Yeah, good read. It all comes down to Ryan's ability to execute, as the article itself points out. We'll see.

 

Good read. Helped me fill in a few blanks. I'm really optimistic that Gase will do a much better job of using the players we have than anyone in the last decade.

 

16 points a game is lethal?

 

Who scored 16 points a game?

 

was it 19? The Bears? I would not call it lethal, but whatever.

 

Hard to compare with the Bears WR being injured alot this year. I would like to see the TE used like they did especially the first of the year. I am not sure tho that they used the TE more because of the injuries at WR or actual game planning.

 

They scored 20.9, good for 23rd. This in a year where they lost their TE and both starting WRs and their starting RB in stretches.

 

The Bears scored 20.9 this past season, so about 5 points more a game than 16 (which would be really horrible). They also suffered a huge amount of injuries, had an OL almost as bad as our own, and played six games against the top 10 defenses in the league. I would argue that Gase squeezed as much out of them as he could have.

 

Not to mention his system probably requires more from the players mentally, it probably will not run on all cylinders year one... the players will have to get used to it before they can run it effectively. I think next year we'll see an upgrade in offensive output, but likely not what most people are expecting.

 

Considering Chicago went from 27th in the league in rushing to 11th under 1 season of Gase, I can't wait. (also up to 6th over 30th in attempts, and 12th from 26th in rush TDS).

 

Yup.

 

Heh... "interesting" is the result when we fumble for safeties in the endzone.

 

I'm glad someone else commented on the horrible route combinations in the previous offense. This is something I have cited when people continue to criticize Ryan Tannehill. The route combos did not give him very much of a chance at success.

 

The more I think about it, the more I love it. Adam Gase will do something Bill Lazor did not or could not do. He will find a way to create space on the field with his route combos for his play makers.

Jarvis Landry's numbers are about to jump up. Not on a total receptions basis, but on a per reception basis. He is already one of the best YAC receivers in football, and now that he is in a system that will create space for him and vary his routes more, I have a feeling his 10 YPC stat is about to take a big jump. It will not surprise me to see Miami's top 3 receivers average over 16 yards per reception in 2016.

 

Exciting. Get that line fixed so the receiver can get a little depth.

 

Yeah we'll see. The QB still has to do his part in this equation (that's the big unknown). It's not like you know beforehand which receiver is going to be open. So I do like the idea of spreading out the field so that the chance of an open receiver increases, but Tannehill has to take advantage of that too.

Maybe he can, maybe not. I gotta see to believe, but yes it's definitely possible.

 

Tannehill is excellent at spreading the ball around.

 

I meant that he has to recognize what the defense is doing and make the proper decision. That I haven't yet seen like he'll have to do in Gase's offense.

 

I wasn't giving you crap, just stating something.

 

I was reading an article recently, from like four years ago, about Tannehill (don't ask me where, it was buried in threads on here, I found while looking for something else), and they were talking about what a great job he was doing at identifying blitzes, and changing stuff at the line. Goes right along with what Lazor said last year, or season before, about Tannehill being as good as anyone he's worked with at identifying presnap and making the right choice.

 

I remember that too, though doing something in a practice vs. in a game is different. Still gotta see it.

One thing worth noting though is Gase's approach is perfectly suited to ramping up the complexity of the offense based on what the QB can actually handle. It'll be a good test of how football smart Tannehill really is (or better: can be, because I maintain he's made a lot of stupid decisions in the past).

 

I believe that article was talking about game situations.

 

It was.

 

I do agree that Tannehill needs to do his part. Where I disagree, is that if you are an intelligent QB who knows your routes and the defense, you should know who will be open pre-snap. At the very least who SHOULD be.

 

Yeah I was clarifying precisely that in post #23. That is, "know beforehand" depends on QB ability.

 

Yes. If you understand the route combo and read the coverage pre snap, you should know based on the coverage who will be open. It does change a little when the coverage is disguised though.

 

I'd be curious to see how many times Ryan went to the line, read the coverage, and realized that no one in the route combo would be open while not having the permission to change the play at the line.

 

He won't even know the full playbook in Year 1.

 

Interesting. Ben McAdoo is being hired by the Giants as their head coach. His choice for offensive coordinator? Joe Philbin.

Makes me really wonder why he did not take the job in Miami in 2014.

Interestingly enough, McAdoo's resume is not that different than Adam Gase's. Gase has one more year as a coordinator on his resume. Where Gase was a gopher for Nick Saban in college, Ben was an assistant coach at a high school. McAdoo is also one year older.

 

Lol if only you knew what lazor thought about Tanny. Let's just say whatever good things he said about Tanny publicly ... Is bs.

 

I tune coach-speak out. They're never going to dog their player publicly, so you never know what they REALLY think of a player.

 

Exactly! Also why I added the last part about "should be"

 

Didn't Forte have a hell of a year last year and was Gase OC then? If so the future is bright for Miller if they keep him.