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Miami Dolphins face the perfect opponent to open up the passing game in Rams
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Miami Dolphins face the perfect opponent to open up the passing game in Rams

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MIAMI GARDENS – This is where we tell you that it is commendable and significant that Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle are contributing to the Miami Dolphins’ recent success.

“Put that movie on,” Tua Tagovailoa said this week.

And he’s right. The film shows Tyreek and Tua having fun during run plays.

“Team football,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said this week.

And this is where we tell you that the Dolphins aren’t paying the 6-foot-1 Hill and the 6-foot-2 Waddle nearly $175 million in contracts to run a block.

Last season, Hill and Waddle combined for 30 catches of more than 25 yards.

This season, Hill and Waddle have combined for 5 catches of more than 25 yards.

There are reasons for that, most notably Tua’s absence from the four-game lineup.

And McDaniel has, rightly, been committed to improving the game over the past four weeks.

But Sunday is the time when this all needs to evolve.

It’s time to take the Rams’ defense to the slaughter.

Dolphins need to exploit the terrible Rams pass defense

Los Angeles does the worst team in the NFL, allowing 8.5 yards per pass attempt.

Hit the ball down the field for big plays this week.

Los Angeles ranks sixth in the NFL with 15 passing touchdowns allowed.

And Los Angeles has the ninth-worst passer rating among opponents in the NFL.

Hit the ball down the field for big plays this week.

Prove that you are capable of winning a gunfight, if necessary.

Tua Tagovailoa and the Miami Dolphins should score big on Monday night

If it takes 30 points to win on “Monday Night Football,” go for it.

If it takes 34 or 40 points to win on “Monday Night Football,” go for it.

This is the week for Tua, with two weeks at full throttle, to, as Dan Marino says, pick a guy and let him fly.

Tua explained what was going on.

“With the plays that have been given, we just play what’s called,” Tua said. “If Mike calls for a shot play and we control it, then that’s exactly what the play is for us. So it’s not like we didn’t try to stretch the ball down the field. That’s exactly what the defense has been.” show and then there are some things on film that are like, ‘man, I could have hit this person,’ but sometimes it’s not in our progression with what we were talking about and how we would read it.

Send Tyreek and Jaylen deep this week.

And move on to Tyreek and Jaylen – repeatedly.

Trust this offensive line to hold its own against a Rams defense without Aaron Donald. This isn’t your dad’s Rams D.

This defense can be exploited. Go outside and light it, Tua, Tyreek and Jaylen.

Light it, Tyreek Hill and Jaylen Waddle

As Tyreek says, “Strike Up The Band!”

Waddle finally scored a touchdown last week, but he did a half-hearted Waddle.

It’s hard to say if he waddled at all.

Starting this week, make the Dolphins touchdown celebrations great again on a national stage near Hollywood.

Miami’s identity on offense has changed this season, and not in an entirely terrible way.

“You have to understand that in team football, when you get double-teamed, there’s a teammate of yours that has a lot of incentive for success,” McDaniel said, adding that it’s not like Tua has been left wide open. throws to Hill or is off in rhythm and timing.

It’s good that De’Von Achane, Raheem Mostert, Jaylen Wright, Jonnu Smith and Odell Beckham, Jr. are all Miami x-factors, on the ground and in the air in Los Angeles.

It’s great that everyone has bought into this find-any-way-to-win, block-everyone approach.

Dolphins: Make deep passing play great again

But before the Dolphins get off to a good start here, we need to have flashbacks to the good old days of last season when Tyreek and Jaylen had receptions of 78, 69, 64, 60, 60, 54, 53, 50, 47, 47, 42 and 41 meters.

Open it. Let it fly.

We get it. There are a lot of double teams and double-high grenades.

It’s not easy to get the ball to Tyreek and Jaylen when each player has two defenders and two other players are in deep centerfield.

But find a way against a vulnerable Rams unit.

Long rides are great.

But long passes are key to making this offense look the way it should.

Dolphins game at Rams on Monday8:15 p.m., ESPN

Joe Schad is a journalist covering the Miami Dolphins and the NFL at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at [email protected] and follow him on Instagram and on X @schadjoe. Sign up for Joe’s free weekly Dolphins Pulse newsletter. Support our work by subscribing today.