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When the Dolphins visited New England in late October, they took extra precautions to guard against potential malfeasance, multiple sources tell the Miami Herald.




The extra staffing ensured that no Patriots employee would have any reason to touch (and potentially tamper with) their gear ahead of or during the Thursday night game.

There will be no such concerns when the two teams meet again in Sunday’s season finale. The game is in Miami Gardens.

But history has shown, at least when it comes to the Patriots, that it’s not paranoia if they’re actually out to get you.

Some context:



▪ Visiting teams have consistently complained about malfunctioning headsets at Gillette Stadium, making it all but impossible to communicate remotely during games. Steelers coach Mike Tomlin was particularly heated in the season opener, when Pittsburgh’s coaches could only hear the Patriots’ radio broadcast for long stretches of the game. The NFL later said the malfunction was a result of a stadium power infrastructure issue, exacerbated by inclement weather.

▪ Four days before the Dolphins visited the Patriots in October, the NFL swept the visiting Jets’ locker room for bugs, per multiple published reports. There were conflicting reports about whether the sweep was done at the Jets’ behest or simply part of the league’s regular security protocol. But based on the two franchises’ history, many didn’t see it as a coincidence.
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Mike Tannenbaum was the Jets’ general manager at that time. He is now the Dolphins’ executive vice president of football operations. So while the decision to travel heavier than normal was an organizational one, it’s no surprise that the Dolphins took those extra precautions during their first trip to Foxboro with Tannenbaum in charge.

When the schedule came out last spring, Tannenbaum thought this week’s rematch might be for the AFC East title. Instead, nothing is on the line for the Dolphins but draft positioning.

The Dolphins are expected to launch a wide search for a new head coach next week, and some believe Mangini could reunite with Tannenbaum in South Florida, either as a head coach or an assistant.
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Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article52179240.html#storylink=cpy
 
The dolphins could know the entire patriot playbook, all play signs and be given their actual list of plays in order and they would probably lose
 
"The Dolphins are expected to launch a wide search for a new head coach next week"

Seriously? We're JUST GETTING GOING ON THIS? We fired our guy in September, long before anyone else will, outside of Tennessee. We should have our guy LINED UP right now and ready to announce at either our season's end or the end of the season of the team where this unknown coach currently resides. Everyone agree with this thinking? Once again, we're totally unprepared if the above quote is accurate.
 
As Bum Phillips once said about shula, Dan Campbell can take his'n lose your'n and take your'n and lose to his'n


Yea umm lol
 
Albert Romano said:
Either that or he goes wow they really only have 12 plays they run....
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Playbook is probably a couple pages of photo copied post it notes...and not a whole stack of them. The 12-15 of them that fall off the bottom after getting through about 1/4 of the stack.
 
We only run 6 plays.
1. Off tackle cut back left side
2. Screen
3. Slant
4. 15 yard in route
5. Sideline pass - 5 yards behind the sticks
6. 15 yard sack
 
Trifecta Nation said:
"The Dolphins are expected to launch a wide search for a new head coach next week"

Seriously? We're JUST GETTING GOING ON THIS? We fired our guy in September, long before anyone else will, outside of Tennessee. We should have our guy LINED UP right now and ready to announce at either our season's end or the end of the season of the team where this unknown coach currently resides. Everyone agree with this thinking? Once again, we're totally unprepared if the above quote is accurate.
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The quote is fine. They have been researching since Philbin was fired but cannot interview NFL coaches until the season ends therefore a wide search will commence next week. Do you really think they have not discussed who they want to target?
 
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