I am not a basher, but reading through the forum at all the people trying to look on the bright side, I am afraid I cannot agree at all.
The Dolphins have spent 15 years doing the same thing - losing important games in a variety of predictable ways. Today, we played a good team who are clearly in decline who came out on an off day, and we should have easily won the game. Every team in the NFL is close talent wise, which is why the Dolphins can hang with the Seahawks. But, as usual, we lost.
NFL games are won by players who make key plays in critical situations. There were at least six key plays in this game and if we had made any of them, we would have won. But we missed on them all.
Gase and the new coaching staff were meant to impose a new culture. To me, today they looked EXACTLY like a Joe Philbin team. Yes, they hung tough and did better than expected. But when the big plays needed to be made, they folded. When the big coaching calls were there to be made, they got them wrong.
As usual, half the fan base just wants to say Tannehill was not the reason we lost. The facts are that once again he went missing at JUST the time that any really good QB would have put the game away. Yes, he had drops. But in the 2nd and 3rd quarters we have the Seahawks and Russell Wilson on the ropes and Tannehill produced **** all, as usual. He finally shows up on the last drive but in reality he left his D (who had been on the field way too much time thanks to our offence) with 4 minutes to defend a very slim lead against a great comeback QB. A good QB would have put that game away instead of leaving his D in that situation. He didn't look any different that the last 5 years - some great plays plus a bunch of clutch plays where he couldn't get it done. He is not uniquely to blame, but we have to stop making endless excuses. Franchise QBs don't play like this. If we expect to ever win, he has to play much better in the clutch.
The coaching was disappointing. The O gameplay was poor although the OL was solid until late on. The D was great until the last drive. But as usual, when the chips were down and Seattle's players stood up to be counted, our OL folded and the DL stopped getting any pressure on an injured QB, partly at least due to our DC suddenly turning into Philbin and playing it safe in the base zone defence for the final drive. It was predictable, and we have seen it all before.
The reason the Dolphins have been mediocre for decades is that they look at games like this and say 'gee, we were close, we are getting better, there are so many positives'. There are not. It was an unacceptable loss given the situation for an NFL team. We are just making excuses. I hope that Gase tells his players that if they lose a game again in that manner, there are going to people unemployed. If we continue to accept incompetence and lack of character we will never see this turn around. In the NFL you take your chances. We had a glorious chance and we blew it not because the other team beat us, but because we have a culture where no player really takes responsibility for making the plays that we need when we need them.
The Dolphins have spent 15 years doing the same thing - losing important games in a variety of predictable ways. Today, we played a good team who are clearly in decline who came out on an off day, and we should have easily won the game. Every team in the NFL is close talent wise, which is why the Dolphins can hang with the Seahawks. But, as usual, we lost.
NFL games are won by players who make key plays in critical situations. There were at least six key plays in this game and if we had made any of them, we would have won. But we missed on them all.
Gase and the new coaching staff were meant to impose a new culture. To me, today they looked EXACTLY like a Joe Philbin team. Yes, they hung tough and did better than expected. But when the big plays needed to be made, they folded. When the big coaching calls were there to be made, they got them wrong.
As usual, half the fan base just wants to say Tannehill was not the reason we lost. The facts are that once again he went missing at JUST the time that any really good QB would have put the game away. Yes, he had drops. But in the 2nd and 3rd quarters we have the Seahawks and Russell Wilson on the ropes and Tannehill produced **** all, as usual. He finally shows up on the last drive but in reality he left his D (who had been on the field way too much time thanks to our offence) with 4 minutes to defend a very slim lead against a great comeback QB. A good QB would have put that game away instead of leaving his D in that situation. He didn't look any different that the last 5 years - some great plays plus a bunch of clutch plays where he couldn't get it done. He is not uniquely to blame, but we have to stop making endless excuses. Franchise QBs don't play like this. If we expect to ever win, he has to play much better in the clutch.
The coaching was disappointing. The O gameplay was poor although the OL was solid until late on. The D was great until the last drive. But as usual, when the chips were down and Seattle's players stood up to be counted, our OL folded and the DL stopped getting any pressure on an injured QB, partly at least due to our DC suddenly turning into Philbin and playing it safe in the base zone defence for the final drive. It was predictable, and we have seen it all before.
The reason the Dolphins have been mediocre for decades is that they look at games like this and say 'gee, we were close, we are getting better, there are so many positives'. There are not. It was an unacceptable loss given the situation for an NFL team. We are just making excuses. I hope that Gase tells his players that if they lose a game again in that manner, there are going to people unemployed. If we continue to accept incompetence and lack of character we will never see this turn around. In the NFL you take your chances. We had a glorious chance and we blew it not because the other team beat us, but because we have a culture where no player really takes responsibility for making the plays that we need when we need them.
