Dolphins game thoughts

[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.