Jeff Darlington talking Dolphins and week one games.

[fishfanmiami]

http://miami.cbslocal.com/audio/joe-rose-show/


Jeff started talking about the Dolphins at the 4 min point and as usual make a lot of sense.
Lots of other good discussion on some of the other week one games.

 

[Danny68]

Great, thanks for posting!

 

[fishfanmiami]

Some of his early comments on RG3 are unbelievable. They had him playing safety on the scout team last week in practice. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
So glad we got the right QB that year :up:


He's right that lots of the good teams stumble early but still manage to win and put it all together late in the season when it really counts.

 

[AL R]

Well there is this also.... I mean Jeff said some of the same things, but his best point was its week one- hard to draw conclusions from one week.

James Walker ‏@JamesWalkerNFL 5m5 minutes ago
It's only Week 1. But a lot of what I saw offensively Sunday (slow start, red zone, not running the ball) looked eerily similar to last yr.

 

[oasis]

It's one thing to have to make corrections and another to have the SAME problems as last year, problems you supposedly focused on all offseason. While sloppy play was universal throughout week 1, I did see teams that were clearly better in their particular area(s) of offseason emphasis. If you work on something, it should get better. Can't say that about us, except maybe special teams.

I'm not panicking, but there's a reason for concern even after week 1 that is legitimate and not just "knee-jerk" or "the haters" etc.

 

[Danny68]

I'm also hoping "different" from last year, will be closing out games, like we couldn't do last year. I'm hoping were built for that this year, unlike last year..

 

[AL R]

I'm also hoping "different" from last year, will be closing out games, like we couldn't do last year. I'm hoping were built for that this year, unlike last year..

Well we picked up that first down at the end of the game so that was encouraging, and so was the kicking game, love not allowing returns on kick-offs makes a difference in close games with field position. I get the feeling Darr is going to have one of those punts this year that we go wow (in a good way). He hit a 63 yd'r in that game...as it was.

 

[LANGER72]

Some team are just slow starting for some reason. I don't mind as long as we win.
Finished the season strong is the bigger concern.
If this team fades in December, Joe may have some job security issues.

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Some teams are just slow starting for some reason. I don't mind as long as we win.
Finishing the season strong is the bigger concern.
If this team fades in December, Joe may have some job security issues.

 

[oasis]

I'm not sure I understand the "closing out games" critique, or how us closing out the game against Washington is somehow cause for optimism. I mean it's a win and that's awesome - we'll take em how we get em, but I didn't really see anything from the game that says we improved on something that was lacking last year.

Last season, the notable games which we did not close out were against the Packers, Lions, and Broncos (all good teams).

However, we DID successfully close out games against the Jets and Vikings (poorer teams). So if anything you might say we had trouble closing out good/playoff teams...the Washington win from week 1 doesn't really fall in that category.

 

[tcdrover]

We don't know which teams will be playoffs teams this year yet, obviously.

The redskin team now is not the same team as last year, neither is the Dolphin team.

We KNOW what Tannehill does well and not so well. The things he worked on in the off season will be 'better', hopefully to some degree, but he is not going to excel at those things.

He is the SAME QB

 

[Al13]

"

Some of his early comments on RG3 are unbelievable. They had him playing safety on the scout team last week in practice. Oh how the mighty have fallen.
So glad we got the right QB that year :up:


He's right that lots of the good teams stumble early but still manage to win and put it all together late in the season when it really counts.

that RG III played the scout team safety last week was all over pregame on sunday, whenever they switched to the pregame look in, so thats not really breaking news, what were the other comments that are so unbelievable ?

 

[AL R]

I'm not sure I understand the "closing out games" critique, or how us closing out the game against Washington is somehow cause for optimism. I mean it's a win and that's awesome - we'll take em how we get em, but I didn't really see anything from the game that says we improved on something that was lacking last year.

Last season, the notable games which we did not close out were against the Packers, Lions, and Broncos (all good teams).

However, we DID successfully close out games against the Jets and Vikings (poorer teams). So if anything you might say we had trouble closing out good/playoff teams...the Washington win from week 1 doesn't really fall in that category.

I have seen this team cave many of times against inferior teams late in the games, it didn't happen this time, we took the lead, held the lead and closed the game out. I would consider that a little encouraging.

Again we have a sample size of one so.... lets see what the next few weeks bring. I expect Jags defense to play us tough like last year so not sure were going to see a big offensive performance again this week but I would expect our D-line to also play better this week.

 

[Al13]

We don't know which teams will be playoffs teams this year yet, obviously.

The redskin team now is not the same team as last year, neither is the Dolphin team.

We KNOW what Tannehill does well and not so well. The things he worked on in the off season will be 'better', hopefully to some degree, but he is not going to excel at those things.

He is the SAME QB

its a pretty stupid statement after one week of a new season of football

 

[maralieus]

I'm also hoping "different" from last year, will be closing out games, like we couldn't do last year. I'm hoping were built for that this year, unlike last year..

Last year instead of a pick by McCain it would've been a td to tie. Then we would've gone 3 and out and punted to them with 2 minutes left for a chance to win it. I liked how we finished the game when it got tough.

 

[MiggeMadness]

Well there is this also.... I mean Jeff said some of the same things, but his best point was its week one- hard to draw conclusions from one week.

James Walker ‏@JamesWalkerNFL 5m5 minutes ago
It's only Week 1. But a lot of what I saw offensively Sunday (slow start, red zone, not running the ball) looked eerily similar to last yr.

Is looking similar to last year really that bad to hear? Come on, we did what GOOD teams do against the Packers, Lions, and Broncos last year for 90% of those games. It's those last 5 minutes where we blew it. What teams can say they have the Packers in the bag by the end of the third quarter? Nobody. We couldn't have hoped for much better in the first 55 minutes.

We weren't bad last year. We were a good team until injuries (Albert, Delmas) hurt us in the end...

The red zone offense, yea that needs to be better as the season goes on. No excuses with Cameron, sims, and Parker when he's ready. But the other major area... Closing out games. How many games are decided in the final 5-10 minutes? We need to finish out games by getting that first down and killing the clock. And we did that on Sunday.


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