For the first
time this season
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sacks in a game, but they were shutout completely in that category. Frankly,
they rarely got close to Dolphins quarterback Brock Osweiler at all. There are a
few reasons for this. Whether you believe that it¡¯s because of the heat (which
is certainly plausible), or it was Khalil Mack¡¯s ankle injury (around the
8-minute mark of the 1st quarter), or perhaps it was Vic Fangio¡¯s game-planning,
or possibly even the way that Adam Gase and the Dolphins planned to stop the
Bears, but in reality, it was all of those things.Based on the fact that the
Bears missed 14 of 19 tackles in the second half certainly speaks to the heat
argument.
However
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perspective. That doesn¡¯t tell the whole story though. The Bears utilized their
blitz packages more in the 3rd quarter, and were frankly, more effective when
they blitzed. I felt that Fangio missed opportunities. When he dialed up the
blitz, it rattled Osweiler and with the way the secondary played and the poor
tackling, this should have been the game plan in the second half. Once Mack had
his ankle grabbed/rolled on (it isn¡¯t clear what exactly happened but Frank Gore
goes low and Mack takes a few steps, looks back, and is limping), Fangio should
have looked at alternative ways to get more pass rush. This was especially
exacerbated by the fact that Gase called a lot of quick passes. There was one
other thing that you will notice
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he kept either a tight end or wide receiver (almost always Danny Amendola) in
the slot, tight to the formation. Most of the time, there would be a chip to the
outside linebacker there, who was also forced to play from a wider alignment.
Once Mack was slowed down, they were able to focus on double-teaming other
players as Mack was clearly affected by this injury. Either way you slice it,
this was not a great performance. I took the most interesting clips from the
game that I could find that involved rushing the passer. They are in
chronological order but otherwise, just a hodgepodge. There is a mix of close
calls, blitzes
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penalties that weren¡¯t called. Without further adieu, here is the Week 6 Rush
Report!Week 6 at the DolphinsThere were some solid rushes in here but you can
tell that Mack wasn¡¯t the same guy after the ankle injury. I thought that Hicks
was most consistent individual rusher, but there were a few missed hands to the
face in there as well. All in all, this was a sloppy performance that started
with a poor game plan and was made worse by factors out of the Bears control. I
will be curious to hear everyone¡¯s thoughts on these clips, so please don¡¯t
forget to comment below. ESPN¡¯s Jason Witten may be surprised to learn that
Bears linebacker Danny Trevathan is the NFC defensive player of the week. Witten
possibly would say that the award should have gone to Danny Trevathian.Yes,
Trevathian. Witten repeatedly mispronounced Trevathan¡¯s name that way during
Monday night¡¯s broadcast.It was bad enough that Trevathan himself called Witten
out for the blunder.The first time is no big
deal
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booth. But after he said it wrong the first time, someone in the production
truck needed to tell him. So either someone did and Witten continued to repeat
the error, or no one did and Witten continued to repeat the error.Is it a big
deal? Some would say it¡¯s not. Others would say that, given the player-driven
nature of the sport, getting all the names right all the time should be a given.
Especially for someone who played the game himself.