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NJFinFury2004
Guys, lets take a step back and think about what we seen last night. We seen a pretty talented Dolphin football team vs a well groomed machine in the Pittsburgh Steelers on a wet and sloppy field.
Keep in mind, Nick Saban has yet to prepare for his opponent, so when the Steelers blitz on every play, the O line has no game plan to use for it. IM sure if it was a regular season game, Houck would have installed blitz pickup pacakges and zones just for that and coordinated running plays with Linehan. I don't like the idea that our coaching staff doesn't even watch film of the opponent and prepare for it, but we have to keep this in mind when we are playing the games.
We are learning a brand new offense and defense, remember that. Vs a team that has been playing the same offense and defense for the last 14 years in Pittsburgh. Do we have some glaring weakness? Sure we do. And I think some of the better posters on the board would agree with me when I bring them to front;
Center: This is a glaring weakness and game planning or not, we need more productive play here, especially for the running game. Mckinney can't move anyone off the line and is consistenly pushed back into his own RB/QB. We can all hope that someone who is better than Mckinney is cut from another team.
QuarterBack: Can we please stop arguing about who is better Feeley or Frerrote? Yes Feeley had a good PCT last night, but threw dinks and dunks vs the Steelers B team. Frerrote had a terrible night, but was throwing the ball downfield, trying to make the Steelers pay for those Blitz's. He hit Welker once and besides that, he under threw everyone else. Lets keep in mind, Mcmichaels had his worst game as a Dolphin, preseason or not.
The point here is, neither one of these guys is good enough to be the starting QB in this league. I think Gus gives us a better chance to win because of his knowledge of the system and his ability to stay calm under pressure.
With that being said, since we have such talented backs in Ricky and Ronnie, there is still a good chance that once we start game planning to expose our opponents weakness, we can still be a surprise team. And we have nothing to lose at all, bringing in Tim Couch or Rohan Davey. I know , I know, Preseason is already over. But they could get up to speed quickly.
We have some positives to look at;
David Boston played well and looks like he will make the team
Wes Welker is Miami's Wayne Chrebet
Travis Daniels is a cornerback in the NFL and plays like one
Reggie Howards play seem to improve
The starting D although gave up some big plays, held the Steelers starting O to 0-6 on 3rd downs, EXCELLENT!
Channing Crowder was the steal of our draft.
Vern Carey's name wasn't called all of last night, he must be doing his job.
Sammy Morris: IM very happy we have this guy. We keep talking about Ricky and Ronnie while this guy continues to make plays for the team and avd 4 ypc last season and plays special teams.
Vonnie Holliday: Was getting a good push the whole time he was in there.
Yerimah Bell: Is playing well!!!
Next week we play the Bucs and Nick Saban will actually break their team down and game plan for them. That means study their weakness and power.. Don't toss in the towel. Yes we might not make the playoffs this season, but we will get better every week out there, that im pretty sure of. And next season, we will start the year with Travis Daniels and Will Poole as our corners, both under the age of 25.
To hit on a playoff spot this year, we need a few lucky breaks. We need for Tim Couch to come in here and play his *** off, take the starting Job and play like a number 1 pick should play. I know thats alot to ask, but stranger things have happen in the NFL. Muybe even Rohan Davey, that would be great too.
We also need that kid from the Eagles to start taking snaps at Center. Anyone know whats going on with him? Or a Center to be released from a team that can still play.
No need to throw the towel in yet. Lets see where we are next week when we play the Bucs.
GO FINS!!!
Keep in mind, Nick Saban has yet to prepare for his opponent, so when the Steelers blitz on every play, the O line has no game plan to use for it. IM sure if it was a regular season game, Houck would have installed blitz pickup pacakges and zones just for that and coordinated running plays with Linehan. I don't like the idea that our coaching staff doesn't even watch film of the opponent and prepare for it, but we have to keep this in mind when we are playing the games.
We are learning a brand new offense and defense, remember that. Vs a team that has been playing the same offense and defense for the last 14 years in Pittsburgh. Do we have some glaring weakness? Sure we do. And I think some of the better posters on the board would agree with me when I bring them to front;
Center: This is a glaring weakness and game planning or not, we need more productive play here, especially for the running game. Mckinney can't move anyone off the line and is consistenly pushed back into his own RB/QB. We can all hope that someone who is better than Mckinney is cut from another team.
QuarterBack: Can we please stop arguing about who is better Feeley or Frerrote? Yes Feeley had a good PCT last night, but threw dinks and dunks vs the Steelers B team. Frerrote had a terrible night, but was throwing the ball downfield, trying to make the Steelers pay for those Blitz's. He hit Welker once and besides that, he under threw everyone else. Lets keep in mind, Mcmichaels had his worst game as a Dolphin, preseason or not.
The point here is, neither one of these guys is good enough to be the starting QB in this league. I think Gus gives us a better chance to win because of his knowledge of the system and his ability to stay calm under pressure.
With that being said, since we have such talented backs in Ricky and Ronnie, there is still a good chance that once we start game planning to expose our opponents weakness, we can still be a surprise team. And we have nothing to lose at all, bringing in Tim Couch or Rohan Davey. I know , I know, Preseason is already over. But they could get up to speed quickly.
We have some positives to look at;
David Boston played well and looks like he will make the team
Wes Welker is Miami's Wayne Chrebet
Travis Daniels is a cornerback in the NFL and plays like one
Reggie Howards play seem to improve
The starting D although gave up some big plays, held the Steelers starting O to 0-6 on 3rd downs, EXCELLENT!
Channing Crowder was the steal of our draft.
Vern Carey's name wasn't called all of last night, he must be doing his job.
Sammy Morris: IM very happy we have this guy. We keep talking about Ricky and Ronnie while this guy continues to make plays for the team and avd 4 ypc last season and plays special teams.
Vonnie Holliday: Was getting a good push the whole time he was in there.
Yerimah Bell: Is playing well!!!
Next week we play the Bucs and Nick Saban will actually break their team down and game plan for them. That means study their weakness and power.. Don't toss in the towel. Yes we might not make the playoffs this season, but we will get better every week out there, that im pretty sure of. And next season, we will start the year with Travis Daniels and Will Poole as our corners, both under the age of 25.
To hit on a playoff spot this year, we need a few lucky breaks. We need for Tim Couch to come in here and play his *** off, take the starting Job and play like a number 1 pick should play. I know thats alot to ask, but stranger things have happen in the NFL. Muybe even Rohan Davey, that would be great too.
We also need that kid from the Eagles to start taking snaps at Center. Anyone know whats going on with him? Or a Center to be released from a team that can still play.
No need to throw the towel in yet. Lets see where we are next week when we play the Bucs.
GO FINS!!!
