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Things We Learned From Monday Night.

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Here are a few things we all learned from watching yesterday's game between the Dolphins and Colts.
The tacking on defense was horrible...way too many missed tackles, I counted three missed tackles on the same play a couple of times...inexcuseable.
The defense was bad against the pass and for the second straight week the inside linebackers could not cover the TE and was burned once again for long gains and a touchdown.
The offensive line played a great game until they needed to most with the game on the line. One would think that the way the dominated all day long, they would have no problem blocking a tired and worn down Colts defensive line, instead it looked like it was the Dolphins oline that was tired the way they pass blocked on the final drive.

The play calling was too conservative...settling for a field goal when going for it on 4th down could have won the game if they made the 1st down and controlled the clock. That kick should have been the last play of the game, not with 3 and a half minutes left and Manning on the sidelines chomping at the bit.

Somebody please tell me where is the Dolphins HURRY UP OFFENSE??? How about our 2 minute offense??? We need to work on this in practice and if Chad cannot run the hurry up or 2 minute....then it is time to change the QB.
 
how about some positives

1. Ronnie Brown is the best player on this team period.
2. Ted Ginn CAN get open, lets just hope he finishes the plays from now on
3.Oline played well, especially in the run game
4.run defense was solid.
5. kick coverage was excellent, lex hilliard made all the diffirence

lets carry those positives, and fix the mistakes, and hopefully, compete next week against SD
 
I am trying to be positive, I am just pissed off we lost a game we had totally dominated and to watch hayseed smirk on the sidelines...I just wanted to punch him in the mouth.
 
amir7 said:
how about some positives

1. Ronnie Brown is the best player on this team period.
2. Ted Ginn CAN get open, lets just hope he finishes the plays from now on
3.Oline played well, especially in the run game
4.run defense was solid.
5. kick coverage was excellent, lex hilliard made all the diffirence

lets carry those positives, and fix the mistakes, and hopefully, compete next week against SD
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love your attitude, this is what we need and this is how the coaching staff looks at things. they take the positives and continue to build on those and they try to fix the negatives.
 
7. Dallas Clark currently leads the NFL in receiving yds. :lol:
 
8. Look at Penny's completions over 5 yards - the ball seems to float and take FOREVER to get there. There is NO zip. I hold my breath every time, waiting for the receiver to get demolished
 
We learned that we are a very good running team and if our defense can step up we can play with anyone.

The Colts defense was on their knees, if we could of stopped their offense they would have quit.
 
What did we learn?

We learned that the Dolphins aren't as good as we thought....and perhaps thats our fault as much as the teams.

Did we get too much too fast...I believe so....going from 1-15 to 11-5 from one year to another gave us all a false sense of where this team really is.

The Dolphins defense is not ready...and after paying decent money to Allen and Wilson...I wonder if it was worth it? Both Allen and Wilson didn't show up...couldn't make one tackle to save a TD...from a rookie receiver that came from a school no one heard of.

Our pass rush was missing in action....our linebackers couldn't cover or tackle.

There's plenty to complain about...on both sides of the line...but you can't win games against ANY team that can score in seconds against you.

It's pretty sad when your best player on defense is a rookie...and that says it all!!
 
TrinidadDolfan said:
8. Look at Penny's completions over 5 yards - the ball seems to float and take FOREVER to get there. There is NO zip. I hold my breath every time, waiting for the receiver to get demolished
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I don't know what game you watched but I bet Ginn has a bruise or two that he received in the last quarter, from those so called floaters.
 
I think the thing most people will remember about this game is that when we REALLY needed a big play .... for one reason or another, we weren't able to come up with one.

Peyton Manning & Co. are used to games like this where the pressure is on and they GOTTA pull off the big play somehow. Peyton and his long time receivers have "chemistry" bigtime and we don't. It would be "just another day at the office" for Dallas Clark or Reggie Wayne to catch this pass that Ted Ginn couldn't come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhf0Y0_eWBo&feature=player_embedded

If Ted Ginn wants to be as good as the Colts receivers, he needs to do the same type things that they do. The Colts receivers became "masters of precision" because of a lot of hard work.

Sports psychologists call this level "unconscious competence" ... where you play instinctively and you don't have to consciously think about it too much ... where you can "do it in your sleep". By the way, Peyton and his receivers probably really DO practice their routes by visualizing every night before bed. They probably dream about their routes half the night so it sinks deep down into their brain. To the same level as tying your shoes or brushing your teeth. Lots of sports stars do it.

Read this:

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/02/sports/sp-nfl2


"They practice so much that it becomes almost automatic when he throws them a pass," said Jim Mora, who coached the Colts for Manning's first four seasons in the NFL. "All off-season he's throwing to them up there in Indianapolis. During the season, when the defense is doing their thing, he'll take them to another field and he'll throw routes to these guys. It's the repetition that takes place with Peyton and his receivers that makes him so effective on game day. It's route after route after route -- more than any quarterback-receiver combination I've ever been involved with.

"I'd bet that you could actually blindfold Peyton and he'd be able to make those throws. That's how well he knows where those guys are going to be."

"If you watch a Colts pregame, you understand why they're good," said UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel, who found himself mesmerized by Manning's warmup routine when Neuheisel was a Baltimore Ravens assistant coach. "They're machine-like. In the old days, when it was just Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne [at receiver] they'd just go right down the field and hit every throw like it was choreographed, like watching the 'Nutcracker Suite.' The ball never hits the ground."
 
Channing Crowder's biggest hit of the night came against teammate Nathan Jones.
 
DolphinsFan23 said:
I think the thing most people will remember about this game is that when we REALLY needed a big play .... for one reason or another, we weren't able to come up with one.

Peyton Manning & Co. are used to games like this where the pressure is on and they GOTTA pull off the big play somehow. Peyton and his long time receivers have "chemistry" bigtime and we don't. It would be "just another day at the office" for Dallas Clark or Reggie Wayne to catch this pass that Ted Ginn couldn't come up with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zhf0Y0_eWBo&feature=player_embedded

If Ted Ginn wants to be as good as the Colts receivers, he needs to do the same type things that they do. The Colts receivers became "masters of precision" because of a lot of hard work.

Sports psychologists call this level "unconscious competence" ... where you play instinctively and you don't have to consciously think about it too much ... where you can "do it in your sleep". By the way, Peyton and his receivers probably really DO practice their routes by visualizing every night before bed. They probably dream about their routes half the night so it sinks deep down into their brain. To the same level as tying your shoes or brushing your teeth. Lots of sports stars do it.

Read this:

http://articles.latimes.com/2009/jan/02/sports/sp-nfl2


"They practice so much that it becomes almost automatic when he throws them a pass," said Jim Mora, who coached the Colts for Manning's first four seasons in the NFL. "All off-season he's throwing to them up there in Indianapolis. During the season, when the defense is doing their thing, he'll take them to another field and he'll throw routes to these guys. It's the repetition that takes place with Peyton and his receivers that makes him so effective on game day. It's route after route after route -- more than any quarterback-receiver combination I've ever been involved with.

"I'd bet that you could actually blindfold Peyton and he'd be able to make those throws. That's how well he knows where those guys are going to be."

"If you watch a Colts pregame, you understand why they're good," said UCLA Coach Rick Neuheisel, who found himself mesmerized by Manning's warmup routine when Neuheisel was a Baltimore Ravens assistant coach. "They're machine-like. In the old days, when it was just Marvin Harrison and Reggie Wayne [at receiver] they'd just go right down the field and hit every throw like it was choreographed, like watching the 'Nutcracker Suite.' The ball never hits the ground."
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i believe in a player that does something that is not necessary. Like when penny came in and got all the wr and did extra stuff to catch up. I wonder if he does any of that now hell no. When we start winning games we give up on the things the help us to get those wins. What happen to even if you win you practice harder the next day. I am sorry guys if me being upset about my fins makes you think less of me as a fan. For too long we have gotten the s*** end of the stick and you all know we belong with the elite because we are an elite team.
 
After reading the initial post in this thread, One thing came immeadiately to mind......
Resign Zach!

Why else was he picked up in the teams jet?
 
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