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Jeff Darlington on WQAM with Joe Rose

Philbin to the players: as an organization we won't talk about anything that could potentially make things easier on our opponents, that includes injuries, who's on the 46, practices, schemes, anything really. Be smart.

Players: Pssssssst, hey reporter, did you know our QB isn't allowed to change plays?

Philbin: :bobdole:


Though it could be one big elaborate "bluff," like Moreno saying he would be out for another 6 weeks with a wry smile. Please let that be the case...
 
I agree with Wallace, just getting to the playoffs is a stupid goal. Fortunately, I don't think that is a goal of the coaching staff. I believe our only goal right now is to kick some ass statistically, to be one of the leaders in things like yards per attempt, passer rating, points for and against, etc and if you're able to do that results will follow.

If you're the top team statistically you will be a favorite to win the Super Bowl. Like last year for instance, depending on your criteria you could make a case for either the Broncos or Seahawks as the top team in the league based on stats. We are a top 5 team right now, we were as high as third on football outsiders team efficiency ranking and we are second on advanced football analytics ranking.

Last year Football Outsiders top 5 teams in their efficiency ranking were 3 of the final 4 in the playoffs, with the Seahawks 1, the Broncos 2 and the Patriots 5.

If you were going to put Super Bowl wagers on 6 teams, just based on the analytics to this point the Miami Dolphins should be one of those 6 (probably the best odds too).
 
I thought Jeff backed off a little from his article saying as long as they are winning the guys complaining about being targeted less will keep quiet. Said it's fine in the regular season to dink and dunk ala Pennington but multiple play drives all the time give defenses lots of chances for turnovers or mistakes. Still need the big chunk plays especially against good teams if (when) we make the playoffs. That's Wallace's main beef.
I'm ok with Tannehill not being allowed much freedom as far as audibles. As he gets better give him more flexablity to change calls.

i can not thank your post Roy but appreciate the input :up:
 
I think everybody is just passing the buck for the heartbreaking loss at Detroit. The defense is saying: hey, we forced a 3 and out and got them the ball back with the lead, we thought we did win the game. And the offense is saying: well, we couldn't do anything because we have no leeway to change plays.

I don't know if that "queasy" comment after the Green Bay game was an intentional deflection or if he was just being honest, but he should have taken a lesson from that. Don't let the blame game get started between the team, figure out a way to have 100% of it all focused on yourself.
 
Darlington is so close to the players.
 
Darlington is a reporter who's always had a pro dolphins slant from his days covering the team. I'm sure he has players tell him things especially guys like Hartline who have been here a while. I really don't think this is as big a deal as others have made it. Hartline , Gidson and others want the ball more. Mike wants to catch some deep passes. I've got no problem with that. Jeff chose to write about it which is his right. The team keeps winning and this means nothing. If the team goes on a losing streak the grumbling becomes louder and then i might be concerned.
 
Hey, if the WR's want the ball more, get mad at the oline first. Then get mad at themselves for not getting open. :lol:
 
Hayden Fox said:
Darlington is so close to the players.
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I know you are being facetious but he probably is with some of the guys who have been here awhile but that's only a few at this point.
Wallace on the other hand has never been shy about what he wants to happen with any of the reporters.
 
For once I'd like to see a route where Wallace just turns on the burners from the LOS and gets as deep as he can get and Tannehill just throws it as far as he can. There's been too many times that we've seen the replay of the deep route that Wallace runs where he's not at top gear or he's trying to juke the DB before going deep. That's got to be difficult for Tannehill to judge when throwing deep and as we know he simply cannot hit Wallace deep. And knowing that, why aren't we sending anyone else deep? We've had success sending Hartline on double routes and bombs before with Tannehill. I'm betting Landry could run them as well since he's got that deceptive speed and runs great routes. Maybe even Matthews? Why is it that we only seem to attempt the 1 deep ball per game, if we're lucky, and it's almost always to Wallace?
 
I'll all for throwing the ball deep when the coverage dictates. I think it's a progression and as Ryan continues hitting the short ones at a high percentage they will stretch the field a little with more deep stuff maybe starting this week in Denver.
 
fishfanmiami said:
I'll all for throwing the ball deep when the coverage dictates. I think it's a progression and as Ryan continues hitting the short ones at a high percentage they will stretch the field a little with more deep stuff maybe starting this week in Denver.
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I hope that you're right. All of these short routes should be opening up double moves. Clay should be able to get open down the seam against most defenses and we've seen Ryan have great accuracy with him deep. And I really hope we see more of Hartline on those drag routes we saw last week. Who knew the kid had any type of YAC ability in him??
 
truedolfan57 said:
Hey, if the WR's want the ball more, get mad at the oline first. Then get mad at themselves for not getting open. :lol:
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Getting open and having good blocking would certainly help their chances of more balls. i think we are trying to spread the ball around to take advantage of coverage. Hartline for example got several short crossing passes last game (as 23 mentioned) I'm guessing because the coverage was giving us that.
 
I'm sure he has players tell him things especially guys like Hartline who have been here a while
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no, no, and.... NO!!!

look, darlington MAY be the "closest" to the players, in other words, he isnt a douche like omar and the herald boyz are. so they let him hang around, eat some free facility lunch, get a couple signed jersey's, etc... .

but HERE is the lesson board guys/gals need to remember. ANYTHING a player or staff member tell's a reporter is going to press or on twitter 3 seconds after its said. the players know this. in omar's case, they have a good laugh on him telling him bull ****e as they know he will run with it and he ends up being dead wrong like we all know he is 99.8% of the time. the last 2% are lucky guess. they just toy with him because of his self proclaimed "insider" status.

coaching staff's hate guys who whine and cry to the press and use them to air dirty laundry. they detest it and thats why good coaches have media gag orders. so, if your a player who is leaking to, or whining to the press about things with coaches, the locker room, game plan's, whatever, who do you think would get pinned on that?

yep!! whoever the "trusted" reporter is. and this kind of thing would have been curbed a long time ago with darlington [if they thought it to be him] and they would do so by limiting him or out right banning him from the locker room, and many other ways that would make him forget reporting whining, crying, team sabotaging articles. hey, make a big story about a player not thinking he is getting enough balls his way... OR..., write one and then not being invited to the next dolphins wedding, team awards ceremony, trip to bahamas for team gambling trips, getting heads up and first to cover a REAL news story about the team or a player, etc.... . "trusted" reporters get a lot of perks and get into a lot of great situations by not be a D-BAG and leaving the whining, locker room dividing stuff alone. getting invited to places where they can have their ear in a room where they can pick up a good story "indirectly".

and players also know by doing this, they get on a first cut list right away. billichek, shula, jimmy johnson, bill parcells, bill walsh, etc..... didnt put up with locker room talk to the press. and many a player was booted for doing these things. they will say it was performance, numbers game, stinky shoes, whatever, but, they never forgot them sabotaging the locker room and coaches with cry baby chatter to the press.

reporters have a job to do.... REPORT! and the teams know this. but, if you have one reporter who has become way to much of a "team member" and is constantly reporting tabloid pieces and leaking injury info, that reporter gets handled. some, like fred edelstein get drummed out of their nfl beat because teams dont want them around the players anymore. and when that happens, reporters start making stuff up to keep themselves in a gig. but, like edlestein, they end up exploding.

players AND reporters know the risks. darlington has been around far to long to be a players mouth piece. he doesnt get much more than other reporter's as far as "inside" secret stuff.

so any talk about, "well, it's from darlington, only he would know this" is bunk. unless a player comes to a reporter and says, ok, this is something i will put on the record, i will varify it if asked, anything else is a guess, a rumor, just plain gossip and those reporters dont get to hang around with the cool kids for very long. and darlington ahs been around for a good while.
 
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