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Everyone calm down, we have been here before.
Remember 2 years ago. The first five games where we got blown out and the press was saying we possibly were the worst NFL team ever. We are ironically were accused of “Tanking for Tua”.

But what happened coach Flores turns the team around and takes that same team up to New England and beat Tom Brady and the Patriots in the last game of the season. Do I need to repeat that last sentence? Everybody calm down, no team in the NFL gets beat 35-0 at home unless they had a bad day. Miami Coaching staff and players simply and a full metal meltdown by trying to press rather than just play their game.

Bad coaching in the early first quarter by not picking up blitzes made the OL panic and it went downhill from there. They should have not gone for it on fourth in 2 early in the game, another horrific coaching decision proven by the fact your starting QB got hurt during that play. Bad play calls lead to bad stuff happening. The coaching staff was completely off its game in the 1st quarter and the Offense started pressing rather than playing one play at a time.
Thus, dropped passed fumbles, false starts, personal fouls, etc. Again if you lose 35-0 at home it is just a bad day. We need the coaching staff to acknowledge they screwed up to the team.


Note: the game stayed 14-0 for the rest of the half while we were in Bills territory and red zones
with multiple opportunities to score. It was not as much a physical a beat down as people are making it, it was a mental beatdown. Most of the early sacks were players running in untouched which means mental errors. After a few sacks many OLines will panic and break down mentally then they get beat physically which is what happened to our OL yesterday. Plain and simple.


Let’s take a breather. We have 15 games left and maybe more with better coaching.
 
My concern was the lackadaisical nature of the team. A lot of the issues seemed effort based. Just wifing on blocks, dropping balls, punts, etc... No energy. Like the whole team had a hangover.

Once Flores kneeled at halftime instead of trying a Hail Mary I pretty much thought it was over. Just seemed to have no fight today across the board.

Very strange.
 
Everyone calm down, we have been here before.
Remember 2 years ago. The first five games where we got blown out and the press was saying we possibly were the worst NFL team ever. We are ironically were accused of “Tanking for Tua”.

But what happened coach Flores turns the team around and takes that same team up to New England and beat Tom Brady and the Patriots in the last game of the season.
That was with a team that had its roster decimated. This year's team has the benefit of two more years of Coaching experience and a bunch of high draft picks. So, why is it that the team that was "possibly the worst team ever" looked better at the end of that season than this team with WAY more talent does? The defense is decent, but the offense keeps regressing and getting worse every year.
 
I don't want to keep missing the playoffs because we had a slow start only to get hot and live in a perpetual cycle of not good enough. Let's play like the season doesn't begin in late-October.
 
I appreciate the optimism. However, we are now reaping what we’ve sown in the 3-year burn it down rebuild. With the way we used our draft capital we should expect no less than what we see on the field. If we whiffed on Tua you can kiss the rebuild goodbye and just wait until the next rebuild. Hey, the Browns did it about 4 or 5 times before they got it right. We’re only on round 1. The next 20 years (if I live that long) should be fun.

For record, I like coach Flo. Grier sucks.
 
The Raiders DL is balling. I just hope somehow we can win against the Colts and be 2 and 2. I definetly would not play Tua this week. They need to call up Reid Sinnett for next week.
 
Early, but I think we missed on draft choices.
Jackson, Igby, Tua not doing as much as hoped.
Kindley, Hunt, only ok.
Deiter a slow rise to average.
 
In 2003 the Patriots lost 31-0 on opening day to the Bills. They went on to a 14-2 Super Bowl season.

No, I’m not saying Miami is the Patriots. And, I agree their line play was cause for concern. But, we can’t overreact to one loss. Flores may not be Bellichick but he does have a track record of getting his team to play better as the season progresses. 0-5 -> 5-11 in 2019 and 1-3 -> 10-6 last year.
 
In 2003 the Patriots lost 31-0 on opening day to the Bills. They went on to a 14-2 Super Bowl season.
This is my main point. It is one lopsided game the first game of the season is probably a better measure of where we are. Tua is not bad as some of you are making. Josh Allen was horrible his first season Tua is just barely into the second season. You guys are completely overreacting to one loss.
 
Bad coaching in the early first quarter by not picking up blitzes made the OL panic and it went downhill from there. They should have not gone for it on fourth in 2 early in the game, another horrific coaching decision proven by the fact your starting QB got hurt during that play.

I like your post.
Didn't get to see the game, but I hear the Bills blitzed Tua on 4th and 2? Early on? Pardon me for stating the obvious - but WOW - Bills had NO RESPECT for the Fins Offense nor ANY fear. McDermott/Allen have our number.
 
I like your post.
Didn't get to see the game, but I hear the Bills blitzed Tua on 4th and 2? Early on? Pardon me for stating the obvious - but WOW - Bills had NO RESPECT for the Fins Offense nor ANY fear. McDermott/Allen have our number.
Yes if even worst when you give them your number with a horrific 4th and 2 calls that early in the game. It is okay to punt if your defense can create turnovers. Not sure Flores has confidence in the Offense as a whole, not just Tua.
 
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