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I am going to ask politely that My thread please not be merged into any others. I would like to see if this can become a weekly thing so please if possible leave it as is for this week at least.
Would like to see how everyone would Grade the team in all three phases from this weeks game. Grade on any criteria you like, obviously the lower the grade the more they need improvement. Please stick to letter grades and while you dont have to provide an explication for it it would be appreciated to understand your thoughts. Below are mine
A Solid D
The Offense -- D-
-- The big issue and the elephant in the room is the O-line It was complexly blown up on both sides. I know some people will say it has everything to do with Mankins being gone but that is no excuse for not a single one of them being unable to block. Coaching and skill is obviously a large problem here that needs to get fixed quickly or the season will be in compete shambles. Brady played quite decent in the first half then lost it in the second. I understand that the line was giving him issues but on the occasion they were able to hold up for more than 3 seconds he was missing some wide open receivers. Vereen and Edelman were the MVPs of offense today.
The Defense -- D-
-- I may get some disagreement with this but the Defense in the first half forced 3 turnovers. I can't much fault them in the second half when the Offence was on and off the field in less than 2 minutes every time they got the ball. Even then they still manage a few 3 and outs to try and keep us in which were all for naught as the offence still could not do anything with them. The scheme was terrible and the run blocking atrocious. Moreno was burning though the line and keeping the Miami Offence alive. Honestly if poor coaching wasn't a factor for some of Miami's drives the score would have been much larger. Several times on the goal line they chose to throw instead of run. And I fully believe if they had run every time he would have scored on most of them. There was very little pass rush. Tannehill had 200 years back there to throw half the time. Fortunately for us most of his receivers are not that great. Then Revis leaves the game with leg cramps and while the game was already falling apart at that moment, yyou have to wonder if this is going to be a lingering issue. Today it wasn’t a big difference maker but with teams with high passing offences are we going to have this hanging over our heads?
Special Teams -- C
-- Special Teams was not horrible today. Gostkowski was ace as usual. His kicks in the first quarter weren’t going through the endzone but I believe he was kicking into the wind as someone mentioned in the gameday thread. After they switched sides in the second he was fine. Allen was alright but really inconsistent with how far his punts were going. Unfortunately this game got off to a bad start with that blocked punt that was pretty much a gimme TD for Miami. I wasn’t fond of the blocking as I felt a lot of yards were given up on some of those returns. Something else they need to tighten up.
I have to say when I began watching this game this afternoon there was no way in hell I would have ever thought it would look like it did. The first Week One loss since 2003, lets just hope this year ends like that one.
Would like to see how everyone would Grade the team in all three phases from this weeks game. Grade on any criteria you like, obviously the lower the grade the more they need improvement. Please stick to letter grades and while you dont have to provide an explication for it it would be appreciated to understand your thoughts. Below are mine
A Solid D
The Offense -- D-
-- The big issue and the elephant in the room is the O-line It was complexly blown up on both sides. I know some people will say it has everything to do with Mankins being gone but that is no excuse for not a single one of them being unable to block. Coaching and skill is obviously a large problem here that needs to get fixed quickly or the season will be in compete shambles. Brady played quite decent in the first half then lost it in the second. I understand that the line was giving him issues but on the occasion they were able to hold up for more than 3 seconds he was missing some wide open receivers. Vereen and Edelman were the MVPs of offense today.
The Defense -- D-
-- I may get some disagreement with this but the Defense in the first half forced 3 turnovers. I can't much fault them in the second half when the Offence was on and off the field in less than 2 minutes every time they got the ball. Even then they still manage a few 3 and outs to try and keep us in which were all for naught as the offence still could not do anything with them. The scheme was terrible and the run blocking atrocious. Moreno was burning though the line and keeping the Miami Offence alive. Honestly if poor coaching wasn't a factor for some of Miami's drives the score would have been much larger. Several times on the goal line they chose to throw instead of run. And I fully believe if they had run every time he would have scored on most of them. There was very little pass rush. Tannehill had 200 years back there to throw half the time. Fortunately for us most of his receivers are not that great. Then Revis leaves the game with leg cramps and while the game was already falling apart at that moment, yyou have to wonder if this is going to be a lingering issue. Today it wasn’t a big difference maker but with teams with high passing offences are we going to have this hanging over our heads?
Special Teams -- C
-- Special Teams was not horrible today. Gostkowski was ace as usual. His kicks in the first quarter weren’t going through the endzone but I believe he was kicking into the wind as someone mentioned in the gameday thread. After they switched sides in the second he was fine. Allen was alright but really inconsistent with how far his punts were going. Unfortunately this game got off to a bad start with that blocked punt that was pretty much a gimme TD for Miami. I wasn’t fond of the blocking as I felt a lot of yards were given up on some of those returns. Something else they need to tighten up.
I have to say when I began watching this game this afternoon there was no way in hell I would have ever thought it would look like it did. The first Week One loss since 2003, lets just hope this year ends like that one.