JTech194
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Going into the Bills game I was saying that, that game will tell me what type of team we have. Have we taken the next step or are will the same average team we've been the past couple of years. And this was not considering the Bills would be playing with a 5th string QB and two hobbled RB's. After watching the game.... i've come to the conclusion that this is the same old team. After game 3 i was certain that we were headed in the right direction but now after analyzing things further and with more data i'm not so sure. I'm not saying we aren't, just that I'm not as confident that we are as i was earlier in the season. Here are my reasons why
1. After taking a closer look at the 3 wins, the only good team we beat were the colts. The browns suck, and surprisingly so do the Falcons
2. We were fortunate to play the colts early in the season before teams got enough film on us to see what we like to do and how we like to use our players. It seems as thought the more we put on film the worst we play. I don't think that's a coincidence. I think when other teams have the data to break down our tendencies, study our players to identify their strengths and weaknesses, it limits our effectiveness on offense.
3. We haven't played one complete game so far this season. We've had to come from behind in Every game so far and That's not good.
4. We're giving up a record number of sacks... recipe for disaster.
5. We've had trouble all year converting 3rd and short (1-2) not to mention 3rd and long.
6. We allow other teams to convert too many 3rd and longs. again not good.
7. And the most troubling thing is that it doesn't appear that our QB is getting any better. I've seen no improvement through 6 games with his deep passes and pocket presence. I was hoping with every game those things would get better but that hasn't been the case. The deep pass i'll be a bit more patient on as the online needs to be able to hold blocks for those to happen but the lack of awareness is troubling.
8. Not sure if any of you remember that version of Madden football where they introduced the QB cone of vision. Well Tannehills cone of vision seems to suck. He can't see a defender that might be a yard or two away from the WR while he's looking at the WR, which was evident on the pic 6 in the last game. The guy was two yards away from the WR sitting on the route ,and he threw it as if the WR was all alone. Same with the floater in the endzone, he made two mistakes on that. Mistake #1 he didn't read the two deep safety coverage pre-snap. 2, when tannehill "Flashed" he didn't look to the back side to see if there was a safety there, he just floated it up thinking the coast was clear. If there was no backside safety, thats a TD. But there was. Thats his bad.
All in all, i feel like this team is at least 2 years away from really making a push in the playoffs. I just hope we are patient enough to see it come to fruition. Another regime change would set us back at least 3 more years.
1. After taking a closer look at the 3 wins, the only good team we beat were the colts. The browns suck, and surprisingly so do the Falcons
2. We were fortunate to play the colts early in the season before teams got enough film on us to see what we like to do and how we like to use our players. It seems as thought the more we put on film the worst we play. I don't think that's a coincidence. I think when other teams have the data to break down our tendencies, study our players to identify their strengths and weaknesses, it limits our effectiveness on offense.
3. We haven't played one complete game so far this season. We've had to come from behind in Every game so far and That's not good.
4. We're giving up a record number of sacks... recipe for disaster.
5. We've had trouble all year converting 3rd and short (1-2) not to mention 3rd and long.
6. We allow other teams to convert too many 3rd and longs. again not good.
7. And the most troubling thing is that it doesn't appear that our QB is getting any better. I've seen no improvement through 6 games with his deep passes and pocket presence. I was hoping with every game those things would get better but that hasn't been the case. The deep pass i'll be a bit more patient on as the online needs to be able to hold blocks for those to happen but the lack of awareness is troubling.
8. Not sure if any of you remember that version of Madden football where they introduced the QB cone of vision. Well Tannehills cone of vision seems to suck. He can't see a defender that might be a yard or two away from the WR while he's looking at the WR, which was evident on the pic 6 in the last game. The guy was two yards away from the WR sitting on the route ,and he threw it as if the WR was all alone. Same with the floater in the endzone, he made two mistakes on that. Mistake #1 he didn't read the two deep safety coverage pre-snap. 2, when tannehill "Flashed" he didn't look to the back side to see if there was a safety there, he just floated it up thinking the coast was clear. If there was no backside safety, thats a TD. But there was. Thats his bad.
All in all, i feel like this team is at least 2 years away from really making a push in the playoffs. I just hope we are patient enough to see it come to fruition. Another regime change would set us back at least 3 more years.
