Thursday Night Observations

That was annoying. I have Tua in one league and of course he got concussed on one of his two scrambles. At least he had the decency to have 145 passing yards and a TD when he did it. But the bigger problem is the Dolphins offense. Why not some play action on 1st-and-10 every now and then. It was just run-run-obvious passing down with a totally immobile “eggshell plaintiff” QB. I know they lost Terron Armstead, but the game was already salted away at that point.

The other crazy thing was they kept De’Von Achane in with an ankle injury during garbage time. The guy weighs 188 pounds, but they’re tacking on carries like he’s John Riggins. As an Achane owner I’ll take the production, but it made little sense.

Three silver linings: I have no shares of Josh Allen. I have no shares of Tyreek Hill. And Tyler Bass’ shank cost whoever was using him too.

• Allen played well but had to do very little, and James Cook even got a goal-line carry for the TD.

• Cook had only 11 carries and one target, but somehow scored three times on a team where the QB vultures most of the goal-line carries. Enjoy it, but don’t get used to it.

• Dalton Kincaid looked good, breaking tackles every time he touched the ball, and it was nice to see them get him involved early on short screens. But game flow wasn’t in his favor, and he wasn’t used much after that.

• Khalil Shakir is probably the team’s No. 1 WR, but it’s hard to rely on him. Curtis Samuel, if it wasn’t obvious before, is a cut. Keon Coleman isn’t playable now either, borderline cut, but in NFFC I’d give him more time.

• Tua’s first pick wasn’t his fault, but the booth bent over backwards to excuse him for the second one (blamed the WR) and then he was of course at fault for the pick six. He’s accurate from the pocket and has good touch, but now he’s concussed for the 25th time, so who knows going forward? That it’s so dangerous for him to run (and even more so now) is a serious handicap. He has 10 days to get ready for Week 3, but given his history, I’m not sure he plays. Skylar Thompson was terrible in relief too.

• Achane is just a fantasy points producing machine whenever he’s playing. Mike McDaniel apparently doesn’t worry about pitch counts, either.

• Jaylen Wright had a couple carries for loss, but looked okay. Definitely a hold despite the ugly box score.

• Jonnu Smith who I drafted in a few places (and unfortunately dropped in one or two) is the Dolphins third or fourth WR (depending on how you classify Achane.) He looked nimble, and if/when Tua returns has a floor in that offense now.

• Another dumb thing McDaniel did was go to the up-back (Alec Ingold) twice in a row on fourth and short. The first time, fine, you have the element of surprise. But the Bills were waiting for it the second time, and it got stuffed.

• Hill and Waddle have to get more targets, and they will. But if Thompson is the QB, it’s obviously a big downgrade for both.