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3 Stars From the Most Meaningless Game of the Year

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Finster, Aug 13, 2016.

  1. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    1) Terrence Fede; First off, he looks trimmed down a bit, which I guess has worked for him, strong at the point of attack, and good speed in pursuit, great energy and motor that I haven't seen from him in the past.

    I guess he took this off season seriously, and it looks as though it is paying dividends, he looked very good out there.

    2) Jakeem Grant; First off, never saw a guy look so small out there, but who cares, he proved that is not a distraction to him, because the mental part of being a shrimp out there can psych a person out, but the moment wasn't bigger than him(the only thing that wasn't bigger than him, lol).

    He showed great quickness and agility, but more important, great vision, he took what was there to take, and did a great job in his first showing, a + for field awareness.

    3) Brandon Doughty; First off, can you freakin imagine what that must've been like, playing QB for the team you grew up on, and grew up in the shadow of the stadium, wow, it's like a Disney movie.

    We saw from him exactly what we've been hearing, he finds completions, he showed very good field vision, got the ball out quickly, and threw some very good catchable passes, he's a guy to keep your eyes on.

    The most meaningless game of the year, but hey, it was Dolphins football, it's always good to see that uniform out there in live action, a football "fix" is a good thing.

    These 3 guys stood out the most to me, I'm not going to scrutinize the game much(see most meaningless game of the year comments), but it's nice to see young players stepping up, and I wanted to point out the 3 that stood out the most to me.

    Anyone else have a top 3?
     
  2. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    My 3 stars other than Jakeem Grant

    1) Lafayette Pitts - His coverage was good and the perfect execution of the tip drill.
    2) Julius Warsley - He looked very tough to block, got great penetration and made really good plays.
    3) Isaiah Pead - Good vision, quickness and enough speed. I thought he looked like a better runningback than D. Williams.

    I also want to give a shout to Tunsil. Other than a couple of plays, he was spectacular. His pass blocking was very good.
     
  3. Fin-O

    Fin-O Initiated Club Member

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    I did. But you took them all.


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  4. dolphin25

    dolphin25 Well-Known Member

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    I thought Doughty played very well. Wanted to see one more drive.

    Grant played way bigger then he is,

    I saw Fede making some plays too. That was nice to see.

    Warsley too had that nice sack.
     
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  5. tirty8

    tirty8 Well-Known Member

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    #1 = Jakeem Grant = All I could think is "We have to find ways to get him on the field."

    #2 - Walt Aikens = Looked totally different from last year. He was in on plays and around the ball.

    #3 - Laremy Tunsil = I honestly did not see him as a liability at all at the guard position. I think the Dallas Thomas experiment should be over.
     
  6. Fin-O

    Fin-O Initiated Club Member

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    Folks Dallas Thomas is on borrowed time, the staff has no intention of starting him if we stay healthy. He is merely a pawn in keeping Tunsil motivated.


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  7. CitizenSnips

    CitizenSnips hmm.

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    If Thomas were the day 1 starter, with tunsil healthy, i'd be done with this staff immediately
     
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  8. Conuficus

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    Well away from here
    There truly would be no excuse. What exactly is going on in practice?

    Tunsil looked like he belonged, Thomas looks like he belongs working at Walmart.
     
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  9. finfansince72

    finfansince72 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    3 guys from our draft class, Tunsil, Doughty and Grant looked promising to me which is really nice. Grant looked like he belonged in the NFL already and could really improve our Special Teams. It will be nice to get Landry off of return duty. Doughty looked pretty good, yeah its preseason and the competition was backup quality but hey he's a 7th rounder getting his feet wet, really couldn't have asked for any more out of him. Tunsil should be starting over Thomas which is obvious and obviously an upgrade.
     
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  10. normaldude

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    Pead & Doughty
     
  11. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    Another player I would like to mention, Dominique Jones.
     
  12. Colmax

    Colmax Well-Known Member

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    I've always liked Fede. Any word on him? Looks like he got dinged up on that TFL play where he sort of pulled the back over him.

    I was watching Chris McCain and really liked him. On a mission. Still young. Thought his penetration was good.
     
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  13. Pandarilla

    Pandarilla Purist Emeritus

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    I am Jakeem Grant's unconscionable sense of peanut butter jelly time...
     
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  14. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    IMO, good against the run, poor against the pass
     
  15. Colmax

    Colmax Well-Known Member

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    Who is that?
     
  16. Ophinerated

    Ophinerated Preposterous!

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    Very powerful player with a ton of strength and energy. I only have one beef with his play... not enough awareness of where he is on the play. I saw him drive his man past the play a few times, right past Nassib. If he would have disengaged he could have had a couple nice sacks on Nassib and a couple of nice tackles for a loss, instead he rode his guy all the way out of the play. Get the blinders off of him and he could be a hell of a player... I was very impressed with him otherwise.
     
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  17. Dol-Fan Dupree

    Dol-Fan Dupree Tank? Who is Tank? I am Guy Incognito.

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    Fede
     
  18. normaldude

    normaldude Active Member

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    btw, Julius Warmsley suffered a concussion, and left the game.

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    Defensive end Julius Warmsley suffered a concussion during the game and was immediately ruled out for a return. He will now enter the league’s concussion program, which will include rest and tests until he is cleared by medical personnel to return. There is no timetable on when that is expected.

    http://www.thephinsider.com/2016/8/...ant-chris-mccain-julius-warmsley-shamiel-gary
     
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  19. Alex13

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    not impressed with fede as most of you are, he better be stout against the run over the next few weeks, because he gives you nothing in terms of rushing the passer.

    Warmsley, Grant, Chris & Bobby McCain showed up last night.

    i also liked Aikens, Hendy and Pitts.

    You guys are surprised how small Jakeem Grant looked out there, for me that surprise was on Kiki Alonso..thats our "modern day" MLB looking like a S out there
     
  20. Ronnie Bass

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    I was intrigued by him too until I saw we were his 10th team and he has just three career receptions to show for it in 13 games. But he has been trying to crack the league since 2011, so there is no quit in him either. Got to like that I guess.
     
  21. ckparrothead

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    Any list of standouts from the game starts with Jakeem Grant and truthfully it might end there because I'm not sure anyone else had a dominating performance. You know there were some guys that kind of intrigued here and there. But it's really Jakeem and everyone else.

    [video=twitter;764670476891348992]https://twitter.com/ckparrot/status/764670476891348992[/video]

    The "everyone else" for me would include:

    QB Brandon Doughty
    RB Isaiah Pead
    DE Chris McCain
    LB Mike Hull
    CB Bobby McCain
    CB Lafayette Pitts

    If I expanded that list any more than that I fear it would be a useless list.
     
  22. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    I think that would be accurate last year, but he really looked pretty good rushing the passer in that game, he's trimmed down quite a bit, I think he really pushed himself this offseason, and it showed in that game.
     
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  23. dirtylandry

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    Chris McCain was all over the joint
     
  24. Colmax

    Colmax Well-Known Member

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    I didn't watch the entire game, but good stuff, CK. I could see him being used in a Darren Sproles kind of role.
     
  25. Phoenician Fan

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    I missed the game as well; anyone remember more about the play of Mike Hull?? And does anyone know what is wrong with Zach Vigil?? I'm very concerned about our LB depth. Extremely concerned actually.
     
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  26. Colmax

    Colmax Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, I thought the LBs looked pretty weak. Kiko Alonso got run over at the goal line. There were some bad angles/missed tackles from that group. They did not look strong. I think the D-line will have to help with some of the weaknesses of that group. I'm actually not as concerned with the secondary. Linebackers, not so much.
     
  27. dolphin25

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    Hull had couple plays, but seemed to be a step late. Vigil is out with injury I believe.
     
  28. Pandarilla

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    Thank you CK, I never got to see all his highlights. So much fun to watch.
     
  29. CitizenSnips

    CitizenSnips hmm.

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    The 9-wide defense that we're going to run is dependent on a strong dline. Which made the starting LBs look worse cause the starting Dline didn't play.

    That said, kiko is definitely a fast lb. He's got the quickness to go sideline to sideline.
     
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  30. Puka-head

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    I thought Warmsley popped. Paysinger had a good game and Pead made the team. Maybe move Dalls Thomas to the other side of the line, he plays better for them. Carroo may be somebody too. Hewitt made a few plays. #92 was in midseason form, got to get his autograph when they get here.
     
  31. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    Re-watching the game, Andre Branch looked pretty good too, and the missed goal line tackle by Kiko looks even worse, he choose the right gap, got into position, but he didn't even slow Jennings down, it looked like Kiko was covered in grease, he just absolutely slides right off Jennings, it was not good.
     
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  32. dolphin25

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    do you think a guy like Kiko that has had all the injuries could just mentally not be there? Like, crap I don't want to get hurt again.
     
  33. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    That could absolutely be the case.
     
  34. Fin-O

    Fin-O Initiated Club Member

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    Would make sense especially a mindset for the preseason. It is encouraging that he was in position to make some big plays though.


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  35. Colmax

    Colmax Well-Known Member

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    Thanks for clearing that up! So that's why they looked the way they did.

    Kiko had some opportunities and didn't impress with them in the few plays I paid attention to him.
     
  36. Dol-Fan Dupree

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    His lack of pass rushing moves bothers me. He doesn't have a spin, rip, slap of shoulder, punch, or really anything. He just engages. One play he got a really good jump, which could have been really effective if he used a rip. Instead he just enganged.

    I do not know if he was just supposed to engage and just try to get pressure in case of running or something like that. Just watching, it looks like he has no way to get off of the blocker once engaged in pass rush.
     
  37. Finster

    Finster Finsterious Finologist

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    True, he doesn't have much in the way of moves, but he does get push, you hope he can learn and incorporate some moves, a la JT, who was a very raw passrusher at first, but you can't really teach the power/leverage that Fede gets.

    I really like Fede and McCain, and would rather not lose either, but it looks like only one of them will stick, and Fede can play on any down, set the edge, keep the T honest and can also slide inside, as well as being a good STs guy, where McCain seems like a situational passrusher, so if I had to pick, I'd choose Fede.
     

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