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The One Positive Thread

Discussion in 'Miami Dolphins Forum' started by Bpk, Oct 6, 2013.

  1. Bpk

    Bpk Premium Member Luxury Box

    lol. Here's where we look at the good from today's game.

    (I know you're hurtin', but please expend the sarcasm in the threads where we are licking our wounds and keep this one as the one safe place, a sanctuary untouched by the bad vibes of the OL, coaching etc. No sarcastic negativity in this sacred little corner of ThePhins.com, please. Thank you)

    The Good
    - Dion Jordan is a big time player and will be for a long time
    - When Wake comes back, he and Jordan are going to make life very difficult for opposing offenses
    - Ryan Tannehill has a lot of fight in him
    - This team doesn't quit

    What else ya got?
     
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  2. mroz

    mroz Fix the OL Club Member

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    The OL is the glue that is keeping this team together… dont know where we would be without them….






    Really, this is not a bad team minus the OL
     
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  3. Sumlit

    Sumlit Well-Known Member

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    Just about. Both Dion Jordan and Tannehill have the talent and the upside. They are showing it.

    Just about everything else is a crapshoot.
     
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  4. anlgp

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    you taking the job off my shoulders this week because i'm ****ing pissed :lol:

    agree w/dion jordan and tanny comments. plus clay! hartline!

    edit:

    the bye week!
     
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  5. Dolphins1Beatles

    Dolphins1Beatles Ziggy Stardust

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    We have somehow managed 3 wins despite a disgrace for an O-Line and no run game and drops galore. Guess I'll give Tannehill that credit.
     
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  6. Gunner

    Gunner Rock Hunter

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    Some great news ... we won't lose next week
     
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  7. Destroyer

    Destroyer There for every play.

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    Dion Jordan is making plays that remind me of Jason Taylor.
     
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  8. byroan

    byroan Giggity Staff Member Administrator Luxury Box

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    Gibson...

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  9. unifiedtheory

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    Positives?

    We have our quarterback, I just hope we don't get him killed.

    Brandon Gibson is better than I ever thought he'd be.

    Dion Jordan WILL be a star. Why he is not playing more is beyond me.

    Our defensive line is really good.
     
  10. Bpk

    Bpk Premium Member Luxury Box

    Also.... I believe the 2013 Dolphins would beat the 2012 Dolphins. That's still progress. And if they add more pieces next year and Tannehill and this very young team all develops further, the 2014 Dolphins will be even better than the 2013 Dolphins.

    We may not be an overnight success, but we are building something that could last awhile. I do like that.
     
  11. PhinishLine

    PhinishLine Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Despite our best pass rusher, all the corners, cheese cloth offensive line. We still hung with the Ravens.

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  12. CitizenSnips

    CitizenSnips hmm.

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    Ryan Tannehill.

    He deserves better. IMo, he showed he can be a top 10 guy with a better oline. Good news is hes young, and keeping him protected should be our only priority this offseason.
     
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  13. Not So Fast

    Not So Fast Well-Known Member

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    Imagine this team with the 49ers OL. It would be a thing of beauty.
     
  14. NyPhinfan

    NyPhinfan Season Ticket Holder

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    Tough tough game to find a lot of positives about. The biggest positive is that next week is the bye. They need to regroup and reassess some players and get some players healed up.
     
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  15. DolfanTom

    DolfanTom Livin' and Dyin' w/ Ryan!

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    Biggest positive is Tannehill. If he can play this well w/ no running game and record-breaking-pace bad protection, I'd love to see what he could do w/ some real time to throw AND more maturity.

    Yes, he should have found a way to not take that last sack - it's a growing pain, and a very painful one - that we'll have to live with for now. But this is only year two, hopefully in a couple years, we'll be great and can laugh at games like this.
     
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  16. PhillyPhin

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    Men can spend more time with their wives as they won't have to attend Dolphins games on Sunday. So...
    - Marriages improve.
     
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  17. Rick 1966

    Rick 1966 Professional Hipshooter

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    And the running backs. They pretty much suck too.
    But the D has played their hearts out. I feel bad for them. Hell, maybe Paul Solail can play both ways as an O linemand AND a D lineman...
     
  18. mcdave21

    mcdave21 Season Ticket Holder Club Member

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    Keep feeding Wallace the ball. Good things will happen. The drops hurt today but this team will be back. Next year, with a better oline, Tannehill will blossom.
     
  19. mnfinfan

    mnfinfan Active Premium Member Luxury Box

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    Got to agree with this one, Wallace has been a flat out disappointment, but Gibson has been brilliant.
     
  20. ExplosionsInDaSky

    ExplosionsInDaSky Well-Known Member

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    OKAY
    We have our QB, I have thought that all along despite complaining about him last week...He got that bounce back personal win that I wanted him to get...I had this pegged as a loss anyway.

    We got Mike Wallace the ball, lets keep doing that

    Brandon Gibson is a stud

    Dion Jordan is a stud

    Charles Clay was a hell of a find in the draft despite us being labeled as a team that doesn't draft well.

    Lamar Miller is a good back if he has blockers of any kind

    Jared Odrick, Randy Starks, Big Paul, Reshad Jones, Grimes...There are plenty of positives about this team but we are sorely lacking at probably the most important position which is the O-line.
     
  21. PhinsRDbest

    PhinsRDbest Transform and Transcend

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    the next dimension
    But Tannehill will still get sacked
     
  22. ckparrothead

    ckparrothead Draft Forum Moderator Luxury Box

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    No shortage of positives out of today.

    1. The Ravens had sh-tty tight ends but the Dolphins still kept them relatively in check.

    2. The interior DL absolutely dominated the Ravens in pass rush and for most of the game in run defense.

    3. Ryan Tannehill - 4th & 10...nuff said.

    4. Mike Wallace caught 7 balls for 105 yards...on quite arguably a BAD day.

    5. Brandon Gibson continues to outperform my expectations.

    6. Dion Jordan essentially created 7 points on the scoreboard today. That's pretty awesome.

    7. Brent Grimes, yes Brent Grimes, was a positive. For each one of those 6 catches for 121 yards, Grimes was stuck on Torrey Smith's *** like a stubborn dingleberry. It was an INTENSE battle between two very good players and the difference for the majority of those plays was purely the quarterback's ball placement. Throw after throw Joe Flacco defined the meaning of the old adage, "a great throw beats great coverage". Grimes can play the exact same game next week and end up a hero not allowing a single catch, and the only difference will have been some subjective officiating and slightly worse ball placement.

    8. Charles Clay, even though he dropped a ball at a critical moment late in the game, had a really nice day. He had two real game-winning plays today though. That 45 yard catch was superb, and it's the kind of play that breaks stalemates. His touchdown catch was equally superb, and again it's the kind of thing that breaks stalemates.

    9. I felt like we were winning the special teams battle all day. And you almost got this feeling like the special teams could break the game open for us. The missed 57 yarder is irrelevant. You don't win games counting on rookie kickers, or any kicker for that matter, to make game-tying 57 yard field goals.

    10. Pass interference notwithstanding, Nolan Carroll was a big positive. Hopefully he's not too badly hurt. The pass interference was ticky tack. A few drives later they showed one of those montages of the plays Flacco had made or the Dolphins had given up and they showed a good end zone camera view of the DPI play. It gave you a better appreciation for what exactly the official back there was seeing. Carroll took his right arm and draped it around the receiver way before the ball got there. In my opinion, the contact had no effect on the receiver but the official on the back end didn't have a good enough view to see that and he's specifically taught to key in on exactly what Carroll did, and throw the flag when he sees it. It was a subjective call, one I wouldn't have made, but you can't claim Carroll was 100% faultless for it either. Even so, I thought the Grimes DPI in the end zone was much more clear-cut, and overall Carroll had a nice game.
     
  23. Rocky Raccoon

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    Olivier Vernon isn't getting any love but he should be. He was outstanding today.
     
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  24. CitizenSnips

    CitizenSnips hmm.

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    Koa Misi as well.
     
  25. NyPhinfan

    NyPhinfan Season Ticket Holder

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    Best gameni havebseen from him in a long time
     

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