We have X on one side, that much is a given. The way the Dolphins have chosen to finish the equation is X + R = CB Bliss. It’s actually a big risk. Rowe has been a part time player for the first 4 years of his career. He was drafted in the 2nd RD in 2015 by the Philadelphia Eagles. Rowe played in all 16 games for the Eagles in his rookie year, starting 5. New England was in need of a CB in 2016 and sent a conditional 4th RD pick in 2018, which at best could have turned into a 3rd RD pick if performance measures were met. Why did Philly give up on their guy so quickly, so much so that they had to wait 2 years to get compensation back for him? Very odd.
At the NFL combine, Rowe was a monster. He ran 4.45 at 6’1 205, a 3.97 20 YD shuttle which is super quick for a guy that size, a 6.70 cone drill which shows elite agility and a 39″ vertical which shows elite explosion.. Maybe that’s why Philly took him in the 2nd RD, he Mike Mamula’d them. They pretty much gave up on the guy after one season.
Rowe started only 12 games in 3 seasons for the Patriots and played in 21 games. I’m not saying Eric Rowe can’t be the guy, but so far 2 teams, and make that 2 very solid organizations like the Eagles and Patriots can’t find a way to get this guy to work, it’s a little disconcerting. He has played well in practice and looked good in the preseason so far, but it just shows how poor our quality depth is at CB at the moment after Xavien Howard. Cornell Armstrong, Jalen Davis, Chris Lammons, Cordrea Tankersley and David Rivers. Chris Lammons has flashed some but is anyone here confident that he can handle the pressure of being picked on constantly as teams avoid throwing to the side X is on? That’s a lot to handle.
Some guys develop late, some guys just need the right opportunity to shine. It looks like Rowe is going to be given every opportunity and more to seize the job opposite X so it won’t be for a lack of chances that he doesn’t succeed here. Eric Rowe was a starter at CB in college at Utah. Who was that big Utah CB we had here that everyone loved? Was it Sun Sentinel, er Sean Smith? Smith was a lightning rod. Some hated him, some defended him. My recollection is I was a Sean Smith sympathizer. I thought he was unfairly treated by the haters although he was never a great player for us. He was at the very least a serviceable player for us. Smith started 56 games in 4 seasons for us. Can Rowe give us anything like that? The SS haters will hate this statement, but if Rowe can be as good as Sean Smith, I think we’ve done well.
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steveccnv says:
August 22, 2019 at 8:02 pm
Good thing we only need 2, E and Baker.
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IN .05 & .10 but you can’t run much 3/4 hybrid with only 2 LB’s
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The Miami stadium is almost empty.
Teams are holding back proven players in the PS more and more. Healthy scratches. A good amount of our guys have been recovering from injuries so that’s why they’re out. I know Tunsil is a healthy scratch. The coaches probably want to see who is the best candidate to backup LT. They know Tunsil is their guy.
Happy getting older day there Mike E!
Thanks Wyo!
Hey! Nick Foles!
Fuck Bill Parcells!
Thrown behind Smythe
NICE tackle for Lammons
He’s got a good chance to stick.
Baker says nahuhuh
Love the exotic look on D on 3rd down.
Fitz looks lackadaisical.
Our defense looks tight.
Also they were not giving anything away pre snap, just pretending to wander around.
SnoreFest!
4 yards on 1st down, where’s ORob?
Josh Allen, wow!
Our TE Allen missed his block on that 3rd down play.
Offense looks like shit with Fitz
agree
And I hate the bad grammar commercial.
totally agree
That dude had no arms or legs
Baker is quick
‘A boat
What ‘A boat it?
Rowe
And I hate the PI challenge.
The rule wasn’t put in to call that kind of crap.
nice defense defensive series … hoping they don’t pretend there was PI there.
I do not like this new rule so far.
It makes the refs more prone to call PI after the replay.
Have I said how stupid this new fucking rule is!
What rule🤔
Sterup is just not good at Tackle
I don’t think they should ever call PI on a player to whom the ball is not thrown.
Can’t do that, what if that’s the reason the QB doesn’t throw that way? You can’t allow penalties because that’s not where the play went.
That would be holding Tim.
Okay but Howard was more holding than where the ball went with Rowe.
Defense looks good
C’mon OL. Was that Shaq Calhoun who whiffed?
What an exciting defensive game!
I love that I tuned in to watch this.
Wake me up when Rosen comes in!
I think #55 is quickly becoming my favorite player
he gets swallowed by a OG right when I post that LOL
#55 again
Clean Minkah
Fitzpatrick lays out westbrook
Bad call
The one they challenged was more PI than that one.
That is ticky tack PI … ball was underthrown.
And he turned around
Bobby playing too deep
Howard got sucked in by the PA on that TD
McCain gave up way too much cushion on that TD no way he can make up that much on a guy that fast. Somebody should ve popped Dede at the LOS.
as Rock says I think McCain thought he had under neath help from X
X got sucked up by the PA and Baker bit on the run and ran to the hole too vacating the middle
Hope it’s Rosen time.
Heyyyy
That’s another Miami Dolphins 1st down. Wait…
Jax has lots of GRADE A players.
Yeah, playing. While we have a lot of them out.
Where’s the PI
Okay, Fitz is Fitztragic.
Fitz cold missed that one.
Long Snapper makes the tackle.
PI on the screen pass, blocking while ball in air.
I’ve seen enough!
I’ve seen E-nough too, he should start.
His lawnmower?
That’s what has bens do!
It’s PS but I have seen a more fundamentally sound team so far. Now making plays is another thing, but I don’t see a lot of confusion that we saw in the past.
Equa needs to wrap up.
E
Pick
D should be fun to watch this year, already see some promise
Fitz looks like Cutler out there!
Same expression on his face!
Bout time
nice INT Rowe.
Jackass
asshole hit on Fitz’s ankles
Gesicki wide open
Gesicki needs to learn ho to do that.
Davis is gonna be a problem if he stays at tackle.
No offense under Fitz
$anders is money
Davis is being beaten badly at RT tonight.
Nice!!!!
Never mind. Good play though.
Lammons is going to make this team on ST
ST playing sharp tonight
can you down yourself by putting your knee down?
Flores is big on quality STs and it shows.
We’re probably going to get a chance to see Rudock this season. Our oline is going to get our QBs killed.
Fitz with the stop
need a pass rusher
There you go Orchard.
That was not off sides
76 on offense was in motin early
They just called that because they couldn’t believe it.
That Harris hit the QB?
no I meant eguavoen got in so fast they thought he could not do that without being Offside.
Ledbetter fought off the blck
Wiltz and McCane keep each other from picking the ball
dammit
Is offsides not reviewable? It should be.
LOL
excellent head coaching to take that penalty and cause that missed FG.
Guess he was not drawing up plays on the sideline.
HOLY FUCK DAVIS IS BAD
Dude that is such an thug ass penalty.
Cox took out three guys
COX sighting
It’s the fucking preseason. How about throwing it more than 3 yds on 3rd and 14
rd to do when our oline is just giving up pressure after pressure
hard
Fitz just didn’t even try to find anything downfield.
$anders makes it again
wow Sanders’s kicks are obviously good the second they leave his foot.
That kick would have been good from 66 instead of 46
J. Allen leading with the helmet on helmet hit. no call.
He’s getting the hype calls.
dove and lead with the head. It was definitely a penalty per the rules
McCane got a stinger?
A few of the plays people calling out on Davis were not on him. Also Josh Allen went #6 in the draft for a reason. He’s an athletic freak.
He can’t play 16 games like that without getting hurt.
also teams will scheme against him
He played every snap last year albeit at RG. It’s PS and guys are working on stuff. The OL has been completely revamped and can you blame them for it? They haven’t been good for years.
McCain is def hurt.
Baker is playing really well against the run. I am surprised.
Baker nice coverage.
kid is good at WR stop with the punt returns
damn straight
wow, 46 yds of offense. It literally can’t get much worse than that.
NFL game center says Barker only has 4 tackles….I KNOW he has more
At this point he has to be our breakout candidate.
I, for one, will be disappointed if Fitzpatrick is the starter game one.
agreed … why bother?
I think maybe he played himself onto the bench tonight.
And maybe that was the plan.
Somebody give Fitz a shot of Gases smelling salts!
Hard to complain about the D and S teams.
Kalen Ballage: 12 carries for 17 yards. That’s not a misprint, that’s a lack of an O-Line.