With the game surprisingly close and the Dolphins primed to score right before halftime, Brian Flores watched the following enfold and did nothing about it:
On a third down deep in Bills territory, the Dolphins broke the huddle. It was obviously an over-complicated play to begin with, as several men appeared to be out of position. Mike Gesicki was screaming at Waddle to adjust and come in motion, but there was too much confusion. Gesicki appeared to get set, then ran to his left, while other men weren’t even set yet at all. The linemen all looked at each other, confused. Waddle literally didn’t know where he was supposed to be, and looked at both Tua and then Gesicki for help.
As announcer James Lofton pointed out, Brian Flores was about to call a timeout, but opted not to.
This is important… It’s not like Flores was unaware of the utter confusion. He saw it. He was well aware. He knew this important play was a mess and he did nothing to stop it. He was “about” to help his team but decided not to.
He is utterly clueless, and he’s quite simply unqualified to be a leader.
Dude, stop talking about football because you don’t know what the fuck you’re looking at.
Phil is right. I am wrong. The play in question went perfectly. Gesicki was not confused, and Waddle was in the perfect position. The center did not snap it unexpectedly. And most important, Brian Flores correctly allowed the turnover to occur, instead of stopping the impending disaster with a timeout.
I must have seen it wrong, because only Phil saw it right apparently.
Guys this team is a train wreck! No matter how you saw the play it mirrored the whole season which is a disaster and although there’s enough blame to go around it ultimately lands on Flores. Phil I will say I was screening for a timeout and I’m no football expert, why Flores didn’t is beyond me.
Brian, Tua was a Quarterback of a College National Football Winning Team! He wasn’t drafted in the 6th, 5th, 4th, 3rd, or 2nd round.. no, he’s a first round draft pick. Tua relay the play call to the offense and he knows were everybody should be lined up and he saw that Gesicki and Waddle weren’t lined up right and he himself could’ve called a timeout!.. but he didn’t!!! But who’s to blame for that center’s snafu, take your pick.
Goddamit, I don’t look at what happens on the football field through a one way lens.
Tua could have called a time out. Gesicki could have called a time out. Waddle could have called a time out. But when none of them did, then who should have? Apparently Brian M didn’t scream loud enough from his living room, but Brian F could have. Brian F should have. But Brian F didn’t.
ADMIN, just shut up. Just because you have a blog site to leave your degree of deniability and blame on doesn’t make you untouchable when it comes to dissecting what’s happening on the football field. I see you conveniently didn’t mention that Tua threw another interception in the game against Buffalo. I guess Flores had something to do with that also.
Of course I’m not untouchable, and I’m clearly open to the opinions of you and others. I don’t censor comments, and you’re free to disagree. I admit, when I say Flores is unqualified, that is clearly my opinion and hyperbole. But when I say Flores should have called a time out when he saw–in advance–that a hugely important play was doomed to fail, that is just football knowledge 101. That is a fact. Brian Flores failed to act the way a tactician should have.
Two weeks prior in London, the Jags were about to try a desperate Hail Mary at the end of the game. 99% of the time it fails, and we take our chances in overtime against an inferior team. But then Flores called a DEFENSIVE time out. Flores called a defensive time out with the clock already stopped.
Urban Meyer re-thought the Hail Mary, and the rest is history. Meyer himself stated that Flores’s time out gave him time to reconsider the options, and so the Jags won. Yes, you can blame our FG team for not blocking the Jags’ last-second FG, but I prefer to listen to Urban Meyer, who pointed out that Flores gave him the win. Again, Flores lacked the basic strategic knowledge that you don’t help your opponent.
In the first Bills game, Flores went for it on 4th down in his own territory. In the FIRST QUARTER of a game that was close at the time.
You can argue with me all you want, Phil, but Flores’ incorrect decisions have doomed this team.
And finally, yes. Tua threw an interception in a game that was essentially over yesterday and we were down two scores with like 3 minutes left.
“Tua could have called a time out. Gesicki could have called a time out. Waddle could have called a time out. But when none of them did, then who should have? Apparently Brian M didn’t scream loud enough from his living room, but Brian F could have. Brian F should have. But Brian F didn’t”
“when I say Flores should have called a time out when he saw–in advance–that a hugely important play was doomed to fail, that is just football knowledge 101. That is a fact. Brian Flores failed to act the way a tactician should have”
I’ve been busy all day and I didn’t have a chance to reply, but now I can.
ADMIN said “Tua threw an interception in a game that was essentially over yesterday and we were down two scores with like 3 minutes left.”
Again, when Tua is on the field he is responsible for what he does and he has the choice to change a play because he spots a defensive alignment that could be detrimental to the play called.
“I admit, when I say Flores is unqualified, that is clearly my opinion and hyperbole.”
That’s goes to show that you don’t see all the nuisances happening between the defense and offense on the football field. All you have is a ranting and raving response towards it’s complexity because all you know is it’s “clearly my opinion and hyperbole.” Again, these are Professional Football Players who have been trained and get more training everyday and all of them are trained to think and spot flaws. Regardless of what you think ADMIN, THESE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ARE NOT ROBOTS WHO’S SUPPOSED TO BLINDLY DO WHAT THE PROGRAMMER PROGRAMED THEM TO DO!!! Flores must build a winning team from scratch and if you think it should only take his third year of trying after he inherited a clusterfuck, then you are clearly clueless.
“These are Professional Football Players who have been trained and get more training everyday”
Yes, but who is doing the training? THAT is what you’re failing to grasp. We have young, hungry elite athletes who come here and they get trained by inexperienced and unqualified “coaches” who are the hand-picked friends of another inexperienced and unqualified head coach. Yes, our guys are being trained and coached, but the quality of that coaching is suspect.
It’s a good thing that Flores held onto loyal playmakers like Kyle Van Noy and Shaq Lawson, because…oh, wait.
When they let Van Noy go I knew it would hurt badly but I had no idea it would like this. On top of everything else this idiots want to bring Watson here? That’s going to be trainwreak meeting trainwreak
I remember the guys teased Kyle van Noy last year because he was the oldest guy on the entire defense. And he was only 30 years old. I can’t remember a single outstanding play he made last year, but his leadership was absolutely contagious, And the younger players loved him. Keeping a mature, steady player is far more valuable than playing the market and gambling that some newbies are gonna fit it.
Even if he didn’t make any great plays, he made all the ones expected of him. This is something our defense can’t do. 3rd down is absolutely automatic against us.
Good point. There is value in a player who does what is expected. Our LBs and OL have lacked that for years.
We caught the Bills coming off a BYE and they looked absolutely rusty for the 1st half. However, we could not take advantage of that and the 2nd half was a disgraceful showing. Four consecutive scoring drives, and it could have been a lot worse. Tua? He is at a B- level right now. Maybe he can progress to an elite level, but not with the talent and coaching he has around him. He has a 9 game audition now, because we are going no where. Its not even November and we are playing only for a draft position.
At halftime, it’s as if Flores expected no adjustments from the Bills. If my defense shuts down Allen, Diggs, and Beasely in the first half, I tell them to be very very aware…because a storm of Beasley and Diggs is coming. But no. We made no defensive adjustments after the Bills changed their offensive strategy. Our defense lagged once again.
I’ve been saying this all year. Once the script is up, Flores fails. He makes no adjustments and certainly doesn’t seem to plan for them. The success he had last year was only the smoke and mirrors created by lucky turnovers. He is not an NFL coach. The only thing he had going for him was the apparent player development that occurred last year but this was also fake. Any initial success a player has will be quickly countered by the NFL. If those players can’t re-adjust, they will become average or below average. This is greatly influenced by coaching. We are witnessing that result.
Yes, and I hate to admit the genius of Belichick. Flores, Patricia, O’Brien. They all fail when they need to make their own decisions as their own head coach. But under BB they were “geniuses”. Belichick Can take anybody off the street and turn them into a defensive coordinator, because he calls the shots and the coordinator just manages stuff without having to make a single decision.
Tua is still a virtual rookie sure he should have called a timeout but perhaps he’s been told that one of the ten OC’s will handle this duty. Surely one of them saw the confusion. Either way he should be able to do this when he sees people in disarray.
As per the pick it never would have happened if Parker caught the damn ball before that. Then they take a penalty and get behind the sticks with buf knowing they had to throw. Game was already over at that point anyway as this oline can’t protect their QB longer than a few seconds.
The punt muff rule also needs to be changed its ridiculous. Let’s reward a team for muffing it into the endzone give them a present at the 20 instead of where the muff occurred. Not saying that the D would have held up but you never know and the Fins could have received the ball back at midfield.
On a good note it wasn’t a rout the Fins could have won it in buf. The offense falls asleep in the second and third quarters mostly bad play calling and execution. This kills the D when they were playing well.
Saw a funny comment maybe they need to hire a few more OC’s to help them line up properly.. ..
“Saw a funny comment maybe they need to hire a few more OC’s to help them line up properly…”
That’s actually very funny !!
Also, Flores said today that he benched Preston Williams for disciplinary reasons. Per league rules, Williams still gets paid, so where is the discipline?
The Dolphins MUST get some other receivers involved. It seems Tua only knows Gesicki, Gaskin, Waddle, and Parker when healthy. No one else can get open all year long.
If the OC’s are watching the game from above, they HAD to see the mess that was unfolding on the field so why wouldn’t one of the two sharing the OC job call down to Flores and tell him to take a time out?
Tua is learning on the dance floor as we can see…BUT again I would have expected a player having been touted as highly as he was in college and was a first round draft pick would be able to spot his players not lined up where they should be and immediately call a time out. That would have been showing some leadership and that is missing w/Tua. I agree with Admin re: coaching and training-which I have been commenting on for years bec this team can’t get it going….plus the scouts seem to not have a clue as to what they should be bringing back to the coaching staff…one thing Belichek has on his staff is excellent scouts-he tells them what he wants and they don’t come back without it. And again, it’s failure from the “top” down. Ross is a moron, we all know it. He is an impediment to this team being successful. He is doing a terrible job on his investment. No clue on how to get the right people for this business-his choice of GM sucks; his choice for HC is sub-par; and the choices from there down are also sure let downs. When was the last time this team had a dynamic head coach the likes of Shula? Crickets ….and more crickets. I’m sick and tired of wasting my time year in and year out as we all are, but I have an affection with this team from the Orange Bowl days where the stadium should have been located…but that’s another rant. This team looked like a Division 3 football team…not impressive.