The more I dive into this Tannehill project (and really, it's becoming a general offense project), the more I notice things that work and things that don't. Consider it self-scouting. I imagine this is what Gase did when he first got here. Let's watch every throw the QB made, and let's call more plays from the ones he was successful with.
It's so god damn clear that this guy is not just good, but an EXCELLENT, perhaps the very best in football, throwing from play action.
In addition, he really utilized Charles Clay and Dion Sims up the seam extremely well. This was a big part of our red zone attack, as well as picking up chunk plays between the 20's. He throws an exceptional ball between that S/LB bracket up the hash (or up the #s when its a WR split). He can put the ball right up top of the LBs head and give his guy a chance to make a play. He throws Clay open every other week on these routes it seems like.
Those tiered reads where the field is cut in half with a flat option, intermediate option and deep option is so damn efficient. This type of play:
This is a basic example, but it's redundant. Our success rate is so high. And even when you want to keep him in the pocket, the play-action game that displaces the LBs even slightly has such a profound impact. It puts his feet in a good position. I don't know, but he seems to play in better rhythm from PA. The footwork, the top of the drop to the climb, everything looks cleaner.
I'm glad we have Adam Gase. I trust him to make these types of observations. Philbin never did. But Gase does, and we saw that in 2016.
