The difference between being competitors and winners

[DKphin]

So are the Dolphins just going to be a competitive team this year or can you hope they will become winners?

Let's look at the signs coming out of the first game:
A competitive team stays close but cannot get over the hump because ...
Kenny Stills drops a touchdown pass.
Jordan Cameron has a key drop and his two catches gain a total of six yards.
Kicker Andrew Franks gets a field goal blocked.
The pass protection gives up four sacks. Not good.
The Dolphins pass rush is frustrating in that its most accomplished rusher -- Cameron Wake -- truly is a part-time player right now. According to the NFL's snap count, Wake played 29 snaps. That's only 35 percent of Sunday's defensive snaps. Tough to be consistently effective with those numbers but the Dolphins are in a tough spot because they want to keep Wake healthy for the duration of the season.
The offense cannot convert on fourth-and-1 at the Seattle 17 yard line and finishes the game 0-for-1 on fourth-down conversions.
The defense finishes the game having yielded two of three fourth-down conversions and both of those come on Seattle's game-winning drive in the final minutes of the game.
The defense gives up points to end the first half and with 31 seconds left in the game.
No running game to speak of. I mean, 64 yards on 20 rushes? Lamar Miller gained more than that for the Houston Texans by halftime on Sunday.
All those things must be addressed or corrected or changed somehow to turn the Dolphins' fortunes around.
And there is another worry that coach Adam Gase articulated in his presser after the game. The Dolphins of yesteryear seemed to lack the fortitude to bounce back game over game. One loss would extend to two and then avalanche from there.
Last year, for example, the Dolphins suffered two two-game losing streaks and two three-game losing streaks. In other words, the team got down and failed to quickly get up off the mat.
Gase told his team after the game this cannot repeat.
“We can’t let one loss become two," Gase said. "We have 24 hours to feel sorry for yourself. Do whatever you want to do but we have to go on to the next opponent. We have to go on the road again. We have to get back to work."

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[Phinatic8u]

I love Adam Gase.

That last quote was money.

 

[Gsmack_42]

Sorry to say I don't Miller would of faired well playing vs Seattle's defense ether.

 

[daryl]

Gase will likely be making that speech following a majority of the Dolphins games this year.

 

[DuderinoN703]

Dumb to compare what Miller did vs. Chicago to what Miami did yesterday. Different circumstances.

 

[Dolph N.Fan]

I love Adam Gase.

That last quote was money.

Pretty generic coachspeak

 

[royalshank]

I hated hated going for it at the 17. If it was inside the 5 ok. You are still an eternity from a TD even if you convert. Way too early in game. Put your points on the board. Bad call IMO. Don Shula or even BB don't make that call in that same game / situation.

The offense cannot convert on fourth-and-1 at the Seattle 17 yard line and finishes the game 0-for-1 on fourth-down

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Pretty generic coachspeak

yep. And when they lose next week, he begins to lose credibility w the players. It's a bad scenario for him. Really needed to win this first game.

 

[realdolphin]

Yeah but the last years we would have lost by 20 points . I loved the fins yesterday