Will Dolphins use quick snaps to catch defenses?
By Brian Miller
The Miami Dolphins are rolling through yet another offensive system change. This time it’s the Bill Lazor offense being replaced by the Adam Gase offense and the idea of change can be both exciting and miserable at the same time.
If there is one thing that has driven Dolphins fans crazy it’s the quick snap. Tom Brady of the Patriots uses it as though it was a designed play they practice. You know the one. A Dolphins player is trotting to the sideline or the defense is out of position making adjustments and Brady simply hits the line quick and snaps the ball.
Could the Dolphins be moving in this direction?
One thing we do know and have seen repeatedly is that the Dolphins offense the last 10 years has been a quiet methodical offense that takes their time getting to the line of scrimmage. That assesses the defense and then run the play. A play that by the way can not be changed by the quarterback.
This year, things could be considerably different and Ryan Tannehill recently told the MiamiHerald that along with the freedom this offense is bringing it will at times be quicker.
"“With [former offensive coordinator] Bill [Lazor’s] offense, we were kind of locked in,” Tannehill said. “What he called is what we ran. With this offense, we’re going to mix things up. We’re going to move quickly at times, snap the ball quickly. At other times, we’re going to get up to the line quickly and take our time. At other times we’re going to huddle and be like a standard offense. Just the variability and the versatility that this offense has and the different things that we can do to create the drives that we want to create down the field."
Snap the ball quickly. That is a novel approach that Dolphins fans rarely see outside of a two minute drill and frankly over the last four years that was rare as well. The players are talking like this will be an offense we haven’t seen before and that is in many ways true. The question is will it have any success?
Fans are still a few months away before this team takes the field for the first time during the exhibition season but they seem excited and Ryan Tannehill will finally get an opportunity to spell the notion that he is not a leader. This offense needs a strong leader at the quarterback position so a lot is riding on what Tannehill takes away from it.