http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/20...arterback-ryan-tannehill-profootballfocus-com So my question is this. Will a stud WR really make all the difference for us? A pair of WR? Is RT ranked 31st because of our current WR's? What about tight end? What about our run game? Bush, our stud, is 20th... Is it him or our Oline? We have holes on defense to fix too so are we able to get this offensive up from 27th this off season? Ive been told I'm unrealistic so what's a realistic expectation to have for the off season and next season.
A stud wide receiver with an experienced Tannehill will absolutely make it better. Better line play and another tight end couldn't hurt either.
Yes. The offensive unit is a system of cogs. Running game suffers when the line sucks, Passing game has problems with no running game established...etc etc... Its a cycle. Its especially worse when all the cogs somewhat suck, don't seem to fit, and are falling apart. it makes for one really ****ed up machine. The most glaring need is WRs and a TE. hopefully a big name WR FA and a solid solid WR draft grab. You HAVE to have playmakers and build around the qb to expect to go anywhere. That is where you start. The D and the O-line are tweaks. The offensive as far as points go, needs a revamping. Get the tools he needs to score, and score consistently then work out his protection and those around him. Our running game is pretty sound, and the depth behind reggie 'happy feet' bush is showing to be not bad at all.
This is why Egnew is such a glaring and hurtful miss in last years draft. He couldn't afford to miss that pick and apparently he did. Now this year you still need that TE that you thought you had filled last year. It just puts more pressure on Ireland to deliver this year.
Tied with Philly. Only St. Louis, the Henne-Gabbert Jaguars, inept Chiefs, and QB-less Cardinals trail us in PPG. For TDs, we are tied with Cleveland for 25th with Oakland, Philly, St Louis, Jacksonville, Arizona, and KC behind us. Talk about miserable company.
It's symbiotic. Better depth of weapons should make Tannehill better and Tannehill's presumed maturation as a QB should make everyone else better. If it's not cost prohibitive, I've been warming up to the notion of re-signing Reggie Bush. I tend to think he'd be more effective and dangerous if defenses had more than him to focus on.
This unit isn't just a stud WR away from being great. Or maybe what I mean is that it's not useful to think of it that way. First off, how often do you just port over a stud wide receiver without paying through the nose for it? And will this front office, influenced by this coaching staff, pay through the nose for a wide receiver from somewhere else? I don't believe they will. So then you're looking at developing someone, which takes time, and luck. And in the mean time when you do manage to develop and/or acquire EXACTLY what you need, what hole is going to open up next? After we get the stud receiver while simultaneously allowing Reggie Bush to walk via free agency, are we going to wake up in 2013 and find that we're "only" a stud tailback away from being a great offense? And then when we get that stud tailback are we going to find that we could be a great offense if only the offensive line could pass protect?
And yet there are posters here that insist its not lack of playmakers......they have to be posting trying to be funny or some kind of joke.
It's not just a lack of playmakers. It's a lack of good OL play, no 2nd receiving TE, no redzone threat, etc.
One player alone is almost never the answer. The offense needs the QB to play better, needs more WRs, needs more consistent play from the TEs aside from Fasano, and needs to get OL that better fit the scheme.
The Dolphins need better play from a bunch of positions. The only position I think can appreciate in play without adding new personnel is the QB position.
Now consider the resources those teams used on their Wr and Te corps and the whole "We need to draft" stuff is exposed for the nonsense it actually is. INOW: It's the Qb folks.
