Dolphins 38, Bills 10: Week 4 Film Session

 Brian Galliford, for having to re-watch that mess.

I missed CBS making that point on Trent’s pocket progressions. Do you think he whips thru his reads b/c he knows in the back of his mind that his O-Line won’t give him that extra second? has to be, right?

It seems to me that a decent chunk of our run defense was Scott and Whitner making up for our linebacker’s inadequacies. I don’t think that Byrd and Wilson have developed their run fits properly yet. Do you know how long before Whitner and Scott return? Their return will probably hold our run defense together until Poz cimes back.

About Trent-

It seemed early on that a lot of the problem was him, the line didn’t get super porous until later in the game. Especially in the first half, he had enough time on a few occasions and just plain froze. Was anybody at the game to see whether on those plays if Evans or Owens were open downfield?

About our offense in general –
Until we figure out this passing business – run the ball until you’re not getting 4 yards a pop. Freddie was getting great yardage going right up the middle. Not so much going to the left or right (tackle play?)

Erin Megan or whatever? For a guy who showed flashes of maybe disrupting a play or two this year I’m not sure he’s even put a hand on a QB during the post game handshake.

Good post as always. Hopefully, D-Bell and Whitner come back this week, and we’ll get Poz back in 2-3 weeks time, because we desperately need those three guys on our team to be effective. Marcus Buggs gets demolished in the running game, not just because of his smallish frame but always because he tends to overrun plays more often than not. I don’t understand why they don’t throw Ellison in the middle and let Nic Harris – a much, much better LB than Buggs already at this point in his career – start at OLB, until we get Poz back.
Kirk Chambers obviously doesn’t belong in the NFL, but this coaching staff is of course known for loving useless football players, so it really couldn’t surprise me.
Jairus Byrd and Wilson did – as pointed out – OK, but they were far from effective. Byrd looked lost in coverage and Wilson lacks a lot in the running game.

Brian, you didn’t mention Maybin. Was he invisible again? Unless he gets bigger and stronger, or the coaching staff relents and accepts he has a LB’s body, he is not likely to contribute much.

Brian – I seem to remember that our running game consisted of FAR too many sweeps in that game, which naturally put our weak (at best) tackles at the point of attack. Was that just my imagination, or was it just bad game-planning?

Also, I’m so sorry you had to re-live any part of that catastrophe.

Did Levitre get hurt? McKinney was in at LG for much of the 2nd half, I believe.

Edwards just can’t anticipate any throws. That’s part of the reason why he goes through the progressions so quickly and why he can’t hit anything like slants.

Man do our LB’s stink. The DL is doing them no favors in the running game either.

how bad Edwards might play once the weather gets chilly.

I’d say he was downright awful. Byrd was coming up and laying the lumber quite well and made some plays in the passing game. I thought George Wilson was putrid. He was all over the place, and not in a good way. I totally agree with you that it was astounding to see how much we missed, not only Whitner, but Scott as well in run defense. I think those two have been playing so well it was masked the mistakes our linebacking corps has made (especially in the middle) in the last few games. After watching all of those gashing runs, I don’t care if Whitner or Scott ever intercept a pass again. Their play on the run is critical to this defense. That game was embarassing to watch in the 3rd and 4th quarters.

I have always been hopeful that Edwards could be a good QB, I wasn’t fully lost on Edwards until I read how bad he is on slant routes, that right there cuts down on how useful TO is and any receiver in this league… Suppose I should start to watch the QB in college football now

We are going forward from here, no proof yet of going backwards. We have our third out of seven home game coming this weekend. We are 1-1 at home, 0-2 on the road. Alot of comments on the defense, it would be nice if we could keep them off the field. Boy do we miss Derrick Schouman and Brad Butler. Losing Schouman is like losing our sixth offensive Lineman. Losing Butler was like losing our 1st offensive lineman.

I expected Lynch and Jackson to be in the backfield helping to protect Trent. Swapping Scott and Inserting Chambers didn’t go to well. Even if Bell comes back this week we can expect to see more of this but hopefully it may loosen one of them up a little more to get down field. Derrick Fine and Shawn Nelson didn’t have an impact in this game at all.

Some how we need to keep our defense off the field. We are wearing these guys out. We really only have three DT’s, our LB’s are pulling double duty in role responsibilities trying to compensate for the loss of POZ . Lets face it Henne made our secondary look average. They cover the receiver and pay little attention to the QB. So much attention is given to preventing the big play that teams can nickle and dime there way down the field and move the chains. They don’t anticipate or break coverage, almost like they are in prevent mode all game. Seems like our sceme is messed up or our players aren’t sceme quality. How many times have we seen McGee with his back to the QB covering the WR. Everytime after ten yards.

Hard to get a handle on things here. We are just so weak in our depth, ie DT, LB, OL, and QB. We need to win Sunday at home. We need players to get healthy and healthy players to contribute more. But first we need to get the offense in gear even if it is a slow moving process going forward. Keep the defense off the field more, control the ball at the line of scrimmage on offense allowing Trent to manage the game better, looking for one on one match ups etc… Time to move forward, not backwards.

Thank you for recognizing how important Whitner in run defense.

Are we all being unfair in our judgements of Edwards? Would most of his errors and deficiencies disappear if the OL was healthy? I can’t believe how missed D-Bell is when he’s played all of 1.5 NFL games!

Also, I really don’t see how Lynch is any faster than Jackson. Is this proven? I see Lynch get caught from behind more than Jackson. Jackson (in my opinion) seems to leave defenders in the dust, but ultimately gets caught because he’s patiently waiting for his blocks to get set up.

That game, like our 4 SB losses, I never want to see again…
To those calling for an end to the no-huddle… Forget the Miami game, for me, the sooner the better… But with Lynch back now, all the “weapons” I think that were intended are available. As Brian points out, the fact Freddie and Marshawn were on the field at the same time in Fla, may be a preview of what we can expect, once Bell is back. But I see one, or both of them splitting out as receivers from the backfield instead of a safety valve…
Think of it… Evans and Owens wide, Reed or Nelson in the slot, with Jackson or Lynch in motion???? The base offense, 2 backs, 2 wide, one TE; could give fits to opposition defenses because of the multiple sets that could be run from it…. And it would be the no-huddle that would stop D substitutions….
Yeah… I may be dreaming… Back to la la land I go….

I thought Jonathan Scott was passable at left tackle for much of this game as well. Yeah, he got beat, but he also had some plays where he stoned Miami blitzes. He played about as well as you’d expect him to, and it wasn’t all bad – though he was terrible in the fourth quarter.

Scott said postgame he was incredibly fatigued (his word) in the fourth quarter. Explains a lot.

Oh yeah. I officially saw an Aaron Maybin spin move. Not on the replay but live! It was Wilson’s second sack where he forced the fumble. Maybin started going outside but quick spun inside and was going to get the sack a split second after Wilson. It was amazing.