Week 9: Miami Dolphins (5-3) @ Chicago Bears (3-5)

[JourneymanQB13]

McDaniel has to make that call quicker. 

I like taking the points but our defense has been awful and Sanders missed from 29 today. I get going for it. 

[Emerica]

We waste timeouts like they are free candy. This game is going to end in heartbreak i can feel it

[JourneymanQB13]

Throw could have been better. Don't get why Smythe didn't have his head turned sooner. He had no one around him so he's gotta get his eyes back to the QB right? 

[JourneymanQB13]

What a gem Kohou has been. He's made a few tackles today. 

[Swampbilly]

7 minutes ago, JourneymanQB13 said:

Throw could have been better. Don't get why Smythe didn't have his head turned sooner. He had no one around him so he's gotta get his eyes back to the QB right? 

Because he is rusty at route running.  He looked a bit lost in all that space and I suspect he needs to get more practice in his routes.

[Emerica]

That would've been game right there

[JourneymanQB13]

Just now, Emerica said:

That would've been game right there

Yeah. Tua has been great but Waddle is gone if he makes that throw. 

[Swampbilly]

Just now, JourneymanQB13 said:

Yeah. Tua has been great but Waddle is gone if he makes that throw. 

I’ve said it and I stand by it.  Tua just doesn’t have a big arm.  It’s just average for an NFL QB.

[JourneymanQB13]

Wow Keon Crossen got away with one there 

[Emerica]

Man we've been gifted a lot of calls and non-calls today

[TheKillerNacho]

Too close. Again.

[TheKillerNacho]

6 minutes ago, Swampbilly said:

I’ve said it and I stand by it.  Tua just doesn’t have a big arm.  It’s just average for an NFL QB.

I'll take average considering his strengths in other areas

[hrubes20]

The 4th down throw to Smythe was much more him than Tua.  But Tua needs to lead Waddle a little more and the game is iced.  Very unusual iffy performance in the 4th quarter for Tua today.  But he was about perfect the rest of the game, so it is what it is.  I could also quibble about the play-calling in the 4th, but it wasn't abysmal.  

On defense, Phillips has an absolutely putrid day.  Could have been the quad injury, but who knows.  He continuously failed to contain Fields, which is the one thing you can't do.  Fields ran all over the place at will.  Their RBs did absolutely nothing, and Fields only threw for 123 yards.  But none of that matters when Fields can scramble for 12 yards every dang play.  Chubb just missed a sack on 2 separate plays and was generally creating pressures in his limited snaps.  Would have been nice to see him finish those 2 though.

 

[Swampbilly]

28 minutes ago, TheKillerNacho said:

I'll take average considering his strengths in other areas

No issue with that.  Not saying I don’t like him, just that I agree with those that claim he doesn’t have a big arm.

[Swampbilly]

13 minutes ago, hrubes20 said:

The 4th down throw to Smythe was much more him than Tua.  But Tua needs to lead Waddle a little more and the game is iced.  Very unusual iffy performance in the 4th quarter for Tua today.  But he was about perfect the rest of the game, so it is what it is.  I could also quibble about the play-calling in the 4th, but it wasn't abysmal.  

On defense, Phillips has an absolutely putrid day.  Could have been the quad injury, but who knows.  He continuously failed to contain Fields, which is the one thing you can't do.  Fields ran all over the place at will.  Their RBs did absolutely nothing, and Fields only threw for 123 yards.  But none of that matters when Fields can scramble for 12 yards every dang play.  Chubb just missed a sack on 2 separate plays and was generally creating pressures in his limited snaps.  Would have been nice to see him finish those 2 though.

 

I couldn’t tell from the camera angle if contain was on Phillips or not on a couple plays where Fields broke outside the OT.  We run a stupid weird scheme and it can be tricky to tell when contain is on the edge or someone else.