What happened on 2nd and 9?

[Rich]

Once again a play with 3 receivers virtually in the same spot.

[MikeO]

Someone ran a wrong route or its just a bad play in general

[Rich]

Someone ran a wrong route or its just a bad play in general

Everytime I look at game film, I see a couple of these a game.

[Cathal]

Or that is Wallace at the top who looks like he would be open if RT hits him in a slant or if he keeps running north. Perfect play! 

[Rich]

Or that is Wallace at the top who looks like he would be open if RT hits him in a slant or if he keeps running north. Perfect play! 

1. Wallace is covered.

2. Notice the two defenders about to drill Tannehill into the ground?

[MikeO]

It looks like its a play to get Clay some space and matched up with a safety as 42 from GB will have to break off Clay and cover the WR coming his way. But with the o-line doing such a terrible job here Tannehill has no time to get him the ball or make a good throw.

[Cathal]

1. Wallace is covered.

2. Notice the two defenders about to drill Tannehill into the ground?

Yeah? If you throw on the inside you could hit Wallace. I was mostly joking but he's open if you throw it in the right place.

[Rich]

Yeah? If you throw on the inside you could hit Wallace. I was mostly joking but he's open if you throw it in the right place.

If you watch video of the play, it wasn't a slant. It was a deep route and that deep route is well covered.

[fyo]

Anyone have an idea of how much, if at all, Tannehill can change plays?

[Rich]

Anyone have an idea of how much, if at all, Tannehill can change plays?

My understanding... and I could be wrong, but my understanding is the Dolphins use a check system where they call a pass play and a run play and that is the extent of what control Tannehill has at the line. I don't think he can call hot route routes or change the play. He may be able to set up some protection etc.

JJ did the same thing to Marino.

[fyo]

^^^ I don't know if Tannehill has the skills, but it seems to me that having a quarterback who's able to change a lot of stuff at the line has become increasingly valuable over the past decade. Certainly more prevalent and the quarterbacks who do so are generally very successful.

[Phishfan]

You really can't tell anything from one freeze frame shot. It sure looks terrible though. I wonder if a wrong route was run? Is the second from the top Landry? I can't see the number. Regardless, this play looks to me like that should have been a hot read. There was a blitz coming and it looks like that player was being played very loosely by a safety. An audible to a hot route there looks like it could have been effective on that play.

[Phishfan]

JJ did the same thing to Marino.

That was a power struggle. Marino was famous for changing plays from runs to pass and JJ desperately wanted to build a running team.

[Rich]

You really can't tell anything from one freeze frame shot. It sure looks terrible though. I wonder if a wrong route was run? Is the second from the top Landry? I can't see the number. Regardless, this play looks to me like that should have been a hot read. There was a blitz coming and it looks like that player was being played very loosely by a safety. An audible to a hot route there looks like it could have been effective on that play.

The still can be misleading, but there is also a video out on Ian Wharton's twitter of the entire play. Unfortunately, I am unable to post it here.

I think his twitter handle is NFLFilmStudy... check it out. He broke down a lot of film from the Dolphins Packers game and you can see where the failures lie... primarily offensive line.