But what the Dolphins players will take issue with, and what will band them together very strongly as I said, is their knowledge that any intent to hurt one of them, even for just the remainder of one game, could easily be something career-threatening instead. They know that players don't have the ability to gauge a hit in such a precise manner as to intentionally take someone out of one game without also putting that player's season and perhaps even his career at risk. That's why anything mentioned in public as being planned to be intentionally hurtful to a player, especially a popular, high-effort player like Bush, stands to inspire such a strong and unified response from the team IMO. Really this sort of stupidity is what you get with a loose cannon head coach. I predict a Dolphins blowout this week. Mark it down.
It's the stuff of the disintegration of a team, which, like I said, is what you're prone to when you have a loose cannon head coach. Essentially the team is prone to the peaks and valleys that themselves correspond to the coach's own emotional instability. Now compare that to the culture under Philbin, the consummate professional, where there is a steady, upward trajectory, and no instability.
Hopefully when these two wasted 1st round picks attempt to knock Reggie out, he jukes and they end up spearing the **** out of each other and consume their food through a straw the rest of the year.
Perhaps somebody needs to advise Landry what could happen to him if he ends up injuring Reggie after openly threatening to take his head off. If Landry had half a brain he'd be extra cautious to make sure Reggie doesn't get carted off the field.
I think you are strongly overstating how much the players in a locker room pay attention to Las Vegas lines. I think when a team is not favored in their own house, that information can get filtered one way or another to a few players who may take issue with it. Otherwise I don't think they pay attention to that. They're reacting to the same thing Vegas is reacting to. When I keep pointing out that Vegas had the Jets as 11 point underdogs to the Patriots, I'm not saying anyone in that Jets locker room said we're 11 point underdogs we need to surprise everyone. I doubt 90% of the players in that locker room could've told you by how much the Pats were favored. Maybe 95%. The NFL takes betting so seriously the players have to be careful what websites they even go to and stuff like that, so that kind of information is tough to filter to them. I point out that the Jets were 11 point dogs because it shows just how much they were being disrespected by...pretty much everyone. An 11 point spread is a result of the fact that nobody thinks you're going to win, and nobody thinks you even CAN win. And it is THOSE things to which the players react...much as the Dolphins did back in 2006 when they went up to Chicago. They didn't know how many points Chicago was favored by, they just knew that as far as the media and fans went, nobody thought they could even possibly win that game. When there is less than a 3 point spread in either direction, there isn't even close to that kind of unity of sentiment. Some people think the Dolphins will win, some people think the Jets will win. Everyone knows that the home team gets 3 points so a 2.5 point spread in favor of the Jets isn't bending anyone's nose the wrong direction. I'm sorry but the theory that the Dolphins locker room will be inspired into unification due to the Jets being 2.5 point favorites up in New York just doesn't foot.
While I agree that most players aren't overly concerned with the line (particularly a line of less than 6) I think you are vastly underestimating how many are aware of it. Its pretty hard to follow the NFL without being aware of the line for a game as it is constantly being thrown in your face whether its the newspaper, sports talk radio or ESPN, they are always discussing the line on a game.
Landry is a roid head. An average safety with fake *** muscles aint gonna scare nobody. His chit chat won't help the Jets on offense so I could care less anyway
I think if you're the team that's "supposed to lose," and of course that can be generated by a line even as low as a half a point, you're aware of that and you're more motivated than you would be otherwise.
If it were Ed Reed and Ray Lewis I'd be concerend. But A DE with one tackle all season and an Avg Safety just doesnt scare people. I think the Jets have proven more than anything they are a lot more bark than bite the past few years
Am I the only one who thinks this is a good thing? Obviously there's a lot of trash talk in the NFL. We're rivals too, it's expected to a degree. At this point, these guys sound like scared dogs barking because they're backed into a corner with no where to go. Their bet bet is to get loud and show some teeth hoping their adversary backs down. Clearly, it started at the top with Rex. Likely just trying to unite his guys around a common enemy because they're falling apart. I know we're not some dynamo in the NFL. We have a long way to go before we're legit contenders. But we're competing hard week in and out, regardless of our record or our opponents. Jets don't want any part of us right now. 3-4 and their season may be on the line. Even if it isn't, the NY media will portray it as such. Jets are on the hot seat and the mask is slipping...
I had Maybin as a complete bust coming out of college, studied his *** thoroughly, a part of that projection was based on his body..he's the definition of popcorn muscles..nice body, but not a football body..weak core, small joints.
We have not seen Ryan Tannehill play pissed off with a chip on his shoulder yet. I'm curious what that would look like.
From the onset, his very first practice, he took over the team, they followed because he's the boss of the offense, as he gets moore comfortable in his own skin, I hope to see his leadership skills evolve..
think they were looking for your advice on Landry...IE: he said he was steroid user and that his muscles are fake. Assess Landry now dj
I'm not sure he hasn't been pissed from the get-go, with everybody saying how long he needed to develop before he could play. Exhibit A: overruling his agent on the contract squabble and getting himself into camp ASAP.
And I don't think anyone could be 100 percent sure, but it stands to reason that if you're pissed off, you're probably more driven, which probably means you're more focused. All of that could easily translate to physical variables IMO. On one end of the continuum is someone who's lax and lethargic, and on the other is someone who's pissed and driven. I don't think it's a real stretch.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/07/29/2918172/miami-dolphins-ryan-tannehill.html There isn't anything in the article saying he overruled his agent, per se, but I think it stands to reason his agent would have pushed for the same removal of the offset language that other players have had absent from their contracts. Only Tannehill could've held his agent back from doing that and ended his holdout IMO.
