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It has only been two games — two meaningless preseason games — but the early signs have been encouraging.

Maybe this will finally be the year opposing tight ends stop treating the Dolphins secondary like an amusement park.

"They did a good job against us," Olsen said. "We didn't really do anything too creative or anything. We didn't really do too much where they had to really chase us, but they made a couple of decent plays."

Decent?

"I think they're good players," Olsen said. "I think they'll be fine. I don' t know what you want me to say."

At this point Olsen sounded a little ticked off. Hey, it had been a somewhat frustrating night, and not just for him.

Earlier, there was a play where Shockey, dogged closely by Karlos Dansby along the sideline, slipped after a 1-yard reception and slammed the ball to the turf.

Dolphins defenders didn't cause many of those moments for opposing tight ends the last two years.

This new breed of hybrid weapon regularly detonated against them.

Last year it started with Visanthe Shiancoe's six-catch, 86-yard output for the Vikings in Week 2 and continued with Dustin Keller (six catches, 98 yards), Bo Sciafe (seven catches, 51 yards), Olsen (four for 40), Ben Watson (10 for 100), Brandon Pettigrew (four for 74 and a touchdown) and on through Rob Gronkowski (six for 102 and a score).

"Last year on third downs — and even on first downs — our linebackers were getting exposed in space," Dolphins General Manager Jeff Ireland said during Friday's TV broadcast.

That's why Ireland admitted it was "important" to make changes at the position.
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http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/...hins-0822-20110821,0,3491598.column?track=rss
 
I think Crowder is still trying to catch the TE from most of the games last year.
 
That was a terrible interview. Olsen is right, what do these guys wanted him to say? Particularly if Carolina didn't gameplan or call a lot of routes he thinks would be more effective...

But the reporters apparently had the article written in their minds and wanted some quotes. I hate it when they put players in that position.

That's not to say I didn't like what I saw on the field; in spite of some breakdowns in coverage (I seem to recall a long pass to Shockey on the first drive) they played alright. But I do agree with Olsen - it was alright. Much better than last year, sure, but he doesn't *have* to know that... he's on a different conference, for starters.
 
Let's hope so, that's exactly what Miami's D has been in recent years for TE's, an amusement park. I really think Dansby and now adding Burnett will help stop it.
 
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