Dolphins vs Bucs: Game Capsule

by Matty I on Nov 13, 2009 1:00 PM EST in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

TAMPA BAY BUCCANEERS (1-7) AT MIAMI DOLPHINS (3-5)

SERIES

	BUCCANEERS	DOLPHINS
SERIES LEADER	Series tied, 4-4
STREAKS	Past 3
COACHES VS. OPP.	Morris: 0-0	Sparano: 0-0
LAST WEEK	W 38-28 vs. Packers	L 27-17 at Patriots
LAST GAME	10/16/05: Dolphins 13 at Buccaneers 27. Tampa Bay RB Michael Pittman carries 15 times for 127 yards, including 57-yard TD run. Bucs CB Will Allen adds 33-yard FR-TD.
LAST GAME AT SITE	12/10/00: Buccaneers 16, Dolphins 13. Tampa Bay K Martin Gramatica connects on 2 FGs in 4th quarter to lift Buccaneers to victory.
BROADCAST	FOX (1:00 PM ET): Ron Pitts, John Lynch, Laura Okmin (Field reporter). SIRIUS: 158 (TB), 125 (Mia.). XM: 102 (Mia.).

STATS

PASSING	Freeman (R): 16-35-221-3-1-83.2	Henne: 93-158-990-4-3-77.8
RUSHING	Williams: 92-366-4.0-2	R. Brown: 135-566-4.2-7 (T2C)
RECEIVING	Winslow (TE): 35-352-10.1-5	Bess: 36-262-7.3-0
OFFENSE	273.1	309.0
TAKE/GIVE	0	-1
DEFENSE	379.9	341.4
SACKS	Wilkerson: 5.5	Taylor: 5.5
INTs	Talib: 5 (T3L)	V. Davis (R): 2
PUNTING	D. Johnson: 41.4	Fields: 45.8
KICKING	Barth: 6 (3/3 PAT; 1/2 FG)	Carpenter: 55 (22/22 PAT; 11/12 FG)

NOTES

BUCCANEERS: QB JOSH FREEMAN made 1st NFL start last week & threw 3 TDs in TB victory...Team is 10-0 when RB CADILLAC WILLIAMS has 22+ carries. RB DERRICK WARD had TD catch last week & posted 54 receiving yards...WR ANTONIO BRYANT has rec. TD in 3 of past 4 vs. AFC. Has 19 catches for 370 yards (92.5 per game) & 3 TDs in past 4 vs. AFC. Is 1 of 4 active players with 5,000+ yards to average 15+ yards per catch (15.2). Since 2006, TE KELLEN WINSLOW ranks 3rd among TEs with 249 catches. Had 5 catches for 90 yards (18.0 avg.) in last meeting vs. Mia. Rookie WR SAMMIE STROUGHTER had game-winning TD catch in 4th quarter last week...Defense has 197 INTs since 2000, 2nd most in NFL. S TANARD JACKSON aims for 4th in row with INT. Has 3 INTs in past 3, incl. 2 INT-TDs. Had 35-yard INT-TD last week. CB RONDE BARBER had 31-yard TD off blocked punt by LB GENO HAYES. Barber has 13 career return TDs. Is 1 of 4 players all-time with 20+ sacks (24) & 30+ INTs (37). CB AQIB TALIB has 5 INTs in past 5...

DOLPHINS: Club has won 2 of past 3 against NFC at home...In 3 career starts at home, QB CHAD HENNE is 2-1 & has completed 52 of 84 passes (61.9 pct.) for 567 yards with 3 TDs vs. 2 INTs & 83.8 passer rating...RB RONNIE BROWN has 4 TDs in past 6 against NFC. Brown is tied for 4th in NFL with 7 rush TDs & needs 4 to surpass career-high of 10 in '08. RB RICKY WILLIAMS averages 5.4 yards per carry in '09 (85 att., 456 yards). Williams has 4 rush TDs in past 3...Since '08, WR DAVONE BESS leads team w/90 receptions...TE JOEY HAYNOS aims for 3rd consecutive game w/ TD reception for 1st time in career...LB JOEY PORTER has 7 sacks in 3 career games against Buccaneers...Rookie CB VONTAE DAVIS (Round 1, Illinois) is tied for 2nd among rookies w/2 INTs...DE RANDY STARKS has at least 0.5 sack in 5 consecutive games. Needs 0.5 sack to surpass career-high of 4.5 as rookie in '04...KR-WR TED GINN JR. leads NFL w/32.6 KR avg. & is tied for league-high w/2 KR-TDs (PERCY HARVIN).

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Pitts and Lynch aren't too bad right?

Of course Lynch is a former Buc, so he might be kinda biased.

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by Farorefox on Nov 13, 2009 1:21 PM EST reply actions

As bad as the Bucs are

they looked scary good last week in beating up GB. I do have one question though….if Peezy is out then why in the heck are they gonna start Charlie Anderson over Cam Wake!?!?!?! Anderson hasnt done anything this year, but Cam is terrorizing QB’s when given the chance. Screw Anderson, get Wake in there…guy at least deserves a shot. I watched some games I had Tivo’d, and counted plays that I saw Wake in there for…and he had something like a 30% success rate of at least hurrying the QB or getting a sack. Why in the world aint he playing more!?!?!?

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by Dragon27az on Nov 13, 2009 1:36 PM EST reply actions

I agree Dragon

I would like seeing Cam Wake over Anderson, a good pass rusher against a rookie QB itll be perfect. They say Cam Wake is raw, well I suggest putting him in the game more often and putting Porter on special teams LoL I like porter but he isnt the same this year…….

Another question? If Porter, Paul Soliai and Justin Smiley is probable to be out this sundays game, would they have an opening for Patrick Turner to be activated? If not I wouldnt mind deactivating Bess just for one game to put in Turner in just to see what he looks like. I think Camarrillo and Bess and Hartline are the same types of recievers. I say you lob it in the air for Turner and have him play jump ball against the smaller DB’s, come on coach….

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by B1G SaMoAn TuNa on Nov 13, 2009 1:50 PM EST reply actions

Hey Matty...

I noticed the “’5 Good Questions” segment was pulled off our home page and was never even posted on the Bucs page. Is there some bad blood in Florida?

by la Roc on Nov 13, 2009 2:28 PM EST reply actions

it wasn't pulled?

it’s like the 5th story down on the home page.

i can’t answer why it hasn’t been posted o n their blog, though.

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by Matty I on Nov 13, 2009 3:06 PM EST up reply actions

I was about to say

where is the 5 GQs on their site?

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by Patssuck456 on Nov 13, 2009 3:18 PM EST up reply actions

Their CBs scare the shit out of me lol.
Talib and Barber are crazy good.
DC$ vs Connor Barth? again? lol
Smiley is a bad loss and so is Soliai but I believe McDaniels or Starks can cover back-up NT for a game or two
Porter loss is GREAT news since now we can finally see what Wake can do and if they put Anderson I will make the trip to Miami jump the stands and punch whoever made that decision. IN THE FACE!!

Do our recievers exist? Ginn crawls out the hole, Bess is stumbling but hope is not lost.
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by dolfan0918 on Nov 13, 2009 2:35 PM EST reply actions

I agree with starting Anderson over Wake

Here’s why:

Cameron Wake is not a good coverage LB. Wake is only good for pass rushing and putting pressure on the QB. He’s not good at trying to read a running back’s route nor can he cover a RB or TE in the open field. Anderson is better at that. You’ll see Wake getting playing time this weekend, but only on obvious passing situations.

by MikeyPhin on Nov 13, 2009 4:09 PM EST reply actions