http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article22380363.html
Glad to see he's being proactive in trying to keep the team fresher. Apparently even working with his Sports performance crew. I wonder if Lazor ever shared with Philbin any of Chip Kelly's sports science findings? Kelly is blazing that trail. In the end, I don't really know if being tired was the key factor in Miami these last two finishes. In 2013, the offensive line was disastrous and got Tannehill killed in the final two games. One of which (Buffalo) he got hurt. In 2014, the run defense fell apart and the pass defense couldn't make up for Delmas's absence. Not to mention Albert's injury causing more trouble for what was a decent oline.
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Not only Delmas. Finnegan, Taylor, Davis, Thomas, Wilson, Jones, all missed multiple games. IIRC Grimes is the most only back seven guy who stayed healthy, and the even he looked worn towards the end of the season.
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By the end of the season, Cortland Finnegan looked exhausted.
Below, Eric Decker catches the ball, and it seems like Cortland Finnegan (#24), just gives up, and slows down to a jog.
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Lets call a spade a spade.Finnegan looked done half way through the season.Thats the risk you take when you sign a veteran who has been discarded from another team.We saw that with Colledge too.We have resorted to doing that simply because we have been drafting badly until the last couple of years and we simply dont have the depth on the roster.
Delmas on the other hand looks like he may have some mileage in him but how long will it last .Hopefully the whole season.PhinFan1968 likes this. -
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Philbin seems to have a **** EATIN grin going this year! I think he likes the talent we have!
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Look I know it's easy to **** on Philbin these days. However, lets think about this in terms of a bank manager, with years of experience as a personal banker. You're primed to take the next step, the bigger role, but when you do...you realize there are a ton of little things you've never had to deal with before; "leadership groups", guys complaining about playing time, dealing with front office, the media, the owner, the fans.....holy ****! All of a sudden you're thrust in front of everyone. You're the face. It's a big deal. Just like with a new bank manager; he will need time to find his place, learn from mistakes, learn his "market", know his "staff", and get the right people to do the right things.
Sure he has questionable game management problems. But if he learns from them, gets better, and continues getting better with his roster handling like hes shown, he may not be so bad. Hope it works out for the guy!Sceeto likes this. -
I like Philbin. I don't think he's the worst thing to ever roam the sidelines like a lot of people do, but he has also been underwhelming to say the least.
He does seem to be open to trying new things. The defense certainly faded hard down the stretch last year and I think injury and fatigue played a big factor in that. As you said, let's hope this is the year everything clicks. -
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Maybe watch films of successful teams and get a better feel for late game clock management and timeout usages.
Simple, but seriously he needs to improve at that aspect of finishing individual games... that's what I thought this topic was going to be about.
Jeez, he must have practiced them into the ground if he thinks they lost their legs... weren't we one of the youngest teams in the league the last two seasons?
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There's not enough attention paid to how many injuries there were on D.
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Even vs NYJ the next week Coyle was gun shy vs the run and the Jets ran wild the entire first half despite hardly even making an effort to pass. And unlike the Denver game the offense wasn't encouraging him to be passive by scoring a bunch of points early. -
I'm serious, after these games he said he's gonna review what other teams do in those situations. I'm too lazy to look it up but it was mentioned he was going to do so. -
that would be irelands fault in recent past, now we have hickey reshaping the roster, and things look dramatically different...i mean in two short years look what he has done to the receiver unit.. -
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