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Oft-penalized Dolphins look to stop ‘stupid stuff’ but vow to keep same mentality

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Barring a turnover, it’s darn near impossible to have first-and-10 at an opponents’ 22 and not even get a field-goal attempt out of it.
But that was the Dolphins’ reality last Sunday in Los Angeles during their 11 consecutive possessions of futility to open the game.
Jay Ajayi had just ripped off a 36-yarder to give Miami its deepest penetration of the game and its first real scoring opportunity.
But here’s how the next five snaps went:
Dolphins holding penalty. Run for 2 yards. Pass for minus-2 yards. Pass for minus-3. Delay of game. Punt.
The Dolphins would have been better off kneeling three times and sending out Andrew Franks for a manageable field goal.
Instead, they came away empty when points were at a premium.
If not for Ryan Tannehill’s late heroics, it probably would have cost the Dolphins the game.
And if the penalties continue — they’ve committed 80 through 10 games, tying them for sixth-most in the NFL on a per-game basis — it inevitably will at some point.
“If we get post-snap penalties, sure, I think it will,” Dolphins offensive coordinator Clyde Christensen said. “The margins get too fine. The margins just keep tightening up, tightening up, tightening up and then stupid stuff, right? Stupid football, stupid penalties will kill you. We all know that.”
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I was thinking about that last night. The stupid PF penalties especially have to be done away with. Holding on kick returns also set us way back. Holding by the OL when the run or pass is not even near them is STUPID.
 
Neutral zone infraction.....


haha. They seriously get called for 2-3 of those a game. Have to be more discipline on the hard counts. The PI's are what they are. WE hold alot, but so do alot of other teams CBs. Maxwell has a rep now...
 
SunsPhinsfan03 said:
Neutral zone infraction.....


haha. They seriously get called for 2-3 of those a game. Have to be more discipline on the hard counts. The PI's are what they are. WE hold alot, but so do alot of other teams CBs. Maxwell has a rep now...
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Maxwell got robbed by officiating that near makes the game unwatchable.
 
Sherif said:
Maxwell got robbed by officiating that near makes the game unwatchable.
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I think officiating in every game for the most part has been atrocious. Daughter is a Seahawks fan, so we usually watch them too. Ridiculous how many flags they get....but they've gotten a few breaks lately.
 
Those penalties are what have kept most of the games in this 5 game winning streak closer than they should have been. Penalties seem to happen at the worst possible times, killing drives on offense or extending opposing team's drives on defense.
 
I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of total penalties for O/D/ST.
 
ladeback said:
I'd be interested in seeing a breakdown of total penalties for O/D/ST.
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The chart doesn't transfer cleanly in cut and paste (there's different categories to sort as well), but here's a link: Miami Dolphin Penalties - 2016
 
The PI on Maxwell was disgusting. Even Rhonde was pissed (being an ex-d back). It was a perfect defensive play. Absolutely perfect. If you can't do what he did there, you may as well not even try to bat the ball away.
 
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