Philbin: Pass play was the right call

[Diehard_Dolfan]

And the problem is there are no running lanes. Every problem on offense comes back to the o-line. It just does. No time to throw, no running lanes, too many sacks, can't hold a block long enough to get Wallace deep down field on a consistent basis. It's gonna be a long rough year but this is the year it will be with the o-line. It's Week 8, we are stuck with this group. Just gotta make the best of it at this point. This is still a very young team in many areas, one of the youngest teams in the league....will have growing pains. Gotta have patience which I know is tough for fans sometimes.
 
This team is still set up well long-term and big picture wise. Can't let one bad loss change the future. This isn't "blow it up and start over" time. Far from it.

I agree!

I'm not saying blow the team up... I understand fully what our problems are.  I was explaining the reason why our run game is not clicking along with the fact our O-line is not good.  When Miller does hit the one cut and go you see runs like the one a couple games ago... but he rarely plants and go which slows him down.  He has the speed to stretch it outside when the lane is not there but he doesn't look to bounce it outside...  That's what made Terrelle Davis so dangerous in the zone blocking scheme.  He'd plant and go... if it wasn't a lane he bounced it outside.  If Miller can figure that out he might bust a few more here and there.

[MikeO]

I agree!

I'm not saying blow the team up... I understand fully what our problems are.  I was explaining the reason why our run game is not clicking along with the fact our O-line is not good.  When Miller does hit the one cut and go you see runs like the one a couple games ago... but he rarely plants and go which slows him down.  He has the speed to stretch it outside when the lane is not there but he doesn't look to bounce it outside...  That's what made Terrelle Davis so dangerous in the zone blocking scheme.  He'd plant and go... if it wasn't a lane he bounced it outside.  If Miller can figure that out he might bust a few more here and there.

we also need to call more running plays. We don't attempt to run enough period.

[Pappy13]

This team is still set up well long-term and big picture wise. Can't let one bad loss change the future. This isn't "blow it up and start over" time. Far from it.

Absolutely 100% agree. The team is moving in the right direction. A couple years ago Miami gets down 14-0 to start the game and it snowballs and they lose 27-10 or something. But that's why this loss was so frustrating. They COULD have won this game even after being down 14-0 to start. They were up with a couple minutes left in the game. Tannehill had literally thrown them back into the game. But then Miami had to press it. Had to keep trying to score when really at that point of the game, they didn't need to. The defense had played well enough up to that point to simply kick the ball back to Buffalo and tell the D to hold them. That is the right thing to do in that situation. If you are playing New Orleans or New England, then staying aggressive is the right thing to do, but not here. Not with a young inexperienced QB at the helm for Buffalo. Make HIM beat you. Don't beat yourself.