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Geezus...

it has been the D that has let this team down, not "Henne's arm..."
Chargers
Colts
Falcons

The key for the D is simply this.

To Blitz or Not To Blitz?
Can our DB's cover their WR's long enough to disrupt Brees?
Can we put pressure to disrupt Brees w o blitzing?

We'll run the ball well.
We'll score our share of points.

Can we stop the #1 team in NFL - which happens to be pass happy and almost a carbon copy of the Colts except Saints have better running game?

My call:

We play bump man coverage and maul WR's at the LOS.
We overload Blitzes on 1st and 2nd and long yardarge 3rd's.
We play Nickle and Dime
We get Brees dirty

We win.

Nuf said
 
It's about offense too.

The team who has the most points wins

And guess where points mostly come from ? ;)

Miami has averaged 31 points in the 3 home games this year. That's a good high average. That must continue.
 
We control the ball like we did against Indy and keep Brees on the bench, like we did to Peyton Manning.....only this time, our defense doesn't take the night off and they show up and tackle people. Great concept!!!!!
 
Please let Sean Smith make another incredible interception like he did against them in the preseason...
 
mcteems said:
Yeah, that's it. This game is all on the defense. LOL... I know that's rough, but they need to have a tight gameplan in this one. Miami's offense is already rockin' and rollin'. They have a good system in place that will produce points. It's already proven through 5 games. But the defense has been up and down all season.

This is the game that changes everything for the defense. The D-LINE must be responsible for pressure on Brees all game. That means fresh legs and plenty of rotating. The LINE BACKERS need to play the short pass most of the time. They need to show they can swat passes away and tackle without yards after the catch allowed. AND the LBs will be asked to pressure sometimes with blitzes. Don't get stupid with the blitzes. Use them to finish off an opponent.

The secondary... oh the secondary. No penalties. No big plays. Just about a perfect peformance. Can you handle it? They will need to blanket WRs. Bell has already played against the best TEs in the league. He should be able to cover Shockey. Our DBs should be able to bottle up Colston. No big plays for him.
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What has MIA shown to date to be able to do either of the two? MIA still has shown NO ability to cover a TE between the hashes and stop the deep ball to opposing teams WR's. Shoulda Woulda Coulda don't get things done. Shockey against our ILBs, edge to Shockey. Colston against undersized Allen or rookie Smith, edge to Colston. Bell and Wilson have shown to be a step or 2 late getting to their assignments in the pass defense game.
I don't see anything changing unless they play a different scheme of Cover 2 all night.
 
I really struggle to understand why other teams are able to use linebackers on blitzes so effectively and we can't. It seems just about every other team has linebackers shooting the gaps when they want to. When we do it, our inside 'backers just get caught up in the line and hardly get any pressure, and Taylor/Porter seem easily shoved wide and back around.

Is it schemes? Do our backers just stink? Are two of them over the hill?

Given how ineffective our blitzing has been, my tendency would be to just keep them back and try to generate pressure with the D-line. But we saw how well that worked for the Giants (though Giants didn't try to jam WRs at the line).

Seriously, where the hell is our pass rush??
 
Key to pressure Brees is the same thing the Jets did - weak side overload blitz, bring more than they can block. Make him throw before he wants to, before the play can develop.
 
:crazy:I think the key for the Dolphins winning is to put 6 corners and 5 safeties on the field.let Brees run up to the scrimmage line and throw.I'm not sure if that's a legal ,but I think it might work.
bob
 
phinfreak said:
Geezus...

it has been the D that has let this team down, not "Henne's arm..."
Chargers
Colts
Falcons

The key for the D is simply this.

To Blitz or Not To Blitz?
Can our DB's cover their WR's long enough to disrupt Brees?
Can we put pressure to disrupt Brees w o blitzing?

We'll run the ball well.
We'll score our share of points.

Can we stop the #1 team in NFL - which happens to be pass happy and almost a carbon copy of the Colts except Saints have better running game?

My call:

We play bump man coverage and maul WR's at the LOS.
We overload Blitzes on 1st and 2nd and long yardarge 3rd's.
We play Nickle and Dime
We get Brees dirty

We win.

Nuf said[/qu

the defense needs to step up.. if we could get good to above average play from our d this team could really put some wins together.. if henne and the offense can keep putting points up like they have.. and the d clicks.. i really like our chances against anyone.. go fins :hi5:
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The defense MUST get turnovers in this game, or we lose. simple as that.

After seeing the saints hang 48 on the GIants defense, I dont have alot of confidence that miami's D will get alot of stops.
We can't trade off possession-for-possession with the saints, and expect to outscore them. no way. I dont care how long we keep the ball on each drive. we have to take the ball away on a couple of their possessions.
 
tfh_rules said:
The defense MUST get turnovers in this game, or we lose. simple as that.

After seeing the saints hang 48 on the GIants defense, I dont have alot of confidence that miami's D will get alot of stops.
We can't trade off possession-for-possession with the saints, and expect to outscore them. no way. I dont care how long we keep the ball on each drive. we have to take the ball away on a couple of their possessions.
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the saints hardly ran the ball becacuse the giants are without there two best players in the secondary.... aaron ross is just about "the other revis".... and kenny phillips has sean taylor ability... they were severly overmatched... our secondary rivals that of the Jets or Bills... both teams who held brees in check, but not henne.
 
Who exactly are you calling stupid?


Ummm, Mods why is this post not removed yet? I thought posts like that weren't allowed let alone the entire thread being titled with it? Lol?

where are the mods on this one?
 
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