I wonder if this year is the year we'll finally see something that I don't think has ever happened: a division with all teams having strictly winning records (not 8-8 or 8-8-1, which has happened multiple times to the last place team in a division). The AFC North just might do it. Ravens 7-2 and all others 5-3 right now. Just thinking about the crazy playoff implications for WC if that occurred lol. Closest I think we've seen to that was last year: 8-8-1 happened to the 4th place team of the NFC East in 2022. And in 2008 two divisions had the 4th place team go 8-8: NFC East and NFC South. Would be cool to see all winning records lol.
I think they may beat each other up. The Bengals and Steelers still have 4 divisions games in their last 9 while the other 2 have 3 games in 8. I guess if they split all the games and keep beating all other teams it’s possible but I’d expect one of them to finish 8-9.
As things stand right now, I fear the Ravens more than anyone else in the AFC, with Cincy and KC tied for second. Hopefully the AFC North teams beat each other up.
They are blocking the defender to the side out of the way, and he tries to run around it. Not all plays do the block downfield. I do agree they need to attack defenders more.
I agree. I love McDaniels, but some of his stupid backwards 5 yard behind line of scrimmage stuff is starting to wear on me.
About 3 open long touchdowns were there for the taking and he missed all 3. Did not throw any of them.
Titans, Ravens, Cowboys, Bills, one Jets game could be really tough. Not going to be an easy schedule at all. Was thinking the exact same thing
Stop watching how routes continue after the throw to find other throws that should have been made. Makes no sense. That is not how football works.
It is mind boggling how some don’t understand how receiving routes work. Every passing play has receiver 1, 2, 3, etc. the play is always…ALWAYS designed for receiver 1, be it outside receiver, slot receiver, receiver out of the backfield, the play is designed for that. The other receiving routes are there in case receiver 1 is covered…or 1 and 2 are covered. If the QB hits his 1st target, what the play was designed for then it was a successful play, regardless of who was open where.
How is it not relevant? The right route results in a 10 yard gain, the wrong route results in a TD....
That seems illogical. So play is designed for WR 1 for a 5 yard curl. QB throws to 1, in the meantime WR 3 defender falls down and WR3 is wide open for a TD, but that doesn't matter as long as that 5 yard is complete?
I've seen posters claim "an open receiver was missed" after the defender came off a receiver as Tua was making a different throw......
You need to study up on going through progressions..... a QB, especially in this offense does not just go randomly from receiver to receiver. The drop of the QB and the routes of the receivers are timed. i.e. when Tua hits the top of his drop, he throws to option 1, if that is not open, he goes to option 2, and so on. If he skips option 1 and tries to throw to option 2 first, the receiver will not be in their spot yet and may not even be looking. The only exception to this is if both the QB and the receiver see something pre-snap and go off script. This has happened several times this year.
If the QB sees the defender fall down and sees nothing but open grass, then they likely go off script, but don't expect the QB to see a defender fall down on the opposite side of the field just because you saw it on the replay.....
Because it is called a OPTION ROUTE and the receiver ran the WRONG OPTION. The ball was thrown BEFORE the receiver selected the wrong option. Are you expecting Tua to see into the future, read the receiver's mind? What? Wilson is still several strides before the point where he is suppose to stop and come back. Tua releases the ball, THEN Wilson continues running the WRONG ROUTE. It is irrelevant because that is not the route that was called and not the route that Wilson was supposed to run.
You cannot comprehend what I am saying. No need to continue. It was an either or route, they were not on the same page.
progressions are BS, hit the open man, start deep to shallow, that is why they are called checkdowns.
It's amazing to me that we can't even talk about receivers who Tua didn't see being wide open for tds, without people saying that's just people trolling. Alli heard about in the Tannehill years was how he didn't see receivers for big plays. Lol In a game that we lost, he missed three easy tds. The Waddle one I'm referring to, I believe the drive stalled and they got no points. But they could have had 7. I know I know. You can do that as nauseum for both teams, however, it's still something that shouldn't be problematic to talk about. I don't think anyone is saying that he's trash because he missed it. At the same time, no one should be acting like Tua didn't miss plays and make mistakes.
The Dolphins average 31.7 points this season, but against teams who don't have a losing record, they average 17 points. That's a figure worse than the Jets offense. As they play actual defenses coming down this stretch, this trend will continue. What's going to happen is folks are going to start shifting blame to McDaniel. "Why hasn't he adjusted x, y, z?" When really the fact he made Tua and the offense look this good to begin with is nothing short of a Christmas miracle. My prediction is the Dolphins struggle down the stretch. Make the playoffs. Don't go anywhere. Then re-up Tua because drafting a QB isn't feasible with this much talent, hence dooming this franchise for the foreseeable future ala Tannehill. Tua's health this year is an insane outlier. In case anyone hasn't noticed, Tua is just refusing to get hit this year. He already was one of the least hit QBs in the league. Last year he was hit 25x on 400 PAs, and this year he's only been hit 11x on 308 PAs (not sure if the 11x includes yesterday's game but still). Dude is doing everything in his power to not to get hit which makes sense. However, sometimes you do need to stand in there better. Not throw off your back foot so you can turn your back to the hitting defender, like he did a number of times on that final drive. Like on 1st down where he almost threw a game ending pick, or 3rd down when he threw the duck.
So you'd prefer that the Dolphins were the 26th scoring offense rather than the first? Take a guess what the Jets have scored against good teams on the road this season.... 10. That's right. One good team on the road and they scored 10. They also scoring 13 on the road against the Giants.
lol.. another prediction of how Tua will doom this franchise. QB of a #1 offense, and still #1 in passer rating, and this franchise is DOOMED because of him. Unbelievable. Not even sure a SB win would change some people's opinion of Tua.
What? How did you get that? I'm just saying their offense becomes Jets like (ie very bad) when they face non losing teams. KC is at least a solid passing defense ranked 12th. The Eagles are pretty garbage giving up 21.7 points a game and rank 27th in passer rating against. Even the Bills aren't very good against passing ranked 18th in passer rating against. Just wait until they face actual passing defenses in the Jets (2x), Ravens, and Cowboys.
The Jets score 10 points per game against good teams on the road. You keep leaving the "on the road' part. IMO, it is the on the road part that is the bigger issue. They have to get things cleaned up on the road. Until recently the defense was far worse on the road too.
You can talk about it all you want but you'd better know what the hell you are talking about and most don't. Hell, you liked a post that called progressions BS.... I think that disqualifies you. There is just no excuse to remain ignorant on these topics. There tons of excellent youtube videos out there. I have linked to several of them in the past for you. You admitted that you weren't qualified to comment on them. Get qualified. You can watch people who know what they are talking about explain the progressions. They literally draw 1, 2, 3 on the screen and explain what the QB is doing. There is no excuse to like a post calling progressions BS.
Answered in a reply to another of his posts. If he wants to talk up the Jets offense, then he should make the contexts the same.
I don't really care about the Jets though? I would disagree. Playing better defenses is much more relevant than location. Hence, why Vegas only gives a 3 point advantage to home teams.
IDGAF what you think. I liked his post because you are acting like Tua is a robot and should ONLY go through progressions, shouldn't be aware of breakdowns elsewhere. That's a completely idiotic position. There is literally NOTHING that anyone can criticize Tua for, that you will not argue forever that they are wrong, and every problem is a result of someone/something else.
