Don't be so hard on our kicker, he made 2 tackles today.

 

Maybe against Cleveland, the OL can give Henne some time. IMO, Henne has played pretty well. Tons of improvement from last year. Yea, he's no Brady or Rodgers, but the guy has the tools.

 

I thought it was very disheartening how the defensive conditioning factor took hold a second straight week, assuring that while the other team played 60 minutes of football, we only played between 50 and 55 minutes of football for a second time in two weeks.

The Andre Johnson touchdown gets the headlines, because everyone wonders why Nolan Carroll was on him, and/or why Reshad Jones didn't come over for his help over the top when everyone knows (and admits) that he was supposed to, but prior to that play the Texans had driven 40 yards in 4 plays, 20 of those yards being Ben Tate runs at 10 yards a pop. Then on the Texans' next drive following their touchdown, they got the ball with 8 minutes left, which is enough time for the Dolphins to get a stop, and mount a 10 point comeback. Hell we've seen more impressive than that just this weekend. Yet the Texans went ahead and crammed Ben Tate down our throat 8 straight times, gaining 2 first downs in the process, and chewing up 5 minutes of clock until the next time the offense saw the ball, it was way too late to mount a 10 point comeback.

That was not the defense that had frustrated the Texans into scoring only 16 points thru the first 48 minutes of the game. That was a tired defense that had been worn out and pounded into submission.

The concern there is poor conditioning and tired players not only make it hard to finish games, but they lead to injuries. Injuries make a bad team worse.

And Chad Henne can't keep doing his "white Vick" impersonation. He's not very athletic, and so one little screw-up and his brains could be scrambled eggs, because the guys chasing him around and trying to tackle him are faster, more explosive, and they hit hard. It's one thing if you've got a lot of experience carrying the ball and running around, and you have some athleticism, then you have some natural instincts and ability to minimize the impact of hits. We all saw Chad Henne get up after that 4 yard scramble on 3rd & 5, clutching his head and acting all woozy. Next time he might not be able to come back in the very next play or next drive.

 

Glad we didn't sign that fatass NT to a long term deal. He hasn't shown nothing yet that he deserves a big contract.

 

Interesting. I hadn't really considered what might happen at 0-3 because I'd been thinking that the Dolphins would definitely win either this Texans game or the Cleveland game. If they win the Cleveland game, I think the "flood gates" you speak of would be put off until Week 7, pending the Week 6 outcome against the Jets on MNF. If they went 1-4 and lost to the Jets, coming home to face the Denver Broncos with Stephen Ross celebrating Bronco QB Tim Tebow along with the Florida Gators for how awesome they are, at a time when the team everyone is there to see sucks so bad...that to me is "flood gates" time.

But if they lose to the Browns first...you could be right...maybe happens sooner.

 

I think I have an idea to fix our home field issue. Just have our team take a round-trip plane ride somewhere straight back to Miami. Then have them all stay in a hotel near the stadium. Make them think it's an away game.......

Expensive? Maybe. But if we win, what does it matter.

This is sad that I even came up with this idea. :no:

 

I remember we would sometimes use Jason Allen on top flight big WRs we faced because he was big and physical..and also why you sometimes saw him on BM today. Sean Smith is like the tallest CB in the league no? Why is he not on a monster like Andre ? That should of been Smith's guy, if he is worth a salt.

 

...and then I buy an authentic Andrew Luck jersey and we set ourselves up at the most important position in all of sports for the next 15 years.

 

Sean Smith did a good job on Andre Johnson the last time the two met.

I don't know why they didn't do that. Smith doesn't know, either. He said he doesn't have the freedom to just go where he wants to go, he has to line up where they tell him. But, he did say that in retrospect, maybe he should have gone straight to the coaches when Vontae was out and told them, give me Andre Johnson.

That's a learning experience for a Sean Smith, he's still learning what it means to be a premier player.

On the other hand those coaches should have known to do that whether Sean asked for it or not.

 

If the conditioning issues we saw in both these games are not a fluke...it's conceivable. It's not what I would predict, as we sit here today. But the thing that poor conditioning does is facilitate injuries, which can be a drain on the team's ability to play competitively.

 

We could play our home games at the Jets place, we've done pretty good there over the past several years!

 

:lol: If there was a bright spot in this game, it was seeing Brandon Marshall making Jason Allen his *****.

The beast all but sodomized Allen at the goal line.

 

Who's going to start the "Game Day" thread now? :pointlol::tongue2:

 

They have lacked the mentality to make the September heat and humidity an advantage...probably ever since Nick Saban came along.

I don't know what to do about it, to be honest.

Will the issue clear up on the road where weather could be milder? Or is it not even really related to weather?

 

As soon as Vontae was out and Carroll replaced him, I knew the defense would ebb...Everyone did.

Vontae was terrific until his hammy gave out.

Putting Carroll on Johnson was just plain stupid. Especially since we know that Sean and Vontae practiced switching sides this preseason for just such an occasion. Is there Flouride in the water in Dade county?

 

I don't know if I'd say Vontae was terrific. He gave up the big 43 yarder to Andre Johnson.

I thought Sean Smith has been more solid in both games. He did cramp up in Week 1, and it resulted in the 30 yarder to Aaron Hernandez that set up a TD...but otherwise the whole game he'd only given up 1 catch for 10 yards.

 

Honestly if Reshad Jones was where he was supposed to be, I got the feeling Miami might have even been trying to bait Schaub into that throw to Johnson.

Andre Johnson said about the play that he knew that if Nolan Carroll kept playing him the way he'd been playing him, that play would be a touchdown. Yet, Sparano was clear that was supposed to be a double-covered play. Might be the Dolphins were trying to get them to make that throw so that Reshad Jones could pick it off, and then Reshad just blew it, wasn't where he was supposed to be.

 

one of the highlights of the game for me....marshall on allen at the 12 yard line at the bottom of the screen, henne makes that audible and everybody who watches this game knows marshall gets the ball, the dolphins players knew it, the texans players knew it, yeah and freakin jason allen knew it too...the rest is in the books...that was funny

 

I could see why the staff that fell in love with Gibril Wilson would keep wanting to give Reshad Jones chances while he f#cks up week after week. They're desperate to make more plays in the secondary.

Strangely enough, Benny Sapp created a turnover last week, and they cut him for it.

 

Clemons is fine as a FS. Nothing special but you can get by with him. The teams' problem right now is their conditioning is inexcusable, their getting destroyed because of their fourth safety and dime cornerback and miserable right tackle.

 

TP remember when we used to dream of having a young QB with some potential, a true top WR, a franchise LT, a great pass rusher, a NT...

And then we get that and still lose? What the **** is going on?

 

That's absurd. But he's certainly lost thephins.com.