Thoughts on Miami....
They aren't as bad as the score last game said, but they aren't good.
Let's start with the D. They gave up 33 points to Indy... not so great. But keep in mind their offense gave up 3 turnovers and didn't do much most of the game. So they were kind of left out to dry. Their talent isn't that bad. They lost some players since last year and are worse on paper, but they got pretty good pressure and overall held up well vs the run on a per run average. I think their DL played okay. Not great but respectable. Robinson is an up and coming young player with a lot of promise. Judon has a bit left in the tank. Chubb looks close to 100%. Sieler is not thought of highly enough but he is a good player. Grant the young draft pick may or may not live up to his 13th overall pick status. But the point is there is plenty of talent on that line. The Pats OL will have a much harder challenge this week overall.
As for their pass D. It is the weaker part of their D as you'd expect. They lost a lot last year and gained very little to nothing of note. Fitzpatrick can't hold it all together by himself. They gave up some decent sized windows to the Colts. Hopefully we can take advantage.
As for their offense... Tua won't play that bad again. But they don't have much going for them. Hill looks to not be bouncing back. He lost a step for sure.. and speed was most of his game. Waddle just isn't the same without peak Hill to take heat off him. As the #1 he has shown very little. Archane is absolutely dangerous though... and their OL is... so-so. Or was... Losing Daniel Jones in the opener was a killer. He was suppose to be the glue to hold it together. Austin Jackson their RT being out to on the same side... not good at all. Add in a rookie LG (high draft pick but rookie). This OL has issues. Als Darren Waller maybe not suiting up wouldn't help either.
Even if Tua were to play well... I don't see them having a ton of things they can do. So they aren't as bad as shown last game.... but they won't be good.
I think our DL will feast again. As for our DBs... Davis won't play that bad 2 weeks in a row. He is a good player. But that was horrible. Spillane will do better too. The DBs as a whole will. That was just messy. But can we stop their run game? I think so. At least we can keep it from doing much damage. So i think our D will have a better week than last week.
As for our offense... Hard to say. The Raiders pass D wasn't that good either, but they couldn't get open consistently. As for holding up to their pass rush. I think the OL did well last week but this week it won't just be the outside or 2 players to worry about. It will come from everywhere. Clearly the Pats can and need to do better on the ground. I don't think they will be on the ball against dump offs to the RBs as much as the Raiders were... they were all over every one of them. Miami let a fair amount go and gave some cushion.. i think they will again. And they had trouble with the TEs last week which boast well for another big game by Henry. But we need more Williams, a lot more. Put Chism out there too. Less Stevenson more Gibson.
A lot depends on how our OL handles their DL. IT will be close i think.
