*Official* Dolphins v Falcons preseason game thread

Got my sausages, peppers, buns, and beers and am going to do some preseason tailgating before heading to the Dome tonight. (Atlanta native) Here's to hoping we're better this season than I think we are.

 

This is going to be a long day for me the game can't start soon enough.
Only preseason but that feels like football has started.

 

I'm still torn between staying up and just ignoring it. It'll be hard as heck not to overanalyze this game to death. I usually consider the first two preseason games rather meaningless, but this year, I think we'll see epic sized misconceptions based on them.

 

Would like to see a decently sharp first drive for the starters. Saw teams like the Eagles and Charges come out that way, and would like to see if we can as well.

Other than that, relatively few mistakes and a few young guys to make some plays. Would especially like to see Oddrick do some damage after missing so much of last year.

Oh, and special teams efficiency.

 

Wish I could afford to go, but I just couldn't justify spending that much money for a preseason game. I'll be watching on tv. This is going to be a nice little test for our secondary. Vontae & SS24 going up against Roddy White & Julio Jones.

 

Lowest priced tickets are $55. I saw an ad on Craigslist for $5 tickets, but it was just a link to a professional ticket site. By the way, has anyone noticed that Craigslist has basically been taken over by these professional sites? It's crazy. I'd say nine in ten posts for event tickets these days are just links to those sites. It didn't used to be that way. I actually think a lot of these sites are going in and purchasing tickets in order to sell them at a markup too. And then of course there's Ticketmaster with its monopoly now charging $10.75 per ticket fees. So outrageous.

 

The Dolphins played the Saints in the preseason for a bout three years in a row (before last year). I'd walk down to the Dome and buy two tickets for $10 each! Not from a scalper, but from some season ticket holder who didn't want to suffer through a meaningless game.

 

I'm interested to see Gates, Clay, Hilliard, Sheets, D. Thomas, Garner, Murtha, J. Wilson, R. Jones, Odrick & Fields. Won't see a whole heckuva lot of the starters. Like to see the rookies and guys coming back from injuries.

 

mornin..

For me, its all about the players that addressed the weaknesses, #1.. Henne, Some swagger, some confident demeanor, some arrogant throws, and most importantly, his footwork, we need to see more decisive Footwork, if he doesn't leave the field with some confidence, he will only feel more pressure, regardless if its a preseason game..#2..Gates...We need to see the flashes to be sure that that his skillset will play in this receiver group, this year...# Bush..like to see an upfield aggressive nature..#4..Clay..can the guy block well enough to unseat Polite and make the position more dangerous and diverse...#5. Lex, he said he has learned the fullback position as well, want to see if were thinking Peyton Hillis..#6, Burnett...Wanna see if the mouth matches the game, and just how he moves.

 

If you want to see swagger and arrogance from Henne, you're gonna be disappointed. He might be confident, but he'll never cross that line into swagger and arrogance. And good for him! He's a methodical QB. Dare I say, a ROBOT!

 

Well....

I want to see how our offense looks. Im pretty sure I know what we have on defense......

Would like to see a few crisp series with Henne at the helm. See some different things that Daboll will bring. Really want to see Clyde Gates...Clay....and our young running backs.

Id like to see our offense be aggresive. I think you can be vanilla in your play calling...and still be aggresive. I believe we have to have a "Miami Attack" mentality....if our offense plays up to how I think we can this season...thats gonna be my nickname for our offense...the "Miami Attack"...

Wow.....I dont think Ive ever put someone on ignore after only 3 posts.......(I decided to not allow any cookies.....)....

 

Probably the most important player, is to see if D Thomas can play.

 

for his sake, he needs to lead the team when he steps on the field, he needs to have the right body language...The team he's leading is looking for his weaknesses, he needs to overcome in front of them...

Some of the best most philosophical advice I ever got came in 4 words, and I'll always remember them, and to this day, still use the great wisdom.

Don't be a Pu##y..

lol

 

Henne AND Daniel Thomas yes. But, the thing I'm most interested in seeing is how the O-line looks tonight. Obviously, there's no Jake Long out there protecting the blindside. How does Mike Pouncey look? Do his shotgun snap issues rear their head again? Did Richie Incognito actually get more mobile? Is Marc Colombo as bad as the practice reports and his 2010 season were?

 

Killer robot powered with by a Henne....

 

Here's what I'm looking forward to:

If Henne [the first team offense] really stinks, I'm looking forward to the League of Extraordinary Optimists telling the Doom and Gloom Fraction that it's only preseason.

If Henne [the first team offense] really shines, I'm looking forward to the Doom and Gloom Fraction telling the League of Extraordinary Optimists that it's only preseason.

If our defense really stinks, I'm looking forward to everyone saying that it's only preseason.

If our defense really shines, I'm looking forward to pretty much no one saying that it's only preseason.

 

I wonder if they are even going to play the starters....the Pats didnt last night...the Jags didnt start Garrard....

also NFLN has the game on replay tomorrow at 1PM...

 

Got tickets for less than $10 a piece in the lower level. Of course living here helps.

 

"Vee believe in nothing, Lebowski!"

 

LMAO. Spot on.

 

Did you get them on Craigslist?

 

PM for stream

 

Damn, just checked AFN's schedule and I get to watch the whoopty-friggin-doo Tampa Bay Yuckanners and Kansas City Chefs

Ok, tonight's the night guys...tonight, we find out whether the foundation is there...the cohesion, the new players' abilities.

Just remember, this is a glorified scrimmage for the new players, so to win/lose doesn't matter.

Keep that in mind when the criticism starts

 

I'm guessing I fall in the LEO, but I wouldn't make too much (good or bad) out of the 1st preseason game. If Henne's cumulative preseason is bad or good, then yea I'd lean one way or the other on him. But not after 1 game. Same thing with the defense.

 

Every time I see that phrase now, I immediately think of Dexter and get a little bit of a chill.

Good attitude. I'm just looking at individual plays. I want to see Henne make a few good throws, make a few good decisions. That's it. Sparano said they weren't even preparing for the Falcons. So it's not like we're rolling out there with an offensive gameplan tailored to what Atlanta can do on defense.

 

Yeah, I lean towards the DGF (things have gotten somewhat Command&Conquer here) but as I said in my first post, today's game will be even more meaningless than week 1 preseason games usually are. But that probably won't stop us from discussing at epic length and in mindboggingly elaborate detail how much Henne/the offense/the defense/starter Y rocked/sucked/has to improve/needs to get his arse outta here. And since we're multi taskers, we'll also analyze in spectacular depth the merits of undrafted rookie X who so would have made the team if they hadn't cut him on 53 day.

 

I want to see:

1. Henne and the offense in general. I want to see some crispness and some timing, more formations and passes to the backs and TEs.

2. The running backs. Thomas, Bush and Grigsby are the three I'm most excited to see.

3. WRs. Marshall, Gates and Murphy.

4. Charles Clay.

5. Reshad Jones.

6. STs coverage. Although the rule change may improve our KO coverage more than anything we could have done.

 

Just don't cross the streams.

 

I would play them 2 series tops, if they put together a good drive on the first one, I would take them out after 1...no more than 2 drives.