Phins Are Picasso In The ‘Art of Beating Themselves’

M.J.

6 years ago

Phins showed heart, but brains are what they need most

Phins have returned to the ‘Art of Beating Themselves’

What is there to say? The painful journey from ecstatic to crushed took under a 1/2 an hour.

This was as a gut-wrenching loss as I can remember in recent times. It was so inexplicable that I laughed before I screamed.

The end began with the Dolphins up by 14 points on 3rd & 1 with 3 mins left in the 3rd Quarter. We are gonna’ win this… 4 and 1 baby here we come!

NOPE!

The game was so close to being sown up… close, but no cigar.

Gase should have called a run.

Instead, he called a Play Action, boot roll out with 3 tiers of passing options. Very nice play… but far too cute for the situation. Gase went neurosurgeon when he just needed to whack it with a hammer.

Gesicki missed his block, and the rusher knocked Wilson off his route… easy complexity was ratcheted up to very difficult with a long bomb to stills.

This missed opportunity was the first critical mistake.

Up until this point, and despite misperception, Swanson, Larson, and Davis had done fairly well managing the interior of the Offensive Line. A simple QB sneak, RPO (like the one that netted a 1st Down in the 4th), or a dive with Gore should have been the call.

Even still, this missed opportunity wasn’t the end of the world. Miami was up 2 scores with 18 mins left to play.

But in typical Dolphins fashion, it was the 1st movement in a string of events that would lead to disaster.

The Phins are the NFL Picasso in the ‘Art of Beating Themselves’.

Also, this would also be Laremy Tunsil’s last play. Tunsil has been all sorts of average this season, but that’s light years better than Sam Young.

Is it possible to have played any worse than Sam Young?

Tunsil going down was the second body blow to the Dolphins.

T.J. McDonald would commit the 1st critical player mistake on the subsequent Bengals drive. This would start the beginning of the end. McDonald obviously saw the ball go through C.J. Uzomah hands. This was an inexcusable mistake.

What struck me though was this:

And this:

I get the system Gase has in place. Delegation is key to running any major operation… problem is lack of discipline has been a systemic problem for 3 seasons. So at what point does Gase consider that his system is flawed at its core? At what point does he consider a foundational change… before or after he gets fired?

Last year I wrote this about Gase’s response below.

https://phinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/gase.mp4?_=1

I have zero problems with Gase calling the plays… if the ship was running smoothly.

The problem the ship isn’t… and now, the failure isn’t about talent or heart.

Miami had the #4 Bengals offense beat down on their tuff with just over a quarter left to play. You don’t suck and get to that position.

Gase must consider that his love of calling plays may not be the best course for this team. He must consider that his love of play calling may be causing him to miss the forest among the trees.

‘Musan’t‘ he?

But the key in the ‘Art Of Beating Themselves’ has been Ryan Tannehill. Now to his fans, I’m not hating. I even went to extraordinary lengths in 2016 with this video to show how he’s just a piece of the puzzle.

Tannehill’s passing isn’t what ails the Dolphins. But…

…the reality over his last six games is that 5 of those games (dating back to Week 14 of 2016) Tannehill has made at least one critical and boneheaded play. I think Tannehill is good enough to be a piece of a successful puzzle, but not with 2-3 major miscues per game.

The 1st pick this week on a ‘screen pass’ was terrible and as inexcusable as the McDonald hit. This revealed Tannehill to be oblivious of the situation. You’ll never win consistently with this type of foolish play ready to rear its head at any moment.

I believe in patience and not overreacting one way or the other… but at some point, it is what it is.

https://phinsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/tan1.mp4?_=2

Here’s another reality, Tannehill is guaranteed $26 million in 2019. He’s not going anywhere till 2020. Even elite QB’s would be hard pressed to overcome the mistakes he has mad consistently. It’s not about his reads or ability to throw and lead the team. Tannehill is capable. We have all seen it. The primary issue with Tannehill is his mindboggling mistakes.

At this point in his career, the sloppy play might just be hard-wired into Tannehill

Will Gase change? Can Tannehill play smart? Will this be another season in the toilet?

Given the total lack of a predictable nature with this regime, other than being unpredictable and sloppy, every prediction is chucking darts blindfolded.

Here come the Bears this week. The odds with the pay per heads like AcePerHead.com are good that the Dolphins will be 3-3 after Week 6. All I can do is hope to beat the odds and say, GO PHINS!!!