Dolphins inexperienced secondary not much better than Bucs or Titans? - New England Patriots Forums

***PATRIOTSFANINPA*** · 11-03-2009, 03:47 PM

I really don't see an improvement in the secondary over the past 2 opponents that the Pats laid 94 points on.

With Sean Smith and Vontae Davis and the other rookie at safety, I think the Dolphins do not have any better of a secondary than the last 2 teams who got trounced.

With the only difference being the Dolphins D-line with that nightmare of Jason Taylor and LBs including Porter that are noticably better than the Bucs or Titans had,the key will be to give Brady time and keep him off his back (only sacked 8 times so far) and if they can he should be able to tear up this group of backside defenders as well as he had done the past 2 games.

As long as Brady stays upright I can see Moss and Welker destroying the back 4 and NE win by at least 14 and that is even if Miami goes crazy and successful with the Wildcat.

Synovia · 11-03-2009, 03:48 PM

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Originally Posted by PATRIOTSFANINPA

With Sean Smith and Vontae Davis and the other rookie at safety, I think the Dolphins do not have any better of a secondary than the last 2 teams who got trounced.

You don't think a secondary consisting of high round rookies is going to be better than a secondary consisting of guys stuffing burritos the week before?

***PATRIOTSFANINPA*** · 11-03-2009, 03:51 PM

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You don't think a secondary consisting of high round rookies is going to be better than a secondary consisting of guys stuffing burritos the week before?

Not much better...They will need to double team Moss in this game,all game- They don't have any Champ Bailey's or Ed Reeds to worry about and Sanchez and Ryan had no idea of how to exploit that with Edwards.

PatsSox363804 · 11-03-2009, 03:53 PM

Their secondary is crap, I just worry about Porter and Taylor forcing bad throws from Brady right into the midst of their crappiness.

Synovia · 11-03-2009, 03:53 PM

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They don't have any Champ Bailey's or Ed Reeds to worry about and Sanchez and Ryan had no idea of how to exploit that with Edwards.

Neither did Peyton Manning. Or Drew Brees.

***PATRIOTSFANINPA*** · 11-03-2009, 03:55 PM

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Neither did Peyton Manning. Or Drew Brees.

Really,I am not worrying about that secondary - Maybe the Colts and Saints struggled a bit in those games,but both found ways to win anyway,correct?

***PATRIOTSFANINPA*** · 11-03-2009, 03:57 PM

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Their secondary is crap, I just worry about Porter and Taylor forcing bad throws from Brady right into the midst of their crappiness.

Vollmer up against Taylor is the key to the game,Vollmer will need help at times but much of the time he is on his own and Brady is relying on Vollmer's best yet.

***JSn*** · 11-03-2009, 03:57 PM

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Neither did Peyton Manning. Or Drew Brees.

Manning had the ball for under 15 minutes. I assume he did alright, though I didn't see the game.

***Rob0729*** · 11-03-2009, 03:58 PM

The only player in their secondary who has done all that much recently is Gabril Wilson. Their secondary has been awful a lot this year. That is why they lost to the Saints and Colts. They made Sanchez look great in the second half last week too.

Also, their pass rush hasn't been great this year either. Sanchez had enough time to eat a hotdog in the backfield on most of the plays in the second half.

NE39 · 11-03-2009, 03:59 PM

I don't care who they play in the secondary, I hope they single-cover Moss like they did in the second game last year. They covered him with 1 guy and Moss went off, scoring 3 TDs. I remember Randy saying after the game how he felt they disrespected him by using that coverage. Let's hope they disrespect him again.