Mixed signals confuse defense
The Dolphins can take solace in the fact they won Sunday, but they must get better command of their new defensive calls, which made things 'chaotic,' Zach Thomas said.
[size=-1]BY ARMANDO SALGUERO[/size]
[size=-1]asalguero@herald.com[/size]
Zach Thomas is trying to read the coded signals from the Miami sideline 30 yards away while the dirt from the Dolphins Stadium infield is in his irritated, bloodshot eyes.
The linebacker squints, but his vision is the least of his problems.
As soon as the signal is given, Thomas reads the play off a flip card dangling from his belt like a hand towel, and then he calls out the play to the 10 other Miami defenders on the field.
''I have about six calls on there, and then I take other calls from [the coach],'' Thomas said. ``But the calls are really long, and it takes a long time to get them out. And [the offense] is on the line of scrimmage, so you have to be fast..............
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The Dolphins can take solace in the fact they won Sunday, but they must get better command of their new defensive calls, which made things 'chaotic,' Zach Thomas said.
[size=-1]BY ARMANDO SALGUERO[/size]
[size=-1]asalguero@herald.com[/size]
Zach Thomas is trying to read the coded signals from the Miami sideline 30 yards away while the dirt from the Dolphins Stadium infield is in his irritated, bloodshot eyes.
The linebacker squints, but his vision is the least of his problems.
As soon as the signal is given, Thomas reads the play off a flip card dangling from his belt like a hand towel, and then he calls out the play to the 10 other Miami defenders on the field.
''I have about six calls on there, and then I take other calls from [the coach],'' Thomas said. ``But the calls are really long, and it takes a long time to get them out. And [the offense] is on the line of scrimmage, so you have to be fast..............
http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/sports/football/12750068.htm
http://www.bugmenot.com/
