Overnight Thoughts - Week 1 Dolphins

[ChaosTheory]

Colts dominate, break the Week-1 curse... And the site goes down on gameday.

First off, Dolphins don't look good. That said, like Omaha mentioned, I saw like 80% or more picking against us. Tua/Waddle/Hill were going to be too much and their DL was so stacked it would make up for the back end. Never as good as you look when you win, never as bad you look when you lose, of course. But that was a fucking beautiful game top-to-bottom.


-Obviously Jones. You should appreciate the subtle, but significant difference of completing an easy 5-7 yard out route vs. rocketing the ball into the stands or into the dirt.

Instead of a 3-and-out, momentum shift, defense getting tired... we have sustained drives of 9-plays, 14-plays, 17-plays, 15-plays... 7/8/9-minute drives that are just demoralizing and exhausting for a defense. Nice to be on the good end of a 39-21 TOP. But he also pushed it downfield. Throws to Pittman, Pierce, and Warren were really nice to see.

-OL was great for the most part. My concern going in was Goncalves recognizing handoffs and stunts in pass pro and he was solid. Steichen also mentioned that DJ checked into proper protections several times pre-snap, which is great.

-Run game looks more inefficient on the stat sheet than it actually was. After a big lead, they went into Parcells clock mode. JT barely played the 2nd half, looked good, earned the rest. Giddens had some good runs, too.

-Warren had probably the most un-rookie first drive I've ever seen. That was fucking great. And the vision on that one leak route (I think) to spin upfield and avoid those two defenders that were going to crack him... good stuff.

-Pittman was also very good. Stumbled on that wheel route, I thought it would be out of reach, but he snagged it. Never get tired of watching him fight.

-Defense reminded me of watching Flacco vs. the Vikings last year. It's like, how do you get a read on this? How many times did Tua pump fake because he realized last second, "oh, that's not what I thought"? Refereshing and exciting.

-DB's getting sacks, Latu getting an INT epitomizes it.

-DL looked good. Curious how they do vs. the run in a tighter game. Paye made some great plays on the run. Buckner still lining up at DE occasionally and wrecking shit. He's fucking good. Stewart crushed Tua pretty good.

-DB's seemed to communicate well for the most part and it looks very uncomfortable for a QB.

-We'll see how next week how much of this was MIA being a trainwreck, how much was no film on either squad, and how much was Steichen and Anarumo calling great games.