Post-Game Thread: Embarrassing first half costs Dolphins

We’re still… somehow… in this thing. NYJ and DEN have to lose. Let’s get on it and prepare for the Steelers next week that’s all we can hope for now.

jets lose to indy or cinci
jacksonville loses to cleveland
baltimore loses to oakland

we beat the steelers

lets pray for an incredibly weird wild card spot at 8-8

I still say Sparano choked when the moment came….Sure the team was down…but they fought hard and came back…..only to have him decide on a gutless call that resulted in us having to use our timeouts. I’m speaking about punting on 4th and 4.

We’re not done yet! I think the real hitch in this (besides us having to WIN when we’re supposed to) is that JAX needs to lose to the Browns next week… that’s a pretty tall order.

Even if we magically back into the playoffs despite the bad losses these past 2 weeks…its not like we have a chance of going anywhere. Dolphins are PRETENDERS not CONTENDERS.

Denver at Philly lol, we need Denver to lose, bad call by the refs takes a TD away from Philly lol

Go figure

Some very awful calls these past 2 weeks. The NFL owes the Dolphins and their fans an apology.

I am usually not one to complain or make “excuses” about bad calls, but these aren’t excuses. It’s pretty ridiculous these past two weeks being able to honestly say the refs stole the game. First that “incomplete” bull shit call where they couldnt review even though they know chris brown caught the ball made 3 football moves and fumbled. Then to top it off, the “tripping” call after the ginn td pass. what the hell is that all about? 1) It was obvious that wasnt intentional and didnt affect the play, the defender tripped over lousaka’s leg and what is lousaka supposed to do to avoid that? and 2) how exactly do the referees determine that was intentional tripping? can they read polite’s mind? I feel cheated

Our DEFENSE needs a revamp. And it needs to start with those 3 players.

contact the commisioner about the referees if you like, this is his email to my knowledge, I am trying to find a way to contact the head of officiating, more like head of retards…

We’re mathematically eliminated right?

What’s up with
 all the O-Line changing around today????

Between all his fumbles and dropped passes…he has really hurt us these past few weeks. Today he cost us 7 points when he batted the ball in the air for an INT.

Also, you guys have to realize that in officials are human so they have natural bias. Even though it’s not fair they’re always going to give the calls to the team that’s winning not the team that’s losing.

Another thing, the dolphins loss this game not the refs giving the game to the Texans. This team is had finally shown with this game that they’re a pretender not a contender. Giving up 24 unanswered points is inexcusable.

Nat Moore is interviewing Quentin Moses and Moses said that when Crowder went down, Akin Ayodele came in and played exceptionally????????

Really??? Cause I would have classified his play as very poor.

that’s the problem…..They all THINK they’re playing exceptionally…

hearing people talk about how much resilience we’ve shown in the past two weeks……Resilience doesn’t mean sh*t if you don’t win the game. It doesn’t matter whether you lose by 30 or lose by 1. There are NO points for resilience - a loss is a loss is a loss…

just said he would have loved it if when he played you could lose the ball after 4-5 steps and it would be called incomplete instead of a fumble :)

Another year the dolphins refuse to quit but yet come up short every time they have a chance to put themselves in the elite of the AFC. The big question now is what is this regime going to do to keep this crap from happening again next year. I cannot remember the last time that we dominated in a game that we were supposed to win. I belive we are headed in the right direction but as a 25 year fan enough is enough. We seem to always play to the level of our opponent. We are stout against the Colts and Saints and struggle to beat the Bills, Bucs, and have never beat the Texans?! I think big changes need to take place with the coordinators. We either dominate for one half of a game or suck for one half of a game. Poor coaching!! Shame on Tony Sporano if he keeps the same staff next year!

You are missing the point. I am a die hard fan….not an english major! Is this a real blog to discuss the problems with the team or an english class?

If the JETS win out, they make the playoffs.

the refs were despicable today. absolutely embarrassing for them. the 2nd challenge was CLEARLY a FUMBLE (I WAS THERE) and the call on Louie for “tripping” was beyond absurd. Sad thing is, if that call doesn’t happen and Teddy gets into the endzone, we’re within 10 significantly sooner than we actually did pull within 10 and give ourselves a better chance to win.

This one isn’t the only one on the defense. I cannot believe we cannot get more out of that unit. Again, just my opinion, bye bye Paul P. (You notice I didn’t try to spell his last name.) No excuses to be this bad with this many so called play makers. I say Joey needs to get a pass out of town too!

Jacksonville and Baltimore both lost today so we would have controlled are own fate in week 17. Bummer.

The one hope I have is that this regime has shown that they are not happy with the status quo. So I am interested to hear from you guys….what changes have to be made to make this team a force in this league. Many other teams seem to figure it out. I have news for the die hards out there like me. If we don’t do something drastic we are always going to be fighting for a wildcard spot. Instead, we should be talking about playing on our home turf at a super bowl!!

I am behind you 100% on that. So who is the best d-coordinator we can get? By the way I love your screenname. I was talking to a Bills fan last week while watching the fish and we came to an agreement. We have our differences but atleast we can both hate Tom Brady and the Pats!

Yes, its true the refs hosed us today, again…….but the Dolphins have no one to blame but themselves. The first half of this game was a complete disaster!!!! On both sides of the ball!!!! I know its the job of the coaches to get the team ready for the upcoming week or team but its the players who make the plays not the coaches!!!! I too like many of you wish we went for it on 4 and 4 down 10 points, but this coach has a fire that I love!!! I do not know what adjustment where made during halftime, but I wish this team played with more passion in the first half!!! In an elimination game no less!!!! I can not believe we did not learn the lesson of last week. In the end it was just too much to over come.

A fate worse than death

Seeing Coach Sparanos post game press conference it looked like someone killed both his sons with dirty, rusty machete! If he didn’t have those glasses on you would have seen he was crying all through the press conference.

I blame the reason of this team not being fired up is the lack of leadership and sense of urgency amongst the players. There’s only so much the coaching staff can do to start the fire but the players must keep the fire going within themselves. This team came in flatfooted after Andre Johnson and Schaub toasted them on that first drive. Maybe this team is still young in the sense that they haven’t figured out that they most make the “play” and not wait around for someone else to make the “play” for them. The last play was indicative of that mentality. A freakin rookie knew what was at stake and plowed through the line of scrimmage to the first down. Everyone on the Dolphins side of the ball just stood up and looked at each other waiting for someone to make a stop. No urgency, no initiative=pretender.

Sorry to dissappoint to stop the “Conspiracy Theory” talk about the refs making sure the bigger market teams winning the games. Isn’t true! The dolphins loss, let me say that again THE DOLPHINS LOSS THE GAME. Yeah, those were ticky tack calls but a contender sucks it up and wins the game a pretender looks for excuses on why everyone else is at fault for losing the game except for themselves.

Ouch, talk about rubbing salt in the wound. Its a bad day to be a Dolfan.

I know he missed that kick but was that a 54 yard try? That kick looked like DC$ took it from the 20! I knew he was good but I didn’t know he can kick that far and make it look like a day in the park with his kid. I thought he was an accuracy kicker not a distance kicker.

Does any one know he’s longest kick he’s ever done? It looks like he can kick a 62 yarder with out pulling a muscle.

So after the past 3-4 weeks, does anyone still think WR is our a biggest problem? I think the offense is fine, maybe solidify the O-line a little. Our D is where we really need help. I think almost all of the money should be spent on improving the D this offseason.

Camarillo, Hartline, Bess, and even Ginn have made a ton of great catches in the past few weeks. I would say Hartline and Bess are the two best WRs on the team. I don’t know what to make of Ginn… so much potential.

After Ronnie went out, I don’t know why Hilliard didn’t get more reps immediately. I was expecting to see the load split between him and Ricky about 70/30, not 90/10.

 You dont say that chad Henne wasted or burnt a time out oh no the self proclaimed golden leader of the free world made a mistake. Now all you pat white haters can stick it straight up your golf bag I told everyone that henne is going to lead everyone to a golf corse. And I was right lol I am laughing to the pat white fan club…… I also hope that they trade white to the pats and he runs all over all those haters…… so long bye bye to all those playoffs lol henne for president……..