Xavien Howard's renaissance this year has been beautiful and no one is talking about it.
He's allowing a career low of yards per completion (8.1) and target (5.1), his passer rating when being targeted is just 73.3 and has allowed just one touchdown. Vintage X is back.
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One negative from yesterday. If you're curious why Robbie Chosen is not on a 53-man roster, this pitiful effort is why.
He WALKS AWAY from his blocking assignment as the play is STILL going, lets Mostert get popped, and then Julian Hill comes to help his teammate & brother up.
Mike McDaniel's Offensive Staff:
OC: Frank Smith
QB/Pass Game: Darrell Bevell
RB/Associate HC: Eric Studesville
WR: Wes Welker
TE/Assistant HC: Jon Embree
OL: Matt Applebaum
OL Assistant: Chandler Henley
Mike McDaniel has built a great offensive staff.
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Shoutout to
@Foxworth24
for defending Tua here. The tide is turning in the national media as it should when it comes to QB1 in Miami. Tua > Mac.
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Raheem Mostert has never averaged under 5.0 yards per attempt in his entire NFL career.
If he stays healthy he'll easily be a 1000+ yard rusher for Miami.
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Tua Tagovailoa has 3238 passing yards and 24 TDs. He needs to average 254 passing yards and 2 TDs over the last 3 games to hit 4,000 passing yards and 30 TDs.
Will he do it?
Xavien Howard has 15 interceptions in the last two years. Here's who he was guarding:
Tyreek Hill
Stefon Diggs
DK Metcalf
Deebo Samuel
DJ Moore
Calvin Ridley
Mike Williams
Tyler Boyd
Gabriel Davis
Tim Patrick
Darius Slayton
Jakobi Meyers
Breshad Perriman
Chris Conley
Jeff Smith
John Metchie III is the most underrated wide receiver in the draft. A crisp route runner with good speed. He's also a very physical and willing run-blocker, a key quality for a McDaniel-led offence. He can return too.
If you can land him at
#50
...
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The Bradley Chubb discourse is wild to me. I've seen so much about how we already lost the trade and how the extension is not going to go over well...
1. He just got here. And 2. If you don't think he's playing good football, you're not understanding what you're seeing.
In 2022, Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins had the 3rd highest amount of pre-snap penalties in the NFL with 46. The lowest was Kansas City with just 21.
In 2023, this year, Mike McDaniel's Miami Dolphins are on pace for just 17 pre-snap penalties with a league-low of 2.
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LB Channing Tindall with back-to-back plays.
The former 3rd Round pick from 2022 making two nice plays. First, showing off that closing speed that was a staple of his game at Georgia, then making a play in coverage.
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This is Tua Tagovailoa at his finest. The Brian Daboll quote about Tua being able to hit a keyhole is spot on.
What’s going unnoticed, though, is the fact that Tyreek Hill who is 5’10 DID NOT have to JUMP on a fade route against a CB who is 6’2.
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Vic Fangio's defence will be built around Jevon Holland. He'll be used like Justin Simmons, but might be even better.
I can't wait for this system to get him closer to the ball & involved in the run game. There will be an emphasis on using his athleticism & physicality.
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While the interception on the first play of the game will be what is talked about the most, these are the types of throws that make Tua special.
Tagovailoa finds Braxton Berrios on an out route and feathers it over the outstretched hands of Jalen Pitre.
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Former 49ers in the Dolphins organization:
HC: Mike McDaniel
AHC: Jon Embree
WRC: Wes Welker
OA: Aldrick Robinson
OA: Mike Person
HB: Jeff Wilson Jr
HB: Raheem Mostert
HB: Salvon Ahmed
WR: Trent Sherfield
WR: River Cracraft
Dolphins @ 49ers This Sunday.
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It's okay to recognize Tua and what he does for our offence. He changes our offence. He elevates our offence. He hides holes within our offence.
Tua Tagovailoa is a game changer.