Okay, I can’t hear what the Little Prawn is saying, but he does recognize that you might not be leaping out of the sea after the Dolphins win in week 1. The feeling after the 17-10 win on Sunday is – the Miami Dolphins have a lot to work on.
(The Little Prawn makes a Squeaking Sound that is barely audible)
I don’t know what the Little Prawn is saying. But he sounds angry. The Dolphins gave up 121 yards to Alfred Morris in the game. They gave up 161 total rushing yards in the game. Ouch. Not what most Dolfans expected.
It affected the entire game. Before you knew it the first half was over and the time of possession was heavily in the Redskins favor. Speaking of Time of Possession, the Redskins held the ball 37:54 to the Dolphins 22:06.
1 sack for the Dolphins! Just 1 sack. Jordan Phillips played early and subbing for Suh made an instant impact. In this photo Prawn points out that Cousins didn’t just slip on a banana peel.
It’s not that the pass rush was completely ineffective. There was some pressure on Cousins. In this photo Wake celebrates a sack…which did not count. Jamar Taylor was called for holding on the same play.
(The Little Prawn throws down his stick in anger)
Cheer up Prawny, Rishard Matthews and Tanny would not let the Dolphins go into halftime scoreless.
These two continue to take advantage of coming in to the league together. Matthews caught 4 passes for 34 yards and this TD.
Tannehill’s numbers weren’t bad. He was 22 of 24 for 226 yards and 1 TD. But some shellfish think he held the ball a little too long in some situations. The Redskins caused a near comical sack fumble in the 3rd quarter. I will spare you the photo.
(The Little Prawn makes a squeaking sound that is barely audible)
Okay Okay Prawny. It wasn’t just old chemistry. There was new chemistry too. Like Cameron and Tanny. Cameron was a big part of the offense. He led the Dolphins in receiving yards with 73 receiving yards.
Cameron made tough catches look easy. The guy is a natural pass catcher. And he better be. The Dolphins other tight end, Dion Sims, suffered a nasty concussion in the first half. It looked worse than it was. Lets hope Sims is ready to go again soon.
So the defense was off. The offense was off. How are we going to win?
Oh yeah, just get the ball to Landry somehow. The irony is most of us thought the special teams was the weakness of the team going into the game.
Andrew Franks made his only field goal of the game. Matt Darr averaged over 43 yards per punt and the Dolphins would take the lead in the game on Jarvis Landry punt return.
Yeah, you are not going to catch Juice…
Actually Prawny reminds us to give some credit to the 2nd half defense. The Redskins didn’t score in the 2nd half. Not even a field goal.
Brice McCain made the interception of the century on the sideline after the Dolphins took the lead. That interception preserved the win. Good job Brice! The Dolphins defense looked much better in the 2nd half.
At the end of the day even though Kirk Cousins had the help of an effective running game from the first snap of the game, he passed for less than 200 yards and threw 2 interceptions. So don’t be so hard on the defense this week.
Here is a link to the box score
Finsmob Unleashed 
Morning all I’m back from the knife.
Special mention to JS. Thanks for kinda preparing me for the op. All I have to say is that you are far braver than me to endure what you did. Mine was a toddle in the park compared to yours and it still hurt a lot.
Glad to hear you operation was successful Lee! We were concerned about you. Happy that everything worked out.
It was very disappointing to see us get off to such a slow start In the first half. The defense looked horrible and the offense couldn’t get out of its own way. I’m glad we were able to make some halftime adjustments and come out in the second half and win. There are no gimmies in the NFL.
The Miami dolphins are undefeated. (Unfortunately so is the rest of the AFC East)
I haven’t watched the game yet but the fact we won fills me with joy. Normally we lose the opener.
Rock, some teams just start slowly and build it up over the course of the game. Maybe our Phins are one of those teams. Speaking of a great weekend, firstl of all I cam home from Hosital, secondly my Adelaide Crows won a final(playoff) gamein Melbourne. First one since 2002. Consdering out head Coach was mudered half way through the season what a fantastic result. And now thge Phins get away to a winning start. I’m ver happy right now.
Glad to see you. Hope things continue in a positive direction for you. Also glad the Dolphins were able to give you something else to be happy about!
I did not see the play yesterday but I see that it is being reported that Suh May be suspended or fined for kicking Morris in the head after a tackle yesterday. We really don’t need that kind of shit !!
http://sports.yahoo.com/news/ndamukong-suh-s-dolphins-debut-doesn-t-wash-away-dirty-debate-000408663.html
It’s currently 54° on the way to a perfect 78 for a high. Football is in the air, Fall is just around the corner.. This is my favorite time of the year, leading up to Thanksgiving. I am hopeful yesterday’s display was just the jitters of a young team coming together, and that we’re playing meaningful ball in December.
Well,after the rest of the games’ stats were recorded Ryan T would up being 14th in all major stats other than pass yards per play where he was 18th. MEDIOCRE play. We expect and must see better from him and the rest of the team!
That’s pretty much who he is. I don’t expect anything other than right around 15th in the league statistically for him.
After all the hype coming out of training camp in preseason this year I was expecting a lot more
I don’t know that it’s fair to Tanne to expect more. I suppose if we ever get solid o line play, he may get a few ticks better, but I don’t think it’s realistic to expect him to be the reason we win a game (with any consistency; he may occasionally provide the play(s) that give us a win, but he won’t be consistent like Rogers, Brees, Manning.. Maybe a Flacco or even a Rivers eventually). I am not talking down about him- I just think some are talking him up to more than he is.
http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/redskinsblog/redskins-commit-unusual-error-30-yard-line?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo&ref=yfp
http://www.sbnation.com/2015/9/13/9321267/miss-america-contestant-says-she-knows-tom-brady-cheated-immediately?ref=yfp
http://www.sbnation.com/college-football/2015/9/13/9317939/barry-sanders-jr-stanford-juke-ucf?ref=yfp
I know it was only the first week of the season, but I am now really concerned. We played like shit against a shitty team. Buffalo looked like the real deal dominating the Colts, holding Luck to a 63.6 rating. Tyrod Talor looked like a franchise QB with a 123.8 rating. I think we have a tough row to hoe in the division this year. I am questioning my 6-0 prediction now. We may be lucky to enter our by at 500
Things to keep in mind: Buffalo was@ home, buffalo has a very good defense, Colts have mediocre defense, Ryan gets his team’s to play well when his rah rah shit is fresh (eventually, like the jets, the bills will realize there is not a lot of substance there and will tune him out).
It is certainly better this morning discussing our shitty play after a win instead of a loss. Teams that we fielded in the past would have lost this game. If it wasn’t for players like Jarvis & Jones tuning it up we would have lost this game. Jarvis was PUMPED. He showed his will to win when he fought and carried those three DBs for three yards to get the first down. He WOULD NOT CONCEED. Then he won the game with the big punt return
I look at as we didn’t play anywhere near our best and we were still able to win.
uwantwat says:
September 14, 2015 at 5:13 am
Morning all I’m back from the knife.
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Welcome to the ZIPPER CLUB their are many famous people in this club. Take it easy and ENJOY life and do what your doctors say concerning exercise .Do what they say and you will be like new in a couple months. You made my day when I saw your post this morning.
http://www.nbcsports.com/video/will-bills-or-dolphins-give-pats-more-problems-afc-east?ref=yfp
was watching both games and Bills defense is even more impressive than last year. More attacking like when Rex first got to NY.
uwantwat:
Glad to see you back on here! We were wondering how you were doing. Maybe start watching yesterday’s game near the end of the first half, no, just watch the second half, no, just watch the last 2 minutes. 🙂
Dear Uwantwat; I KNOW it’s going to be a good day now that you are on the road to recovery!!–May you have many, many decades more to fully enjoy life. And may you witness many more Dolphin Championships!!
THE CONTRAST between Todd Bowls’ Jets and Philbin’s Dolphins was tremendous. Bowles, the man Ross SHOULD HAVE SELECTED AS MIAMI’S HEAD COACH over Philbin, had his team ready to play!! –REX RYAN also had his Bills fully prepared to TAKE APART Andrew Luck and the Indy Colts. I know it’s ONLY ONE WEEK! — I KNOW there are 15 games left. –But why do some of us already have that “Here we go again” feeling which says “NO PLAYOFF WINS THIS YEAR, EITHER?”
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I’ve got many ideas about what can be done to improve the Dolphins. Here’s just ONE. –ACTIVATE Jonas Grey and USE HIM on 3rd and 1 or 4th and 1!!!
Hey Lee! Glad to hear all went well.
I saw the suh tackle and what happened after. Any other player we wouldn’t even be talking about it. He was walking and he hit the helmet. I thought it was accidental. PFT has to make an issue about it to get clicks.
I saw it on NFL Network and they played the PacMan Jones illegal play afterwards as if it was even in the same realm
Much ado about nothing with Suh
I didn’t notice it while watching the game until the media played it afterwards
You can’t kick a helmet off by walking by
At worst he kicked the player while he was down intentionally, and I don’t even know you can say that
I’;m not sure the NFL will be touching this one
I don’t think Suh cares who thinks he is dirty and I think the perception that he is – is part of his game
Well after this game I’m more concerned. I didn’t see anything from tanny or defense that says this team is any different than the last year team. We were starting slow last year on offense and couldn’t stop the run on defense. I take the win but I don’t see a playoff team here right now.
We didn’t look good
I think stopping the run is the key
Once you let teams run on you on first down it changes the dynamic of the game
If they correct that problem, its a different game
IMO the LBs just weren’t very aggressive in the first half
its a long season. I just had hoped for a better start.
Mathews drop inside the 10 yard line changed the game. Instead of a 1st and 10 from their 6 he dropped the pass then the next play tanny fumbles and they get the ball on our 40.
Mathews needs to get his head out of his ass and make that catch.
The LB’s were blown out of plays so often, it was crazy to watch. That’s how it looked to me. In the first half, it seemed like every tackle was 5-10 yards downfield, and not by a LB.
misi isn’t playing very well but all of LBs are having issues. It wasn’t pretty.
Sheppard had 3 solo tackles, and 2 assists. He’s got to be better than that. I guess part of the problem is, when you have 2 DT’s that are almost always penetrating, that leaves the C and a G to demolish the LB’s.
I think MOST on this board (with perhaps one exception) feel the linebackers and Misi in particular just aren’t/weren’t that good.
uwantwat — glad you made it through that real pain in the arse and are back to thinking about Phins wins as the rest of us sleep. 🙂
Pig — completely with Little Prawn’s excellent take on the game. If anything I was glad we all realized we shouldn’t be thinking about who we face in the playoffs quite yet……still have to win them on the field.
Try
Not sure if you read that or heard when Tim Bowens was comparing their excellent D-line of Bowens, Gardener, Armstrong and Taylor to the new one of Suh, Mitchell, Wake and Vernon. He basically said he and Gardener’s job was to hold or contain the interior line to let the LB’s make the plays, where Suh and Mitchell are usually rushing upfield, which means if they don’t make the play, there’s usually at a minimum 1 or 2 free interior O-linemen to seek out potential tacklers.
I did read his comments. I think that is an accurate assessment of how the interior of our line operates currently. If they are going to play that way, they’re going to need to get better pursuit lb’s, it seems to me. Perhaps pursuit it’s not the right word- how about better anticipating lb’s?
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero 1m1 minute ago
Blog. NFL says no punishment for Ndamukong Suh, but DL needs corrections…
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This was easy money. It was completely blown up by the media because of his past.
Yeah — headlines say “WILL HE GETS SUSPENDED?” and he doesn’t even get to make a donation to charity.
Even Dolphin-centric sites like Phinphanatic get caught up in it with headlines like that, lol.
–But why do some of us already have that “Here we go again” feeling which says “NO PLAYOFF WINS THIS YEAR, EITHER?”
well in all fairness with me, nothing will change until it does. i know some want to call that negative, but i wont be thinking playoffs or anything else until it actually happens. i had my fill of buying into the hype for years with marino and then johnson and what not. i will just now wait and see and make my judgements by what actually happens not what i wish would happen
that’s how I feel at this point. Lets hope they get it together. But as I mentioned above this seems like the same team as the last couple of years with a couple of 100 million dollar players added.
We already had one of those $100M players, he was just making a fraction of that before though.
Kong
The main reason why the Suh-Morris helmet thing is such a big deal, is because that’s the only thing Suh did the whole game.
Ross must feel like my wife feels after she has an impulse urge to buy something and then regrets it as soon as she gets home and puts it on 🙂
LMAO!
LOL @ Boulder!
WTF?
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero 53m53 minutes ago
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That Jay Gruden out coached the Dolphins is a MAJOR concern because Belichick, Rex, Harbaugh, others.
How hard is it to say – Go forth and run the ball?
Did anyone see a complicated game plan from Wash?
I think it was more the Redskins outplayed the Dolphins than they got out coached.
Bingo, I saw more energy from the Skins. It seemed our team was busy reading about how good they are. In the end our better talent won out and we’re 1-0.
Is there any word on Sims, OV or R. Jones yet?
That may be right Mike- but can some of that be put on the coaches (not getting a proper gauge on the team)?
Man the negativity in here is oppressive!
Did you really think Albert would look Pro bowl ready?
Did you really think our LB’s morphed into the Saints 80’s LB’s
As good as Tanny’s progress has bee did you think he wasn’t going to miss a pass?
Did you think that after getting ZB scheme OT and RB’s that we would instantly morph into a power running team for one play?
If it’s play-offs or bust! why are you even watching the regular season?
OK Rant over!
Maybe we didn’t get the forecasted SuhNami, but the D still only gave up ten points, including a bagle in the 2nd half despite being on the field so much.
Only thing surprising was that it was the DBs who went into phone booths and came out wearing capes.
Nice! Fair point.
I was looking at the D only allowing 10 as well although the Skins really shot themselves in the foot on a number of drives in the second half with bad penalties. What it comes down to is we played pretty poorly but still got the win. Good teams can get wins even when not on their A game. Hopefully we see this team step it up a notch and take it to JAX next week.
If we beat the Skins in a game like that…….let’s hope we were playing poorly. 🙂
Mike E,
I did read Bowens’ comments. I think that is an accurate assessment of how the interior of our line operates currently. If they are going to play that way, they’re going to need to get better pursuit lb’s, it seems to me. Perhaps pursuit it’s not the right word- how about better anticipating lb’s?
The play Herd termed the “3 Stooges Drill” was the most disheartening thing to me. I was seriously afraid we were going to lose our composure after that display.
LOL, which one was that?
The fumble and sack
In which the ball was recovered by the Tefskins about 40 yards better than it should have been
Oh yeah, of course. I had completely blocked that play from memory, lol.
According to PFF, Miami’s safeties allowed only six yards of completions against them. Outstanding.
### NBC made a big deal of Ndamukong Suh grazing the head of Alfred Morris when Suh got up off the ground after tackling Morris, suggesting that Suh could be suspended.
But the NFL said Monday that Suh did nothing wrong and won’t face any disciplinary action. Michael Signora told our Adam Beasley that the play was reviewed by the league’s senior football operations staff and “while there was contact between the players, Suh’s action was not deemed a kick.”
http://miamiherald.typepad.com/sports-buzz/2015/09/monday-dolphins-notes-tape-analysis-of-how-run-defense-was-gashed-notable-snap-counts-pff-grades-not.html
Safeties didn’t see any action cause they were picking on Taylor and whatever LB was five yards behind their TE.
Come’on Wyoming……gotta get with the negativity theme. 🙂
wyoming85 says:
September 14, 2015 at 10:48 am
Man the negativity in here is oppressive!
see, i dont get this. why is pointing out the obvious considered negative. what is the alternative to just ignore it and pretend they are something they are not.
He’s the best!
Rob
I guess it’s a mutual optical illusion!
The Oh nothing has changed! we still suck!
You know what we did yesterday that we couldn’t do last year?
We made a critical stop in the 4th quarter!
We made a critical 1st down to run the clock out!
I haven’t heard anybody talk about that?
Just bitching about even with Suh we still can’t stop the run!
That is what I’m saying is all!!!!!!!!!!
Continue at your pleasure
I disagree. We did make those critical stops in September last year. It was after the mid season when stopped making those stops.
We definately played a better 2nd half
I thought we had moments like that last year too
It really doesn’t matter though
Teams become who they are in the regular season
It’s 1 week at a time
The Importance of the offseason is to make the moves so you can be a contender
I think we did that in the offseason
But that is just on paper
During the course if the season we need to become that contender
I don’t think how you start the season really matters so much
But a blowout would have been a lot more fun to wTch… Lol
Skins ran a running play a bunch of times that I’m not used to seeing. They’d run left at the G and then Albert would slant into the middle. Pretty clear it was by design and it gained some consistent yards.
Guessing that was a game planned to both not contest Suh at point of contact and take advantage of the space he leaves as he drives up field.
The offense starting slow seems to be the main issue. I hope they start faster next week. I feel like we said the same thing last year about the offense in September. “We need to start faster”
That fumble sack was also really a sack Tanny can’t take to begin with
We were in FG position
He is still struggling a little in the pocket
I hope he corrects that during the season
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We ran several goalline plays yesterday unsuccessfully that we ran unsuccessfully in the preseason.
We should just pass on 3rd and short
We pass the ball short very well
Running out of the shotgun isn’t great for short yardage
Either get a real jumbo package out there
Or acknowledge who you are
I also don’t like throwing behind the LOS when we need a first down or TD. We seem to do that more times than not.
That Sims injury was weird…..no one touched him….he leaped into the air, bobbled the ball on the way down as he laid out for it.
C’mon #80, ya got to be tougher than that!!!
After it happened I was like, this is why I can’t believe Philbin only carried 2 TE’s on the roster….smh.
Guess we’ll see Semisch or Stonebuner or both next week.
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Week 1 on the road is always a crapshoot where teams can come out flat, out of sync, and start slow.
We’ll be fine. Remember, our 1’s didn’t play much at all during the preseason games. But at least we didn’t see any panic or surrender by ‘this’ team and they gutted out a sluggish sloppy win.
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We did not play well yesterday. That is the fact of the matter. Also a fact is we were lucky enough to come out with a win. One thing I get from reading ODs articles is there were some ugly games we were lucky to win then as well. But at the end of the season it fades if you are in the playoffs. The sky hasn’t fallen yet.
Go Dolphins!🐬🏈
Yup +1 ^
Great point on OD’s game descriptions. A lot of the games in the perfect season were far less than perfect. In a bunch of them just one play turned it.
The team was booed loudly going into halftime several times.
Time for all you maybes to decide…….have to give our final number to the Dolphins tix office sometime this week.
WHO IS IN
Piggy
Stanger (+2, perhaps +4)
OD (better half TBA)
Son (+3)
Rock
Al ( in, maybe +1)
Toba (+3, including the dreaded Pats fan)
Brian in NY
THE FENCE
Getterdone (maybe with +1)
drg (maybe)
Gigi (maybe)
Repost and add you name if you plan on going to texans at dolphins.
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We have 15 in the section right now. I need to hear from the ones on the fence plus Al about his brother.
Another Crummy team coming up but dont worry, we win this one handily…
FINS 38-JAGS 13
Howie — did anyone nail the score? 17-10 was possible. If not who was closest?
I got the 10 for Washington right..
the 17-0 dolphin team afterall they were 17-0 and they were #1
28-13 miami
21-17
M arine mammals I n A squeaker
Pick it till it happens… 41-13 🙂
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/dave-hyde-blog/sfl-hyde10-ten-more-thoughts-on-dolphins-opening-win-20150914-story.html
There won’t be any discipline for Suh
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/dave-hyde-blog/sfl-hyde10-ten-more-thoughts-on-dolphins-opening-win-20150914-story.html
Shouldn’t be- there was nothing intentional there. I was honestly surprised to see Ken’s opinion on it being intentional (if I read his comments correctly- I do not want to put words in his mouth!).
i thought it looked intentional also maybe because I looked at it slow mo. In slow mo you see his foot turn right at the last second instead of straight.
Yes- and if you watch the Zapruder Film in 4000k super slo-mo you can see Jackie Kennedy put her .44 back in her purse…
His foot didn’t even hit him. It was his shin.
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/643458081163186177
Was Evans really pushing this, or do you just have a standard tweet for him any time something does not go against the Dolphins?
He said Suh should be suspended 4 games
Really? Is there another viseo I haven’t seen? One with… evidence, perhaps? Or at least a suggestion of animosity? I just don’t get it.
*video
wyoming
goes both ways. i think everyone can continue at their pleasure. i dont see anyone telling another what to say.
and of course there was some good things about yesterday. but looking at the overall game there was a lot more to worry about then be happy about
I’m going with 23-10 Dolphins over Jags
Stanger most everyone was in the 30’s
but I did give you a mention last night for being closest with 21-17 or we did have 4 that gave the Redskins 10
Thanks Howie. Never thought the answer would be me…..but was curious who hit it best.
Have to admit at one point in the 2nd half I was going…….”screw fantasy, scew them getting a TD — I could hit the lotto perfect score.” 🙂
The team didn’t play all that well but we won and that’s a game we would have lost in the past especially on the road. They’ll play better than that in the future. Or at least I hope so.
1st Update
Howie 38-13 MIA
Wyo 28-13 MIA
Trypod21-17MIA
Toba 41-13 MIA
Piggy 23-10MIA
GO PHINS!!!
stanger 21-7
Howie,
Dolphins – 24
Jax – 13
Thats right, that will go down as are worst game of the season and i’m sure we’ll have games that we score around 30 and lose
And like I said last night the Jets and Bills just played their best games of the season
GO PHINS!!!
The Jets played the Browns with Johnny Manziel @ home, and Buffalo played the Colts @ home with a top 3 defense against a bottom 3rd defense. We deserve some consideration for that. On the other hand, many felt at the beginning of the season that Washington might be the worst team going in.
did our #1 draft choice play any?
I didn’t see him on the field at all but he was “active” and in uniform
GDP,
the chiefs played on the road against a decent team and were ready to play. Some coaches had their team ready, some didn’t.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/things-gotten-bad-robert-griffin-150109313.html
a positive would be we made halftime adjustments that were good. The stacking of LB’s was a great move along with whatever they did with wideouts.
Complaints about yesterday’s play are more about a pattern of behavior and not just that game alone. Too many times we come out flat against lesser teams and either manage to squeak out a win or lose outright. Yesterday it was mostly on the players, especially Tannehill. Until we can handily beat the lesser teams consistently, I’ll have a hard time believing we’re in the hunt for the playoffs.
Be careful NFL — we will take over the world one stadium at a time.
http://phinphanatic.com/2015/09/14/miami-dolphins-owner-felt-like-a-home-crowd/
And Tanny just challenged the Pig’s DolfansNYC for the game at Metlife — “That had to be probably the best road showing that I’ve seen from our fans.”
Rock’s agent is on the phones as we speak……..man’s FA price is skyrocketing.
Good morning. The game was certainly frustrating but shows how in the NFL, anyone can show up on any given Sunday. The Skins had a good game plan on offense with their trap and counter runs and big backs. Cousins skills were utilized within a tight range and he wasn’t asked to throw many up and outs (hardest throw to make in the NFL). The Fins certainly faced adversity early on with poor tackling that allowed the Skins to extend drives that should have ended a yard short of the markers. This is what Tim and I discussed briefly last week leading up to the game; that we aren’t going to hype ourselves too much because we know that sometimes crap happens in games and things go bad in a hurry. To the Fins credit they managed to tighten up later in the game and make the bigger plays. Still, the win is nice and it’s way too early to freak out about ‘problems’. Tackling was the big issue defensively in the game and on offense the play calling but this was attributed I guess to the lack of time of possession.
A win is a win, right? Felt like our DL got sealed far too easily yesterday and the LBs weren’t instinctual enough to attack the gaps. I saw a few guys critical of Misi, but I felt like he was the only LB that actually made a few plays at or behind the LOS. Thought he played okay. Both Vigil and Sheppard weren’t good at all yesterday. That’s a big hole that won’t get filled this season. Maybe Vigil improves with each game, but he has to get stronger. Maybe we move Misi back to that spot and give McCain some minutes. If the DL steps up and plays better that will take much of the pressure off.
Hard to be too critical of the offense since they had the ball for such a small % of the game. Power run game on short yardage situations still a major issue. Couple of sacks could have been avoided with better pocket presence. Overall I thought Tannehill was solid. Missed a few throws and was fortunate not to be picked off. Offense was undone by some sloppy play and hopefully just rust.
Getting Parker back will be a nice boost and with Cameron showing out like he did our receiving corps is really dangerous. Other than RZ issues and short yardage runs, I feel like the offense is going to only get better and will be top 10 level for the season. Defense is going to have to pick it up for sure. Taylor wasn’t very good. Brice was okay, although that pick was awesome. Both Jones and Grimes played like pro bowlers. Didn’t notice Aikens much which is a good thing. Phillips and Fede both flashed.
If we see some major improvements in the run D over the next few weeks I’ll breathe easier. I’ve always been a fan of the way Coyle mixes up his defensive looks, but it is on him to get this defense prepared and called correctly or it’s going to be another .500 type season.
SB7, well we blew out some bad teams last year so to me this was just opening day and one game. We’ll need to see a bigger body of work to see where this team really is.
Same thing was said after the Cleveland game two years ago. Not much has changed.
Well this team isn’t the same team so we’ll see if we’re paper tigers or we’ll get better. When on the road against a bad team or a perceived bad team just win the game and we did. As up and down as the defense was they still only allowed 10 points. The offense had a sub par game and the STs were really good.
Jettsuck,
Yes, I believe Parker took his first snap in the 3Q when the Fins were in the redzone one time.
So if we suck but somehow just barely manage to win 12 or 13 games just like yesterday’s game and make the playoffs are we happy?
POST OF THE DAY !!!!! Well Done.. 🙂
And I win the lottery I’d be happy too. But I doubt it’ll happen.
Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz)
53 mins ago
Fins cut LaMike james. Bring Stoneburner up to 53.
Not a shocker.. I kissed him buh bye as soon as he oopsed the return..
Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz)
39 mins ago
Philbin said Landry and Damien Williams are options for KO returns with James having been cut. Philbin said no idea how long D. Sims out.
Herd,
Good question. I’ll be happy squeezing out 12-13 wins :). If that plays out, it will just mean that we are the type of team that plays up or down to the level of opponent LOL.
Regarding the run D, the DT were busting their gaps up but the DE had issues setting the edge, well everyone until Fede came in :). The LB were having issues vs the run way more than DL.
Stanger,
Are you the U Texas fan in here? Saw this today
http://www.si.com/college-football/2015/09/14/texas-close-firing-ad-steve-patterson
It’s unfortunate that UMiami doesn’t move as swiftly and continues to accept mediocrity
Al — not a college ball fan, but get the feeling the downfall of the UM program is when they brought in president’s who wouldn’t put up with breaking the rules.
Try
Sorry bud. Busy time with the holidays. Running around a lot, having lots of company tonight. Thanks for your reply. I’ll be stopping back periodically, or possibly not at all. Have to see how it rolls.
no worries- just wanted you to know I attempted to respond!
Herd
Why do we have to suck? BTW, if we suck against teams better than Washington, we won’t win those games. We were lucky we played an inferior opponent.
DRG,
Regarding power run issues, the issue was not running at all in volume. You just don’t run a bunch of passes and expect run to work when you want. Doesn’t work that way.
OL need reps in run formation too to get into that nasty mentality in the trenches.
Miami Dolphins Cheer @MDCheer 23m23 minutes ago
Last year Melissa was announced Miss November of our 2015 swim calendar! Find out tomorrow who November 2016 will be!
Mike E,
Happy new year 🙂
Thanks Al!
Is this why we haven’t heard from Randy?
http://news.yahoo.com/republicans-cited-making-apologize-park-ranger-140953642.html
Just speculating- Randy might be a part-time park ranger…
Brett Tessler
@TesslerSports
The Miami Dolphins are signing Raheem Mostert (RB/KR, Purdue) to their 53-man roster off the Philadelphia Eagles practice squad today.
He’s back.
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“There was a lot of energy out there, something that I didn’t think we had in preseason.That was Fireman Ed getting us started — I know he’s been gone for a little bit, and we need him.”
— Brandon Marshall
“I want to thank the crowd, I want to thank Fireman Ed for coming back, and just being electrifying again. So I hope he’s listening to this because there’s a lot of talk that he’s trying to pass the torch to someone else, but you can’t duplicate that. So we need him to get us going. It’s not just the offense, defense and special teams. We need that 12th man, and it starts with Fireman Ed. So Fireman Ed, don’t pass the torch.”
— Revis
You know, it’s funny- I didn’t miss him at all.
And I’m thinking we need to buy Rock a ticket in the front row and some kind of funky hat. 🙂
Also, I noticed Darelle now goes by one name, like Cher, Charo, Liberace…
LOL — you can figure either he’s earned it or I just wan’t sure how to spell it and was lazy.
Al
You forgot to make your picks brother!
He’s fast!
It’s time for a new story from Bat . . .
Howie!!!
31-13 MIa
Greg Likens @GregLikens 3m3 minutes ago
Coyle on MLB rotation: Plan going in was to rotate Sheppard & Vigil. They split reps in base D. Feel we’re building depth there #Dolphins
Not sure why James made the team to begin with. I wasn’t impressed with him in the PS.
herdfan says:
September 14, 2015 at 1:53 pm
So if we suck but somehow just barely manage to win 12 or 13 games just like yesterday’s game and make the playoffs are we happy?
FSU sucked last year. basically crapping the bed the first half of every game. but they still got into the college playoff. got blown out in it too. but you ask any FSU fan they were happy about at least getting there. i get you were just trying to stir the pot but need to come up with a better effort
Greg Likens @GregLikens 43s44 seconds ago
Coyle says OV got leg-whipped in the shin & his foot came down awkwardly. Limited his reps because he wasn’t himself physically
herd,
ok here, so if they barely win 2 or 3 games this year but they still signed suh and tanny to big bucks do we still get to be all hyped about the 2016 season.
Rock’s agent is on the phones as we speak……..man’s FA price is skyrocketing.
My agent is having a tough time selling a drunk loud mouth. The other stadiums all say they already have drunk loud mouths in their stadiums…and that in other stadiums the fans generally stand without having to be told to STAND THE F*** UP! It doesn’t look good for me Stangerx
LMAO Rock — tell you agent you at least got a two beer offer from me.
I noticed a lot of our backups and reserve guys rotating in yesterday on D. I was surprised by how many times I saw a backup in our base defense yesterday. That is precisely why depth is so important. These guys play, not just when there are injuries.
Al,
Then we are going to have to change the offense or the personnel. We don’t seem to have a strong pairing on the OL that is reliable to run behind right now. We don’t carry a fullback. Don’t want to be running Tannehill into the line consistently. Miller or Williams aren’t power backs. The scheme we run calls for the majority of the plays to be run out of shotgun and it appears that Tannehill is most comfortable with that style. Maybe Jonas Gray helps? Maybe we try some gimmick formations or direct snaps? I don’t have any easy answers and don’t think the coaches do either. Sure, we can run the ball more, but the strength of this offense is based upon spreading the field, creating mismatches, and getting the ball to playmakers quickly. We have a great rpc average because teams don’t know when to expect it. A power run game has never been a part of this offense since Philbin took over.