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Uhh weather will be an issue Sunday

Heavy rain in the morning, but not much in the afternoon.
 
God, that damn punt. Worst field conditions ever. Didn't they just lay sod on top of existing screwed up field?

Buffalo won't be that nasty...I doubt anything could be that ugly again.
 
All those ****ers that called me a "Chicken Little" for worrying about the weather....eat crow.
 
Weather looked like a played a part in the Fins ****ty performance. I was right to be worried about it, eh?
 
The front office needs to build a team that can handle the realities of the division. We know we will get 1-2 road games in the division in December every year. The league pits divisional rivals against each other late. Plus Miami may play another game or two in hostile cold and/or snowy climes. Miami can't just close their eyes and wish it weren't true.

Plus both Buffalo and the Jets have built big, tough, physical fronts. Buffalo has the Williams bros and Dareus. The Jets have Richardson and Wilkerson. It's not just about stopping Brady and Julian Edelman.

The way Buffalo's d line dominated Miami's protection scheme was extremely telling. It better get fixed along with getting a power running back. I mean, Miami's need for improvement in those areas was not subtle. Talk about obvious.
 
Austin Tatious said:
The front office needs to build a team that can handle the realities of the division. We know we will get 1-2 road games in the division in December every year. The league pits divisional rivals against each other late. Plus Miami may play another game or two in hostile cold and/or snowy climes. Miami can't just close their eyes and wish it weren't true.

Plus both Buffalo and the Jets have built big, tough, physical fronts. Buffalo has the Williams bros and Dareus. The Jets have Richardson and Wilkerson. It's not just about stopping Brady and Julian Edelman.

The way Buffalo's d line dominated Miami's protection scheme was extremely telling. It better get fixed along with getting a power running back. I mean, Miami's need for improvement in those areas was not subtle. Talk about obvious.
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Personally, if I was building the team I wouldn't worry about cold weather games at all. I would build my team to take full advantage of Miami's heat and humidity, I would want a team of players that could stay on the field for entire drives if need be to keep the other team from substituting. If you're able to win 7 or 8 games at home you don't need to do much on the road. I wouldn't have even practiced in the bubble with lower temperatures like we did last week either, just practice in the heat like normal to get that extra edge for the home games.

It might put you at a disadvantage in the playoffs if you have to play on the road but we would also have a huge advantage over cold weather teams having to come to play in Miami in January. Plus, a good up tempo team can take away a teams crowd noise, pass rush and it tends to force defenses to play more basic style. Good up tempo teams always the ability to come from behind too.
 
Good counterpoint, Roy. I wasn't trying to say that Miami needs to build a total ground and pound Sparano style fist pump offense. But they need some ability to be functional in tough situations against elite fronts both in the run game and pass pro. You bring up great points about playing in heat.
 
roy_miami said:
Personally, if I was building the team I wouldn't worry about cold weather games at all. I would build my team to take full advantage of Miami's heat and humidity, I would want a team of players that could stay on the field for entire drives if need be to keep the other team from substituting. If you're able to win 7 or 8 games at home you don't need to do much on the road. I wouldn't have even practiced in the bubble with lower temperatures like we did last week either, just practice in the heat like normal to get that extra edge for the home games.

It might put you at a disadvantage in the playoffs if you have to play on the road but we would also have a huge advantage over cold weather teams having to come to play in Miami in January. Plus, a good up tempo team can take away a teams crowd noise, pass rush and it tends to force defenses to play more basic style. Good up tempo teams always the ability to come from behind too.
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If you have a blue collar type of team that IS taking advantage of the heat and humidity of South Florida. Whittle teams down and they break in the heat. That is the best formula for the Fins. Run the ball, set up play action and bootlegs. Take shots deep for chunk plays off of play action. RT has great numbers off of play action too. It is a no brainer to me, but Joe is going the other way.
 
The only thing worse this morning than reading threads defending Jeff Ireland, is reading "I told you so" posts from our resident doom and gloomer.

You think you could lay off on the "I told you so" posts about the Buffalo game? I don't want to have to go bump your "MATT SIMMS IS GOING TO KILL US OMG" thread.

And yes, that is Chicken Little posting. When you post the same thing every single game and happen to be right 7 out of 15 times, yep.
 
PhinzN703 said:
Why wasn't Buffalo affected by the weather then?
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I will keep explaining this...when you LIVE in the climate, when you PRACTICE in the climate and its your home field...it does not effect you. Also, once again, the Bills can run the ball and be physical on offense...again, the weather does not hurt them as much.

Why can't posters admit when they were wrong? I do it all the time. Turn about is fair play.
 
Hayden Fox said:
I will keep explaining this...when you LIVE in the climate, when you PRACTICE in the climate and its your home field...it does not effect you. Also, once again, the Bills can run the ball and be physical on offense...again, the weather does not hurt them as much.

Why can't posters admit when they were wrong? I do it all the time. Turn about is fair play.
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Wrong about what? Not worrying enough?
 
roy_miami said:
Wrong about what? Not worrying enough?
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Sorry man. I was right that the weather was an issue all week. Maybe you should constructively look at issues facing the team each as opposed to barking at me about "worrying" about something.
 
Hayden Fox said:
I will keep explaining this...when you LIVE in the climate, when you PRACTICE in the climate and its your home field...it does not effect you. Also, once again, the Bills can run the ball and be physical on offense...again, the weather does not hurt them as much.

Why can't posters admit when they were wrong? I do it all the time. Turn about is fair play.
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get real.

this team ****ing stunk yesterday, and it had nothing to do with the weather.

the weather for buffalo in december is usually a lot worse when we play there, we got fortunate it was just a little rain and 40 degree temps as opposed to snow with 20 degree temps.

also, why didnt the weather in pittsburgh effect us? it was a lot worse then.

just ****ing admit, this team played like dog **** yesterday, every one aside from brandon fields. no one is blameless.
 
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