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Cutler unlikely to shine in Miami

I’m not a big Adam Gase fan. He tends to be considered one of the league’s up-and-coming offensive minds, but I don’t see it. Big difference between doing it with Peyton Manning in his prime and working with lesser talent.

In each of the last two years, Gase’s quarterbacks have put up bottom-10 numbers. Those teams have been better when they were running the ball.

Chicago’s running backs (with Gase as the OC) had led the league in rushing attempts two years ago. (They tied with Houston). And last year, the Dolphins started winning when they stopped passing and started feeding the ball to Jay Ajayi, going 9-1 down the stretch.

With stodgy game plans, Miami’s offense ran a league-low 913 plays last year. That's despite having a nice trio of wide receivers.

Gase’s quarterbacks haven’t put up good numbers. Both Jay Cutler (2015) and Ryan Tannehill (2016) put up bottom-10 quarterbacking numbers the last two years. That’s per-game production.

In the last two years, 51 quarterbacks have started at least 12 games in a season. Both of Gase’s quarterbacks rank in the bottom 10 of that group.

Not sure how the starts will divide up this year amongst Jay Cutler and Matt Moore. They haven’t even yet even officially ruled out Tannehill. But I won’t be drafting any of these guys on my teams this year.

QUARTERBACKS PER START (2015 & 2016)
YearPlayerStPassTDPRunTDRPts
2015Cam Newton, Car.162402.1940.6328.5
2016Aaron Rodgers, G.B.162772.5023.2527.9
2016Drew Brees, N.O.163262.311.1326.4
2016Matt Ryan, Atl.163092.387.0025.9
2016Andrew Luck, Ind.152832.0723.1325.7
2015Blake Bortles, Jac.162772.1919.1325.4
2015Tom Brady, N.E.162982.253.1925.4
2015Drew Brees, N.O.153252.131.0725.3
2015Russell Wilson, Sea.162522.1335.0624.9
2016Tom Brady, N.E.122962.335.0024.8
2015Carson Palmer, Ariz.162922.192.0623.9
2016Kirk Cousins, Wash.163071.566.2523.7
2015Eli Manning, NYG162772.194.0023.0
2016Ben Roethlisberger, Pitt.142732.071.0722.9
2015Aaron Rodgers, G.B.162391.9422.0622.7
2015Kirk Cousins, Wash.162601.813.3122.7
2015Matthew Stafford, Det.162662.0010.0622.7
2015Andy Dalton, Cin.132501.9211.2322.7
2015Philip Rivers, S.D.163001.812.0022.7
2015Tyrod Taylor, Buff.142171.4341.2922.5
2015Ryan Fitzpatrick, NYJ162441.9417.1322.4
2015Marcus Mariota, Tenn.122351.5821.2522.2
2016Philip Rivers, S.D.162742.062.0022.2
2016Blake Bortles, Jac.162441.4422.2521.9
2015Jameis Winston, T.B.162531.3813.3821.8
2016Derek Carr, Oak.152621.875.0021.7
2016Matthew Stafford, Det.162701.5013.1321.7
2016Jameis Winston, T.B.162561.7510.0621.6
2016Marcus Mariota, Tenn.152281.7323.1321.5
2015Derek Carr, Oak.162492.009.0021.4
2016Carson Palmer, Ariz.152821.733.0021.4
2016Cam Newton, Car.152341.2724.3321.4
2016Dak Prescott, Dall.162291.4418.3821.2
2016Tyrod Taylor, Buff.152021.1339.4021.1
2016Russell Wilson, Sea.162641.3116.1320.9
2015Ryan Tannehill, Mia.162631.509.0620.5
2016Andy Dalton, Cin.162631.1312.2520.3
2015Matt Ryan, Atl.162871.314.0020.1
2016Joe Flacco, Balt.162701.254.1320.1
2015Alex Smith, K.C.162181.2531.1320.0
2015Jay Cutler, Chi.152441.4013.0719.7
2016Ryan Tannehill, Mia.132301.4613.0819.2
2016Eli Manning, NYG162521.63-1.0019.0
2015Sam Bradford, Phil.142661.363.0019.0
2016Alex Smith, K.C.152331.009.3318.8
2016Sam Bradford, Minn.152581.334.0018.6
2016Trevor Siemian, Den.142431.294.0017.8
2016Carson Wentz, Phil.162361.009.1317.8
2015Teddy Bridgewater, Minn.16202.8812.1916.0
2016Brock Osweiler, Hou.141931.009.0715.0

—Ian Allan

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