Mike Westhoff was the Dolphins’ special teams coach between 1986-2000, and he was at the Dolphins’ OTA practice last week and he was not impressed with the Dolphins’ offensive performance. Mike believes the coaches should have turned the music off and started the practice over it was so bad on the offensive side of the ball. He said the quarterback didn’t look good at all, players were lining up wrong, and there were numerous mistakes. Westhoff called it a terrible example of offensive football. He said the number of passes that were completed downfield you could count on one hand. Listen to the clip below. (skip to the 2:30 mark)
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What happens if the Dolphins start off the season with a 1-3 record and Tua is playing that mediocre/below average QB play like he has the last two seasons? Do the Dolphins replace him with Teddy Bridgewater or Skylar Thompson after that? Or does he stay in and we all hope for the best……again?
” that mediocre/below average QB play like he has the last two seasons”?
WTF have YOU been watching?
tuas s****y QB play thats what
This is Not looking Good, the Phins are having too much Fun at practice!
I think on that practice, Tua was 7 for 11(63%) with 2 of the 7 completions being 50-yarders. So I wouldn’t panic.
Note: 2 is less than a handful. And Tua is not Drew Brees of the Saints; not yet, anyways.
As for players not lining up right, it’s too vague. Is it o-line? or TE? or FB? Anybody’s guess what he meant. The HOF QB’s see these things and call out the players. If you dropped a Marino pass, they benched you for 3 plays. This early in camp, it’s Frank Smith’s job to correct this, and he’s a newbie.
I’ve seen a handful of player videos, and I see O-Line issues at LG; but that player might drop on the depth chart.
Joe Rose kind of focused on McDaniel’s positivity aspect. And called it a new thing. Pete Carroll has been doing the positivity with WCO in Seattle for a decade, with a QB who looks like he could be Tua’s brother. lol.
As for Carroll and all his success, this is his third NFL HC Job, which started 16 years after his first year as an NFL coach; so McDaniel might be the 1994 version of Carroll, as opposed to the now version.
I don’t care much for what Westhoff has to say, but it is a bit glaring. All this rah rah talk coming from players about the new coach is good and all to a point. If they start 1-3, which is entirely possible, what then ? RAH RAH is not going to get anyone to the playoffs in the incredibly tough AFC. Like Mike Tyson once said, everyone has a plan until they get “punched in the mouth” !!
I respect Mike Westhoff however; he was the special teams coach, not the OC and things have changed since he was a coach. I think it’s way too early to tell going off practices to determine how good the team is. The team has assembled a potent offense (on paper) and now all we can do is see how they gel. It’s a shame that Hill has more confidence in Tua then the fans. I’m not at practice but, let’s give him a chance considering what he had to work with last year and what he has this year.
That would have been one of the first full team non-padded practices as a team with a brand new playbook. Granted, the music could be a distraction, especially when dealing with new verbiage and upwards of 9 new offensive players coming from other teams.
It’s literally OTAs like calm down it’s practice new pieces last time I checked no team is just that great where in practice they are just great. Like not to mention there are so many new pieces in Miami and they’re putting it together like calm down. Miami is going to have growing pains period. At the end of day Miami had all the pieces to be great.
Did I miss something, isn’t it ota’s with a new coaching staff, new playbook, and new players so you’re supposed to be learning what you canning cannot do. Can I still throw deep with two safeties on a late read. Can I sit it between two defenders here on zone coverage etc.