Football Outsiders Looks at film for Fins-Niners (Decide Clay is our secret weapon)

I think it's hard to also talk about Clay as a secret weapon, when he's not been performing all that well or efficiently.

That's not really right. The Dolphins were losing on cutbacks(and on one case, a field-reversal) off of zone plays.

 

Agreed

 

Actually his use as a weapon is a secret even to the Dolphins.

 

I see Clay as more of a weapon who needs to act like a weapon.

I think Thigpen can be considered a secret weapon if he is used more. I love his quickness.

 

I would also like to see more of Thigpen on offense. It puzzles me that we haven't. It's not just his quickness, it's that he's very decisive and gets upfield. I thought he looked good on offense in the preseason.

 

Was hoping they'd look at Thigpen as well.

Eh, we shall see.

 

I think they are recognizing that Clay is a potential weapon that can be a potential matchup problem .Other unknown players who could be troublesome and where there is not much film on are Thigpen and Mathews

 

They've got to give Lamar Miller a look down the stretch too.

 

I hope Charles Clay continues to develop, but I don't see how you can even think of him remotely being a weapon. More often than not he has been absent this season and has made several mistakes. I hope he has a nice week but it isn't something I would ever count on.

 

I have no problem with Martin at LT at all. The best in the league would have a hard time with the 9ers defense on that side but my biggest concern is Nate Garner. Its pretty clear why he is not a starter.

 

I've had and continue to have high hopes for Clay, but he's been bad.

 

He's coming on lately. Plus, he's improved as a blocker.

 

Clay has definately struggled when used down the seam, but I dont understand why the team doesnt use him more on shorter passes toward the sidelines on 1st and 2nd down. Let him beat the LB and get 5-7 yards.