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Week 3 in the AFC East

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Galant, Sep 23, 2018.

  1. Rick 1966

    Rick 1966 Professional Hipshooter

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    That was shocking, but then the Pats have had slow starts the last few years before they got their stuff together. To paraphrase The Outlaw Josey Wales, "I don't want to hear the Pats dead, I want to see the Pats dead."
     
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  2. Vertical Limit

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    I dont think Gordon even wants to play football, but he is in his athletic prime, and he feels he needs to be there.
     
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  3. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Looks like the Lions had success in running against the Patriots:


     
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  4. Galant

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  5. Galant

    Galant Love - Unity - Sacrifice - Eternity

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    Another take on what went down for NE:

    "Detroit Lions 26, New England Patriots 10

    1. After two lackluster games, Matt Patricia's Lions put it all together against his former employer, securing the coach's first win with the club in resounding fashion. Matthew Stafford rebounded from his miserable home opener to pilot five scoring drives (of 12, 9, 14, 10 and 8 plays in length), complete 75 percent of his passes and toss two touchdowns. Buoyed by a drought-breaking running attack and patient play-calling, the Lions held the ball for nearly two-thirds of the game and racked up 25 first downs for the second week in a row. The defense, victimized just two weeks ago by a rookie quarterback in his first start, shut down the greatest quarterback of all time, sacking him twice, and forced four three-and-outs, including three to start the game. Just like that, Detroit's Week 1 blowout loss and overall rocky start is a thing of the past. The Lions sit a half-game behind the division's top contenders, Green Bay and Minnesota, with a winnable game at Dallas coming up next week. The season has started anew, as has the once-fated-to-flounder Patricia era.

    2. There's a reason that the Patriots executed a trade for Josh Gordon this week, however embattled the former Browns receiver may be. They are and remain void of a vertical threat and options at wideout. Dressing only three receivers (Chris Hogan, Phillip Dorsett, Cordarrelle Patterson) on Sunday night while Gordon rehabs a hamstring injury, New England resorted to dump-downs to running backs and desperate heaves to double-covered receivers and Rob Gronkowski. That is, when they had the ball. Detroit's effective ball-control game plan kept New England's offense sidelined for long stretches in the first half. When the Pats did get the ball, Sony Michel was ineffective on first and second downs, often forcing Brady to beat eight Lions in pass coverage on third down. The result? New England compiled just 209 total yards of offense, its fewest total since Week 17 of 2016.

    3. The saddest streak in football, save for Cleveland's now-annihilated winless streak, met its end on Sunday night when Lions rookie running back Kerryon Johnson rushed for 101 yards on 16 carries. Johnson became the first Lions runner since NFL Network analyst Reggie Bush in 2013 to rush for the century mark. Johnson was a chain mover too, accounting for eight of Detroit's 25 first downs. Lacking balance on offense for at least half a decade, Johnson's breakout game, facilitated by the bullies on the Lions' remade offensive line, was a revelation and hopefully for the Motown faithful, a sign of things to come.

    -- Jeremy Bergman"
    http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000965631/article/what-we-learned-from-sundays-week-3-games
     
  6. Galant

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    Meanwhile, over in Buffalo:

    "Buffalo Bills 27, Minnesota Vikings 6
    1. Any. Given. Sunday. Coming out of halftime, CBS sideline reporter Tracy Wolfson relayed a comment from Mike Zimmer in which the Vikings coach looked up at one point during the first half and said "Oh my god, it's 27 to nothing..." It was indeed, coach. The Buffalo Bills traveled to Minnesota as a huge underdog and proceeded to dominate the Vikings in all three phases. The Bills D confounded Kirk Cousins through two quarters, sacking the QB three times, forcing two fumbles, allowed just 46 total yards, two first downs and did not allow Minnesota to cross the 50-yard-line until the third quarter. Buffalo's offense made Zimmer's defense look like it was the NFC Championship, dicing up the Vikingsthrough the air. Sunday was a reminder that NFL games aren't played on paper. Despite the low expectations for a Buffalo squad that was walloped the first two weeks, the Bills came to play. Minnesota sleepwalked. The results were evident.

    2. The future showed up for Buffalo. Josh Allen played like his hair was on fire early, making heady plays, throwing darts, and using his feet when necessary to baffle the Vikings defense. Credit the Billscoaching staff for giving the rookie quarterback a bevy of quick throws early to get Allen in a groove and aid a struggling offensive line. Playing sans LeSean McCoy, Buffalo supplemented the ground game with short strikes and screens. Allen maneuvered in the pocket well in the first half and made the correct read time after time. The quarterback showed poise on several throws out of the pocket, including finding Chris Ivory on a rollout for a 55-yard catch and run. Allen finished 15-of-22 for 196 yards, 8.9 yards per attempt, one TD throw, a QB rating of 111.2 and two rushing scores. His numbers would have been better had Bills receivers not dropped several passes, including an Allen deep dime that slid through the hands of Robert Foster. As impressive as Allen was Sunday with his arm, it was his feet that confounded Minnesota early. Anthony Barr was a victim of several Allen runs. The LB was out-dashed for a touchdown, got hurdled by Allen (seriously), and stiff-armed on a play in which Barr was called for a horse-collar penalty. There will be ups-and-downs for Allen moving forward, but Sunday's outing was a reminder what the athletic, big-armed QB brings to the table.

    3. The Vikings offense laid an egg. Playing without running back Dalvin Cook, Minnesota couldn't sustain a drive. On the team's first nine possessions of the game they earned four total first downs and didn't have a drive longer than six plays through three quarters. Cousins played about as poorly as possible, with most of his hollow stats coming in garbage time. The quarterback looked rattled in the pocket, threw a heap of bad tosses, missing receivers most of the day. The Vikings offensive line was absolutely dominated. Bills edge rusher Jerry Hughes made left tackle Riley Reiff look like he was frozen in carbonite time after time. Cousins couldn't maneuver the traffic, fumbling twice and throwing an interception on a forced ball into traffic that was botched by Latavius Murray. With no protection, the Vikings offense had zero downfield element. Heading into a Thursday night tilt versus a vaunted Los Angeles Rams defense, Cousins & Co. must figure it out in short order or might be embarrassed once again.

    -- Kevin Parta"
     
  7. Galant

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  8. Tin Indian

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    They looked slow and plodding on defense. If that is really the case, I hate to say it, but the speed of the guys on our offense is going to give them serious trouble.
     
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  9. Finatik

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    Brady looked slow and plodding. 1st time I have to say he looked old. Frustrated. Disheartened. It was a good look!
     
  10. Vertical Limit

    Vertical Limit Senior Member

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    This patriots game is the most winnable game weve had since brady tore his acl..
     
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  11. KeyFin

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    I would have said, "... is the most winnable game since we blew them out on national TV last year."
     
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  12. M1NDCRlME

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    The Lions hit him a lot. Many of the hits came so quick he didn't have a chance to lay down to avoid them. I loved watching him throw his helmet.
     
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  13. DolPhinPhan7

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    I'm really disappointed the Bills shocked the world. I would have expected our two games against them as Automatic W's. Now, not so much.

    Against the Pats, Gronk will be Gronk and feast on Kiko and company. We'll need to double team him.

    If Reshad Jones is back the secondary should be more than a match for the hodge podge of receivers the Pats are trotting out there.

    Also, the Dolphins Offence is way better than the Jags and Lions. So I suspect Tannehill will eat.
     
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  14. Finatik

    Finatik Season Ticket Holder Staff Member Club Member

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    The Lions gave a blue print on beating them.
     
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  15. KeyFin

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    Here's the thing- the Bills got two turnovers in the red zone (well, one was at the 22) on consecutive drives in the 1st quarter. They scored on their 1st drive and a few minutes later, they were blanking the Vikes 17-0. They went on to score 10 more points in the final 3 1/2 quarters....that's hardly world-beaters.

    Credit the Bills D for forcing mistakes.....but that hardly makes them a team to be fearful of all of a sudden.
     
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  16. Phil Hutchings

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    I’m sure they will be doing that all week.
     
  17. Deus ex dolphin

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    Game plans are funny things. If Gase thinks Bellicheat will expect him to copy the Lions plan, then Gase may try something else instead. We really don't have the OL to maul the Pats like the Lions did (pun intended) but in a shoot-out type game, I like our chances. Just double Gronk and force everyone else to make plays instead. Who do the Pats take away? We don't have one guy they can double and thus change our offensive approach that way.

    What do I expect to see? The Pats try a ball control offense against our DL depth and LB corp. Wear Miami down and win a low scoring game. What does Miami do? I am hoping Gase has some more trick plays ready to go and we get out to an early lead to force the Pats to pass more than they would prefer.
     
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  18. KeyFin

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    Well, Tampa lost and we're now down to three undefeated teams (Chiefs & Rams are the other two). The Rams have the Vikings next and the Chiefs have the Broncos on Monday night- let's go Minne and Denver! I think it would be so cool if we were the last undefeated team in the league!

    PS- we spank the Pats so I'm not worried about that one at all. =)
     
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  19. cbrad

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    Might be worth keeping track of "most consecutive wins to start the season" stats because it's a rarity for the Dolphins to win their first 4 games. Last time they did that was in 1995 with Marino!!

    Here's the list of best "consecutive wins starts" in Dolphins history:
    1972: 17-0
    1984: 11-0
    1992: 6-0
    and then 3 years where we started 4-0: 1979, 1981 and 1995.

    In other words, we start 4-0 and that will be tied for the 4th best start in franchise history!
     
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  20. KeyFin

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    I just think it would be cool due to the '72 team always waiting for the last undefeated team to lose. What would they do this year if that was us? Would they root for or against us? I grew up with Manny Fernandez's daughter and if it looks like we'll actually be the last undefeated left, I'll have to try and reconnect to get the insider scoop. =)

    People talk about the champagne toast and I doubt it's a real thing, yet I remember so many parties over there as a little kid....who knows? I know a lot of people are tired of this topic but it makes me smile and think of Manny every year around this time.
     
  21. M1NDCRlME

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    Something tells me that if the Phins are the lone unbeaten team the ‘72 guys will be celebrating each win until the streak ends.
     
  22. Galant

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  24. Vertical Limit

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    Well i hope we continue to win. If we can get a 12 win season, then we are division champs lock and possibly a bye week. Patriots arent going 13-0. gotta get 9 of the remaining 13.. lots of crazy **** happens tho
     
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