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News and notes on a Friday:

### A bunch of notable nuggets from Pro Football Focus' analysis of the Dolphins-Bears game:

1) Offensively, PFF gave positive grades to four of the Dolphins' five starting offensive linemen. Billy Turner got the best grade (a 1.0) and Dallas Thomas had a barely positive grade (.2). Mike Pouncey had the only negative grade among the starters (-.1). Turner played 33 snaps, compared with 24 for Jason Fox and Thomas and 17 for Pouncey and Ja'Wuan James.

Among the backup offensive linemen, Jamil Douglas got good marks (1.1) and JD Walton (-4.1) and Donald Hawkins (-3.0) got the worst of any offensive linemen. Walton, who started for the Giants last season, is trailing Sam Brenner for the backup center job.

2) The Dolphins gave fairly equal snaps to all four players competing for the No. 3 tight end job: Gerrell Robinson (21), Jake Stoneburner and Tim Semisch (19 apiece) and Arthur Lynch (18). PFF gave all four negative grades, with Semisch graded the worst.

3) Hawkins played the most snaps offensively (56), followed by Jacques McClendon (46), Kevin Cone and JD Walton (35 apiece), Jeff Linkenbach (34) and Cobi Hamilton (33).

4) Miami's worst grade on offense went to Mike Gillislee (minus 4.3). Besides fumbling, Gillislee allowed two quarterback hurries. PFF gave the Dolphins' best offensive grade to Dion Sims (plus 1.4).

5) Ryan Tannehill was 5 for 5 for 37 yards on balls thrown between 1 and 9 yards and 1 for 1 for 19 yards on his only ball thrown between 11 and 20 yards (to Greg Jennings). His one incompletion was batted down.

6) Defensively, Anthony Johnson --- who had three neutral zone infractions --- had Miami's worst grade (minus 5.3). Miami's three best grades on defense were given to DeAndre Coleman (2.), linebacker Zach Vigil (1.9) and linebacker Mike Hull (1.4).

7) Jordan Kovacs and Cedric Thompson played the most snaps on defense --- 57 and 47, respectively. They're competing for the fifth safety job, and Thompson would presumably be the front-runner if the two players are very close. But Thompson missed chances to make plays on Chicago's final two touchdowns.

8) Chris McCain played the fewest snaps of any Miami defender (just eight) because Miami started only two linebackers and McCain injured his ankle (nothing serious) when he stepped on Derrick Shelby late in the first half.

9) Here's how the cornerbacks did: Tony Lippett (39 snaps, only pass thrown against him completed for 8 yards); Zack Bowman (31 snaps, allowed 4 of 5 passes to be caught for 33 yards); Bobby McCain (31 snaps, allowed 2 of 2 passes to be caught for 15 yards and had two holding penalties); Will Davis (29 snaps, 2 for 4 passes caught for 29 yards); Jamar Taylor (23 snaps, 1 of 2 completed for 6 yards), Brice McCain (16 snaps, not targeted); Brent Grimes (9 snaps, not targeted).

10) Walt Aikens, filling in for Louis Delmas, played the most among the starters on defense (39 snaps) and was solid. PFF gave him a .6 grade.

11) Though Zach Vigil did a lot of good things (including a sack), all four passes thrown against him were caught, for 32 yards.

12) PFF gave negative grades across the board to Miami on special teams. Coverage on punts and kickoffs wasn't good enough.

If you missed it, please see the last post for position-by-position analysis of last night's game.

OTHER STUFF

### Sun Life Financial’s naming rights deal with the Dolphins expires at the end of January, and the Dolphins tell us that Sun Life’s name is coming off the stadium in early February regardless of whether Miami has reached a deal with a new naming rights partner or not. The Dolphins, who are rebranding their facility as a new stadium, expect to have a new stadium name by next August.
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Would it kill the Dolphins to have the stadium sponsors name not be so prominent. Can't it be Joe Robbie stadium brought to you by blah blah blah fatmouth? Or something similar? Or at least get a badass sponsor like Harley-Davidson whatever we could friggin wind up with like Downey fabric softener stadium


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That's pretty much in line with what I saw. Lippett saw that many snaps with no major missteps. Impressive. AJ and Bobby McCain's level of play were definitely the most disappointing to me.
 
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News and notes on a Friday:
### A bunch of notable nuggets from Pro Football Focus' analysis of the Dolphins-Bears game:

1) Offensively, PFF gave positive grades to four of the Dolphins' five starting offensive linemen. Billy Turner got the best grade (a 1.0) and Dallas Thomas had a barely positive grade (.2). Mike Pouncey had the only negative grade among the starters (-.1). Turner played 33 snaps, compared with 24 for Jason Fox and Thomas and 17 for Pouncey and Ja'Wuan James.

Among the backup offensive linemen, Jamil Douglas got good marks (1.1) and JD Walton (-4.1) and Donald Hawkins (-3.0) got the worst of any offensive linemen. Walton, who started for the Giants last season, is trailing Sam Brenner for the backup center job.

2) The Dolphins gave fairly equal snaps to all four players competing for the No. 3 tight end job: Gerrell Robinson (21), Jake Stoneburner and Tim Semisch (19 apiece) and Arthur Lynch (18). PFF gave all four negative grades, with Semisch graded the worst.

3) Hawkins played the most snaps offensively (56), followed by Jacques McClendon (46), Kevin Cone and JD Walton (35 apiece), Jeff Linkenbach (34) and Cobi Hamilton (33).

4) Miami's worst grade on offense went to Mike Gillislee (minus 4.3). Besides fumbling, Gillislee allowed two quarterback hurries. PFF gave the Dolphins' best offensive grade to Dion Sims (plus 1.4).

5) Ryan Tannehill was 5 for 5 for 37 yards on balls thrown between 1 and 9 yards and 1 for 1 for 19 yards on his only ball thrown between 11 and 20 yards (to Greg Jennings). His one incompletion was batted down.

6) Defensively, Anthony Johnson --- who had three neutral zone infractions --- had Miami's worst grade (minus 5.3). Miami's three best grades on defense were given to DeAndre Coleman (2.), linebacker Zach Vigil (1.9) and linebacker Mike Hull (1.4).

7) Jordan Kovacs and Cedric Thompson played the most snaps on defense --- 57 and 47, respectively. They're competing for the fifth safety job, and Thompson would presumably be the front-runner if the two players are very close. But Thompson missed chances to make plays on Chicago's final two touchdowns.

8) Chris McCain played the fewest snaps of any Miami defender (just eight) because Miami started only two linebackers and McCain injured his ankle (nothing serious) when he stepped on Derrick Shelby late in the first half.

9) Here's how the cornerbacks did: Tony Lippett (39 snaps, only pass thrown against him completed for 8 yards); Zack Bowman (31 snaps, allowed 4 of 5 passes to be caught for 33 yards); Bobby McCain (31 snaps, allowed 2 of 2 passes to be caught for 15 yards and had two holding penalties); Will Davis (29 snaps, 2 for 4 passes caught for 29 yards); Jamar Taylor (23 snaps, 1 of 2 completed for 6 yards), Brice McCain (16 snaps, not targeted); Brent Grimes (9 snaps, not targeted).

10) Walt Aikens, filling in for Louis Delmas, played the most among the starters on defense (39 snaps) and was solid. PFF gave him a .6 grade.
11) Though Zach Vigil did a lot of good things (including a sack), all four passes thrown against him were caught, for 32 yards.

12) PFF gave negative grades across the board to Miami on special teams. Coverage on punts and kickoffs wasn't good enough.
If you missed it, please see the last post for position-by-position analysis of last night's game.

http://miamiherald.typepad.com/spor...ia-rejects-overtures-marlins-issues-heat.html
 
What a surprise - kick coverage wasn't good. Under Rizzi, our ST had been very inconsistent. Block a FG one game, then give up a 65 yard kickoff return the next.
 
I had Anthony Johnson in the drivers seat before the game . . . . he had an awful game while A.J. Francis "ubered" his way back into the conversation.

With CJ Mosley playing for peanuts and as a proven reliable player next to Suh . . . . he could very well be considered a "lock" by the team . . . . so that 5th DT spot (assuming we do go 5 DTs, which we probably will) is between these 2 guys.

May the best man win.
 
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Kdawg954 said:
I had Anthony Johnson in the drivers seat before the game . . . . he had an awful game while A.J. Francis "ubered" his way back into the conversation.

With CJ Mosley playing for peanuts and as a proven reliable player next to Suh . . . . he could very well be considered a "lock" by the team . . . . so that 5th DT spot (assuming we do go 5 DTs, which we probably will) is between these 2 guys.

May the best man win.
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Remember the 53 roster thread comversation. I thought about that as Johnson was having a bad game.
 
I had forgot A.J. was still on the team. He's been invisible in camp (never mentioned by the local reporters) but showed up strong in the game.
3 penalties on Johnson did not help his chances but we still have 3 games so battle on.
 
Sounds fair on the OL from what I saw and what some others have posted. Small sampling but a good showing for what it was. Looking forward to seeing us vs Carolina, a much bigger test.
 
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