Cover 1 Breakdown of Dolphins game on D...Dolphins used similar concepts shown by Tennessee with some tweaks to attack Bills, Backups hurt us on some plays, coaches could have helped a little more(Mostly favorable review of play of Bills D all in all)

[Big Turk]

Even with all that said, Cover 1 is mostly favorable towards the Bills defensively saying they held up remarkably well for having that many second and third stringers playing in the secondary. Was interesting to see the Dolphins used very similar plays that the Titans did to attack certain coverages by the Bills with a few new wrinkles at times...

 

As always, fantastic in depth breakdowns by Cover 1.  If you love the various chess like strategy parts of football and going more inside the X's and O's they are a must watch weekly...

 

 

Edited September 28, 2022 by Big Turk

[RoyBatty is alive]

Thanks, great analysis.  Tua looked the best I ever saw and that includes the Ravens game where the Balt D imploded in Q4.

[RiotAct]

they held down the fort decently enough. Effectively held the Dolphins’ O to 14 pts.  (Granted, their O was only on the field for 20 minutes, but still…)

[Virgil]

And the award for longest title goes to…..

[Big Turk]

2 minutes ago, RiotAct said:

they held down the fort decently enough. Effectively held the Dolphins’ O to 14 pts.  (Granted, their O was only on the field for 20 minutes, but still…)

 

Well, part of that was because they had to punt 5 times.  They had the chance to stay on the field more but failed. Ironically that might have been better for the Bills if they did.

Edited September 28, 2022 by Big Turk

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

Omg

 

Tua had 2 long passes on Blown coverage 

take those 70 yards away and he didn’t do 💩 

 

 

[Rat-boy]

Bottom line is the D played more than well enough to win the game. 

[RiotAct]

2 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Well, part of that was because they had to punt 5 times.  They had the chance to stay on the field more but failed. Ironically that might have been better for the Bills if they did.

very true!!!  I forgot we forced 5 punts

[Westside]

1 minute ago, Big Turk said:

 

Well, part of that was because they had to punt 5 times.  They had the chance to stay on the field more but failed.

That’s every offense pretty much. I credit the defense and the young guys  filling in. They did a remarkable job. The coaching staff once again has let us down. They will be the downfall of this team.

[uninja]

1 minute ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

Omg

 

Tua had 2 long passes on Blown coverage 

take those 70 yards away and he didn’t do 💩 

 

 

You can play that game all day long though. When it came time to make a play, the Phins did. Can’t say the same for the Bills. 
 

On that Sunday, they were the better team on the field. They made less mistakes, made plays when they needed to and kept the Bills off balance. I don’t think they’re better than the Bills, but that’s why they play the games. 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

2 minutes ago, Westside said:

That’s every offense pretty much. I credit the defense and the young guys  filling in. They did a remarkable job. The coaching staff once again has let us down. They will be the downfall of this team.

Please explain how the coaching staff let us down? 

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

With half the Bills starters missing

 

 Last season Tua couldn’t beat the Bills backups , Sunday he did

 

 

2 minutes ago, uninja said:

You can play that game all day long though. When it came time to make a play, the Phins did. Can’t say the same for the Bills. 
 

On that Sunday, they were the better team on the field. They made less mistakes, made plays when they needed to and kept the Bills off balance. I don’t think they’re better than the Bills, but that’s why they play the games. 

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

Just now, uninja said:

You can play that game all day long though. When it came time to make a play, the Phins did. Can’t say the same for the Bills. 
 

On that Sunday, they were the better team on the field. They made less mistakes, made plays when they needed to and kept the Bills off balance. I don’t think they’re better than the Bills, but that’s why they play the games. 

Kept the Bills off balance? What does that even mean? Its nonsense. TOP was 2:1, yards was almost 2:1. 

Bills failed to a FG, a snap, a pick 6, and to call a QB sneak at the goal line. None of those mistakes were because the Dolphins had the Bills off balance. 

[RiotAct]

Just now, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

With half the Bills starters missing

 

 Last season Tua couldn’t beat the Bills backups , Sunday he did

 

 

:: slow clap for Tua and the fish ::

[UKBillFan]

7 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Kept the Bills off balance? What does that even mean? Its nonsense. TOP was 2:1, yards was almost 2:1. 

Bills failed to a FG, a snap, a pick 6, and to call a QB sneak at the goal line. None of those mistakes were because the Dolphins had the Bills off balance. 

 

Exactly.

The Dolphins didn't beat us on Sunday. The coaching team didn't lead us to a defeat on Sunday. It was execution of simple plays which let us down.

[Big Turk]

21 minutes ago, Westside said:

That’s every offense pretty much. I credit the defense and the young guys  filling in. They did a remarkable job. The coaching staff once again has let us down. They will be the downfall of this team.

 

Really?  Who got the young players ready and put them in position to make plays? Exactly how many teams do you think would have held a team to 212 total yards missing 6 defensive players going into it, and then losing another CB early in the 2nd Quarter? How many teams even hold a team to 212 yards with their starters to begin with, let alone an entire backup secondary and then with a rookie PS CB forced into the game for 2.5 quarters?

 

It took a remarkable coaching job to have the Bills even in the game, let alone leading it and dominating(other than on the scoreboard) for most of it. Coaching doesn't throw a TD pass into the ground, nor drop a TD, nor drop an easy pick 6, nor badly mishit an easy 38 yard FG, nor have bobbled snap(s), nor force them to be playing without 12 starters at one point.

 

I think you would be hard pressed to find another team in the NFL that wouldn't have lost that game by multiple scores facing the same situation as the Bills did.  

 

 

16 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Kept the Bills off balance? What does that even mean? Its nonsense. TOP was 2:1, yards was almost 2:1. 

Bills failed to a FG, a snap, a pick 6, and to call a QB sneak at the goal line. None of those mistakes were because the Dolphins had the Bills off balance. 

 

Yards were well over 2:1...Bills had 495, Fins had 212

Edited September 28, 2022 by Big Turk

[Royale with Cheese]

38 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

Even with all that said, Cover 1 is mostly favorable towards the Bills defensively saying they held up remarkably well for having that many second and third stringers playing in the secondary. Was interesting to see the Dolphins used very similar plays that the Titans did to attack certain coverages by the Bills with a few new wrinkles at times...

 

As always, fantastic in depth breakdowns by Cover 1.  If you love the various chess like strategy parts of football and going more inside the X's and O's they are a must watch weekly...

 

 

 

Awesome....thanks for posting!

[SlimShady'sSpaceForce]

18 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Kept the Bills off balance? What does that even mean? Its nonsense. TOP was 2:1, yards was almost 2:1. 

Bills failed to a FG, a snap, a pick 6, and to call a QB sneak at the goal line. None of those mistakes were because the Dolphins had the Bills off balance. 

it means Cover1 doesn’t know what he’s talking about. 

 

I often called him out here and he got all huffy 

 

[Ethan in Cleveland]

26 minutes ago, Big Turk said:

 

Really?  Who got the young players ready and put them in position to make plays? Exactly how many teams do you think would have held a team to 212 total yards missing 6 defensive players going into it, and then losing another CB early in the 2nd Quarter? How many teams even hold a team to 212 yards with their starters to begin with, let alone an entire backup secondary and then with a rookie PS CB forced into the game for 2.5 quarters?

 

It took a remarkable coaching job to have the Bills even in the game, let alone leading it and dominating(other than on the scoreboard) for most of it. Coaching doesn't throw a TD pass into the ground, nor drop a TD, nor drop an easy pick 6, nor badly mishit an easy 38 yard FG, nor have bobbled snap(s), nor force them to be playing without 12 starters at one point.

 

I think you would be hard pressed to find another team in the NFL that wouldn't have lost that game by multiple scores facing the same situation as the Bills did.  

 

 

 

Yards were well over 2:1...Bills had 495, Fins had 212

Nice catch. I was too lazy to look it up

[uninja]

15 minutes ago, SlimShady'sSpaceForce said:

it means Cover1 doesn’t know what he’s talking about. 

 

I often called him out here and he got all huffy 

 

 

35 minutes ago, Ethan in Cleveland said:

Kept the Bills off balance? What does that even mean? Its nonsense. TOP was 2:1, yards was almost 2:1. 

Bills failed to a FG, a snap, a pick 6, and to call a QB sneak at the goal line. None of those mistakes were because the Dolphins had the Bills off balance. 

 

I mean that by and large the Phins forced the Bills to play the game on their terms. Dink and dunk, get tired, let them creep towards the red zone, then clamp down. They kept the same blitz looks from the first half into the second, but dropped into zone coverages and took away the deep and middle of the field. Line play suffered as players went down and got tired, pressure came too fast, forcing Josh to take the dump offs and short passes they were giving up.

 

They knew we were tired and our offense was on the field too long. Have to get rid of the ball fast because the pressure is coming, can't wait for plays to develop, not enough bodies at WR to rotate in fresh guys so people are tired and can't sprint, get separation.

 

I highly doubt our offense came in there with a gameplan to play 12-16 play drives in sweltering heat as a means to shield our defense. There's playing ball control offense, and then there's the defense letting you wear yourself out so you can't close it out in the redzone because the drive just killed your offense because its so damn hot and you don't have bodies to rotate in.