As I'm reading the board today I'm seeing a pretty big spread for who or what different people are blaming the loss on. Obviously one thing doesn't win or lose an entire game, but what do you think was the biggest reason for the loss today? I'll keep my opinion to myself for awhile. I've included a collection of what I thought were the biggest factors in the loss. Pick the one you think played the biggest role.
Edit: Meant to include an "other". If you think something else played a bigger role (beside points scored, smartass :shifty:) post it.
Biggest reason for the loss?
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Offensive Line - (Clabo)
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Offensive Playcalling
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Turnovers - (pick 6)
44.9% -
Missed Field Goal
0 vote(s)0.0% -
3rd down defense
2.0%
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Coaching, we should have completely out coached them with two weeks to gameplan. We started flat and predictable. All 3 phases played sloppy at times. To many 3 and outs and questionable play calls.
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Coaching and Tyson Clabo.
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clabo and the coaching staff(****ty play calling and letting clabo play)
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Coaching specifically Philbin. Sticking with Clabo. Cluess about how to teach a QB not to fumble or how to move in the pocket. Philbin and Co. are worse than the team.
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Can't turn the ball over 3 times and expect to win!
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Turnovers
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We got out played... The better team won.. No single play lost the game, sure the strip sack sealed our fate but if we were a good football team we wouldn't have been in that situation...
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Turnovers and OL. You aren't going to win many games in this league when you turn it over 3 times. On top of that, we spotted them 7 points with the pick 6. When you factor in the pick on the 1 yard line and the fumble that gave Buffalo the go ahead win, it's pretty easy to see why we lost this game.
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It's Ryan Tannehill by a pretty huge margin, and it's really baffling that a dozen posts in and I'm the first to mention it.
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The offense with three turnovers in the game.
The defense by constantly giving up big plays on third and long.
Coaching which is mediocre at best and this certainly includes Philbin. If as the HC, he wanted the team to run the ball at the end of the game, all he had to do was tell Sherman to keep the ball on the ground. Sherman may have called the pass play, but as the HC, Philbin has final say over the plays called for the offense, especially when the team is leading and trying to run out the clock.
Last but not least, Ireland. He has had six years to provide this organization with the talent to win against teams like the Bills, especially at home. He consistently drafts and signs mediocre talent and that is why for the past 4 years and 6 games this year, the Dolphins are nothing but a mediocre team. -
Turnovers. 2 of which were by our QB. 1 went for a TD. Don Jones stupid ST penalty.
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Certainly not baffling though. These things pretty much follow the same pattern.
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We beat ourselves.
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The third you could argue that it was more Williams making a great play. I wouldn't. But it could be done.
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Tannehill overcame his mistakes. Clabo did not. Clabo should not have had to if the right play (run) was called.
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I agree with those saying turnovers. I'm really perplexed as to how anyone can think the offensive play calling played a bigger role than the turnovers. Especially considering that one of them went for a pick 6. We had this debate last year. Sometimes I just don't think how highly losing the turnover battle correlates with losing and how crippling turnovers for TDs are and how difficult they are to overcome. It's easy watching the game to place a higher emphasis on the things that happened toward the end of the game, but when it comes right down to it Tannehill crippled the team with his first pass of the game. Aside from that I think the offense and defense played well enough to win. As I said in the other thread, I'm not trying to crap all over Tannehill. He showed a short memory and put the team in position to win. I'm just trying to make a point about how large a factor turnovers play in winning a losing.
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Another option could be Home Field Disadvantage! Seems like that's the way it is anymore!
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the team had 59 minutes to overcome the pick 6. it happens.
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Tannehill. #1 reason for poor performance. Comes in after a bye, and throws the dumbest pick 6 you will ever see.
I remember Henne threw an Int in Tampa Bay game in his second season straight into the defender, similar to Tannehill's pick 6. There are some things you just can't do and be a winning starter in the NFL.
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Tannehill sucked in the first half but the play calling was horrible late in the game. This offense has to be able to sustain a drive even to kill some clock. Offensive line was a mess in pass protections and thats why I blame the play calling.
Tannehill is regressing a little to quickly for my liking. He needs to stop pressing SO HARD or it could get a lot worse./ -
Poor coaching, O-Line (Clabo) breaking down again especially late in the game like against Baltimore with a chance to win with a FG, and Tannehill was inconsistent. Overthrowing an open Hartline (though why wasn't that designed for the speedier Wallace?) and some bad turnovers.
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While Tannehill didn't have hist best game (possibly his worst game of the season, Saints Game notwithstanding), he practically dug us out a hole. I have to put this on Clabo. He choked.
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THill's and his turnover lead to at least 13 point swing in this game. Clabo sucks *** but really THill lost this game.
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Turnovers didn't lose the game. the LAST turnover lost the game. Which is on Clabo.
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Other qbs have terrible lines, but they know how to hold onto the football, esp in big situations like the end of the game.
Tannehill just plane sucked
And I actually liked the gameplan. Running the ball was effective and allowed Tannehill not to get as much pressure put on him
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