One, great work on the tiebreakers. Very interesting that we need NO help whatsoever to win the division.

Joey Thomas = Garbage. Like you said, never thought I would miss Jason Allen, but he’s light years ahead of Joey Thomas.

Brandon London is my man-crush of the year. I’m driving the BrandonWagon all year long. Plus, he’s good on special teams. I <3 him.

Upgrade at the OLB position for Roth.. hmm Julius Peppers is a FA.. he’d look awful good opposite JP at the OLB position. And he’s damn sure athletic enough to stand up in a 3-4. I hope the Panthers are too broke after paying Gamble to pony up for Peppers.

Matty You said it right, the dolphins are fun to watch again. I am glad God has blessed us with some exciting games this year instead of just trying to get a win like last year. We clean things up in practice this week we should be able to build momentum!

  I was kind of surprised by the way the team responded after last weeks loss in a way. I’m not saying it was bad, but I guess with all the wonderful success we had, I was hoping for some more pops from the hits on defense, and more spark from the plays on offense. We are rebuilding, I know that, we all know that. And I do believe in the long run, we’ll get to that goal of being “that” team we all want.

  We are still a work in progress. And I really don’t think we’ll be a team in the future that plays down to these type of opponents. I’m happy as hell that we are 7-5 and in control of things. WOW. That even seems wierd just typing that after last year and the tumble down hill the years before. I’ll take the win in any shape or form. Another week of learning for the players and staff, and another week of getting better for the future.

  Next, Buffalo. Another divisional game that MEANS something……..thank God for that eh? It MEANS something!!!

Always there to put everything in focus.

AND NO MORE CALLING THEM BUFFALO. THEY ARE TORONTO FOR THE NEXT 7 DAYS. THIS IS MY QUEST!

I am as thrilled as anyone that at 7-5 we (players and fans) are realizing how yooge this season is compared to last. I’ve read all the post-Rams posts (fan posts and headliners) up to this moment, and have listened to (and read) many of the Dolphin staff/player blurbs. I sense there is a common theme in the reaction of both the fans and the team regarding the Dolphins’…and it is “we’ve got a lot of work to do”.

Losing Camarillo and Smiley just adds to the work load…BUT what I heard from the veteran team leaders in the post game interviews was ’We know". Following yet another hard fought win our team sits at 7-5…and the players seem totally committed to focusing even harder in practice on cleaning up details with existing players, and embracing the reality of having prepare replacement players…on the quick!

In my opinion, this team is living ‘in the moment’. Not too high…not too low…no sugar coating, just focused. This is the first time in a very long time that I have felt like the players, coaching staff, and front office are on precisely the same page.

Bring on the Bills!!!

    I wasn’t able to watch the whole game today, I live on the west coast, I have direct Tv which is nice. But today I went to church, and all games for Miami start at 10:oo over hear, right when church starts. So thanks to Matty I I was able to get some info. Onto the game.

    I absolutely agree, Ronnie Brown needs way more carries. I understand that Ricky needs some carries, tha just means we need to run even more with such talented backs that we have. Here is a thought, what if Ronnie is all the way healthy, what if he isn’t as healthy as we all think and the coaches aren’t trying to play him to much? I know that is way far out, but it isn’t impossible.

    Tedd Ginn needs better blocking on kick returns. And about punt returns, I know they like Bess better the Ginn on the punt returns, but those are the ones Giin has ran back without the penalties being called. One was last year, and the other one was during the preseason this year. So why are we having Bess return them when Teddy has shown he can do what it takes on the return?

    Bess will get better. He has shown a lot of flashes lately and I can’t wait to see what he can really do in the near or distant future.

    I am not to worried about Smiley, I am praying we can have a player take his place and play it well.

    Chad is so awesome! I love that guy, he shows what it takes to make it as an NFL QB. I hope we can keep him around for a couple more years.

    I am not to sure whether or not we can beat Bills or the Jets. I am praying we will but those will be difficult games. I saw the closing minutes of the Bills/49ers game, the niners played well, but they only won because of the Trent Edwards injury that caused him to miss the rest of the game. Don’t get me wrong, the 49ers played one heck of a game, there defense deserves the ball the, there offence wasn’t very good. They have one very consistent player, Frank Gore. He is a beast! I can’t wait to see how the Dolphins play them.

    AnywayI have school in the morning so I better get going.
Thanks for all you fans who read this post. Until next time.

— Sincerely, Isaiah

Obviously some type of miscommunication, but on who’s part. The announcer was right, it looked like Brown was supposed to get the ball back to Penny. But he made a hell of a play.

Also wondering why they pulled Ronnie for that short period of time until Ricky game up limping. That was odd.

im back phinsider….JUST BACK. the Florida highways are a mess today…6 hr drive normally…turned into a coffee chugging 10 hr drive

Nice job on the divison info Matty…THAT is exciting..well be favored every week up until the Jets most likely…i keep telling people..its this end of the schedule that makes us so still in this thing.

tired..more phins tomorrow

But there are a few things that just don’t sit well with me after this game.

First, we really don’t seem to be able to stop the run. And Second, we don’t seem to be able to get pressure on the QB. The past couple of games have looked the same, from the QB pressure perspective. I am beginning to suspect that Ferguson is running out of gas and not able to push the middle of the pocket. I think this also is part of the problem we are having with inside runs. One of our priorities in the offseason will probably be NT.
I am also starting to think that our Defensive play calling is to conservative. We talked about it last week after the Pats spread us out and attacked our secondary, but we can’t hold coverage very long, and we absolutely need to get more pressure on the QB. Otherwise, teams are going to make us pay. The Rams should not have scored 12 points on us. All we had to do was hit Bulger and stop the run. So if Ferguson isn’t getting it done, and we are not bringing the blitz, then we need to play a 4 man front.
We didn’t pressure Bulger and we didn’t stop Jackson, and we didn’t adjust. I said it last week and I’ll say it again: If we don’t get this fixed, it is going to cost us some games.

That being said, I believe we can win out, IF we get this D-line issue fixed.
The offense was a little out of sorts, but overall played okay. Ginn’s drops are starting to bug me a bit, but I hope it is something he will get squared away quickly.

I completely disagree with those who take the position that we should have fed Ronnie the ball today. I think we have two outstanding RBs, and they each have slightly different strengths. Ronnie seems to be better at pounding it up inside the Tackles and Ricky seems to have better vision and is able to cut it back to find a hole. When i say “better”, I don’t mean that either one of them isn’t a complete back. They could each fulfill either role. I just mean that when looking at where they have success, Ronnie most often runs into the opposition and Ricky runs around them. Today, against the Rams D, Ricky was more effective. Period. On his 12 carries, he averaged 4.5 yds/c. Ronnie had 15 carries with a 3.2 yd/c avg. Between the two, they amassed 102 yds on 27 carries. Not bad… not great, but not bad. Because each will have different levels of success against different defenses, you have to play the guy that has the “hot hand”, so to speak.
I personally don’t care if we have one guy or two guys get us to 100+ yds rushing, as long as we have a respectable rushing attack. All in all, the Fins had 149 yds rushing.

I am thrilled with Bess, although not really surprised. And I am not too worried about the O-line, since I think we have a good enough O-Coord to work around any weakness there. And STs looks like it is finally developing into a respectable unit.

I really am already looking forward to the next game and seeing how they correct some of these defensive issues.

As always, IMO.

It’s Bills/Dolphins week part 2 here in Upstate NY, and the Bills are coming off of a loss. The Colts/Browns snoozefest ended early and I got to see the remainder of yesterday’s win. I agree that Ronnie should be getting the ball more. In fact, I think he would benefit from getting more carries. It seems he tries to make the most from his limited chances and frequently tries to bounce outside causing negative yardage. As far as ugly wins go, I don’t subscribe to them. Surely the Giants last year and the Steelers this year (and the Colts too for that matter) rack up those ugly W’s, but nobody takes any style points away from them. Even a “bad” team like the Rams can win, and wants to win. Miami is finding ways to win games. Let’s not focus on the final score so much as the final outcome, that’s all that matters at day’s end.
Great job researching Miami’s division and playoff implications. Lets face it – with Miami, any season where they’re in the mix is a great one. How awesome is it to even be still alive for a playoff shot? Right now, rather than look ahead, I am eyeballing the number 8. 8 wins means no worse than a 500 record. It means the turnaround has been a huge success. I’ll worry about 9 when it gets here.
This week, we kick some Toronto Bills ass and get to 8!

gets a lot of tackles on ST.

That’s why I am a fan.

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED TO SHAWN MURPHY?
We could sure use him right about now!

got in at 2am last night…work at 8am…school till 7pm….but damnit when i get home its ITM time…and i got allot to say this week

too many comments for me to go back n read. lol

all superstitions were taken care of….i said out loud the injury report to my friend….carpet monster was fed….but he had to drink out of my friends patio cuz he wouldnt let me soil his carpet….not a true fan apparently. the naked thing had to stop…i was sleeping on a air mattress in the same lioving room as my friend and his wife..hahahah…and we won..so i dont have to sleep naked anymore….

Anthrax shots burn….

We won in St.Louis and in the end, that’s all that matters…another game to learn from and another game closer to our ultimate goal and with the other divisional losses we are sitting in a great spot now and I’m still on cloud 9 knowing that WE now CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY to WIN THE DIVISION! I’m speechless about that! Just simply awesome!
The injury bug is catching up now and after so many weeks of a practically blank injury report it appears that people are dropping quicker now and more seriously too. Lets hope it stops right here and now and we can stay healthy the rest of the way.

I would have to say that the biggest disappointment about this game (and it segways from last weeks game too) is the lack of discipline resulting in penalties! Way too many of em and that yardage and first downs really took their toll and couldn’t ended this game differently. We’ve been so disciplined all year and that has been one of the biggest things that I’ve been thankful for because the Dolphins of past years typically have been terrible where this is concerned and now we have two weeks in a row of several bad penalties…This needs to stop immediately.

We’re still doing great on the turnover ratio! We’re now at PLUS10 after a plus2 from yesterday. Three beautiful interceptions from our D was great and one very unfortunate fumle by us on a great HB pass that ended less then optimally.

Chad is still working very efficiently. I would like to see more touchdowns but he’s playing smart and in control and I love it. We need the dropped passes to disappear quick! Those are getting very frustrating but for our receiving corps and where they’ve come from and what we’re doing, I’m fairly happy about them.

Everyone is saying that Ronnie should get the ball more…and for the most part, I agree. I think that getting him the ball for 20+ runs would be optimal and very possible too but we’re just not seeing that. Ideally 20+ carries from BOTH Ricky and Ronnie for 150+ yards a game would be great and I know we could do that but it’s hard to do. What it comes down to is making sure that we are getting a healthy TOTAL amount of carries from all our rushers that produces good numbers (hopefully 130+) with an average above 4. If all that happens, then I’m happy and any idividual numbers aren’t all that important. Down the stretch, getting our running game in HIGH GEAR will be paramount to our ultimate success and drive to the post season.

Not much to say about Carpenter other then, great job bud! You’re doing what you’re supposed to and you’re clutch at it! Keep it up. I have all the confidence in him and lets hope he keeps this up.I’m sure he will.

As for the D…overall they had a pretty good game. Great coverage but the lack of pass rush scares me and I’m a little disappointed that Porter didn’t get a sack or four! He’s now no longer the sack leader and is certainly off pace for the ultimate record but nonetheless his season total should be something to be proud of. I just hope he finds he groove again. Our pass rush is what I believe is the #2 facet of our game that is the most important down the stretch (just behind our running game).

That’s about all for now. I’m very happy about where we’re at and now that WE CONTROL OUR OWN DESTINY and with that, what else could we ask for this late in the season. Keep it up PHINS! and as for us… keep up the faith and speak the best over our team.. good things are going to happen!

Can’t wait for this week’s game…I"ll be there! I live in Toronto and will be sure to report on the game when I return.. Hopefully it will be after another impressive win!

I’m out!

I think the team missed alot of opportunities, however they did do enough on offense
to get it done. The defense has it’s moments but I keep hoping our best defensive performance is yet to come. Wouldn’t it be great if the team gets hot at the right moment and we actually make the playoffs for the first time in years?
I’m still so very surprised were even having these types of conversations this year. I would have been impressed with four or five wins….. But wow….all you can say is what a great turn around this team has made !

very proud of this team !

“Another bad drop by Teddy Ginn. It’s got to be his concentration, though, because he looks so smooth catching the ball every other time. He’ll come around. He’s developing nicely.”
 
He has to cut down on the mental mistakes, catch the ball first then look upfield.

Oh and Matt Roth is looking like David Bowens 1.5, he’s a better role player than a fulltime starter