{"id":44285,"date":"2019-04-13T23:25:06","date_gmt":"2019-04-14T03:25:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jetnation.com\/?p=44285"},"modified":"2019-04-13T23:35:51","modified_gmt":"2019-04-14T03:35:51","slug":"gases-offense-tannehill-osweiler-held-him-back-part-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/miletestsite.com\/jets\/2019\/04\/13\/gases-offense-tannehill-osweiler-held-him-back-part-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Gase’s Offense: Tannehill\/Osweiler Held Him Back (Part 5)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Welcome to part 5 of the series about the faults with Ryan Tannehill and Brock Osweiler, with regards to how it limited the effectiveness of Adam Gase’s offense.\u00a0 We will discuss the issues with the offense itself in a later series, while also discussing the bright spots within the same offense.\u00a0 Please don’t take this article as an excuse for Adam Gase, since he’s far from perfect, but this is just about how his quarterbacks held him back.\u00a0 Please check back with us for the rest of this series.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Progression reads, progression reads.\u00a0 This is a good example of what I was talking about earlier and how Osweiler doesn\u2019t read his progressions correctly.\u00a0 His first receiver is Devante Parker on the slant route, which is a fine option because he has a one on one match.\u00a0 However, notice the first read on this play is actually the middle linebacker.\u00a0 If the linebacker bites on the play action, then Parker will be open for the pass.\u00a0 The problem is that the linebacker doesn\u2019t bite for the play action, as he drifts back slightly, which puts him directly in the passing lane.\u00a0 The moment the linebacker stayed back, Osweiler\u2019s first read is over.\u00a0 Notice the timing of the play, because right after the play action, Osweiler turns around to look at the linebacker. \u00a0A millisecond after that, both Parker to the bottom of the screen, and Amendola to the top of the screen make their breaks.\u00a0 This tells you the timing is based on the linebacker read.\u00a0 If the linebacker pulls up, then Parker is the first read across the middle.\u00a0 If the linebacker stays back, then Amendola is the read to the outside.\u00a0 The problem occurs when Osweiler sees the linebacker, but still looks towards Parker while taking his hop, which throws off the timing for a throw to Amendola.\u00a0 The second aspect, Amendola is so wide open that Osweiler has a clear throwing lane even when he\u2019s late with the read.\u00a0 However, Osweiler doesn\u2019t step up in the pocket, rather runs sideways into a pass rusher and throws a terrible pass while being hit.\u00a0 This is once again, going back to the difference of philosophies in the pocket.\u00a0 He\u2019s showing off the reset and react idea of first avoiding the immediate danger of pass rushers and then looking down the field.\u00a0 If he steps up in the pocket, this is an easy completion. \u00a0To recap, he made the wrong read, delayed his second read, didn\u2019t step up in the pocket, ran into trouble, and made a terrible off-balance throw.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? Miami was ranked 27th<\/sup> in passing offense by Football Outsiders, right ahead of the Jets at 28th<\/sup>.\u00a0 I\u2019ve seen similar stats brought up about how the numbers don\u2019t say Adam Gase\u2019s offense is special at all, but those numbers are skewed by terrible QB play throughout the season.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

I don\u2019t understand this decision making from Osweiler at all, because he gets the exact defense this play is intended to beat on 3rd<\/sup> and short.\u00a0 The first read is to the right side of the formation, where they have two players running tiered out routes.\u00a0 Essentially, the idea is to get the cornerback to commit to one receiver, and pick the other one.\u00a0 In this case, the cornerback freezes in the middle, which makes both of them options.\u00a0 The safety is too far back, so a deeper pass towards the sidelines would fit in between either defenders.\u00a0 Since the cornerback hesitates, the short throw is fine as well with ample space to get the first down.\u00a0 Osweiler stares down these two options, and decides to move on, when he gets a defense that would give up relatively easy passes to both of his options.\u00a0 To make matters worse, he has Parker open in the middle for an easy pass as well, but he waits too long to release the ball.\u00a0 If he releases this ball one step earlier, it\u2019s a perfect pass to Parker, but he decided to make one more hop, and it falls incomplete.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? You can see why the Texans spent a 2nd<\/sup> round pick to get rid of Osweiler.\u00a0 Osweiler looks like a rookie QB adjusting from a spread offense at times with his lack of discipline.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think there are many situations where any offense would succeed with players that can\u2019t handle easy reads.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Remember this concept from earlier?\u00a0 Remember how the read were the linebackers? In this case, the linebackers follow the out-route, yet Osweiler makes a Ryan Fitzpatrick like first read and throw pass.\u00a0 If he read the linebackers, he would have seen that the second slot receiver would be open because two defenders vacated the area, while the QB had a clean pocket.\u00a0 Osweiler threw to the one guy that is well covered on the play.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? This concept comes up time and time again, so expect a high amount of these types of passes near the red zone.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

Ryan Tannehill returns to show off some faults, and here is one where he misses an easy throw.\u00a0 This is a fairly easy pass, but Tannehill just overthrows this pass.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? Forget watching the QB on the play, I actually like the hip manipulation for the wide receiver routes.\u00a0 Towards the top of the screen, the defender is taking outside leverage, with his hips turned towards the line of scrimmage.\u00a0 Ideally, they want to feed the receivers towards the middle, since the linebackers are dropping back into coverage.\u00a0 Notice how the receiver attacks the hips of the defender to turn him the other way, before cutting to the inside.\u00a0 Now the cut isn\u2019t great because for some reason Devante Parker has issues with cutting to the right side.\u00a0 However, I love how the receivers are attempting to counter the hips of the defenders.\u00a0 Towards the bottom of the screen, you have Kenny Stills doing hip manipulation as well.\u00a0 In this case, the defender is in perfect position to guard against this exact route.\u00a0 He has his hips turned to the inside to jump on any inside routes.\u00a0 Notice how Stills runs towards the inside to gain inside leverage, but then turns up-field and changes the hip rotation for the cornerback.\u00a0 Once the hips turn up-field, this is an easy cut for Stills and he\u2019s wide open.\u00a0 This doesn\u2019t happen on every play, but it\u2019s still encouraging to see from the receivers, because there is some semblance of coaching.\u00a0 Personally, I felt the Jets were one of the worst teams in the league at teaching fundamentals of route running, which made their routes predictable.\u00a0 At least there is some hope the Dolphins practiced it better with examples like this.\u00a0 Although I have to admit, Jermaine Kearse was very good at routes the first year he was here, but tailed off last year.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This isn\u2019t a QB play, but I just wanted to highlight a big issue with the offensive line.\u00a0 For some reason, they just did not know how to deal with spin moves.\u00a0 The guard on this play, assumes he has help from the center, and completely abandons his defender, who has a free shot at Tannehill.\u00a0 There isn\u2019t even an attempt at recovery.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This isn\u2019t a disastrous throw that missed wide open receivers, or one that blatantly ignored wide open options.\u00a0 I picked this play to showcase the lack of progressions.\u00a0 The first read on this play should be the wheel route to the running back from the backfield.\u00a0 Notice the outside receiver essentially setting a pick play for the wheel route, and especially take note of the intended receiver on the other side of the field at that moment.\u00a0 The receiver at the bottom of the screen hasn\u2019t even set up his double move yet, whereas the running back wheel route is at the decision point.\u00a0 Tannehill should be looking at the running back first, who is briefly open for this pass, and then move on to the other read because the intended receiver still hasn\u2019t made his final move.\u00a0 Instead, Tannehill stares down the receiver from the start.\u00a0 The intended receiver doesn\u2019t become open, nor does the running back run free into the end zone.\u00a0 However, I wanted to point out how a QB like Tannehill didn\u2019t take advantage of the timing reads within the play.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? You can see why they wanted Leveon Bell, because Gase loves to run the wheel route from the backfield.<\/p>\n\"\"<\/a>\n

This is a 3rd<\/sup> and 6 play, and it doesn\u2019t count because there are offsetting penalties on the play.\u00a0 There is a wide open running back as Tannehill rolls out to his right for the easy first down conversion.\u00a0 Instead, the QB throws slightly against his body and the ball sails right to the safety, who barely misses an interception.\u00a0 I don\u2019t understand the logic here when he has a perfectly good window to throw this pass, but instead waits until the last second to get hit and throw across his body.<\/p>\n

How does this impact the Jets? You should probably draft Bell in your PPR fantasy leagues.<\/p>\n

Thanks for reading Part 5 of our Gase’s Offense: Tannehill\/Osweiler Held Him Back series.\u00a0 Please check back with us soon for Part 6,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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