Miami Herald -Early Prediction of the Miami-Seattle Game

[kearly]

On paper this should be the biggest blowout of week 1.

However, Miami's DL is IMO one of the nastiest pass rushing groups in the league, and they have the kind of speed off the ends that is going to make Bradley Sowell and Garry Gilliam look so bad that .net will be full of chicken littles even if Seattle wins.

The Dolphins run game has been bad this preseason, and Arian Foster is old, but he has had success against Seattle in the past. Tannehill is 1-0 lifetime against Seattle and knows how to attack a zone defense.

Mostly, I am scared just a little that Seattle will shoot themselves in the foot too many times and trail 17-6 at halftime, before getting serious and roaring back for a suspenseful 34-27 win. The reason I feel this is possible is because Seattle seems to be reverting back to their 2 TE offense, and when Seattle ran that offense in 2015 Wilson looked terrible. We might see a game where Seattle starts off with lots of 2 inline TE sets, falls behind, then goes spread in the 2nd half and blows Miami away.

Probably the biggest key in this game is pass rush. If Seattle can't get the ball out quick, Wilson is going to be on his back all day long. If Seattle can get to Tannehill with 4 rushers, he's going to make mistakes.

Another key for Seattle, and this is something that is 100% within their control, is to make sure Wilson gets to the LOS early with maybe 15 seconds left on the playclock so that he can survey the defense pre-snap. As Scottemojo pointed out to me in his 2015 tape review, Wilson is a far more comfortable and capable QB when he has that extra time to survey the defense.

 

[Atradees]

9 to 6 Seahawks. The decision to anoint Cable a genius once again looks silly. Wilson sacked 5 times. We get two sacks.
Yay we win.

 

[kf3339]

27-13 Seattle. If our OC doesn't decide to spot on opponent a half or more and our DC doesn't insist on playing softzone all game, it can be be a blowout.

You just described Weeks 1-8 of last year.

:lol: :lol: :irishdrinkers: :irishdrinkers: :0190l: :0190l:

 

[Steve2222]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

 

[Jerhawk]

Miami isn't that terrible. This is the type of game where seattle can't get out of their own way.

Dolphins 17 Seattle 13

 

[OkieHawk]

While I won't predict a loss, I can easily see it happening. Miami isn't a bad team, and we tend to start the season very cold. So unless something weird happens I think it'll be closer than we'd like to think.

Seattle 17

Miami 14

 

[Overseasfan]

Knowing us it's certainly not going to be easy but on the other hand I have a very hard time seeing their offense doing anything against our D. Tannehil will be under pressure all game and there is really no run game going on there. I feel like we're going to see some INTs

 

[FlyingGreg]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

 

[chris98251]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

I recall a Tampa Game a few years ago that had all the same arguments, we escaped that game with a win. Barely.

 

[Steve2222]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

I don't expect us to lose. But I also don't expect it to be a walk in the park.

We are definitely a better team. However, we struggle mightily against teams with elite defensive lines. The Dolphins DL is elite.

 

[Steve2222]

Knowing us it's certainly not going to be easy but on the other hand I have a very hard time seeing their offense doing anything against our D. Tannehil will be under pressure all game and there is really no run game going on there. I feel like we're going to see some INTs

Tannehil is the type of QB that scares me. He can evade pressure and scramble.

 

[LeftHandSmoke]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

I don't expect us to lose. But I also don't expect it to be a walk in the park.

We are definitely a better team. However, we struggle mightily against teams with elite defensive lines. The Dolphins DL is elite.

I suspect we'll pull it out in the second half after some adjustments but the early going could be a little scary on the left side of our OL, yes including for Glo.

 

[FlyingGreg]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

I recall a Tampa Game a few years ago that had all the same arguments, we escaped that game with a win. Barely.

Good thing games from a few years ago have zero bearing on the 2016 season.

 

[chris98251]

Why are people sleeping on Miami? They look to me to be a 9 to 10 win team.

Is it "sleeping", or do you really expect them to travel all the way to our house and beat us at C Link...?

We are a much better team.

I recall a Tampa Game a few years ago that had all the same arguments, we escaped that game with a win. Barely.

Good thing games from a few years ago have zero bearing on the 2016 season.

If one does not learn from history it is doomed to repeat itself.

 

[Jville]

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[Keyhawk]

Miami Herald Sportswriter Greg Cote will provide another Miami Herald prediction this Friday. I will post it in Aros' Fearless Prediction thread. GO HAWKS.

 

[TeamoftheCentury]

Jarvis Landry is one of the best WR's in the game. Devante Parker has immense talent. Kenny Stills is also a very capable player.

Hope diminutive Jakeem Grant doesn't have a breakout game against the Hawks. I don't know for certain that he will be an active player, but if so... watch out on special teams.

 

[Sgt. Largent]

We seem to ALWAYS start slow, so I predict a closer game than most.

Miami's not elite on either side of the ball, but their D-line is very good so I could see them giving our O-line and Russell problems stalling a lot of drives with a sack or forcing holding penalties.

Hawks 17
Dolphins 10

 

[Jimjones0384]

From what I have read, they are an underachieving team at best. Suh is a jerk, and seems like that d line isnt coming together. 28-10 Hawks in a blowout.