Miami Dolphins: Adam Gase Has Secret Weapon to Open Offense Up

The offense was anything but explosive in 2015 for the Miami Dolphins.  That’s a big reason Adam Gase was hired as head coach, and he has a plan in mind to fix it.

Chiefs among those steps involves the passing game, and most notably getting quarterback Ryan Tannehill to use all of his receiving options.  A big reason why the team struggled to sustain drives was a lopsided number of passes directed at Jarvis Landry.  Granted, he’s a Pro Bowl talent who demands the ball, but in order to attack NFL defenses one must be as unpredictable as possible.  That can’t be done if everybody including the fans knows which way the ball is going.

Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald believes Gase has one receiver in particular he wants use more often.

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"“Only six active NFL players have a higher career yards-per-catch average than Kenny Stills (16.5), and Dolphins coach Adam Gase said he “definitely” wants to get him involved more after he was targeted just 63 times last season (compared with 165 for Jarvis Landry).Stills says that excites him and “the numbers don’t lie” about Gase’s offenses.But the chemistry must improve with Ryan Tannehill. Though a bunch of Stills’ targets were difficult deep routes (and that must be taken into account with this stat), he caught only 42.8 percent of passes thrown to him, compared to 70.4 for Rishard Matthews (now with Tennessee), 66.7 for Landry, 50.9 for DeVante Parker and 50 for Jordan Cameron.Stills had only two drops last season, so many of the incomplete passes were errant throws by Tannehill. Gase has been impressed with Stills so far this offseason.”"

This is a relationship that Gase has wanted to establish for some time now.  Word is he had eyes for the young receiver last year when he was offensive coordinator of the Chicago Bears.  The team tried to trade for the young pass target but ended up being dealt to Miami instead.

If the Miami Dolphins offensive line shows any sort of improvement and Gase can continue his standing reputation as a great play caller, then this is something that can and should work.  It comes down to whether Tannehill has the chops to take that last, critical step to becoming a complete quarterback.