Breaking down the Miami Dolphins DISASTER late season collapse... (2023 film study)
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- čas přidán 8. 09. 2024
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Eli Apple fans look away... there's a lot to unpack here. I was going to do this in two parts but thought it would suit better as one video. If you can stomach the hour, drop me a comment and let me know your thoughts! Thanks for being here!
This video is about: Miami Dolphins late season collapse, Week 17 Ravens game, Week 18 Bills game, Tua Tagovailoa analysis, Tyreek Hill spotlight, Devon Achane evaluation, Eli Apple performance, NFL film study, Dolphins offensive struggles, Dolphins defensive breakdowns, NFL game analysis, Dolphins late season struggles, Dolphins game tape review, Dolphins vs Ravens film, Dolphins vs Bills film, Dolphins player performances, Tua Tagovailoa film review, Tyreek Hill highlights, Devon Achane contributions, Eli Apple defensive plays, Dolphins offensive analysis, Dolphins defensive analysis, Dolphins playoff hopes, Dolphins end-of-season analysis, NFL late season collapses, Dolphins coaching decisions, Dolphins game plan breakdown, Dolphins key moments, Dolphins season review, Dolphins player evaluations.
Your disdain for Apple & Claypool is hilarious.... and on point!!! 😂
Bro those two 😂😂 I cannot.
I haven’t watched this yet, literally 4 minutes in. However badly he gives them 💩, they deserved 15x more 💩 than what they got.
I believe at one point I called Eli Apple a ‘waste of a helmet and shoulder pads’. I suppose that was about as for as I was willing to push the boundary with CZcams 😂 but man oh man did watching Eli Apple get me heated during this process
@@AlexandtheNFLit wasn't just those 2 it was ALL OF THE KEY INJURIES!!!
6-9 Pro Bowlers out for the season, 3rd string INTERIOR OLINE vs Bills, Ravens, Cheifs STARTING DEFENSES because of the 3rd string INTERIOR OLINE it prevented the Dolphins # 1 running game from running the football against the Bills,Ravens,Cheifs because of their defenses and our 3rd string INTERIOR OLINE Dolphins running game wasnt there, the defensive ends Phillips and Chubb 26 sacks combined out for the season also out for the season, INJURIES WERE THE CAUSE WHY THE DOLPHINS LOST TO THE Bills, Ravens, Cheifs, and even Josh Allen said something on his pod cast about the Dolphins injuries with the Dolphins DEs Phillips and Chubb and after the Dolphins Playoff game Mahomes asked Tua how were they able to play through all of those injuries like that and Tua said it was all heart and tapped Mahomes on his chest.
X going out with his phantom injury really hurt us against Baltimore and Buffalo. Without that injury and all the mistakes, we could have won the game.
Solid assessment. Fingers crossed OBJ and Jonnu help create chaos for the defense. More so, that Coach can deliver with a dynamic scheme and play calling. Looking forward to a winning season
Good breakdown. It can't be understated how crippling those injuries were. The Oline was DECIMATED and Waddle/Hill were rarely healthy
Dolphin’s fan here. I LOVE this type of content. Dolphin’s thankfully upgraded some of these sore spots. So many injuries unfortunately
26:59 that little sidearm half step back throw where only Achane would be able to get the ball was just as nice as Achane showing the ability to read and react to that situation and put himself where he had to be on that play. That was a beautiful play all around from those two.
Kind of looked like it was a set play because Tua actually threw the ball anticipating where Achane would be. If it was on the fly that’s definitely impressive from both of them being on the same page.
Love the breakdown! Definitely not too long, and yea, it definitely felt like Eli Apple was playing to get the season over with.
Thank you sir! Appreciate you checking it out. Eli Apple was already on vacation by Week 16. Horror show
So this was my first video watching you, of course because I am a die-hards Miami dolphins fan and I love the fact that you were so just stayed out of it with your feelings and just told what you seen makes you amazing to listen to. The problem with football players and listening to analyst is sometimes the analyst won't use their heads and they use their hearts and they don't want to tell the truth or they don't want to see the truth because they are a fan of the player, not a fan of the team. Not saying two is a bad quarterback but I definitely don't think he has the sauce, especially if we were to pay him a big contract and have to rid our roster of big salary names just to patua
Brother this comment is amazing. Thank you so much. That’s exactly what I’m trying to do, for all the reasons you mentioned. It infuriates me that everything in NFL media now is hot takes and whoever can shout the loudest, so how about we ignore all that and just watch the game back together 🤝
As an all time Tua fan and a major defender of his, I found it hard to leave my feelings out of this one, so very much appreciate you recognising that 😂
Tua is the best QB to wear a Dolphins uniform ever not named Dan Marino. You can't name me a better QB ever, ever, ever, ever who could wear Tua's jock strap. Griese isn't shit compared to Tua. Wow you must be 7 years old and don't have any knowledge of what this franchise has gone threw since Marino searching for the next one. I can't believe a "Dolphins Fan" would say I wouldn't pay this QB who has been in the MVP race the last 2 years, Lead the NFL in passing yards, is already in the Hall of Fame with his WR Jaylen Waddle just to name a few of his accolades? Really? What would you pay him huh? coffee money? Thank Goodness your idiot arse isn't the GM or Owner. I like the host of this show, it's idiots like you who read stuff into everything to make your argument. The host didn't say a bad thing about Tua. Didn't say don't pay him. Didn't say we should move on. You read that in your twisted conspiracy, mouthing everyone else's words but your own until it becomes doctrine. Die-Hard Dolphins Fan? Really? Where?
Hilariously Eli Apple got the Josh Allen INT solely because he was standing by himself on one side of the endzone, as the receiver was already well across his face and 5 yards across the endzone, and Josh threw the ball 5 yards behind his receiver, dead into Eli Apples chest plate, and then what does that dufus do? Stands back up, and then runs clean out of the endzone and put the dolphins on the 4 yard line. When it should’ve been a touchback to the 20. 🤦🏽♂️.
Brutal 😂😂
Talking about Berrios on the Tyreek Hill TD drop? I mean dude, that IS easy, this is the NFL lol.
Lions fan brought on by your last vid, but staying for the quality of the content.
Greatly enjoyed your video presentation pace, youve done a great job editing and it feels like I'm watching someone who's been in the video making business for a while.
Dude this is awesome, thanks for checking out another one! I appreciate your feedback 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Long time dolphin fans here. Definitely preciate the honesty on tua's errors, the play calling from Mcdaniel and defense play calling. Acahane is a dog. Awesome videos🎉
Achane really is that guy! Thank you man I appreciate you!
Damn! These breakdowns are 🔥
Great breakdown. Took two sessions but I got through it! Definitely do more Dolphins breakdowns this season and I’ll watch them all.
Yessir! Sounds like a plan. Appreciate you!
Great job with the film study! Enjoyed your objectivity. Would love to talk football with you, especially when it comes to the OL & DL
Always down to talk ball 🙌🏻
Keep 'em coming!
Great breakdown! I agree with you McDaniel and the offense. They forced it to Tyreek to much and the playbook seemed limited. Could be because of so many injuries to the Oline but they never seemed to adjust after defenses figured them out.
Yeah that really felt like a part of it to me! Need a bigger playbook. Thanks for the feedback 🙌🏻
Nice video. Thanks. Would be good to know the siren, distance and time of game for each of these plays. 👍🏻
30 year Dolphins Fan here. Just started watching, but wanted to mention that this meltdown started long before it was obvious in the two last games. Weeks before. Maybe at the Titans game, but I would argue even earlier.
Oh 100%! Completely agree!
The Jets game is when it really started for me, that’s when Holland managed to sprain both his knees on one play, and JP tore his Achilles tendon. Then the titans game I think it was Baker & Tyreek got hurt, then the Dallas game a lot of guys played but not in good shape at all. Then like half the remaining defense got knocked out between the Ravens & Bills games, all the DE/OLB, the back up OLBs, the ILB, the backup ILB, the #2 CB, #1 S, and that’s just the defense starters knocked out from basically 3 games, with a clean game squeezed in the middle somewhere
Mike McD seems to have some sort of OCD at work. He changes things late in games (abandoning the run) & late in seasons. It's as if he suddenly thinks the plays that have worked up 'til then are conspiring against him so he shuts them out.
The Dolphins start hot, go into a lull where they seem to just stall, then almost return before collapsing. & it seems to be the play-calling.
@@HawgWyldFishing A clean game without throwing a single TD if you`re talking about the Cowboys game. They won this one with five Field Goals. Wouldn`t really call that a clean game...
@@ChewsCarefully Sad, but sounds pretty factual to me what you say there. Let`s hope he is aware of that and is able to shut that down in his third year. He is young and should be able to recognize this and work on it...
Xs and Os tells a different story than narratives, media, and content creators. Brings to light how fundamental the trenches are, beyond QB talk.
Also, when looking back at the all 22, we have to keep in mind that the offense requires the QB to do most of their reads pre-snap because post-snap, you’ve got a 2sec window. An offense built around a leaky OLine anchors what that offense can do.
Exactly that. And that’s why I’m doing these videos because I want to understand the nuances of wins and losses, and what really caused them. Rather than ‘Tua can’t win a playoff game’, and leaving it at that, let’s watch the film and figure it out together 🤝
@@AlexandtheNFL people are simple. Whole hell of a lot easier to blame an individual than to consider the layered nuances of football.
Yessir. You and I are on the same page with this
14:27 if im choosing between the best receiver in the league and an average to below average kick returner at receiver, and i know im hitting the best receiver in the hands cleanly in the endzone, im never targeting anyone else. The best receiver in the NFL is getting that pass every time. He’s gonna have to prove his hands are worthy of that title, “Best in the League”. That’s just how I feel about that. If it was someone like OBJ, or Waddle, or even Cracraft, who I’ve seen make clutch plays in this system or on this team, then maybe I would consider changing my mind on that. But if it’s Tyreek vs Berrios, I’m not wasting my time thinking about that one or worrying about it if it isn’t caught in that situation. But I’m def looking at Reek and asking him what the hell is wrong with his hands. 😂
I came into the comments to say close to the same thing... spending 30-45 seconds talking about how Tua should have thrown the out to WR4 vs the Wide Open straight down the middle of the field (Tua's wheelhouse) to WR1? It's an answer with no question... at least none that makes sense as Tyreek was no-where near the bottom end of the league in drop% - it was his highest year, but also his highest # of targets.
Fair point. Perhaps over analyzed. Thanks for your feedback 🤝
I saw fan perspective and came in weary of this breakdown. As a former D1 Player and coach I'm pleasantly surprised. Good job keep up the good work and keep learning.
I really appreciate that man! Thank you 🙌🏻
My man managed to add an "R" in Tua's name lol Tuar! Love the video
Patrick Richard was in a “3 point stance”. That’s the proper term for an offensive player being in that stance and aligning attached to the formation like that.
A 3 technique is a defensive tackle positioning that Christian Wilkins is a good example of. 3 tech defensive ends usually line up between the guard and the tackle.
That’s right! Had it the wrong way round, thank you for the info!
I think the fact that Miami's offense (both run and pass) is very splash play oriented with a large boom or bust element. Fangio's defense was more of a bend dont break, grind it out style. The combination of these 2 units often resulted in the D being on the field WAY too much and the offense being put in too many long fields in terms of starting field position. That absolutely killed them late in the year imo.
Great breakdown. The video felt like it was 10 minutes long I was so engaged. I'm looking forward to more, even during the regular season would be stellar. Your viewpoints showcase what's hard to see watching games live most of the time (especially when I'm cursing at the screen). "a waste of a helmet and pads" will be my new expression, thanks. Miami's unanswered question remains: is the play calling the issue (coordinators, coaches), or is it the lack of ability in certain areas that limit the play calling options? (center field passing, run game, and deep balls) We'll know for sure at the end of this year, and that's concerning. I've been a Miami fan since I could walk but I've had multiple decades of heartache watching them be so close, and have most of the tools, but fail to execute in the big games season after season, especially against the Bills. Can this warm weather team ever win in cold weather late in the season? Sometimes I wish they'd get a cold weather practice space in early December to be on par with the rest of the AFC temperature acclimation. Subbed.
Well this is awesome feedback man thanks so much. I was a little worried this one would drag on but there was just so much to fit into the video. Love watching games like this to get that perspective you wouldn’t get from a live broadcast. Really helps ground my judgement of a game.
Here’s to hoping Miami can overcome those demons sometime soon
32:53 isn't a counter it's actually like Miami's outside Zone run but, the front side is collapsed by Wilkins. You see the LBs full speed outside cause of this. It's an Error by Eli Apple as he becomes a run fit player for cutback runs and he doesn't move when given a run read. I had a similar play vs FAU and if you see my reaction that's the way you play it.
You can also see it's a poor coaching play as they are massively outnumbered in the box. The coverage doesn't have to change but they should at least align their safeties to even up the numbers in the box so explosive runs can be limited to more manageable gains while still protecting against the pass.
I really appreciated your analysis. Thank you. Riley is a backup thrust into the starting lineup, as were so many at the end of the year. I think that is why they were not sharp on offense or defense at the end of the season, and I hate to make excuses. Your point of why Cam Smith wasn't playing instead of Eli Apple is spot on. He couldn't be worse and needs some playing time. I like Tua, but his infatuation with Tyreek at times hurts the Fins.
I can’t believe Cam Smith didn’t get playing time over Eli Apple. Surely a hungry young corner over that sellout would make a tonne of sense. Thanks for the comment dude, I appreciate it!
21:14 I think that may be a mesh play concept. Everyone runs it. A lot. I think Tua just misread it because he was frustrated with how poorly the defense was playing and the guys on offense weren’t really doing a ton better.
Thoroughly enjoyed this breakdown.
@28:02 - The end clearly jumps offsides, that's why he paused/hitched so bad - he knew he was early... but he keeps going as he should. Armstead is waiting for the whistle and doesn't even attempt to block him.... no whistle and free un-abated sack for the Ravens. One of the worst missed calls of the year because of the impact.
Good spot, something I didn’t notice!
ohhh boy, might need a couple drinks to get through this next hour 😂😂
Get yourself a four pack at least my guy 🫡😂
Thanks for the video. I noticed a good number of nomenclature errors which hopefully can be adressed by your more knowledgable viewers, but even so, quite a good view and I will be a regular. Cheers!
Thank you man! I will continue to improve, and these comments are exactly what I was looking for! Every day is a learning day 🙌🏻
Thanks
We were also missing our core pass rush lmao... No Jaelan Philips or bradley Chubb... Lamar Jackson had a field day, it was a different story later on in the post season for lamar
Haven't finished video yet. But you have some good analysis, enjoy it so far. Just gonna throw out some ideas/points I see or think
10:56 generally called a "pick play" but those are technically illegal now lol.
The idea is to get the outside defender to turn his hips inside and run him into the defender scrambling to the outside of the field to cover the receiver, or in this case the running back, running the wheel. Either just to get in his way for a second to slow him down a step or two, or to actually cause a collision while making it look like you were innocently running a route haha.
They used to call it a pick play because back in the older days of football, the receiver could come screaming down the line and obliterate the defender (or "pick" them off as they used to say) covering the wheel (or route being run behind). I still remember watching an ex dolphin coincidentally, Jarvis Landry run pick plays. Straight menace out there. Murdering dudes constantly. I think he actually broke a dudes neck one time, against buffalo?
Anyways it's a very common type of play, literally everyone has their own versions of it now. It actually came from the college game
13:30 I think this one was actually a pre snap kind of decision. They had wide safeties, nobody in the middle in the endzone, he's throwing that thing so quick.
Most of their plays are supposed to be read outside - in. Pre snap it looks like everyone is man up. But no safety help on Tyreek. I would take that throw before the snap 99% of the time too I think lol
20:16 spot on with all of this. Going to the well way too many times. You can't fool a guy that good for that long before he makes you pay
Awesome info man! They got Duke Riley with that pick real bad. And great spot on the Tyreek throw! Sometimes I worry that they’re going to Reek pre snap a little too often tho 😂 gotta remember the dude is what like 5”5 sometimes 😂😂
Great Video. I can't believe I'm learning about my football team from a British guy.
Haha I’ll take it!!
@@AlexandtheNFL Just finished watching the whole video, I didn't have the attention span to watch it all in one sitting. This could have easily been 2 quality videos.
What about the Titans game collapse? Their season turned in the 4th qtr of that game.
Don’t be nervous! You’re doing incredible
Ahh man! Thank you 🙌🏻🙌🏻
This breakdown shows you that Tua alone wasn't the issue if anything he was less responsible than other players, depth, Hill (of all people), and McDaniel's.
Good video man
Always liked Jerome Baker(solid), never understood the hate. Got better every year.
I always said Tua is not the issue, sure he does stiffen but once every game is not too bad, maybe twice , and if Mike can have Waddle out there it would of helped those plays because the other WR’s we had beside Ty couldn’t get open one on one . I mean even though Reek dropped and he did cost us a lot down the stretch but , Mike needed him and so did the team and sure he had a few guys on him at times but he put us in bad spots at the end .
When you break the plays down you see Tyreek can only run that one route really . Seems like anything else tyreek may be running it wrong .
That’s scary . But again , the other thing with the WR’s, extending plays just doesn’t happen , they don’t even try to break free like Ravens and Bills .
And I’m not a fan of Fangio either.
If he was actually coaching these guys would know who to cover . I mean , if he really went on the field and got in them let them know hey these 3 plays go like this, maybe then they would do better but it seemed like the same mistakes over and over and Vic was nowhere.
Eagles will see ..
Hopefully we get just enough from OBJ to break those plays and he’s gonna see Tua is right on the money .
We will be kicking ourselves if we don’t sign him . I think if Tyreek can get on the same wavelength, which I think they cover for him because he can’t learn as fast but he has speed so they accept it , but with teams that do have good defenses tyreek doesn’t seem to be in it .
Only Dallas and that was hard enough .
I believe we see why K.C let him go. Not because he can’t play , he can’t get it right when it matters as a number 1 target.
He needs a decoy and maybe OBJ or Smith will help this along . Will get the smart DB’s to have to extend out more and create space .
Duke Riley subbing in for a hurt Jerome Baker like lmao all our starters were hurt
The problem is tua cant make plays or extend plays when it matters and macdaniel has to let the offensive coordinador Call good plays, and be able to créate new plays. Macdaniel repeats to many Times the same plays hé is not creative enough when the game is on the line
100% agree. Playbook just wasn’t good enough when we needed something in a big moment
Although this was a hard watch for me, going through all of that again, it was a really great and informative analysis and I agree with all points you made. But it`s still hard to point fingers (except Apple, maybe) and figure out who to blame. There were many injuries, Tyreek wasn`t at his best and even if I may have been a little bit to hard on Tua after seeing it all again now I would still argue that your franchise QB is the one that should be able to make it work in this moments. It`s unfortunate when everybody drops your balls, but alone within the last set of downs there are at least two decisions from Tua I don`t like, which you also pointed out. And Mike McDaniel also had his fair share of strange play calls, the more the older the season got. So, all in all that were team losses, also heavily influenced by injuries. But I`m also not fully convinced that Tua can take this team to a superbowl in a strech against tough opponents. I hope he can and I hope he will, but I`m not sure he is able to.....
This is a great point. In both of these games, the team faltered, the play calling was off and mistakes were made all over the field. You compare that to the Lions film I watched and the two were worlds away. The cohesion of their offense looked miles away from where Miami were at in these two games.
Either way, I love this process of trying to understand exactly what went wrong rather than reading headlines and hot takes. Thanks for your feedback man, I appreciate you!
@23:38 - the Tua pick over Tyreek's head... how can we know that Tua missed Hill vs Hill ran the wrong route? I love this content and look forward to see a follow-up after comments.... but Tua is so accurate, I would assume Tyreek ran the wrong route - which he's admitted to a few times.... he goes more post on his break and the ball is on his face.
Remember, Tua's starting his release before Tyreek makes his break - so it's not like he knows Tyreek is going to break in/drop his route, he's throwing to where Tyreek should end up.
Yup I believe I mentioned this, Reek ran too shallow of a route rather than running into the space, seemed like a mental error!
I was saying the same thing SCREAMING AT THE TV… HOW IS CAM SMITH WORST THAN ELI APPLE…
It’s almost impossible honestly
The ravens kinda targeted duke riley 😂
Very much so 😬
42:09 Speed Out
It wasn't a lack of ideas, it was a lack of execution from our depth pieces in conjunction with Mcdaniel struggling with post-Halftime adjustments
This made me check if Eli Apple had a job or not 😅
Were you surprised to find he doesn’t? 😂
@@AlexandtheNFL Heck no,but there will be injuries
The Miami Dolphins in the last 3 games Bills Ravens Cheifs they were playing with their 3rd string INTERIOR OLINE that was 31st before them playing their 3rd string INTERIOR OLINE!! Their DEFENSE was playing without their starting DEs and their back up DE's they were playing 3rd string DEs!! 6-9 Pro Bowlers were out for the season on both Defense and offense. SMH!!! MIAMI HEALTHY WOULDVE BEATEN THE BILLS, RAVENS, and the Cheifs were beatable for sure this season even though the Dolphins played in 30 below 0 and 27 mph winds because the cold wouldnt have effected them it was KEY STARTERS INJIRIES!!! The 3RD STRING INTERIOR OLINE AMONG ALL THE OTHER KEY INJURIES HURT THE DOLPHINS AND WOULDVE HURT ANY TEAM IN THE NFL 💯 %!!!!
Excellent analysis for a Brit! 😉
Hahaha thank you sir! 🫡
Lamar dropped back lefty, switched and threw a TD👀
Haha I remember Jevon Holland talking about this 😂
Nah duke was horrible 🤦🏽♂️ he just belongs on the practice squad period
It was pretty rough 😬
@@AlexandtheNFL yeha he just looks like deer in headlights and no communication as well. 🤦🏽♂️
36:01......Just yuck! This beyond awful pursuit and angles. Eli Apple should've been benched after this play cause that's not a physical error but rather a mental one. Dumb football players will lose you games more often than win them for you.
Yeah this one is so basic there’s not really much else to say about it. But giving up half the field because you can’t hold outside contain at the NFL level is so frustrating 🙃
Come men get Real my friend desastre collapsed come Men are you ok Time clock ⌚
lol you got frustrated by just this guy me game watching tua force feed Hill 😂 Imagine being a dolphins fan and seeing that all year Braxton could have easily had a 600 yard year
I must have done a decent job hiding my fandom (that was intentional I wanted this video to be purely objective), but I am in fact a huge Dolphins fan. Watched every snap brother 😂🤝
They need to move on from tua im so glad to see him go why are so many fanatics so emotionally attached to tua who is not a star qb just because he's a nice guy well nice guys finish last!!!
He certainly had his moments, but his receivers didn’t help him out in these games in the slightest
Tua broke down don't blame anyone else actually defense played well
Sir please watch this video before you go around making statements like ‘defense played well’ 😂 this is exactly why I made this video, so we don’t make silly blanket statements!
Don't blame the team for the disaster you have to blame the quarterback this guy's just not good enough😊
Cmon Richard, did we watch the video? 😂
Dang man your not even a dolphins fan but u nailed everything u have my sub 🫡 but I totally agree they definitely focus on hill way to much and I pray this season is different
Hahaha I am actually a Dolphins fan, a very passionate one, but I didn’t want people to be turned away from the video by my views or bias 🤝 I appreciate the comment! Thanks for the kind feedback my friend
god i hate eli apple so much
You and I both brother 😬