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Sports Buzz Wallace fallout; perspective

### Former Dolphins receiver Mark Duper has an interesting perspective on the sideline antics of Mike Wallace, whose pouting and initial refusal to go back into last Sunday’s game led to his second-half benching and has left his Dolphins future in jeopardy.

“Mark Clayton got twice as many balls thrown to him as I did,” Duper said. “A couple times, I said to Dan [Marino], ‘Don’t forget about me.’ But there was never any tantrum. [Wallace’s alleged behavior] is petty. It's kids’ stuff. There is a line you don’t cross. I would never tell a coach I’m not going back in the game.

“We had a lot of great receivers and never had that problem. If that were Marino out there, he would have taken over the whole situation. But Ryan Tannehill is young. Joe Philbin is the coach and they need to respect him. Wallace is a good player. Is he a dominant player? I don’t think so.”

Whereas Wallace gets furious with Tannehill when he’s not thrown enough passes to his liking, Duper said he kept it light with Marino.

Duper recalled the time that Marino, who served as the team’s union representative, asked Duper for his union dues, “and I told him, ‘Throw me 12 balls, and I’ll pay my dues.’ Dan threw me a bunch of balls. I caught two touchdowns. I said after the game, ‘Consider it paid.’”

One difference, of course, is that Duper was targeted on more deep throws (and more accurately-thrown ones) than Wallace was this past season.

### It’s ironic that a couple weeks before last Sunday’s incident, Wallace told me he hadn’t complained about not getting more passes this season because “the last thing you want to be looked at is selfish. In Pittsburgh, people looked at me as selfish. You have younger guys looking at you. You don’t want to complain. Everything is not going to go your way all the time.”

Wallace is well-liked by teammates and coaches during the week because he’s amiable and hard-working. But festering frustration occasionally turns him into a much different person on game days. Tannehill publicly says he can deal with that. The question is whether Philbin can.

The view here is that Wallace and Philbin/Tannehill need to make this work, because the Dolphins have enough other needs to fill without worrying about finding a new No. 1 receiver.
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“Mark Clayton got twice as many balls thrown to him as I did,” Duper said. “A couple times, I said to Dan [Marino], ‘Don’t forget about me.’ But there was never any tantrum. [Wallace’s alleged behavior] is petty. It's kids’ stuff. There is a line you don’t cross. I would never tell a coach I’m not going back in the game.
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Duper nailed it.
 
Too bad the Steelers dumped off this guy on us instead of Antonio Brown. They knew they would be just fine without Wallace.
 
With strong leadership from the HC and leaders on the team, they could get by this...
 
Phinatic8u said:
Pitt offered him a contract too. Before brown.

Why do people forget this.
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I don't know, always the same discussion. However, when people point out the contract, they forget that that was in 2011. And after 2012, they did not want him back.

I still 100% buy the Hines Ward kept him in line narrative. It fits.
 
I was hoping Barry was going to have a tidbit of Coyle getting the boot this week.
 
I'm still not sure how I would handle this.

-I don't think he would have acted like that if it weren't a glorified preseason game but can you let him get away with it? Can he be trusted to not lollygag in important situations going forward now?
-Wallace and Tannehill don't seem to like each other or respect each other, is that an issue? I'm sure not all teammates like each other.
-Wallace is a strange bird. I've felt like that ever since I heard he turned down a huge contract offer from Pittsburgh and gambled on himself.
-Wallace clearly has some issues but do those issues outweigh the positives? Can we afford to lose his production even though his production might be stunted somewhat? Or will the rest of the offense step up once this cancer is removed?
 
roy_miami said:
I'm still not sure how I would handle this.

-I don't think he would have acted like that if it weren't a glorified preseason game but can you let him get away with it? Can he be trusted to not lollygag in important situations going forward now?
-Wallace and Tannehill don't seem to like each other or respect each other, is that an issue? I'm sure not all teammates like each other.
-Wallace is a strange bird. I've felt like that ever since I heard he turned down a huge contract offer from Pittsburgh and gambled on himself.
-Wallace clearly has some issues but do those issues outweigh the positives? Can we afford to lose his production even though his production might be stunted somewhat? Or will the rest of the offense step up once this cancer is removed?
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Will there be more cohesion on offense if Wallace is gone?
 
Omar Kelly ‏@OmarKelly
People don't understand Mike Wallace's frustration.You'd be frustrated too if you had been lied to for 2 straight yrs
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He posted this pic



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roy_miami said:
I'm still not sure how I would handle this.

-I don't think he would have acted like that if it weren't a glorified preseason game but can you let him get away with it? Can he be trusted to not lollygag in important situations going forward now?
-Wallace and Tannehill don't seem to like each other or respect each other, is that an issue? I'm sure not all teammates like each other.
-Wallace is a strange bird. I've felt like that ever since I heard he turned down a huge contract offer from Pittsburgh and gambled on himself.
-Wallace clearly has some issues but do those issues outweigh the positives? Can we afford to lose his production even though his production might be stunted somewhat? Or will the rest of the offense step up once this cancer is removed?
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I'm with you. I like the player a lot, but the guy's basically bringing this entire absurd situation down on the team himself. It's not like Joe Philbin and Bill Lazor came over with a gun to his head and told him to start acting like a kid.
 
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