Anyone can claim we suck. How about a solution to fixing things for this team this year. And let's be realistic here. Mularkey is not going to get fired and its unlikely that Daunte will be benched for a fairly solid performance(no turnovers and almost leading the game tying drive). So how about some "realistic" suggestions for righting the team. If you just here to be negative without real suggestions start another Dolphins suck thread.
How about some constructive criticism.
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WarriorWelker83
"People know me"
Can we sign like Larry Little, Jim Langer, Richmond Webb, and Bob Kuchenberg or something.
brandon1986
this is the dolphins time
if firing mularkey is unlikely, the phins should move him down to the field so he can hear what the players are saying, and the complaints and what they see on the field
isnt berger coming to the oline soon? lets hope he can help the oline
give ronnie the ball 25+ times
and try more shots down field
start bell over tillman
isnt berger coming to the oline soon? lets hope he can help the oline
give ronnie the ball 25+ times
and try more shots down field
start bell over tillman
PHINishinStrong
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http://www.finheaven.com/boardvb2/showthread.php?t=162512 heres something to think about
pigskinguy
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ralexand said:
Well than I don't us improving any time soon.
flintsilver7
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ralexand said:
1) Bringing in Mike Mularkey was a horrible mistake. The majority of Bills fans and Steelers fans will tell you all about how bad his play calling is. We've seen horrible misutilization of our offense in four games, for example. Ronnie Brown should be getting 25-30 carries a game.
2) Bringing in Daunte Culpepper was a horrible mistake. The guy never actually accomplished anything in Minnesota, whether he was working with Randy Moss or not. (In Minnesota, they actually allowed him to throw to his primary receiver.) He holds the ball too long and has a penchant for turning the ball over. This is not new. Daunte has two touchdowns in four games, which is pathetic and is exactly the same number of TD passes A.J. Feeley had in the first four games in 2004. He didn't even play full-time in those games.
3) Our defense is horribly misutilized. Zach Thomas is one of the league's best 4-3 middle linebackers. He is probably one of the league's worst blitzing linebackers. The 4-3 defense in Miami was extremely effective with largely the same personnel we have here now. Switching to the 3-4 in any capacity is a mistake. For that matter, letting go of our entire secondary was a mistake as well.
4) Nick Saban has managed to hire two failed head coaches as coordinators and it's paid off. For all his hype, he's accomplished nothing and does not appear to be heading in a positive direction.
So, the moral of the story is:
1) Fire Mularkey immediately. Hire an offensive coordinator who will properly use the offense.
2) We're screwed here, since our entire quarterback roster includes another (even worse) quarterback and a guy who's never played a down. Maybe with a very high pick next year we can take Brady Quinn or Troy Smith or SOMEBODY who can run the offense efffectively. Given time to throw (such as the line provided in 2005) A.J. Feeley or Jay Fiedler would've been significantly better.
3) & 4) This is actually a simple solution. Send Nick Saban and his BS "sports psychology" back to college where he can clap when his team loses to I-AA teams (much like the Dolphins did today). Jim Bates, no longer in the NFL as far as I know, can come back and work with an actually talented team AND properly utilize the defense.
You might not like what I have to say, but it's closer to the truth than you'll get from the blind homers.
DolfanISS
Perennial All-Pro
We need to call more short quick passes to take some pressure of the O-line. It would be a good idea to not run everytime your QB is under center and not go shotgun on every pass, kind of gives things away. We need to find a RG and stick with him. Flipflopping the offensive line is not going to improve it. What this line lacks in ability, it needs to make some of that up in pride because they look like a bunch of jackasses out there and I sure hope they feel that way. Chambers, Booker and McMichael need to be more involved and we need to take more shots down the field to loosen up the defenses. We need to blitz less often, it's a guaranteed completion and nice gain when we don't get there. Besides I thought blitzing was based mostly on surprise, how is it surprise when you do it on every big defensive down.
Other than that. I'd say we're in good shape D:.
Other than that. I'd say we're in good shape D:.
westernnyphinfa
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ralexand said:
Fixing for what reason? so we can win 9 games and move up out of a good draft position?
Honestly if you really want to fix things hears what we should do. IMO
Stay in 2 Te single back sets with 2 wr's and run at minimum 30 times a game,(I don't care how few or how bad our avg per carry is) max protect and use playaction, no gimmick runs no traps cause our offensive line can't do them, straight dive plays.
Keep the offensive simple for the rest of this year cause our offensive line is one of the worst in the league.
Defensively, simple STOP BLITZING, or sending the farm for that matter, I'm so sick of us sending 3 or 4 extra blitzers on 3rd and long plays and giving up big plays, our front four should be fine maybe send Channing or Keith Newman, don't and I repeat don't blitz Zach anymore. Bring players to the line and show blitz but drop them in coverage.
Shotgun on 1st down is embarrassing, we become one dimensional way to quickly.
westernnyphinfa
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flintsilver7 said:
We spent to much on QB's this offseason, drafting a QB would not be smart IMO, we need to improve our offensive line, and bring in some linebackers that Fit the Capers/Saban 3-4 scheme.
DolfanISS
Perennial All-Pro
westernnyphinfa said:
One more wrinkle to that plan. Signing Steve McNair, or keeping Gus, and drafting a QB of the future would have been the perfect plan.
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Give the ball to Ronnie Brown to run rather than to throw. I think most people can recognize that Daunte is not 100%, so I wonder why Mularkey isn't running the ball more with Brown. Since the offensive line has been awful why not run some quick 3-step drops.
The truth is that Ronnie hasn't exactly lit it up. Most of our runs on first down today yielded 1 or 2 yards and the reason we're in shotgun is because the protection is breaking down.djfresh47 said:
I would start off the game in hurry up mode. I would have Booker and Welker switch off at that position since Daunte likes going to Welker and Welker makes the catch when thrown too. I would give thought to bringing Mularkey on the field. That's what the vikes did with Linehan when the offense was struggling. I would say run Ronnie Brown more but that's kind of silly when it tends to lead you to 3rd and long if the holes aren't there to run in. I would call more rollouts and move the pocket plays. I would get more creative overall on offense. I would make sure Chambers touches the ball at least 5 times the first quarter even if it means end arounds and wr screens. I would run the gadget plays early in the game not when they are crucial to winning and losing. I would blitz more with Newman. That's his specialty. Zach isn't getting it done in the dog :tongue: .
That's it. Let's beat the pats.
You gotta take Daunte out, every team has us figured out put pressure on Daunte and he chokes. Saban even said it in his postgame but you think he'll do anything about it? Highly unlikely Saban is to passive he takes no action all he ever says is we need to execute better...He needs to have some balls put Cleo in there he's the most mobile of our QB's he broke some tackles and avoided sacks impressively during the pre season. doesnt matter how accurate or great your qb is if he spends 90% of the game on his back and costs you 20 yards in sacks every drive. Desperate times call for desperate measures.