42 pass attempts....

[CRA]

I think Davidson was trying to take advatage of the young cornerbacks. I honeslty dont blame him. There were several 10-15 yard throws that were dropped. And Jake missed on a couple deepballs by a hair. If there was a little better execution we mightve had a better game.

when Jake is your QB.....I do blame him. That is EXACTLY what Miami wanted us to do...and we did it. Ask Jake to win the game from start to finish.

[MaineManPanther]

If this was true, Fox and Davidson should have adjusted after halftime after seeing Jake was having a bad game and D-Will was on fire.

Or they would notice that were a hair off of making big plays happen and see if they can hit paydirt.

[monstercat]

Good Lord. Is everybody gonna blame Jake for everything again? He threw one INT, but that didn't cost us the game by any stretch of the imagination. I don't understand why Davidson was calling passes in the red zone in the first place, since the running game has been our bread and butter down there for 2 years straight. Who do we have that's a real red zone receiving threat anyway? Even Steve Smith has a hard time down there because there is less room to operate. The TE's are about the only threat we have in that position.

[guyinchesapeake]

The NFL Network had a stat today that showed Jake with a tremendous winning percentage (only 4 losses total) when he passes less than 30 times in a game. Consequently, that percentage is almost exactly reversed when he throws more than 30 times in a game. Coaches...Hello....!!!

[The Question]

I don't think anyone forgot that Jake's a lackluster QB at best.

[Aleator77]

The NFL Network had a stat today that showed Jake with a tremendous winning percentage (only 4 losses total) when he passes less than 30 times in a game. Consequently, that percentage is almost exactly reversed when he throws more than 30 times in a game. Coaches...Hello....!!!

Teams throw more when they're behind. That stat is the same for almost any QB.

[Davidson Deac II]

I don't necessarily have a problem with most of the passes in the second half. Teams do throw more when they are behind.

But on our first three drives.

12 passes, 5 of which were incomplete, and 2 of the others were sacks.

11 runs, at an average of over 5 yards a carry.

We have one of the worst QB's in the NFL, and one of the best running games, so we decide to throw more than run? Thats just baffling.

[SMACKDAB]

Teams throw more when they're behind. That stat is the same for almost any QB.

That's just it.....you don't get behind if you game plan properly, stick with your bread and butter, and not give the opposition the ball on the 50 yard line every time you kick or punt, and turn the ball over REPEATEDLY !!!! I know he only had one INT this game, but you know what I mean when I say repeatedly.

WOW....that is just to logical though. :eek:

[rayzor]

play calling is responsible.

it didn't take into account how horrible the QB is and how good the running game is.

it was never far enough out of hand that you give up the part iof your offense that is actually working for you. it was never shut down enough for you to warrant giving it up.

it seems that the plan was going into the game that the dolphins were going to be able to shut that running game down so they were planning on what to do if they did that. problem was they didn't plan for what would happen if the run game wasn't shut down. they didn't make any adjustments and got abused.

also, why did they stop using the no huddle? it worked last week. why not keep it going?

playcalling.....you focus on your strengths and try to avoid using those areas that are your weak points unless you are the panthers.

[Davidson Deac II]

The main reason we were behind (besides horrible tackling) was that we threw the ball to much.

Its true that the long pass on 3rd and one in and of itself didn't cost us the game. Nor did the three passes on first and goal in the first series. But I do feel that had we run the ball once or twice in that situation, we had a better shot at getting a touchdown. And had we run the ball on that third and one, we had a better shot at getting ourselves at least in field goal range. At a minimum, I think we would have went up 6-0 and maybe 10-0 and if we had a little luck, 14-0. Then we would not have been behind.

[megadeth078]

I don't think anyone forgot that Jake's a lackluster QB at best.

Davidson did

Jake isn't the one calling the pass plays nor is he the one who starts himself at quarterback every week. Our offense coordinator should know by now that Jake Delhomme isn't Brees or Manning. Why exactly did he think it would be a good idea to give him that many passing plays....on a running team? Jake isn't going to walk up to the OC and say, "Dude, I'm not that good of a quarterback, don't give me that many pass plays."

This is all on Davidson, not only for forcing our average at best QB to pass that much, but for the overall failure that he calls a gameplan. Deangelo -122 yards on 13 carries, a 9.3 average. You don't think it would be a good idea to give the ball to your best player more than 13 times? Davidson believing we have a pro-bowl QB coupled with serious amounts of overthinking cost us this game.

[Davidson Deac II]

Davidson did

Jake isn't the one calling the pass plays nor is he the one who starts himself at quarterback every week. Our offense coordinator should know by now that Jake Delhomme isn't Brees or Manning. Why exactly did he think it would be a good idea to give him that many passing plays? Jake isn't going to walk up to the OC and say, "Dude, I'm not that good of a quarterback, don't give me that many pass plays." This is all on Davidson, not only for forcing our average at best QB to pass that much, but for the overall failure that he calls a gameplan.

I did not.

[SMACKDAB]

Davidson did

Jake isn't the one calling the pass plays nor is he the one who starts himself at quarterback every week. Our offense coordinator should know by now that Jake Delhomme isn't Brees or Manning. Why exactly did he think it would be a good idea to give him that many passing plays? Jake isn't going to walk up to the OC and say, "Dude, I'm not that good of a quarterback, don't give me that many pass plays." This is all on Davidson, not only for forcing our average at best QB to pass that much, but for the overall failure that he calls a gameplan.

What part of Fox do you not see written all over this? Every coaching position has been changed except for Fox, but it's the same inept sh!t year after year.

Oh yeah....we got beat by Dan Henning in case you have forgotten.

[megadeth078]

What part of Fox do you not see written all over this? Every coaching position has been changed except for Fox, but it's the same inept sh!t year after year.

Oh yeah....we got beat by Dan Henning in case you have forgotten.

We got beat by an offensive coordinator, but his name is not Dan Henning.