Well That was my first trip to that stadium....I was very impressed with the stadium and the staff. I was joking around with most of them before the game. Now inside the stadium, we were let in at 6, there were a few players from Mia warming up. Cleo Lemon was running pass patterns with I believe Gibson. Of course the kickers came out and started the punting and FG drills.
Miami players starting comming out and a few of the Carl players. Culpepper was out there kinda early, He was warming up with some of the many asst. coaches and McMicheal was out there. I was down in the corner 5 rows up and was watching the Panthers players start comming out a few at a time. I had'nt noticed but Chambers was doing his stretches and Steve Smith came over. They spent about 10 mins talking as Smith squatted down beside him. They seemed like best friends. I snapped a few pics of that. The rest of the team headed out on the field and Pepper was throwing the ball strong. Everyone thinks he has a limp. NO. He does not have a limp at all. Saban and Fox were taking before the game and I was surprised at how short and thin Saban is.
We better get that man some food, quick. Well as for the game, sorry I took awhile to get to the main part. I went there expecting to see a tight def game. That's what we got. Carl. seemed to struggle with the zone blitz packages that we threw at them. Taylor was lining up all over the place before the snap then moving to his end position but the look the Qb seen made Delhomme make some bad reads. He changed a few plays before the snap and again the different looks were giving the Lineman fits. We seemed to play alot of the zones and and blitz few. Guys Do'nt keep beating up Allen. His first play he lined up against Keyshaun. I was going OMG...here we go. But they ran.
Then he was in coverage against him most of the night. He did a good job for someone thats been in camp as short a time as he had. He is being tested by Saban and he is saying , If your that good prove it to me. He is trying. The def packages that we have are not a pice of cake. Miami did well on Def early to have had Welker to fumble that early. The other DB number 20 was awful. He let mr 3rd wr Carter toast him. He was holding and getting to the ball too early for pass interference. He was getting an earful on the sidelines. The Off in the 1st half was the story of Culpepper having time for crossing patterns and the TE being a big part of the Off and Ronnie Brown not waiting for blocks.
Culpepper first, He is great in the middle of the field, his size really is an advantage for looking across the middle. But as for his sideline timing patterns there needs to be better timing. He short hopped a few. And guess what else we have a QB that can QB sneak. I was so excited to see that. I thought they should have doen that again at the goal-line. But when the O-line does'nt block no one would have gotten in. Chambers is a Wr God right now. He is going to be talked about with Harrison,Johnson, and Smiths this yr. What hands on the sidleine catch. And the Pass Interference from what I seen thats a ticky tack call. I was dis-pleased with the choice of not going for the TD the second time. I was thinking Saban is into winning the game on the scoreboard. I wanted him to go for it. I am a homer. Listen guys look at the stats. Our 1st team vs theirs. We beat them on both sides of the ball last night. We just did'nt take advantage of our opp. 2xs within the Opps 2 and we come away with 3 points. Now for the stinker of the night. Not-So-Special teams. They over-ran their lanes. We fumble. We couldn't tackle them. Made me think that we might be forgeting about this unit as a whole.
How many times do Special teams decide games. The great coaches spend alot of time in this area. This past week I don't think we did. I would hate to think that we need tacklers on this unit but we cannot go into the yr doing this. Second Half ....I was surprised to see C-Pep not out there, I was being Greedy. But Harrington is a good backup for us. He worked with the first unit against their 2nd unit d-line but their starters in the sec. He moved the team well and I think is an asset to the team. We have a BAck-up in case we need one. God Forbid. Harrington did look at his primary Wr alot but they were open alot too. Chambers made the juggling catch and that got the fans quite in there. But when Marcus Vick came out his first time to return a punt he got booed, i mean really loudly. He is quick on his feet. He will make a nice pickup on the practice squad. A few more notes......Matt Roth..came to play someone lite a fire under his butt he was very quick off the ball. Hagens got into a kicking match off camera witha backup Carl DB. When the cuts happen..We wont have the 2 punters and 2 Ks there...Mare and Jones look solid. Sorry this is a long write -up but I had a good time. We were proud to be wearing the Phins gear at the stadium along with the other 5 or 6 thousand with us. Be proud of our team.......THEY are going in the right direction......:dolphins:
Miami players starting comming out and a few of the Carl players. Culpepper was out there kinda early, He was warming up with some of the many asst. coaches and McMicheal was out there. I was down in the corner 5 rows up and was watching the Panthers players start comming out a few at a time. I had'nt noticed but Chambers was doing his stretches and Steve Smith came over. They spent about 10 mins talking as Smith squatted down beside him. They seemed like best friends. I snapped a few pics of that. The rest of the team headed out on the field and Pepper was throwing the ball strong. Everyone thinks he has a limp. NO. He does not have a limp at all. Saban and Fox were taking before the game and I was surprised at how short and thin Saban is.
We better get that man some food, quick. Well as for the game, sorry I took awhile to get to the main part. I went there expecting to see a tight def game. That's what we got. Carl. seemed to struggle with the zone blitz packages that we threw at them. Taylor was lining up all over the place before the snap then moving to his end position but the look the Qb seen made Delhomme make some bad reads. He changed a few plays before the snap and again the different looks were giving the Lineman fits. We seemed to play alot of the zones and and blitz few. Guys Do'nt keep beating up Allen. His first play he lined up against Keyshaun. I was going OMG...here we go. But they ran.
Then he was in coverage against him most of the night. He did a good job for someone thats been in camp as short a time as he had. He is being tested by Saban and he is saying , If your that good prove it to me. He is trying. The def packages that we have are not a pice of cake. Miami did well on Def early to have had Welker to fumble that early. The other DB number 20 was awful. He let mr 3rd wr Carter toast him. He was holding and getting to the ball too early for pass interference. He was getting an earful on the sidelines. The Off in the 1st half was the story of Culpepper having time for crossing patterns and the TE being a big part of the Off and Ronnie Brown not waiting for blocks.
Culpepper first, He is great in the middle of the field, his size really is an advantage for looking across the middle. But as for his sideline timing patterns there needs to be better timing. He short hopped a few. And guess what else we have a QB that can QB sneak. I was so excited to see that. I thought they should have doen that again at the goal-line. But when the O-line does'nt block no one would have gotten in. Chambers is a Wr God right now. He is going to be talked about with Harrison,Johnson, and Smiths this yr. What hands on the sidleine catch. And the Pass Interference from what I seen thats a ticky tack call. I was dis-pleased with the choice of not going for the TD the second time. I was thinking Saban is into winning the game on the scoreboard. I wanted him to go for it. I am a homer. Listen guys look at the stats. Our 1st team vs theirs. We beat them on both sides of the ball last night. We just did'nt take advantage of our opp. 2xs within the Opps 2 and we come away with 3 points. Now for the stinker of the night. Not-So-Special teams. They over-ran their lanes. We fumble. We couldn't tackle them. Made me think that we might be forgeting about this unit as a whole.
How many times do Special teams decide games. The great coaches spend alot of time in this area. This past week I don't think we did. I would hate to think that we need tacklers on this unit but we cannot go into the yr doing this. Second Half ....I was surprised to see C-Pep not out there, I was being Greedy. But Harrington is a good backup for us. He worked with the first unit against their 2nd unit d-line but their starters in the sec. He moved the team well and I think is an asset to the team. We have a BAck-up in case we need one. God Forbid. Harrington did look at his primary Wr alot but they were open alot too. Chambers made the juggling catch and that got the fans quite in there. But when Marcus Vick came out his first time to return a punt he got booed, i mean really loudly. He is quick on his feet. He will make a nice pickup on the practice squad. A few more notes......Matt Roth..came to play someone lite a fire under his butt he was very quick off the ball. Hagens got into a kicking match off camera witha backup Carl DB. When the cuts happen..We wont have the 2 punters and 2 Ks there...Mare and Jones look solid. Sorry this is a long write -up but I had a good time. We were proud to be wearing the Phins gear at the stadium along with the other 5 or 6 thousand with us. Be proud of our team.......THEY are going in the right direction......:dolphins:
