quick thoughts on the stupid dolphins
 

1) this team lacks leadership. 0-3 and start the game with major fundamental errors like tackling and piss poor containment. just overall seemed not ready to play

2) wentz got better as the day progressed. he was mostly accurate, missed pittman in the end zone again and that late pascal pass was just bad. made good throws and plays as well. also had terrible blocking most of the time. really hard to tell what we have in wentz other than it is safe to say it is a dude we don't want trying to do too much and probably doesn't read the field well.

3) we can't block. our tackles are a disaster. smith should be back soon but he didn't look so good to start the year. he will be a massive upgrade regardless. fisher is horrible. hopefully smith can come back and be competent and we can give te help to fisher and cross our fingers.

4) good to see jt get some work today. we need to run this offense through the backs. runs and screens. short passing. anything to keep the rush at bay and take our shots accordingly.

5) feed mo cox. this dude needs opportunities.

6) lets be done with campbell. when hilton is back, campbell can just hit the bench.

7) zach pascal plays way too much. his playing time is tells how bad ballard has been at building the wr room.

8) pittman looks good. just have to get him in the end zone.

9) speaking of which. our red zone offense is trash. never thought i would say this but put the big boys out there and throw fades. can't be much worse.

10) turay had 2 sacks and at least 4 good rushes against that bad RT. good to see him make an impact. Lewis isn't very good. i don't care what pff says. aqm is serviceable. hopefully paye gets back quick.

11) what the fuck rhodes? are you horrible again? stop it fucker.

12) i had high hopes of rodgers at cb to be competent. i was wrong.

13) this team lacks talent. thats on ballard. depth is bad.

14) who does rotating tackles? play the best fucking guy. for fucks sake

15) eason is done. just cut him when ehlinger can play. another front office fuck up

What the hell Omaha , you can’t criticize the Almighty Ballard !!!

Spoken like a true gentleman and scholar Oma

Yes I’m the red zone that toss up to Mo Allie should be attempted every time

I thought they benched Davenport? It was well deserved. Dude needed to be shot. Did he come back in?

Wentz is one hell of a competitor, you have to give him that. He tries TOO hard and that’s when he gets in trouble. He needs to learn to eat plays when they aren’t there.

Of course, when he has less than 2 seconds before he gets creamed, that’s a challenge. The tackle play got a little better as the game went on but that’s faint praise because they were abysmal early.

Campbell is just horrible. Get him off the field.

I’m still pissed at Reich over what he did last week, giving Taylor 10 carries. He needs to be the centerpiece of every game plan. The dude was clearly not at 100 percent and he still averaged 6 yards a carry. He’s a threat to go all the way with every single carry.

Speaking of playing hurt, Darius Leonard can barely move. It hurts my ankle watching him play.

Hines knows better than that. That fumble was inexcusable for a player that good.

Is it just me or is what we lose in tackling without Willis pretty much a wash with anyone who is better in coverage?

Good to see Turay have some luck today. He couldn’t do diddly shit against Tennessee, who gave up like 10 sacks to the Jets today. Color me unimpressed.

Lamar Jackson is gonna anally rape this defense next week.

I watched Cardinals at Rams because I was curious about Arizona and I haven't paid any attention to them for a long time. I was stunned at how good they were in every phase of the game. The Rams had several self-inflicted wounds, but the Cardinals dominated them from start to finish.
Colts are nowhere near that level.

Everyone laughed when they chose that coach. Then raised concern when they drafted Murry after drafting a QB the year before. Then loaded up on WRs. Things seem to be working for them.

Free agents and trades, not the way to build a team!!

davenport was subbed out then came back in. then subbed out again later. it makes no sense. no team does that.

It’s a long season and matchups make the fight, we’ll get our chance to see where we measure up against mighty mouse

I’ll try my thoughts, despite the win this team still doesn’t look very good.

The run game is a lone bright spot, and that despite Hines having a bad game, not just the fumble but he did little as an RB. Has Wilkins got a single snap this year? I recall him being the best short yardage back on the team, why aren’t we using him in those goal to go situations?

Passing offense is hit or miss. If Wentz has time he is making good throws, though he is clearly not in any sort of rhythm with the offensive scheme or receivers. Hopefully this will take time and get better.

But that assumes he has time. The tackles continue to be awful.

I have no idea why MAC doesn’t get more targets, all he does is score touchdowns.

I have no idea why it is people keep saying TEs are such an important part of Reich’s offense when we do jack shit with them.

I have no idea why we don’t try and use all these tall receivers in the red zone. Why is Reich’s scheme predicated on big and tall WRs when we don’t do anything that takes advantage of that.

I still think the team gets better when TY comes back. I’m hoping he will still be a solid receiver, but also it means less attention to Campbell and Pascal, and even takes some load off Pittman.

The run defense looked OK today but it was a mirage. The dolphins can’t run. Our tackling remains terrible, too many times we let Brissett escape pressure.

The secondary continued to be awful. We’re lucky Brissett is hesitant to throw deep, and yet there in the 4th quarter it was like he suddenly got over that and started making big plays down field. If he had been doing that all game, we lose.

Rodgers is the worst tackler I’ve ever seen.

Also, what was the deal with Jack Doyle not playing in the first half?

Doyle was dealing with a back injury last week.

He might have missed the first half because the Colts were doing some sort of load management or maybe he had trouble getting loosened up in pregame warmups and the training staff kept working on it after the game started.

I'm convinced Wilkins has made the team the last 2 years for special team contributions alone. He did get a snap in the game IIRC but he was blocking. I've never really understood why Wilkins didn't get more work but let it go because Mack & Taylor have both been pretty productive, historically.

I like Wilkins more as a traditional option at the position than Hines but because Hines' skillset is much more diverse it makes sense why he gets more work.

Wentz is starting to annoy the shit out of me with the checkdowns. Luck would annoy me because he wouldn't even take them, it was like he was either going to force the ball downfield or take an ugly sack resulting in some fucked up internal injury that he would later thank the defender for providing. With Wentz its like he just doesn't process things fast enough. If he keeps gently tossing those lobs on checkdowns like he did against MIA one of the RB's is going to get hurt. He needs to get that shit out so the RB can actually do something with it.

Rodgers is too small. I'm honestly surprised he plays as much as he does. If he slows the ball carrier I'm honestly happy. I am very surprised when he manages to complete an open field tackle solo. I like the kid's ball skills and return ability but I don't want to see him playing the boundary and having to contribute against the run game.

I'm frustrated like the rest of us with the play of our skill players, specifically Campbell. I am unwilling to make any long term decisions on any of these guys until I see what they are capable of with a capable offensive line. I feel the same way about Wentz, although I am one of the few here who is pretty high on the guy. I think we have our long term QB answer. He is middling to a little better in my opinion and that should be enough.

I read an analysis during the off-season that Wentz doesn’t traditionally throw to a Cambell type receiver. He likes the big striding type receivers. Hence all the targets towards Pittman and the TEs. I have to say Pittman is great out of his cuts and creates separation. But we will see, long season to go. I feel like we are still scratching at the surface of Campbell’s potential.

Love this. Only bc I remember that. Fuck Luck.

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luck was awesome. Fuck you.

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he threw a 50 yarder to him and he just let it bounce of his dumb hands

Yeah, gotta catch that won’t help him trust you. I wonder how many target he has? Cambell needs to get touches in space. Need to help build his confidence. He is still light on actual experience. Pittman has more than him.

https://www.pro-football-reference.c...C/CampPa00.htm

For the season, Parris has 5 receptions out of 10 targets.

His number of snaps has been 46 (61% of offensive snaps), 49 (80%), and 31 (44%).

I guess I'm more of a glass half, than glass half empty type on this past game.

I see Wentz improving while still hobbled.

A depleted OL that was pretty good when Davenport wasn't on the field.

We've improved in run defense, which will really be tested this week.

Okereke and Leonard are starting to look like a tandem.

Down 3 DB's and the secondary held up, for the most part.

If that's a less than 100% JT, than I'll take that every week.

What can we be when we get back TY, Braden, Q, Kwity, Rock, Khari, TJ and maybe Dayo?

That's a very highly touted secondary that we went against in Miami, yet we still made enough plays to win.

Sure, there is still more that I wanna see, such as:

Pittman becoming the alpha dog of the WR team. I wanna see him make those contested catches.

Reich sticking to the running game and not getting so cute with the play calling.

Consistent, consistent pass rush. Defo, is still beating double teams, but he seeing more of them and it's preventing him from being the force that he can be.

DB's & LB's still not on the same page in pass defense, leaving to wide open targets.

A Ben Banagu sighting.

More of Kemoko playing like he did on Sunday.

What's with Pascal having 3 holding calls in 2 weeks?

Can we keep a QB in the pocket and stop them from getting 1st downs with their legs? It might be important this week!

Yeah, that was a bad one...for now, we'll chalk it up to rust...he needs to play more and stay healthy.

He was til he quit. Fuck you.

I don't care how many time they run or pass. Would you want them sticking to the run if there are 10 in the box? No.

I want them to be smarter, call smarter plays, have better game plans and be able to adjust accordingly. Having better play design would help to. Do they know how to design rub routes that every team uses to get WIDE open?

he retired. he is still great.

fuck you

You 2 need to get a room

He WAS great. Not now. fuck you.

He was never great. He was good, but not "Let's suck his damn dick" good.

Get over it. He quit. He's gone. He won't take your calls.

[That "get over it" was more directed at omaha and those still pining than at you]

Luck didn't win enough to be considered great. Only played in one conference championship and didn't have a long career. Took the money, walked away and never looked back. His actions say he doesn't give a fuck about making fans dreams come true. Guy knows what he wants out of life, gotta like that.

One of only 2 QBs drafted number 1 to start week 1 and lead thier team to the playoffs in his rookie season, he set a lot of records and stepped right in and was immediately one of the best QBs on the league. No baby steps no bs learning curve he was great but he knew when to call it quits not a dam thing wrong with that, he could’ve ended up similar to Big Ben great long career with a couple rings or he could’ve been the next Cam Newton who knows. All I know is I respect the dude for not going out half assin collecting a check when you knew your heart wasn’t in it anymore I appreciate the games he gave us

We may be discussing different things. Was Luck great at times, maybe even for a few years? I would not argue against that. What I mean is that I don't think when you start listing QBs with great careers he makes the cut.

I tend to agree. He was a helluva qb when he was here and I winced every week when he'd get beaten to a pulp, lacerated kidney, etc. etc. His timing for leaving could've been a little better.

I wish we could have seen more of what Bruce Arians and Luck could have done together....I think things would have worked out much better for Luck and the Colts!

I have thought about that too. The optics though, if they had let go of Pagano coming off of recovering from Cancer...

I don't think that was a call they were willing to make.

Should have made it, Arians was the better coach by far. Players lose their jobs bc of injury. Another Grigson failure.

Not sure Arians would have done it.

Yeah he might not have. Everyone loved Pagano.

That level of decision would have also been Irsay.

nobody would have done that. nobody. its retarded to suggest it really