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Interesting take on Fins/Packers game from Green Bay media...

I love the cowards that like to talk ****, but then not want people to know who they are.

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Ruckus45 said:
How about a synopsis? Link won't open
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Here's a good portion of it, but then it gets into more detail on each part of the team.

Green Bay — It's probably safe to say that if Joe Philbin could pick one game for his Miami Dolphins not only to win but also to dominate, it would be the Green Bay Packers on Sunday at Sun Life Stadium.

"I wouldn't underestimate that element but he'll downplay it, though," an executive in personnel for an NFL team said Tuesday. "This is a big game for Joe Philbin. It is his former team. He's two, three years removed but he spent 10, 11 years up there."

Philbin is the first and only one of Mike McCarthy's assistant coaches to become a coach in the NFL. After a three-year stint under Mike Sherman, Philbin worked under McCarthy from 2006-'11.

With a 17-19 record in his third season, Philbin might need a winning record or playoff berth to return in 2015 for a franchise still feeling the ignominy of the bullying scandal a year ago.

As many as six starters might return Sunday as the Dolphins, a 3½-point underdog, look to build off a 38-14 rout of Oakland on Sept. 28 and a bye week.

"The Dolphins fooled some people with the win over Oakland," an NFC personnel man said. "This really is a very pedestrian team. I don't think Miami can score two touchdowns."

The scout called it for Green Bay, 31-13. He hesitated only because the Packers will have to play in forecast 85-degree weather.

"The weather will probably be their biggest opponent," the executive said. "Green Bay is hitting a rhythm and I see Miami being exposed and heading in the other direction.

"Miami can put pressure on you with the people up front but they're not very good at linebacker or in the secondary. They're trying to get some chemistry with their O-line, and their receivers are very average across the board.

"The quarterback (Ryan Tannehill) is hot and cold. They talked about starting somebody else instead of him. I don't see him as the problem as much as his supporting cast."

Another NFL personnel man forecast a Green Bay triumph by 28-24.

"The Dolphins will try to mix and match pressures, try to keep Aaron Rodgers guessing," he said. "They have to get this quarterback rattled, and with that comes some exposure in coverage.

"I think I'd lean on Aaron Rodgers putting the ball in the right place against their efforts to slow him down."
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Struggling w. LBs and secondary. Check.
Receivers very average across the board. Check.
Ryan not as much the problem as is a pedestrian supporting cast. Check.

It's a very realistic view. Nothing some of us haven't been highlighting for awhile.

LD
 
Sounds like no respect from GB.
 
LDaniel7 said:
Struggling w. LBs and secondary. Check.
Receivers very average across the board. Check.
Ryan not as much the problem as is a pedestrian supporting cast. Check.

It's a very realistic view. Nothing some of us haven't been highlighting for awhile.

LD
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if it's very realistic, wonder why the assclown has to hide. that's my only beef. you want to say something, don't be a coward.
 
I take no merit in unnamed people with random scores. I also rarely take consideration for named talking heads on tv predicting games. People laughed when I said we would whoop the Pats. People and the media especially underestimate this squad. Will it be close? Probably. Does Philbin really want to win this? Of course. Is there anything new to see here? Nah.

No knock on the OP- the media is the same ole media.
 
Based on our two losses, they're spot on. And with Oakland, no one's gonna take that seriously. Big game for us! Offense needs to get in rythm early because they arent coming from being here!
 
truedolfan57 said:
I love the cowards that like to talk ****, but then not want people to know who they are.

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Here's a good portion of it, but then it gets into more detail on each part of the team.
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I agree with some of that but I don't think they'll beat us by 18 points.

The reason it's anonymous is that teams typically take a VERY dim view of their employees bashing other teams on the record. If you're an NFL front office employee or scout and you come on the record and put your name on something that gives another team bulletin board material and gets your name + your team's name in the news, you are in big trouble.
 
LDaniel7 said:
Struggling w. LBs and secondary. Check.
Receivers very average across the board. Check.
Ryan not as much the problem as is a pedestrian supporting cast. Check.

It's a very realistic view. Nothing some of us haven't been highlighting for awhile.

LD
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Disagree.

1) LB's have actually been much improved this year, and that's while dealing with multiple injuries. Secondary also seems to be relatively solid with Grimes and Finnegan both playing decent. Certainly wouldn't call them struggling. Throw in a returning starting safety just for argument's sake.

2) While I guess you could argue that our 2, 3, and 4 receivers are relatively "average", Mike Wallace is far from your average receiver. Almost a joke that anyone would call him such. He's one of the fastest in the game, can virtually get open deep at will, and has been a pretty reliable playmaker from a number of different positions on the field.

3) And finally a pedestrian supporting cast =/= a top 5 rushing attack in the NFL. It's actually been Ryan's pedestrian 2nd and 3rd game that have hurt us more than our supporting cast. When Ryan and that pedestrian cast both sync, we've put up 30+.

A little shocked you'd lay down so quick to an anonymous, arrogant opinion coming out of GB camp.
 
J. David Wannyheimer said:
I agree with some of that but I don't think they'll beat us by 18 points.

The reason it's anonymous is that teams typically take a VERY dim view of their employees bashing other teams on the record. If you're an NFL front office employee or scout and you come on the record and put your name on something that gives another team bulletin board material and gets your name + your team's name in the news, you are in big trouble.
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then they should just do the same cookie cutter answers that all other coaches/gm's/scouts/etc say. but if you are going to call a team out, and say "I don't think they can score 2 td's", put your name on it, or don't say it at all. it's cowardly.
 
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