I'm all for it, with the sole reservation that we ought not sacrifice the run/pass balance of the past few weeks.

 

Landry needs the ball alot more definatly but if just having Ajayi running the ball keeps having us win so be it.

 

Love Gase, I'm sure Landry and the rest of the team loves to read stuff like this. He knows how to push the right buttons.

 

Boy, I sure do hope this isn't a regular occurrence where he has to continue to stroke Landry's ego.

 

Landry didn't complain. was the first to jump on the file when Drake scored the td. Im sure his body appreciates a win and he didn't have to work a lot.

 

Some here think Landry getting the ball so many times a game is a negative. I think I'll side with Gase on this one. "Best player on offense".

 

Good for my fantasy team too. :up:

 

so now the OC\HC has to call players open? The QB can't find them on his own?

 

I think what he meant is pretty obvious and it isn't what you posted here.

 

He's a big time player, we need to keep him here long term. I think we are a better team with him getting a lot of attention on offense.

 

It's only a negative if it detracts from other WRs making plays. Seeing as we don't really have anyone else making plays, there isn't much choice. Landry is an awesome, but limited player. If he's the focal point of your offense, you're not going to win a lot of games. He's a great piece of the puzzle, but you need chunk yardage and TDs. And he doesn't provide either. He's excellent at moving the chains, and that's very important.

 

yeah I was vocal about this coming into the season. It's about efficiency and getting other skill players involved. Last year he was force-fed the ball, thrown to on a lot of designed/horizontal things, and produced a poor 10.5 yards per catch. You just cannot have your leading pass catcher put up those efficiency numbers.

One of the things I was looking for with Gase was an improvement in this dept. So far we have it. He's at 12.3 per catch, which is solid for what he does.

2015: 10.3 targets per game. 8.1 in games we won.

2016: First 4 weeks - 11.25 targets per game (we went 1-3)
2016: Last 4 weeks - 6.5 targets per game (we went 3-1)

 

I like it. He's already shown hes not afraid to call out players for poor performances. Im sure the players love to see him call himself out for his own mistakes.

 

It's different for sure. I like the honesty and transparency. Just waiting to see if this is a common occurrence. Some of these guys may question "Why doesn't he say that about me?" via the media.

I don't know that they will. But siding with one could potentially divide a unit or team. We'll see how it goes, esp. if he makes more "mistakes" in the future by not getting the ball to Landry. Just don't want a Brandon Marshall/Mike Wallace type of thing happening.

With that, he takes the blame away from his QB, which may be the whole reason for this admission.

 

Didnt he call out tannehill earlier this year for his play? Or am i thinking of something different?

 

I think he may have.

 

I don't believe targeting Landry less times produces more wins. There are a myriad of other factors.