Ryan Tannehill now helping put together Dolphins’ game plan
Posted: 5:56 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2015
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By Hal Habib - Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
DAVIE —
Ryan Tannehill isn’t waiting until Sunday to decide if the change in offensive coordinators will be a plus.
Tannehill said Wednesday that he spent the previous two days huddling with de facto coordinator Zac Taylor to help put together the Dolphins’ game plan for Sunday’s meeting with the visiting Baltimore Ravens.
It’s not.
While trying to avoid piling on to fired coordinator Bill Lazor, Tannehill and the Dolphins made it clear that Tannehill’s voice was at best muted when Lazor formulated game plans early each week. That changed over the past few days since interim coach Dan Campbell asked Tannehill to begin coming to the training complex on Mondays to offer input.
Heres to hoping this helps him play better and maybe we will see more bootlegs and use his legs more.He also will have the freedom to audible.
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I bet $100 his game plan would not be throwing it 50 times a game.
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Already posted the inside footage from this. Here it is again - video of the game planning /QB coaching session:
[video=youtube;Y3lQSxNdr3c]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lQSxNdr3c[/video]MikeHoncho, ExplosionsInDaSky and KeyFin like this. -
Wait, we weren't allowing the QB to participate in the game plan?
What in the holy hell was was wrong this coaching staff, and this organization as a whole. Oh, it just dawned on me... the answer is everything. No wonder we struggle.DolphinGreg, RevRick, MikeHoncho and 4 others like this. -
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It's just mind boggling that our OC wasn't listening to the guy running the offense. And then refusing to let him audible so when your gameplan isn't working he has to just go out there and eat it no matter what.
Lazors offense has some good stuff to it, it's just the overall lack of balance and throwing short of the 1st that's killed us.Pandarilla, jboogie and dolphin25 like this. -
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There were a whole lot of people swearing that Lazor was a great coach being held back by Joe Qeasy Philbin. Now Lazor is a bum. Being a fan means never admitting you're wrong I guess.
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Lazor and his playcalling has clearly been a problem this season.
Doesn't mean he was a problem last season. Maybe defenses figured his system out, with a full offseason to go over tape on it. Maybe that's the problem, his lack of adjustments. -
http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...Discuss-the-Offensive-Line-2015-Edition/page2
"The fact that people's main concern is OG says that the rest of the team is in very good shape."
And regarding Philbin check out post #12:
http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...-Dolphins-notes-10-1-15&p=2665993#post2665993
"I think people are still assuming Miami is a good team, held back by poor coaching. Time to face reality."
and post #7 and the exchange afterwards:
http://www.thephins.com/forums/showthread.php?87263-Sittling-Sunday-Out&p=2665960#post2665960
"The Philbin problem?"
He's also said Dallas Thomas would be fine at OG, which I think falls into the category of things he was wrong about, in post #6 here:
http://www.thephins.com/forums/show...ne-will-surprise-people&p=2648797#post2648797
"People doubting Dallas Thomas' ability to play OG without a doubt haven't been paying attention."
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What I was saying is that IF OG was the biggest problem then yes the team is in good shape. It was response to thr idea that the team would/could miss the playoffs bc they didnt have good guards, which i thought was nonsense. I thought LB, CB, S, and backup RB were bigger issues. I believed the issues on the back 7 would be negated by dominant DL play that only showed up for two games so yes, I was wrong there.
I never said Philbin wasn't a problem. I said he wasn't THE problem. I said the team just wasn't any good and yes I was very vocal about how wrong I was for thinking this was a good team. IIRC it was after the Bills game I said they're just a bad team, it's not the HC. A lot of people disagreed. A lot of them felt justified after Tennessee and Houston. Not so much anymore. -
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Anyway, this season has shown us that we do have bigger issues for sure, and a lot of us (including me) were wrong about the DL.
Anyway, if I mischaracterized I apologize, but I think most readers of what you've written on OG and Philbin, if they remember all this from preseason, would agree with me that this is how your arguments came across. -
It is very clear to those without an agenda of hate that Tannehill was basically neutered by Lazor's system.
Watch the next game and let's see how he looks.
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Was Tannehill 'neutered' last season as he went on have his best statistical year as a pro? Cause his coordinator was none other than Bill Lazor, way back then a whole year ago. System and gameplanning and audibling seemed to work perfectly fine; it was far from this misguded disaster people are making Lazor out to be.dolphin25 likes this. -
Something changed with the system.
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im gonna hope for the best and that the kid just couldnt do what he wanted to under lazor or sherman..maybe this liberation will free him..
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Dallas Thomas, Jamil Douglas, and Billy Turner are all not good to put it nicely. All 3 are depth at best.resnor and Shane Falco like this. -
I don't mind him staying in the pocket when he can make a play from there, but his clock is askew and he needs to learn to stay on his toes and not stand flatfooted. He has a long stride and takes him too long to engage his feet once he stops his dropback. He needs to find a better QB coach.resnor, djphinfan, thisperishedmin and 1 other person like this. -
He's got five games (all pretty much meaningless at this point). Honestly, this just sounds like another excuse for Tannehill not getting it done and nailing down the starting quarterback position. I'll support him as long as he's under center, but going against a Baltimore defense that is ranked in the bottom half of the league in pass defense is hardly a reliable way to make a call on him. In fact, I expect him to have a good game on Sunday...we may even win lol. We'll see...but I don't think Zach Taylor is the answer.
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1 or 2 scripted runs is okay. But yeah, see Aaron Rodgers 3rd TD last night, all receivers covered, all green on the left side and he just runs it in. Straight line too. Ryan can do that. He's a straightline runner but I think his SIM card runs a little slower than Rodgers (hell almost everyone's does Rodgers is GOAT) so I don't ever expect that level of awareness.
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You'd expect a coordinator requiring his offense to throw 60 times to at least include the quarterback more often in game-planning.
Isn't this something Sean Payton was adamant about always including Brees in?resnor likes this. -
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Apparently Miami had come up with a balanced gameplan for the Jets. They had pass plays on one card and run plays on another (which Lazor left in his hotel room). That is why they passed so much. The only run plays were the plays that Tannehill wrote down on a scrap paper he luckily left in his fanny pack for the game. Those plays were the run plays Tannehill was allowed to audible to if needed.
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I just don't think its all that hard for NFL level DCs to be able to gameplan for a team that doesn't audible. After awhile, they'll recognize the looks they're seeing and gameplan accordingly, knowing full well, once our offense is set they are running that play.Rocky Raccoon and miami365 like this. -
If Philbin was such a big problem AND Lazor was such a big problem AND Wallace was such a big problem AND Dallas Thomas was such a big problem AND its unfair to compare Tannehill to elite QBs then how in the holy hell did we end up with the 8th most efficient offense according to Football Outsiders in 2014? I mean, we were the only team without an elite QB ranked that high. Something must have been right?
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