Agreed.

Let's put that on a cue card and mail it to Philbin.

 

I couldn't have said it better Bum. I've had it with Philbin and with Tannehill. They are what they are.....this is 40 something games into the Tannehill era, and he is what he is. He is not taking this team ANYWHERE.

This season is just about to the "where are we in the draft" time.

 

I don't diasgree.
But maye we then should give credit Philbin for going for it on 4th and 1 and blame the players for failing again. The offense was flat again in the first half, no fire. I know many want to blame Philbin for it, but then we have to give him credit for having the the special teams and D ready to play. This offense lacks fire to play a complete game. That's the main problem IMO.

 

That's what kills me about that last drive. Either you commit ton egging the first down or killing the clock. They did neither. The 2nd down play took 4 seconds off the clock!!! 4 seconds!! How in the hell does that happen???

 

I don't have a problem with running the ball in that situation. What is problematic is that it is very predictable what Miami will do in such situations.

 

The problems with the Dolphins are top down. Tannehill demonstrated ability, whatever he is or isn't, the FACT remains that it's impossible to tell under the leadership the Phins have had. They may well have ruined him, who knows? What I do know is that from sports to jobs I've seen 'crap', 'poor', 'stupid' individuals end up looking like completely different individuals after a change of leadership. If you have problems then you have to start with wherever those problems appear from the top down. I've a feeling Ross is part of the problem but it's not likely he'll see it and sell the team. Instead, the coaching has to dealt with. Then let the rest settle after that. This game could have been a win. Coaching cost the Phins this win.

Tannehill bad half? Yes. But made up for it by taking the lead. The coaching though?

 

There is not a QB in this draft who is going to be anything but a mediocre backup IMO. I wouldn't touch a single QB with any pick this year, even if we had the #1 overall.

 

Maybe all this heartbreak is leading us to Harbaugh with Ryan at DC.

 

As a Marshall fan, I LOVE Rakeem Cato, but he's not the best QB prospect in the draft. As a mid/late round guy? Hell ya. Put all your eggs in his basket? Or as the competition to Tannehill? I dunno.

And if you think Tannehill needs competition to get motivated, is it worth it to even have him? I mean honestly.

Brian Hoyer may be a FA and he's shown some ability to manage a game well.

 

I agree the DL of the Dolphins is elite, but I just think that the secondary is very average at best. There isn't a single impact player in that unit and Finnegan and Grimes have both seen their best years pass them by.

Other than the Raiders game, I just don't see any of these defense backs making plays on the ball.

None of the young defensive backs appear to be able to step up and get much playing time, even though the secondary is very average. This isn't a good sign for this defense when you look ahead to the future. Especially when Finnegan and Grimes can only be expected to continue to decline as they age over the next few years.

 

I just rewatched the sequence of events on that possession.

The coordinator had 0 awareness of what the packers were doing even though a high school coach could predicted it, bottom line, it was obvious they were selling out on the blitz, and even though it was obvious Lazor folded up shop and ran the ball strait up the middle twice..they gave up trying to convert, they didn't run plays that would of been effective against those blitzes.

Also, I'm not sure why, but Ryan saw it happening and didn't change anything to take a shot.

 

I'm not necessarily concerned with the time on the clock as much as getting a first down. I don't think an unpredictable run on third and 9 is that bad, especially with the tendencies of this offense.

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This wasn't mentioned much, but coming into the game, the Dolphins led the league in defensive net YPA. The Dolphins have had one of the better defenses for a number of years, but this may be the defense in recent history.

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How high in the draft do you think Mariota should be picked?

 

Supposedly, Philbin ordered Lazor to run that third down play. I wonder if anyone ever told Philbin that up the middle is not the only running play there is when the other team is coming with a full house blitz.