AWOL at the Jets?

In fairness it seemed like the Dolphins barely ran any offensive plays period in the first half.

... And were playing from behind in the second half, so you would expect a higher percentage of passing plays.

Not to mention the Jets were starting rookie corners and a darn beefy front 4 that can stuff a run game.

Statistically, it might have seemed under used, but during the game I wasn't thinking 'run the ball.'

 

I think you are correct. something seemed way off from the Broncos game. Maybe they just wanted to give the OL and QB practice in a normal set?

 

it wasn't just you..

4 read option run...1 1/2 rollouts....0 scramble for runs.

it seems pretty clear that this offense doesnt have near the same misdirection or pocket movement as a kubiak or Kelly offense.

 

not gonna say to much more, but theres more than a correlation when it comes to poor offensive performance and minimal use of the qbs athleticism, read options skills, and minimal pocket movement.

 

It very much looked like Philbin got queasy after some sort of early sign he didn't like and decided they weren't going to challenge the Jets. Instead they were going to play conservative, keep it close, and essentially compete on the Jets terms. As a result, they basically played the one game the one way the Jets could hope to be competitive in.

The team has this habit of shutting down offensively out of this risk-aversion strategy when they've got a lead or make mistakes, and you keep getting into situations where you have to win the game one the last drive or two. Instead of helping you just put yourself in a situation where any mistake is catastrophic, which somehow appears to be justification for being conservative in the first place.

 

The way Tannehill is completing passes we are using the passing game as a running game.

The issue is we barely had the ball and didn't have much success running when we attemped it.

 

I watched the game again on NFL rewind. The offense looked fine for the most part. We moved the ball pretty well. It just always seems something always happens to kill a drive. Like, we'll be marching down the field... A few of short passes, a couple of intermediate passes, some nice runs, maybe a nice chunk 20 yard pickup, and then... sack for 10 yards loss, or penalties, or dropped passes, or abandoning the run, etc... Suddenly, we're either punting or kicking a FG. We've got to limit these drive killers. When we do, we're scoring around 30 ppg.

 

I think it's also important to note that this is the first year in Lazor's offense. I'm not sure how many opportunities the coaches have had to add the wrinkles they'd like. This year is going to be more conservative by default. Next year, they will add some things, maybe get a couple more key pieces in place. The offense will probably be more versatile.

I also think Clay being out has hurt us more than people are letting on. He really threatens the safeties and gives us a little more space in both the running and passing game. Sims is decent, but, he's clearly not the threat Clay is.

 

Agreed. We spent a lot of time overcoming long situations due to holding, false start, TFLs, or sacks. The jets were also spying on Tannehill. Colledge and Satale were atrocious, but James and Hoskins also were penalized. Daniel Thomas sucks in pass pro. He ole'd a couple of guys and as always goes down with first contact as a carrier.

Highlight of the game to me was the downfield passing to Sims at TE. Going into the game, we have gotten nothing from the TE position this year. Total TE Production prior to jets game: 52 catches for 505 yards and 3 TDs. Sims was 4/4 for 58 yards and had a couple of 20 yard catches. Those were a major factor in the win.

 

Believe it when I see it.