When does head coach Adam Gase give up Brock Osweiler
By Sean Moon
When does head coach Adam Gase give up on his teacher’s pet, Brock Osweiler, and give David Fales a shot to lead the offense?
I understand there is a comfort level with Brock, I understand he probable knows more about the offensive playbook than the next quarterback on the roster (Tannehill not included). But for Christ sake, if you can’t throw the dang ball with some accuracy then what does all that matter?
Time and time again, I watch Brock Osweiler over throw a wide open receiver deep down the field. Time and time again, I watch him under lead a receiver crossing the middle, the receiver has to make an in route adjustment that completely ruins his stride and in essence, kills the YAC.
So, again here we sit with a quarterback that cannot score in the red-zone or really hit anyone more than 20 yards down the field. It’s like watching Ryan Tannehill in his first two years at the helm. The quarterback tries to force a ball into traffic, but problem is it takes so long to get their that it’s picked off.
The Miami Dolphins defense (which has its own problems) will come in and make a play causing either a fumble, interception or a three and out and the Miami Dolphins offense cannot move the ball more than 25 yards? Atrocious!
Brock Osweiler hasn’t thrown a touchdown since October 21st. His arm strength is weak, to say the least, and his decision-making has everyone scratching their heads, often. Why, for god sake, does Brock Osweiler wait 2 seconds, panic and then roll out of the pocket to his right, almost every time he is rolling out right, why not go left and try to make the defense guess at something? It doesn’t even matter if there are three defensive guys standing their by themselves he runs right over to them, frustrating for sure.
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So clearly Brock Osweiler is not going to do anything for this injury depleted Miami Dolphins team. Head coach Adam Gase absolutely refuses to stick with a running game that is just starting to get off in almost every game and then here comes the play calling to throw from an inaccurate QB. Here we go again with that loyalty to a fault thing, my god-man make a change and try something new, whats the worst that can happen.
I’ve tried to defend the fact that maybe coach Gase has a better pulse on the quarterbacks than anyone else, but clearly Brock Osweiler is not working out. I tried defending Brock’s poor play due to the injuries, but after watching Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers all I see is an inaccurate QB that panics to early in the pocket and needs to go sit down. David Fales cannot do any worse than Brock Osweiler, and what I seen from him in the preseason is at least you get some added athleticism and running capability.
I understand the injury thing, especially with the offensive line, but the patchwork line didn’t do to bad in my opinion, they had some issues but for the most part played decent. I thought the Dolphins offense could have put up more points early and definitely been in the game with better quarterback play. There were several opportunities that should have been taken advantage of in the first half.
So, once again we watch the Miami Dolphins fall to that magical .500 mark and watch the playoff hopes slowly fade away. Once again I’m grasping to find anything to be able to defend the current regime and once again I’m saying we need better quarterback play.
The one positive I can say about this feisty Miami Dolphins squad is they do not quit. I have seen no signs of them giving up on either side of the ball. As each starter gets injured, the next man comes in and tries to play at an equal level and all I see is support across the board. The players seem to have a real good chemistry with one another and really try to play hard in every game, no matter the score.
I really am beginning to think Ryan Tannehill might not be ready anytime this season and I really hope that Adam Gase rethinks his QB situation and maybe gives the California kid and former San Jose State Spartan a shot to help reignite this Miami offense.