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It is one of Bill Parcells' favorite sayings, and Dolphins coach Tony Sparano gave it voice Monday morning:

"You are what your record says you are," Sparano said.

Parcells, who has become the franchise's Great Sphinx of a boss - silently imposing - couldn't himself have chosen a better time to resurrect the no-excuses phrase. But Sparano couldn't resist offering a caveat.

"I know in my heart that we're pretty close to be being a pretty good team," he said.

What is there to make of the Dolphins, who are 3-5 at the halfway point of the season? Are they as mediocre as that record suggests?
Or have they been predictable victims of a nasty schedule, and therefore better than their won-lost math indicates?

Miami's five losses have come against Atlanta, Indianapolis, San Diego, New Orleans and New England. Those teams have a combined 32-8 record. And only in the season-opening loss to the Falcons have the Dolphins appeared to be uncompetitive.
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Too bad your heart didn't tell you to go for it on 4th & 4 when across midfield and that Joey Porter sucks.
 
I think we are improving, but we need to show this in the second half of the season. There are a few bright spots, like Smith and Davis, but our passing game is horrendous and the defense just can't seem to make a stop when we need it most. I do also think that expectations were/are too high. One example - how often do Brady and the Pats lose in Foxboro? Some posters act as though losing by 10 up there was a disaster. How do you think the Titans feel?
 
I think the Phins are a good team, just not good enough to be successful against teams that have gone 32-8 so far this year. The schedule has been nuts so far and honestly, being 3-5 after that isn't totally horrible.

The Redskins are the team who is 2-6 and have played absolute jokes. THAT franchise is average if not downright horrid.

I think the Phins will be okay. Finishing 6-10 or better is the likely scenario and that will get us a decent draft pick and hopefully another good offseason that will have the team be the best it's been in years in 2010.
 
"I know in my heart that we're pretty close to be being a pretty good team," he said.

This line SCARES me!
 
I think we're definitely a few holes away from being a really good team for a while. We have a bunch of kids running around out there to a certain degree, and we are holding our own every week. I wish we had a better record but sweeping the Jets and Henne playing decent so far isn't too shabby.
 
flynryan15 said:
"I know in my heart that we're pretty close to be being a pretty good team," he said.

This line SCARES me!
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Yes that little part of the quote scares me. Damn his heart, what does the record and tape suggest?
 
DolfanDuBbZ~ said:
Yes that little part of the quote scares me. Damn his heart, what does the record and tape suggest?
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I can't put my finger on it! Is it a plea for reassurance from fans and the press? Is it some second guessing? It almost sounds like admitting defeat! I just can't come to a conclusion, but I don't like it.

A head coach needs to say something along the lines of right now we are a good team with young players. With a few more key players WE WILL BE A GREAT TEAM!

Not this in my heart stuff it just doesn't sound right! I dunno maybe I am just reading into things way to much!
 
It seems like that most of the negative comments are from the 'heart' too.
 
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