnphinfan said:
You think Maxwell or Howard could play the slot if/when Howard comes back. Might not be ideal but you at least have your best 3 corners out there.
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Maxwell can't keep up with recievers on the outside running in a straight line nevermind trying to keep up with complicated slot routes.

Howard is our best corner and must play on the outside.
 
mnphinfan said:
You think Maxwell or Howard could play the slot if/when Howard comes back. Might not be ideal but you at least have your best 3 corners out there.
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I don't think Maxwell could. Haven't seen enough of Howard to know one way or the other. You need a guy with really good short area quickness and route recognition. The ball is on you pretty quick so in some ways it's a much tougher spot to man than the boundary.
 
Speaking of game tape, there was one play in particular which I believe is a touchdown waiting to happen. Tannehill kept the ball and run it on the read option here but against that same single deep safety look, why not fake the handoff, fake the run and after a couple steps throw it downfield to Parker (the receiver on the bottom of the screen)? Pretty sure we'll see it out of this formation at some point in the last five games.

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maralieus said:
6th season? Hmmm. Drafted in 2012. 12, 13, 14, 15....16. 5 years. I swear every time someone throws put a tanmehill stat its wrong. Even the other day they said "Ryan tannehill has 9 tds and 0 picks in their last 5 games". Wrong again. Sometimes I feel like I should put in my resume in at these places.
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It's all how you do the math.

12 + 13 + 14 + 15 + 16 = 70 / 10 - 1 (the year he started), that's 6 years....RIGHT? :D
 
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