Miami has taken serious steps backwards.
Backwards seems to be the new forward for Miami.
The Miami Dolphins are heading backwards with their 1-3 start after the utter domination by the Cincinnati Bengals.
The Dolphins really had a lot to overcome with the shortened week, a road game, playing against a very good football team that was in desperate need of a win and with multiple players out of the starting lineup with an injury.
They were overcome instead.
Surprisingly though with all the new faces on Defense, the Defense did an extremely admirable job of limiting the Bengals to 5 field goals, which kept the Dolphins in the game. However, the Dolphins offense played like they were still on the plane from Miami to Cincinnati.
The Dolphins couldn’t get anything going on offense and were constantly giving the Bengals the ball back instead of putting together long lasting drives. Ryan Tannehill was sacked 5 times, and even though the Offensive line were not giving him much time, he needs to feel this pressure sooner and just at least quickly throw the ball away and save some yards. In addition, the coaches and Tannehill need to focusing on having more plays that get the ball out of Tannehill’s hands faster. Miami needs to run more quick slants and quick out passes and give their pass catchers a chance to make a play – if Tannehill can deliver.
Not only was Tannehill sacked 5 times, but he had multiple balls batted down at the line of scrimmage. This is another thing that Tannehill has to do better at as well, because this is a common theme for him, and there is no secret that the opponents know that they can have a good chance of batting down his intended passes if they don’t get adequate pressure on him because he stares down recievers. Sadly, Tannehill has not advanced to the next level, and time is starting to run out for him in Miami. Most pay per head software fans are betting that Tannehill will most likely finish the season as the starter, mainly because there is no one else worthy to replace him, but I think it’s just about time for Miami to find another QB.
Coach Adam Gase had a creative call on that first drive by going with a 4 wide receiver set, and it worked with a 74 yard touchdown throw and catch, but for some reason they failed to use that formation much after that. I feel like Coach Gase was being a little conservative on the offensive play calls, because it seemed like he was also worried about his offense not being able to make plays and thus go 3 and out. So Gase was trying his best to give them some sort of breather. Gase has showed some sparks of being the man, but unfortunately, he still needs to do a better job of creating a better game plan. Unfortunately, the Dolphins talent level is just not that good enough yet.
Well whatever the Dolphins do they will now have a few extra days to get healthy and focus on preparing for their next opponent at home against the Tennessee Titans. The Dolphins next 4 games will all be at home, against the Titans, Steelers, Bills and Jets; with 3 of those games being winnable games if Miami can figure out how to actually play offense and score points. What are the rest of the Miami Dolphins News fans latest thoughts about the Dolphins?