The “O” might be better than it has appeared.
Dolphins “O” has been uneven, but several factors could be mitigating factors.
The Miami Dolphins are 0-2, which ‘ain’t’ very encouraging. But, considering the type of teams that the Dolphins played on the road, plus had a chance to win both games and played against 2 of the top 5 defenses in the league…then, the 0-2 record offers a glimmer of hope.
After watching the Patriots play Thursday night against a decent Houston Texans team, I realized that our Dolphins didn’t play “that bad” against the Patriots last Sunday. The Patriots Defense shut out the Texans “O” and made them look like a Division 2 College team. The Patriots did hold Miami to 3 points in the first half; however, the coaching staff made some nice adjustments in the second half, and Ryan Tannehill and our offense were able to put up 21 points after the break.
Another thing that was put into perspective from the Patriots / Texans game was that the Patriots are now 77-0 when leading after halftime when playing at home (This includes playoff games). As good football gambling and the best pay per head fans recall the last time the Patriots lost at home after leading at halftime was on December 24th 2000 against our very own Miami Dolphins — if we could have only made bookends!!!
Miami was success seemed to generate from the use of a lot of “No Huddle” hurry-up offense, and used Tannehill on roll-outs more. Why not just use a no huddle hurry up offense earlier in the game, even through parts of drives? Adam Gase has spoke of his fear of burning out the defense early. But, maybe a little high risk, high reward move might pay off? In addition, the use of the hurry up offense, if successful, would cause the opposing Defense to tire and maybe generate longer drives with which the defense can rest.
The Dolphins have yet to score in the first quarte this season, so why not mix it up a bit and try something different with the tempo of the offense right from the start? The Cleveland game needs to be a springboard for this “O”, and whole team, to get some confidence along with a victory. What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans thoughts about our offense and team so far?