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...from a competitive perspective last season. Wonder whether he still feels that way ?

"Matt Roth should be thankful the Cowboys were on the Dolphins' schedule last season. The prep work for that game provided Dolphins coach Tony Sparano his first extensive look at the young defensive end, and that first impression has stuck.
Sparano, who was then the Cowboys' offensive line coach, concluded Roth was going to be one of the more difficult defensive linemen for his Cowboys unit to block because of his "high motor."
Now the Dolphins are banking on Roth's "high motor" to help him make a smooth transition from defensive end to standup outside linebacker.
"I had a lot of fun," said Roth, who worked opposite Joey Porter on the starting unit Monday. "The outside linebacker is kind of like a glorified end, so it's fun. I like it."


http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/aug/05/dolphins-training-camp-notebook/
 
thank god. find a spot on this team where he can play and shine or get rid of him. i was happy when we drafted him and im hoping for the best but he has been terrible so far.im just hoping it was the past coaches who are responsible for his poor play
 
He never impressed me terribly, but I am excited to see him at LB.
 
That's a weird way of putting it. It's almost as if they're trying to say that Sparano has not been using his eyes at all since he took over the Dolphins and is going strictly off what he thought last year heading into that game.

When Sparano points out Roth's "excellent use of hands" he's not going off last year. He's saying that he's using his hands really well in camp.

People are just having a damn hard time believing that Matt Roth is popular with this regime. They must really hate Roth. I don't hate the guy, I thought he was a severe disappointment last year with that groin injury...but I'd be perfectly willing to admit the injury was the primary factor if he turned it up a few notches this year.
 
Roth is only playing a few snaps here and there at OLB moslt so they can move around Joey Porter
 
ckparrothead said:
That's a weird way of putting it. It's almost as if they're trying to say that Sparano has not been using his eyes at all since he took over the Dolphins and is going strictly off what he thought last year heading into that game.

When Sparano points out Roth's "excellent use of hands" he's not going off last year. He's saying that he's using his hands really well in camp.

People are just having a damn hard time believing that Matt Roth is popular with this regime. They must really hate Roth. I don't hate the guy, I thought he was a severe disappointment last year with that groin injury...but I'd be perfectly willing to admit the injury was the primary factor if he turned it up a few notches this year.
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The whole team was a major dissapointment. It's hard to bash Roth and glorify players such as Channing Crowder who is somewhat of a god in the eyes of the fans and media. I felt that Roth was a bit undersized for an end and it was the fault of the coaching staff for putting him in such position. There is nothing to hate about Matt Roth since it takes some time to adjust in starting position for some players such as himself. Also, Roth seemed much lighter the last time I saw him in training camp; moreover, that should benefit his ability to catch up defenders.
 
Jrm_Fin_Fan said:
Roth is only playing a few snaps here and there at OLB moslt so they can move around Joey Porter
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That and they need the excuse to get Kendall Langford in with the first unit. Langford might be the most impressive of the three rookies right now, that includes Jake Long and Donald Thomas.
 
juniorseau55 said:
The whole team was a major dissapointment. It's hard to bash Roth and glorify players such as Channing Crowder who is somewhat of a god in the eyes of the fans and media. I felt that Roth was a bit undersized for an end and it was the fault of the coaching staff for putting him in such position. There is nothing to hate about Matt Roth since it takes some time to adjust in starting position for some players such as himself. Also, Roth seemed much lighter the last time I saw him in training camp; moreover, that should benefit his ability to catch up defenders.
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That is a bit of a double standard. Fans are accepting that Crowder has impressed these coaches enough even after being a disappointment, but they're just not willing to accept the same from Roth.
 
I have searching for any specific news on Jake Long and there is not much. How is he doing?
 
Roth has always had a "high motor", the part that I am suspect on is his tackling seems like guys are always breaking his tackles.If he could learn to wrap up I think he could be a solid player.
 
ckparrothead said:
That is a bit of a double standard. Fans are accepting that Crowder has impressed these coaches enough even after being a disappointment, but they're just not willing to accept the same from Roth.
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i haven't been impressed by anything from crowder or roth in the past. i have minimal expectations for both and there's no reason i shouldn't just going off what i've seen.

we'll see if they make some plays in the preseason.

if langford has more upside than roth and warrants the reps why not just roll with him as starter at end???
 
ckparrothead said:
That and they need the excuse to get Kendall Langford in with the first unit. Langford might be the most impressive of the three rookies right now, that includes Jake Long and Donald Thomas.
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I definitely see Langford, Long and Thomas starting from Week 1 . . . I just have a hunch . . . but you are right . . . the biggest obstacle for getting Langford in the lineup is Matt Roth . . . and if Roth excels at OLB in the 3-4 . . . I'm sure this regime would make the switch so that Langford can start . . . they have also tried OLB with Holiday as well. Just in case a Joey Porter goes down, we can have guys in place . . . I like that.

Do you know if Merling has been AS impressive . . . I'm guessing not . . . but I hear good things about him as well . . . this DLine is starting to like sick.
 
sleek said:
Roth has always had a "high motor", the part that I am suspect on is his tackling seems like guys are always breaking his tackles.If he could learn to wrap up I think he could be a solid player.
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the motor is good but if you can't shed blockers and stay blocked you are easily neutralized. the fact that sparano says roth is using his hands well tells me he's getting off blocks better.

we'll see.
 
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