I am not buying the less attempts would lead to success argument. Most QB's get lots of attempts and throw for 400+'yards due to the fact that they are trailing a great part of the game and trying to catch up. The Phins usually get off to bad starts. Like Mark Twain said, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics," and i think Tanny's stats showing he would win more by throwing less is just not accurate.
There is no mystery. Ryan isn't Brady or Rodgers, he needs a balanced offense to function well. He is best when the running game is working well and the defense can't tee off on our questionable pass protection.
Tannehill tops out at an Eli/Flacco level, IMO, and those kind of guys all need a balanced offense to perform to a winning level.
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It's gotta be the coaching. We already know Sparano and Philbin aren;t great NFL HC's. Wouldn;t surprise me if they never got the right people for the job to train the OL.
I think losing John Jerry, Incognito, and Martin had a bit to do with it too. Not even saying Martin is better than Fox or Dallas Thomas 100%, but it wouldnt hurt to have that competition.
I see him as a average to below average qb. They way to beat us is to make tannehill throw. He will win some games just not the big games.
Perhaps the reason for this is he isn't confident our OL can block well enough especially against good opposing DL's? Those two games we won we ran the ball well and often. I agree that needs to be our formula but I'm not sure we can do that against the teams that stack the box like NE did. They put sometimes 8 people in the box to stop the run and force Tannehill to throw more than we wanted. We saw the results.
how are you not buying that when you have 2 games as prime examples this year even? titans and Texans and the qb results for each
The original poster implies that Tannehill throwing less results in the Phins winning more.
I think not falling behind early is what allows us to run the ball and not force Tannehill to throw it as much. Tannehill didn't have to throw it as much versus the Titans and Texans because we did not fall behind them, like we have against other teams. I can't make it any clearer than that.
Are the bills a primarily man defense? Be nice if Ryan had some third down pickups with his feet. Just can't imagine running effectively against that front
While I agree that Sunday will be difficult for us....this is exactly the type of team we must run on. You can bet Rex Ryan is banking on his team stopping the run and making us pass happy.....if that happens, we play right into their defensive game plan and we lose.
Run the ball!!!! Even if it is only 70 yards at the end of the day on 25 carries....you have to run it.
While I agree that Sunday will be difficult for us....this is exactly the type of team we must run on. You can bet Rex Ryan is banking on his team stopping the run and making us pass happy.....if that happens, we play right into their defensive game plan and we lose.
Run the ball!!!! Even if it is only 70 yards at the end of the day on 25 carries....you have to run it.
and that requires the scoreboard allowing you to stick with it...this games more about the d keeping us in it than the offense...if the bills are moving the ball up and down the field on o we are screwed...this offense is gonna have its hands full with that front