Kenny Britt..Kendall wright, Chris Johnson..Jared Cook..Nate Washington..Jake Locker. That's a lot of talent man, and that talent has been challenged by their owner. Lets go D..I think their better than that playin soft zone sh&$ they played last week. Question..considering Lockers skillset, what type of defensive gameplan would you employ for this game?, and would you hesitate from blitzing too much so that skillset doesn't start to improvise?
I watch all the Titans game since I live in TN. Locker, to me, seems to get rattle easy and that affects the accuracy of his passes. If we can hit him early I think he will throw some ints. I was actually more worried about Hasselbeck the Locker. Washington and Cook are two outstanding players that always seems to come up with the big play. Johnson doesn't scare me much. He is just not the Johnson he was. Offensively we should be able to move the ball on them. First Dolphins game of the year for me to watch so yeah, I AM STOKED!!!!! Man I hope we win. It will either be a great Monday morning or a long Monday, for me, depending on whether we win or lose. (Yeah, I have been talking trash all week long).
Honestly, the Titans are a bad football team right now. That's not to say that they could not play an inspired game and the Phins could not s**t the bed and play poorly. The Titans are an old-school offense with no Jeff Fisher anymore. They don't play up to their competition like they used to. Locker is a decent QB most of the time, hasn't shown anything that makes him stand out, and he makes bad plays that make you scratch your head. Very inconsistent, and not very smart. Their top-3 WRs are talented. Nate Washington is an exceptional #3 WR. Chris Johnson can be a home-run hitter, but his OL isn't helping him this season, and he doesn't break very many tackles on his own. Their defense has been just plain bad. This is a game that the Dolphins should win the trenches on both sides of the ball, should be able to move the ball and score, and should win soundly.
so trying to keep him in the pocket, (where obviously his weaknesses can be exposed) would be the right way to go, lets see if he can pick us apart is what your sayin? What I'm worried is they (luck, Locker)have some similar traits in the pocket, scrambling, hard to bring down, toughness. And we saw what happened when we played that soft zone.
The problems I see are matchup oriented.. Britt..Wright and Washington in route is no joke. We have a scrambling Qb to deal with who can extend plays, it's just not an ideal matchup for us considering the talent level of their skill players.
I think this game is more proof that this team needs to almost overachieve to be successful, this year, pending the addition of some playmakers for Tanny. No that we play is one we can 'overlook', as we did the Dolts... Tenn. is as dangerous as the Colts for us, simply because, like ourselves and like the colts, they are learning how to win games. It can go closely either way or it can be a blowout either way...
I live in TN too bro and I have to say that I agree with you. Kendall Wright will be a challenge and Jared Cook is a friggin monster tight end in the passing game. Chris Johnson is still Chris Johnson despite what some may say. This will be a tough game for us and I wouldn't pencil in a W just yet. The Titans beat the Steelers earlier this season and they have proven that they can hang with anyone in the NFL. I am a Jake Locker fan but not this Sunday. Put a QB spy on him, blitz him and hit him and he will rattle, and throw picks. Locker is still a work in progress and seems to fit in with Blaine Gabbert, and Christian Ponder as far as how good he can be. In other words I don't see franchise talent in Locker and I think Tannehill is above all three of these guys. We can beat them but it wont be easy....Need to beat them if we want any part of the playoffs this year.
Record may be a little deceptive. Out of the Titans 9 games they have only played one team with a losing record (Buffalo). Played both Pitt and Indy tough in the past couple of weeks. If Miami puts up 20+ points should be a win.
Great point. I was amazed at how well Luck was able to relocate, reset, and deliver accurate passes. It seemed as though every time he moved to create a window there was an open receiver in it. Gotta give him credit, nothing happens that often by accident. Locker is more athletic but he hasn't shown the ability to navigate the pocket and make tough throws, if we pressure him the way we did Luck we should be in good shape.
Im more worried about our offense. The defense played poorly yeah, but 3 points in the 2nd half of a close game ain't gonna cut it most weeks. Had we scored 27 instead of 20 we might be talkin about how the bend but don't break strategy helped win the game for us.
any defense that keeps Locker in the pocket is the defense I want to go with, do not want to play into his strengths which is running around playin ball.
Kinda like what the great performance but Jonny Z did to a great Alabama team. When you have that elite player playing an elite game, especially at home, it's tough to get a win.
Agreed. Fans will be fans and a loss will bring criticism, that's just how it is. I think last week was more about Luck playing extremely well than the secondary sucking ***. We basically played soft and relied on our DL to bring heat. The wild cards were Luck playing well and the offense not doing anything past half time. I was screaming for more blitzes from the 2nd drive on but I ain't foolish enough to think Coyle didn't have a good reason for doing what he did. Like u said, tip ur cap and move on. We have 8 games to go and outside of Brady we won't face another QB who can do anything close to what Luck did.
We are gonna beat the titans, like we beat the raiders. We just do not give a **** anymore about their tendencies or whatever. This is gonna be a brutal release of frustration on the Titans... After performing well in the pass rush and still getting embarrassed last week, I think Locker goes back on injured list, to be honest.
No offense. But how do people claim to be big dolphin fans and see one game a year? I literally almost quit my job yesterday when they told me I had to work today. I said **** to the no. I don't work Sundays. What keeps you from seeing a dolphins game every week? It baffles my mind.
I brought it up a couple weeks ago how scared we should all be with this pass defense. Lets not sit here and act like Luck was the first QB to pile on passing yards against us this season.
What a terrible way to think... Obviously work is a good excuse. I assumed that wasn't the case there though when he said he watches all the Titan games and this will be the first dolphins game
1. Titans are a bad team. PERIOD. If we don't handle them, we're merely a below-average team. 2. Football is more important than work. You lay down the rules in life as to what makes you happy and let the world conform to you. Easier said than done? Not really.
Because he lives in TN? Duh ... I see the Dolphins every time they come to San Diego. Are you going to judge me as a fan because I don't fly to Miami every week? Not everyone can afford DirecTV. When I didn't have it, I'd try to stream. Going to the bar was an option, but who goes to a bar at 10 am. So it wasn't much of an option. I don't get how people judge other fans. He's posting on an internet message board about a football team. He's stoked to watch them finally, and you question his fanatacism. Hey guess what. Life happens. I love my team, and spend $2,400 a year to watch them 16 times a year (less usually because of primetime etc.). and sometimes I have sh** to do on Sunday. It's 16 days out of the year. I'm not going to let it run the other 349 days of the year.
I guess when you throw everything at a Qb and nothing works, your confidence is shaken.. Just like Luck, we let the skillset of Locker play its game.
