Will do by group to keep consistent with the offensive write up, grades are total.
Individual Grades for game.
Pass Rushers. Uche 71.1 total grade. Herring 67.7. Uche had a pass rushing grade of 77 and was credited with three pressures (1 hit and two hurries)
Interior Linemen. Philips 48.8, Biggers 47.4, Seiler 44.1.
Linebackers. Anderson (only four plays) 69.4, Brooks 64.4 (including 74.4 pass rushing with two hurries), Woodward 59.6, Rodriguez 50.4.
Cornerbacks: Ju Ju Brents 57.8, Jason Marshal 51.2, Johnson 43.5
Total team grades after two weeks.
Please note that the team grades include both games. I have no way of getting team grades for individual games.
Total Dolphins grade: 57.5 Rank 29th.
Offense Grade: 59.2 Rank 27th,
Passing: 57.5 Rank 22nd
Receiving: 62.8 Rank 27th
Rushing: 64.7 Rank 22nd
Pass Blocking: 49.1 Rank 31st. Only Ravens are ranked lower.
Run Blocking: 61.1 Rank 19th.
Defense Overall Grade: 54.5 Rank 26th,
Run Defense: 59.0 Rank 17.
Tackling: 71.0 Rank 8th.
Pass Rush: 58.6 Rank 24.
Coverage: 48.1 Rank 27th.
Special Teams: 70.8 Rank 11th.
Discussion: Team grades are somewhat surprising for some groups. I am surprised we are not lower in Pass Rush and Coverage. The very good tackling grade is not surprising as there is noticeable improvement from last year.
The next to worst pass blocking grade is expected. Miami has managed to regress in that category and is showing. Pass blocking mistakes and penalties transformed what I thought was a good offensive showing in the first half into a rout.
Last Sunday Miami played against what is probably the best team in the NFL. I thought the team fought hard. With time and specially if they manage to fix the OL this team can string some wins together.
Lastly, I disagree that Slovik called a bad game. He is playing with close to the worst talent in the NFL and had the team in the red zone in the first three possessions against a top defense. Yes, he played a dink and dunk offense but it is very difficult to do anything different with this OL and a QB which struggles finding open receivers beyond the primary read.
Respectfully,
Gines Lleonart.