Defense is our problem, not Offense.

by gatorfin on Nov 30, 2009 9:10 AM EST

I was looking at the updated standings on nfl.com and noticed that overall, the Dolphins are not that bad on offense, but very bad on defense.

You can look at stats anyway that you want to. If given enough time to research information, I can make any player in the league #1 at their position based upon creative statistics. The only ones that truly matter are points scored and points allowed. If you score more points, you win. If you score fewer points, you lose. Nobody remembers that some QB was 70% on 3rd down conversions 4 years ago. All they remember is "oh yeah, didn't they go 5-11that year?"

On offense, the Dolphins have scored 256 points this season. That puts us in 12th place in the league (Saints and Pats play tonight, but since they are 1st and 7th in the league respectively, it won't affect our ranking). The teams ahead of us are the Saints, Vikings, Chargers, Colts, Packers, Eagles, Pats, Falcons, Giants, Cardinals and Texans. That's not too shabby. For us losing our starting QB and RB and having no #1 receiver and relying on essentially a rookie QB, a 32 year old RB, a receiver coming off an ACL injury, a 2nd year UDFA receiver and a rookie receiver that is showing a ton of promise, that is actually pretty darn impressive.

Now let's look at defense. The Dolphins have given up 275 points. That is 7th worst in the league, or 26th best., however you want to look at it. The only teams that have given up more are the Lions, Bucs, Rams, Titans, Chiefs and Browns. Those 6 teams are a shocking 13-53. I think we have a pretty stout front 7. I also feel that we have a lot of potential in our secondary. However, quite simply our defense is playing like shit this year. We give up way too many points.

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truth

I said last year and this again draft D. I would have taken Clay Mathews, Rey Rey. then Smith but thats me :)

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by Blaze453 on Nov 30, 2009 9:48 AM EST reply actions

Somethings up with this defense that we are not hearing about...

all of these 4th quarter breakdowns just dont add up based on our performance last year. We are even starting to suck on run defense now.
Truth be told, we need a makeover on defense, which is probably why we will take a linebacker in the draft is one is available.

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by dolphin341 on Nov 30, 2009 10:44 AM EST reply actions

24 points in the 4th wtf

Very true our D is killing us especially in the 4th we need more playmaking on D forced fumbles,Interceptions you know the deal, also I think Jones should get more playing time he is a playmaker if any,also we do have a problem on offense…..the play calling and also a vet at the WR position would not hurt either

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by Foy on Nov 30, 2009 11:19 AM EST reply actions

great post but

We are starting 2 rookies at CB and are safeties are weak. I don’t understand our 4th quarter meltdowns. Some of this may be related to turnovers. Otherwise, I don’t understand it. Do you realize we have had 2 turnovers during the first drive of the games after taking the ball down field? Both happened within the 3 yd line! I don’t know any other team that even has one!

by DAVEBUCK on Nov 30, 2009 1:07 PM EST reply actions

Explanation of 4th quarter Defensive Meltdowns

Conservative Philosophy = less pressure on QB = more time for QB to throw = more time for rookie corners to get exposed
Linebackers with no field awareness (Cough Channing cough Crowder Cough) who let QB’s run free all over the field

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by DolphDallas on Nov 30, 2009 1:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs

BINGO!

by firedanhenningnow on Nov 30, 2009 2:59 PM EST up reply actions

Agreed

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by Foy on Nov 30, 2009 3:28 PM EST up reply actions

i thought are d looked solid until the 4th quatrter

granted, we need to get a DT

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by samdaman on Nov 30, 2009 3:42 PM EST reply actions