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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.Yes, you're right. We (LOL - the team) need to stop looking back and laughing at the Jets, looking ahead at Baltimore and Houston and envisioning playoff seedings, and look straight ahead at the team on the schedule this weekend. They aren't even that bad, as their record is 5-6 and they just put up a win last Sunday. They are still in it for a wildcard, so they will be playing hard. I haven't had a chance to watch Miami at all this year. I thought their QB situation was dreadful, but they do have 5 wins and a pretty good Reggie Bush.
Is shutting down Bush the key to a win? How is their D? Thanks for any info!
A little earlier in the season and I would call it a trap game. But, we have the 3 extra days to prepare. And more importantly, we can clinch the AFC East. Hat Game. I think we'll be ready.
Yes, you're right. We (LOL - the team) need to stop looking back and laughing at the Jets, looking ahead at Baltimore and Houston and envisioning playoff seedings, and look straight ahead at the team on the schedule this weekend. They aren't even that bad, as their record is 5-6 and they just put up a win last Sunday. They are still in it for a wildcard, so they will be playing hard. I haven't had a chance to watch Miami at all this year. I thought their QB situation was dreadful, but they do have 5 wins and a pretty good Reggie Bush.
Is shutting down Bush the key to a win? How is their D? Thanks for any info!
What makes you say that? IMO Tannehill has been pretty promising this season...
What makes you say that? IMO Tannehill has been pretty promising this season...
I think he's been a bit better than people give him credit for, but he's been streaky at best. One game he'll look like complete trash, the next game he'll look like a decent rookie. Need to see what he can do with more weapons around him before I make any final judgments. But, at least he's been better than Sancheez.
Nothing except I think the Dolphins went through a losing stretch where their QB play was spouted as the reason on the national shows. As I said, I haven't been able to watch the Dolphins at all. Why do you think he looks promising? Who are his good targets? We haven't played Miami in so long I forget who they have other than Bush. Is Devon Bess still there? Any good? Who is their TE these days?
There has been more to the "streakyness" than just him. Obviously, a rookie QB has his ups and downs... but a big part of the 2 game stretch where people said "he had hit the rookie wall"... also coincided with a couple other big factors. First, his knee was still hurt from when he got knocked out of the Jets game. 2nd, we could not run the ball at all to help take a little pressure off of him (55 rushing yards against Tenn, 53 rushing yards against Buff). And 3rd, we could not protect him at all... kid was taking a beating.
This past week, we got back to running the ball effectively, and most importantly, we protected Tannehill well.
But he has had more good games (Oak, AZ, Cin, StL, Indy, and Seattle) this season than bad games (Hou, Tenn, and Buff)
...and being better than Sanchez is no endorsement, lol.
I watched the Tennessee game and thought it was a complete failure from top to bottom. Once down by two scores it was pretty obvious the Dolphins quit. That's something you should hope has been corrected by the coaching staff going into this week's game.
Oh man... if thats the only game you've seen of ours... ya we looked pretty horrific. It was easily our worst game by far. I wanted to turn the game off (but of course couldnt, lol).
That game was a trainwreck. Pretty much everything that could have possibly gone wrong... did.
We cant ever play another game like that. Some of it carried over against the Bills on the short week TNF game. I'm hoping we got most of that corrected though. At least, it appeared to be fixed against the Seahawks. We'll see if the corrections stand up against you guys, lol.
We are going to be in an early hole against you though. With as bad as our secondary has been playing all year... I expect you to jump out to an early lead, leaving us to play catch up the rest of the game. And w/o much offensive fire power... those dont typically turn out well, lol.
It's pretty unbelievable that we can clinch this weekend, but I guess we can. If we win we'll have 10 wins and nobody else can catch us in the AFC East, no matter how well they play down the stretch. This is actually a very important game as a win for us puts Miami (the only other team that could catch us if they win out) to bed for the season. Go Pats!!
9 wins not 10....yet
Oh man... if thats the only game you've seen of ours... ya we looked pretty horrific. It was easily our worst game by far. I wanted to turn the game off (but of course couldnt, lol).
That game was a trainwreck. Pretty much everything that could have possibly gone wrong... did.
We cant ever play another game like that. Some of it carried over against the Bills on the short week TNF game. I'm hoping we got most of that corrected though. At least, it appeared to be fixed against the Seahawks. We'll see if the corrections stand up against you guys, lol.
We are going to be in an early hole against you though. With as bad as our secondary has been playing all year... I expect you to jump out to an early lead, leaving us to play catch up the rest of the game. And w/o much offensive fire power... those dont typically turn out well, lol.
I hope you ARE in an early hole against us. Brady always has trouble with the Dolphins, it seems, at least IN Miami. We have been getting killed on both long passes (although not so much in the last two weeks since our secondary is finally solidifying) and mid-range TE passes over the middle. Our linebackers aren't great against the pass. We have been good against the run, except against Buffalo a few weeks ago. Hopefully they can contain Bush and put some pressure on Tannehill to throw some picks. That has been our savior this season while our secondary goes through its annual swoon (that and Brady putting up huge points, of course ).