By Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel

6:15 p.m. EST, November 11, 2012
MIAMI GARDENS –—

Rookie quarterback Ryan Tannehill said he was "embarrassed" by the Miami Dolphins' 37-3 loss at Tennessee on Sunday at Sun Life Stadium.

He wasn't alone.

Teammates used the same word to describe the Dolphins' worst regular season loss since a 41-0 beating at Indianapolis in 1997.

"I didn't play well," Tannehill said. "We didn't play well as a team."

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"It just wasn't meant to be," Tannehill said.

The Dolphins were badly beaten on both lines of scrimmage.

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Defensively, the Dolphins allowed Johnson 126 yards rushing. That ended Miami's streak of 22 consecutive games without allowing a 100-yard rusher.

Special teams, so good at making game-changing plays this season, was also at a loss to do anything positive. It was a total Dolphins meltdown.

"I didn't really see signs of this coming," Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said.

Neither did Tannehill, who hardly threw any passes downfield.

"They did a good job taking away the deeper throws by the coverages they were playing, so we were kind of having to dink and dunk all the way down the field," Tannehill said. "But we didn't make it work."

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He should be embarassed. This POS threw three picks, including a pick six.

Calling him a POS shows a lot of class on your part.

For sure. I blame coaching, teams are picking up the short slant BS that the coaches keep calling. 3rd and 1 power it up the gut.

They did on their first drive and failed.

A fullback dive up the gut? How about a a big I formation and give it to the RB.


They're so limited in what they can do right now it's ridiculous. That quote by Tannehill about dinking and dunking down the field says it all. This offense has to be perfect in order to score points. That can't win consistently.


So bench Reggie Bush, our "only" playmaker on offense. Tanny is wrong, I was at the game and Gaffney was open when he had 1 on 1 coverage, instead Tanny went to Hartline in double coverage.

Yes this was an embarrassing loss. But when you turn the ball over 4 times this is what happens. A loss like this isn't the end of the world either. Maybe more like a reality check. Some folks on this forum were thinking playoffs. IMO Miami has played much better than I expected them to going into the beginning of the season. But. this team is still a mediocre team that needs to improve in many areas. The running game has struggled for the last 3 to 4 games. And its easy to forget Tannehill is a rookie QB that was starting his 9th NFL game. While Miami's defense has been tough against the run the secondary can still be torched. Opponents have designed defensive plans to stuff Miami's running game and make Tannehill beat them through the air without a deep threat. Lets see how they rebound against the Bills. If Miami can win 3 or 4 more games this year I will personally consider this a great season. Especially for a team with a first year head coach, new offensive coordinator and a rookie QB.

Calling him a POS shows a lot of class on your part.

For sure. I blame coaching, teams are picking up the short slant BS that the coaches keep calling. 3rd and 1 power it up the gut.

Yes this was an embarrassing loss. But when you turn the ball over 4 times this is what happens. A loss like this isn't the end of the world either. Maybe more like a reality check. Some folks on this forum were thinking playoffs. IMO Miami has played much better than I expected them to going into the beginning of the season. But. this team is still a mediocre team that needs to improve in many areas. The running game has struggled for the last 3 to 4 games. And its easy to forget Tannehill is a rookie QB that was starting his 9th NFL game. While Miami's defense has been tough against the run the secondary can still be torched. Opponents have designed defensive plans to stuff Miami's running game and make Tannehill beat them through the air without a deep threat. Lets see how they rebound against the Bills. If Miami can win 3 or 4 more games this year I will personally consider this a great season. Especially for a team with a first year head coach, new offensive coordinator and a rookie QB.

You're right JUnkie, not one deep throw yesterday. Not even an attempt.

18. 1-10-MIA 15 (9:27) 17-R.Tannehill pass incomplete deep left to 10-J.Gaffney.
30. 1-10-MIA 20 (6:49) (Shotgun) 17-R.Tannehill pass incomplete deep middle to 15-D.Bess. PENALTY on TEN-24-C.Sensabaugh, Defensive Pass Interference, 19 yards, enforced at MIA 20 - No Play.
11. 1-10-TEN 44 (12:46) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 17-R.Tannehill pass incomplete deep right to 82-B.Hartline.
13. 3-2-TEN 36 (12:09) (No Huddle, Shotgun) 17-R.Tannehill pass deep left to 15-D.Bess to TEN 19 for 17 yards (33-M.Griffin).
14. 1-10-TEN 19 (11:35) (Shotgun) 17-R.Tannehill pass incomplete deep right to 82-B.Hartline (30-J.McCourty).

19yds and 17yds on the two where we can identify the yardage....those are medium range passes at best.

NFL.com considers them deep.

I'll go with NFL.com's definition.

NFL.com considers them deep.

I'll go with NFL.com's definition.

LOL.

I think what some of the fans want to see is a bomb. I don't think the OL gives Tannehill the time to throw the bomb, but until we do they won't respect it.

According to the official game books from the last two weeks, only nine of Tannehill’s 78 pass attempts were considered “deep.” According to the website Pro Football Focus, only five of the attempts actually traveled more than 19 yards in the air, and he completed only one for 35 yards. On Sunday, Tannehill’s longest completion was 17 yards.

On the season, Tannehill is tied for 18th among quarterbacks with three passes of 40-plus yards, and tied for 23rd with 22 passes of 20-plus yards.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sport ... tio/nS47Y/

He should be embarassed. This POS threw three picks, including a pick six.

They did on their first drive and failed.

They're so limited in what they can do right now it's ridiculous. That quote by Tannehill about dinking and dunking down the field says it all. This offense has to be perfect in order to score points. That can't win consistently.

And for the most part, they played it safe. The Titans blitzed on just 10 of the Dolphins’ 40 pass plays, a sign that they were content to sit back and wait for a mistake.

The strategy worked. All three of Tannehill’s interceptions came when he faced no pressure, according to Pro Football Focus. And the Dolphins attempted just three passes of 20 yards or more, none of which were completed. That’s a turnaround from earlier in the season, when Tannehill was one of the league’s most efficient deep passers.

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What's interesting is how little they actually blitzed.

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"I was talking to my 83 year old mom and she wanted to know if the players are angry at themselves. Hopefully we all are," Philbin said.

Joe Philbin's message to the team after the game: "We all have to accept responsibility:"

"We all have to accept responsibility for the performance today. It's not one person's fault. It's a team loss. We win as a team, we lose as a team. A team consists of players and coaches. It's not a finger-pointing game, but obviously we need to do better. It starts with me."

I asked Tannehill why he hasn't scrambled more recently. "I'm just starting to get back to healthy, back to 100%"

It was about time somebody did that. Our receivers can't get open if you play coverage and Tannehill eats up the blitz.

I think it's safe to say we'll expect the same from here on out.