Are the Miami Dolphins even trying to play the ball?

When you look at the development of the Miami Dolphins running game, one is amazed. There is no development in production, but the running game continues to evolve. The change we’re seeing lately is the use of the gun formation.

At the start of the season, the Miami Dolphins used a more standard run / pass option. They added a twist to that, and that was the quarterback spinning during the time the running back took his hand away or faked.

The use of the gun formation seems to add a protective layer in the back field. This offensive line simply couldn’t maintain the protection required of standard RPO. Even with that extra twist of panning.

For some reason I want to take a better look at the pivot, and it can better cover the option actions. Should the pistol formation be used more often, it is likely that the pivot action will go away because there are simply too many bodies in the backfield.

Head coach Brian Flores has never stopped thinking outside the box and a lot of people are questioning what’s going on with the game in progress.

I have a guess what might happen. Getting thrown into the fire is a saying, and that is exactly what happens to Tua Tagovailoa.

Many people mention that a real running game would help the quarterback, the same could be said for a better offensive line. This is nothing new and that goes for many other quarterbacks and many other teams as well.

How do you find out if a quarterback can carry a team? Well not having the above two things can give a glimpse. As crazy as it sounds, that’s what our head coach might be doing right now, remember, he’s thinking outside the box.

We could see the same of quarterback Tua, he could show the same qualities as his coach. The last game they won against the Giants, Tua had an interesting choice of which wide receiver to throw the touchdown passes on. The top top receivers were given a lot of distance during the game, but when it was time for touchdowns it was the lower tier receivers that got one each. There was one case where the main recipient Parker appeared to be open.

Brian Flores seems like a strict coach, and I wouldn’t trust him to use a sink or swim technique to analyze what his franchise quarterback should be. To do so on purpose seems like asking for an injury, and if you remember that happened early on to Tua, he missed three games with a rib injury.

The Miami Dolphins most likely intended to have a good offensive line with an adequate running game. When the first fell by the wayside, the second fell by the wayside. Establishment of a laboratory for Flores to carry out experiments.

My two cents would be to use someone like Phillip Lindsay who can help protect the pass and / or get active and use a bigger back like Gerrid Doaks. You’ve protected him long enough on the exercise team.

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