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Anthony Sanchez
The Miami Dolphins reverted back to their old ways on Sunday when they took on the Buffalo Bills the offense struggled with minimal production in the run game, pass protection was average at best, Ryan Tannehill was holding onto the ball too long, not moving around the pocket enough to buy time and the mystery of the deep ball connection continues, there is plenty of blame to go around in this loss starting with the offense, coaching and special teams.
The Miami Dolphins offense was stale to say the least, there was no flow or consistency throughout the game. The injury to Knowshon Moreno early on in the game seemed to be like a punch in the gut because after that the team never showed any grit or fight for the rest of the game offensively. Ryan Tannehill played at a below average level, his throws were continously high an behind wide receivers. Ryan Tannehill's accuracy is really starting to concern me having trouble with the deep ball is one thing, but to start missing wide open receivers is another. Watching his play yesterday I noticed him struggling with his read progressions almost like he is over thinking and over analyzing every throw. Taking a look back at the game you almost see a guy with very low confidence not sure of himself even his body language reflected that with every over throw and under thrown deep ball.
I refuse to place all blame squarely on the shoulders of the quarterback, because there were times Tannehill found an open receiver and they could not come up with the catch or big play in key moments. The offensive line who played outstanding a week ago looked average, especially right guard Shelley Smith who was being pushed around in both running an pass blocking assignments. The offense had no balance to it due to the lack of running lanes, pedestrian pass protection and not enough impactful plays on offense. The special teams play was a nightmare total opposite from a week ago, the Dolphins special teams allowed a punt block, a fumbled punt, a CJ Spiller 102 yard kick off return for a touchdown and Brandon Fields shanked a few punts which is on heard of for him.
The coaching staff starting with head coach Joe Philbin does not get a pass here, in this league you need to have fire, passion and none was shown by the team as a whole. I understand staying calm in the face of adversity, but a deceased person has more life in them compared to what I saw from coach Joe Philbin on Sunday. I am still shaking my head and confused by coach Philbin's decision with roughly over two minutes left before halftime and three time outs to not urge the team to try an add points knowing they would get the ball after halftime as well, instead he chose to run the ball consecutively in turn running out the clock, in my opinion left the chance to build momentum & add points on the field.
If you are looking for a silver lining it has to be the defense, although not its best day still found a way to keep the team in the game. The Miami Dolphins defense held its own considering how often it was placed in bad situations having to defend short fields and the defense bent but did not break mostly giving up field goals. I will say the defense did struggle with defending the crossing routes, dump off plays to the backs and as the game wore on giving up chunks of yardage in the running game.
All in all I would not hit the panic button just yet, in my opinion they came out flat, uninspired and were maybe still riding high from last weeks victory over the New England Patriots. Today head coach Joe Philbin and his staff really need to look in the mirror, ask the question what can we do better as a staff to not have the same let down this upcoming Sunday. The focus now must shift to September 21st, 2014 at 4:25pm against the Kansas City Chiefs who are coming off a loss to the Denver Broncos and now have a record of (0-2). I think we will see a Miami Dolphins team that will be angry, hungry and excited to prove to everyone that this will not be a repeat of last years team. I will be looking to see how Ryan Tannehill can bounce back from a rough road loss and if he can elevate his game to again regain confidence in himself.
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