Miami Dolphins’ Devante Parker: Why I’ve been ‘playing bad.

[AL R]

DAVIE — In the last three games, Miami Dolphins wide receiver DeVante Parker has been targeted 16 times.

Parker has caught 6 passes, 5 have been incomplete and 5 have resulted in interceptions.

That’s a remarkably poor rate of production. Those are staggering, sobering statistics, from a player who appeared dominant in the preseason.

“It’s been tough,” Parker told the Palm Beach Post in an interview Thursday. “Really hard. Playing bad. Not playing how I want to these past few games. I just have to pick it up.”

Why has it gone so bad? “Just little things,” Parker said. “Not high-pointing the ball as I’m supposed to. Lately I just haven’t really been doing it.”

Is he injured? Is he suffering? Is he unhealthy? “No, no, I’m healthy,” Parker said. “When the ball is in the air I have to get it. And if I can’t get it I have to make sure no one else can.”

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[andyahs]

Well that sheds a lot of light.

 

[dolphintodd]

he should keep his mouth shut....lol

 

[josephreese]

What's always missing in these tidbits is the underlying reason. It's always symptoms... not high-pointing the ball, not knocking the ball away when it's not catchable, not getting separation, and so on. What's the cause that leads to these things? Dg in, Joe Schad!

 

[TeeMoney]

He’s just one of those dudes that when things are going bad he doesn’t step up. Players like this are a cancer to the team dynamics. Games ebb and flow and we need players that are steady or rise above.

 

[russianbear]

sounds lethargic - hopefully just a side-effect of knowing it's a wasted season...but still not something you want to see from a kid you expected to be the alpha of your WR core...sounds more like a beta to me

 

[finomenal]

Too much Spongebob.

 

[miamiron]

This dog doesn't have the bite and never will

 

[hab321]

Riiiiggghhhhtttt Devante.....you keep thinking that and I'm sure everything will turn around. :meh

 

[Stoobz]

I still say, bad pick by the FO.

 

[claytonduper]

Disappointing. Even when the team is losing, individually a competitive player will want to get better and do more. There is no fight, no alpha. I can understand being demoralized when your QB is Cutler, but you put your head down, run harder, jump higher and play angry. Man if we could bottle Landry's fight into his body then we'd be talking.

 

[finomenal]

I blame @LouPhinFan

 

[Kingdom Come]

I really hated the pick.

How any of you guys continue to reflect positively on the Dolphins track record for the draft is just beyond me. They continually fail to acquire star players in the 1st round of the draft.

Pouncey had a couple of good years but was grossly over-hyped and over-drafted the same as Ja'wuan James was, and Vontae Davis was impressive when sober, but for the most part the best they have been able to achieve is rank mediocrity or just plain bad, or just plain an enormous bust like Jordan.

Tannehill has been the very picture of mediocrity; he will never carry this team anywhere. It will have to be an elite defense and strong running game if RT remains a starter, and we don't have either.

How do you defend this heinous stupidity and negligence??

Ross is a football idiot and he has no idea who he should hire to run his team's affairs. As far as I know, the office guys are doing a decent job, Garfinkel and his crew, but that isn't much comfort.

Guys like Ross should just admit they don't know what they are doing and sell.

 

[dolphinheel]

Its all about “want to.” He apparently doesn’t want the ball or his job very much. Bench him. It’s a very instructive place.

 

[Mike8272]

I really hated the pick.

How any of you guys continue to reflect positively on the Dolphins track record for the draft is just beyond me. They continually fail to acquire star players in the 1st round of the draft.

Out of interest who would you have taken at #14 in that draft?

I’ll be honest that I really liked Melvin Gordon coming out of college, I felt him and Miller could have formed a really good one-two punch. I also like Marcus Peters and Byron Jones, and even Shane Ray on the defensive side and had them ranked ahead of Parker.

As for our first round record it’s not been that bad since we have hit on Tunsil, James, Tannehill, and Pouncey since 2010. In hindsight we shouldn’t have traded with San Diego in 2010, nor should we have traded up for Dion Jordan in 2013 or at least not picked him, and it looks like Parker is not going to be a good pick either. But we have hit on some and missed, it happens. Not every team nails every pick, every time.