Actually I agree with ypu on this but for a slightly different reason. Tannehill's strongest games seem to come when he has some run support. Not running out the clock in the 4th, but when the running game is a credible threat. So for Tannehill to be dangerous he needs Ajayi taking some of the D's attention.
Thank God. A RB like Ajayi can carry the offense and take a load off the defense. If I ever buy an offensive player's jersey, it'll be Ajayi's next season [emoji41] Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yeah, that goes for any QB, doesn't it? Unless you stats guys have some mind blowing stuff for me [emoji38] You guys don't even know. I'd run the Ground Chuck offense if I was in charge. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
It's coming. A few of us have said Thill needs a commitment to the running game and the ability to audible to deal with a **** oline (like virtually every other QB). We've been told we were wrong even though that's exactly what happened last year. Now the worm starts to turn and those same people are starting to tell us...get this....the team needs fewer pass attempts and needs to run more to be successful. I **** you not, this is actually happening on here. Soon...they'll be telling us the offense can't thrive unless the oline plays better.....
When did I ever say we shouldn't have a commitment to the running game or improve the OL? That's a scarecrow argument and you're trying to derail the thread so I'll just ignore you. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Yes, he knows who his horses are. He'd rather his horse be the QB and his adjustments revolves around the QB (his word) but he's smart
I really don't like using rankings, because often there are big gaps and steps in the record as well as clusters. I think letting the ratios speak for themselves or z-scores are more informative than rankings. I was using it as a quick and dirty way to show Gase has had a strong commitment to the run throughout his coachimg co-ordinator career as well as his first year with the phins. For comparison Lazor's rankings. 2014 Pass attempts: 12 Rush attempts 22 2015 pass attenpts: 17 Rush attempts: 32
I just saw a very interesting and relevant piece of info, Gase wants to run more plays than the other team, pretty common approach these days. However, we only had 3 games where we ran more plays than the opponent, it was the 3 games MM started.
Where are you getting your stats from? If you click on "boxscore" here: http://www.pro-football-reference.com/teams/mia/2016.htm you'll see the breakdown in terms of rush plays and passing attempts for each game. As far as I can tell, there are only 4 games where our total rushing + passing attempts were greater than the opponent and Tannehill was the QB for 3 of those 4 games: Pittsburgh (1st game), Buffalo (1st game), Jets (1st game). The 4th game where we had more rushing + passing attempts was the playoff game vs. Pittsburgh. The stats remain the same even if you add in sacks and field goal attempts.
Your stats are wrong, Finster. I'm not sure where you got them from, but you can find on pro football reference that the Dolphins played 4 games where they ran more plays than their opponents and RT was the QB in 3 of those.
Last season RT had an 88 passer rating on 3rd down. And when he had 3rd and less than 10 yards to go he posted a 93. For comparison, Luck had a 78 passer rating on 3rd down. Russell Wilson had an 84.
League wide on 3rd down Rushing: 4.6 ypa Passing: 83.1 PR Yards to go: 7.06 Yards made: 7.97 Conversion%: 44.4% Miami Rushing: 4.1 ypa Passing: 94.4 Yards to go: 7.56 Yards made: 9.42 Conversion%: 43.6%
That is an amazing graphic. Tannehill excelled on 1st and 2nd down and fell off bad on 3rd and 4th. If his knee holds up, this will be fun to watch.
Something that really stands out here is his INT break down. 8 of his 12 INT's were when the offense needed 10+ yards for a 1st down. 5 of which were on 3rd and 4th down. However, he also had 4 INT's on 1st down. He did have 34 more attempts on 1st down than on 3rd, but I wonder why he threw a 1/3 of his INT's on 1st down?.
Actually no he had a 104.2 rating with 3rd and less than 10 yards to go. They don't directly report that on PFR so you have to calculate it yourself. Since they have the stats for 3rd down overall as well as for 3rd and 10+ yards, you have to subtract the component stats for 3rd and 10+ from 3rd down overall to get 3rd and less than 10 yards. Those component stats are cmp = 50, att = 86, yds = 748, TD's = 7 and INT's = 2 which comes out to 104.2. Just intuitively it has a lot higher than 93 given that the rating for 3rd and 10+ is 43.1.
I don't really think 4 points (88 vs 92) is a huge drop off. The main difference between RT on 1st and 3rd down was completion percentage and sacks. IMO, his comp% suffered because defenses tee'd off on him on 3rd down and the o-line wasn't good enough to protect him.
He was referring to the passing game when he said its all 10 yards and under now. That quote has nothing to do with the running game or his feelings on balance whatsoever.
If he can get his completion percentage on 3 and 4th down anywhere near his 1st and 2nd down numbers, there is really nothing standing in front of this team. I can't remember a time when the Dolphins had more skilled position players than they do now.
I think you'd have to read a little more into what he's saying. Yes, he's specifically mentioning the short passing game, but did you read the last sentence in the quote? Gase said he doesn't want to have his QB stand back there and get killed. Any reasonable person would also assume he's not only wanting to enhance the quick, short passing game to accomplish this, but also run the ball. Essentially they are interchangeable for an accurate QB. And when it's all said and done, Pauly proved that Gase runs the ball.
We had a tough schedule heading into 2016, too: Patriots(x2), Jets (x2), Bengals, Steelers, Cardinals, Seahawks... That's eight games against double digit-win teams.