Dolphins game thoughts

[barrett]

Originally Posted by NBT

I lay it mostly to Kubiak's conservative playcalling which bled over to the defensive side of the ball too. At some point he is going to have to open it up some more. I though the offense underperformed. And the defense, even though constricted in their playcalling, did the lions share in the game

Bright spot was Tate continuing to play well. He is very hard to bring down AJ had his usual good game. We need more production out of the rest of the WR's.

If we hope to win against NOLA we need to play better in all aspects of the game.

The Victory?

And what constrictions are you talking about in the defensive play calling? Did you hear an interview about Kubiak restricting Wade's playcalling yesterday? That would be very interesting if it happened.

[cadams]

they weren't world beaters yesterday, but they had the lead from the first series, and held onto it. we will know a lot more after this week, but i think kubiak and phillips just wanted to make sure they didn't get burned by the big passing plays. they played most of the game with only 6 men in the box to keep the dolphins from anotehr 400+ yard passing day. they accomplished that. i would have loved to have seen them score another td or so and allow no tds,but that isn't realistic in the nfl. against the patriots the dolphins ahd over 400 yards in passing and scored 24 points. they scored 13 against the texans and had under 200 yards in passing i believe. the defense is causing turnovers and getting to the qb. the whole team was kind of down in the 3rd quarter, but all teams are going to have bad stretches.

even if they lost this weekend, and i think the odds are that they will, it won't be the end of the world. at the beginning of the year i think most people thought 2-2 after the first 4 games would be an acceptable (while not desirable) outcome. well, we are already at 2, so if they can win one of the next two we will be ahead of that mark.

[Fonz the Boss]

The difference between our matchup with the Dolphins vs the Patriots/Dolphins matchup is that we have a run game and a better pass rush than the Patriots. Anytime you have Brady and company going no huddle and torching opponents at will, then that means your defense will spend a considerable amount of time on the field. When our run game is effective we can control the tempo of the game just like we did in the 4th quarter yesterday. Our run game sealed the victory by taking a huge chunk of time on that last drive. This is the main reason why I think we will be able to beat the Saints. The best way to prevent Brees from beating you is to keep him on the sidelines. The saints D looked impressive with all those sacks yesterday but they havent faced a run game like ours. I believe we will be able to push them around. The less time our defense is on the field the better chance we have to win the game.... easier said than done LoL

[NBT]

Originally Posted by barrett

The Victory?

And what constrictions are you talking about in the defensive play calling? Did you hear an interview about Kubiak restricting Wade's playcalling yesterday? That would be very interesting if it happened.

Well, as I stated in another post, the Texans in the 3rd. quarter only had 25 yards total offense! Schaub wasn't getting enough protection to give him the time to Make his WR reads. He couln't get past his second read much less his 3rd., before a defender was on him. Protection schemes need to be pointed out, and improvements made.

And yes, I know we won. I just want the passing game to get better to other WR's besides just AJ.

And for the defense, I didn't see any of the exotic blitzes I thought we would have expected from Phillips, so I thought Kubiak was doing his conservative bit on him. That's all I meant there.

[barrett]

Originally Posted by NBT

Well, as I stated in another post, the Texans in the 3rd. quarter only had 25 yards total offense! Schaub wasn't getting enough protection to give him the time to Make his WR reads. He couln't get past his second read much less his 3rd., before a defender was on him. Protection schemes need to be pointed out, and improvements made.

And yes, I know we won. I just want the passing game to get better to other WR's besides just AJ.

And for the defense, I didn't see any of the exotic blitzes I thought we would have expected from Phillips, so I thought Kubiak was doing his conservative bit on him. That's all I meant there.

I thought Wade was known more as a straight forward 34 guy who plays a simple yet aggressive defense. I don't think he has ever been known for exotic blitzes.

As for the 3rd quarter, if Schuab is getting killed when he drops back to pass, I am not sure the answer is to be more aggressive in the play calling. I would love to have seen more of the screen game though. We have run very few so far this year. Maybe that is because Foster has been out. But whoever the RB is sunday we will need to screen against the saints. I also hope we see the TE screen.

[Fonz the Boss]

I had the chance to watch the game again today. Wade Smith played terrible and that contributed to the pressure Schaub was getting. I'm pretty sure his grade for this game was a D- ..... missed blocks in the run game and missed pick ups in the pass game... terrible game for Smith.

[popanot]

Originally Posted by barrett

I would love to have seen more of the screen game though. We have run very few so far this year. Maybe that is because Foster has been out. But whoever the RB is sunday we will need to screen against the saints. I also hope we see the TE screen.

I'm actuallly surprised they haven't used Casey in the screen game yet. One of Kubiak's favorite plays is/was that little FB screen or flare out to Leach. Used to drive me nuts when they ran it to Leach (although, it was effective at times), but I could see Casey actually doing some serious damage on that play.