Dolphins fall to Falcons: Three quick thoughts

The line looked terrible, Smith looks awful and no one can catch. Also, vontae should never, ever give another interview.

It’s like an entire corps of Ginn! Please wake me up when this nightmare is over.

I guess the only silver lining is that it’s just a pre season game still and we can’t hit that panic button just yet, but we play Minnesota on week 2 so they better get their ish together fast.

I hate to say it but it’s time to call out Sparano. Another year with a team that is not ready to open the season.

yet their fans don’t have much to worry about as it is a) veteran team, b) loaded with talent, and c) QB’d by Manning. So for that kind of team to not put much stock in the preseason is understandable.

For us on the other hand, it seems like a vital assessment of where we are at as a unit, as well as individual players.

And wow, it seems like we’ve actually gotten worse, not better, with each of these games. If it were merely the 3rd stringers giving up big plays, with the starters having done their thing….you could understand not being concerned.

But tonight? Penalties galore, the Ted Ginn syndrome (aka dropped passes) spreading like wildfire, no holes or production from the running game, and a swiss cheese secondary once again.

Ugly, just ugly.

We can right the ship, but sheesh, time is running out fast.

I know they will bounce back but this was atrocious tonight. Everywhere. The O line is horrible.. the Henne looked terrible. Im not so sure that CP10 shouldnt lead this team into the season. The receivers.. ALL of them looked like they didnt care they were playing.. as Dan Marino would say “lets see some urgency out here” The D couldnt stop anyone from running let alone passing. Hell Redman looked better then Henne tonight. We have zero pass rush really.. I mean we are not producing enough sacks to win a high school game. Like Matty said the only real beam of light here tonight was Davis. This is pathetic.

Say, anyone else have some more of that kool aid?

relaaaaaax… it’s about as meaningless as a college spring game

I looked forward to this game all week. Killer 50 yd line seats, free parking pass, and I got off work early. At least it didn’t rain.

week 1:

Buffalo 10/ Miami 33.

because those clear skies F’d them up!

Someone tell me why they got rid of Camarillo when they have had drop issues all pre-season?

You see there are some moments where Henne doesn’t have to put so much juice on the ball. He has to learn that he has to throw his receivers catchable balls (velocity wise). Don’t get me wrong these guys are paid to catch whatever, but if Henne wants to build a chemistry with his receiving core he’s going to have to learn something called touch. For example on one play Henne evaded the rush and hit Bess in the middle of the field but he dropped it. Now Henne threw a strike when it wasn’t quite necessary.

Smith violated a team rule, Allen is a lock to be on this team

Vontae is going to be the best corner in the AFC East…he is the complete corner, as good as he is in coverage he can also lay the wood in the run game

Marlon Moore is not only going to be a lock to make the roster, but he will also make plays this season.

Oh and Paul Soliai is primed to breakout as well

Ikaika Alama-Francis beats out Misi for that SOLB job

that was the difference between JAX and ATL. that and the opposing d-line. I think that Soliai and Starks should alternate at NT. Soliai for clear running downs and Starks for everything else.

Someone needs to tell him that as a starting DE, he needs to make a tackle every now and then. I am beginning to wonder how this is even possible. He has had to play at least 50 plays and has yet to record a tackle or even an assist.

I starting DE should have something. A 1st round pick, starting DE, definately should have something. I’m beginning to wonder about him.

i cant find any of the shirts the players wear, like the white shirt with aqua lettering on it, i think its reebok sideline gear but the nflshop doesn’t have either one. anyone have any suggestions?

one of our best drives was engineered by Pat White…interesting.

Davis looked like a shutdown corner. I’d like to say it’s only the preseason…but that performance last night was pitiful. Let’s hope for a good season opener against the Bills.

I"m going to step away from this site for a little while. Stop being so dang fickle!! We’re awesome…….OMG we SUCK!! Flipping relax…. i know we have high expectations of this year, and we’ll get it together. I’d rather have us look poor in the preseason then to think their shit doesn’t stink. Hopefully they come out and work harder and tighten up. I am worried about that dang o line though….It looks slow and weak.

Id like to show yall two different qb stats for these 3 preseason games so far:

QB#1: 31 for 51, 396 yds 3 tds, 2 int, 1 fumble, 1 sack

QB#2: 26 for 47, 293 yds 2 tds, 1 int, 2 sacks

QB#3 32 for 50, 331 yds, 2 tds, 2 sacks, 1 fumble

Fairly comparable right? I mean yeah Qb#1 threw for the most yards but he also threw the ball the most (barely but still), threw two picks and fumbled and has played two of his games in a dome (and had his worst game against THE BILLS). QB#2 has the worst stats of the three but has turned the ball over only once and played a full game in just awful weather. QB#3 has the best overall stats (especially if you consider his opponents) but his numbers are still close to the other two.

Wonder who they are?

QB#1 is Peyton Manning, #2 is Henne, and #3 is Brees. Also consider that Manning has faced the Niners, Bills and the Packers which I would say is very comparable to who Henne has faced (ala a loser, a fringe contender and a most likely playoff team).

Point is, Henne is fine, and if I can just dig up that much positive stuff for Henne, Im sure I could do it for the rest of the team. So lets chill guys and remember that the Pats lost to the Rams just a few days ago….yeaaaaaaahhhhh (case in point: ITS PRESEASON)

this is Henne’s team. he is going to be fine.

Oh noes? It’s preseason. I wouldn’t worry about it.

Vontae Davis might have played his best game as a pro last night. He was very good. I don’t know how accurate this is, but he seemed to be targeted more when him and Smith were on the field together.

Dobbins and Dansby played well in the middle of the field. Pretty good run defense and very good pass defense. Dansby is really good in coverage.

Odrick is not the best DE to be starting right now. Both Douglas and McDaniels right now are playing better than Odrick, #1’s vs #1’s. Odrick is not fighting against pressure and is being taken where his blocker wants him to go. He was a non factor for the 3rd week in a row.

Jake Long is a STUD! It is a pleasure watching him play the game of football.

Jake Grove, on the other hand, looks lost. No push. No desire. Couldn’t get to the MLB. I don’t know if he is playing hurt but he was just bad against the Falcons.

Hartline ran routes well but looks uncomfortable using his hands to make a catch. If he is on his feet and the pass hits him in the chest, he makes the catch. If he has to go down to make a catch or use his hands it is a drop. It looks to me that he is lacking confidence.

Marshall is the real deal. It is going to be fun watching him play this year.

Henne, I can’t figure out. He is too robotic (I know that is his nickname), too calculating. He is fine when his primary is open (like last week) or when he checks down. But there is more to playing QB than that. He doesn’t get to his secondary receiver well. He doesn’t move the secondary with his eyes. I don’t know if he sees the field.

I am sick and tired of dumb penalties with this team. Too many men on the field. Not lining up correctly. Those are inexcusable! Sparano needs to start chewing some ass!

After watching the #1’s vs #1’s, this game wasn’t as bad as what I read or heard about. Sometimes you have to remember that the other team is pretty good too. I don’t know if the Phins are ready to take the next step or not. To me, it really depends on Henne. If he can be good and more importantly consistent, I think the Phins will be good. I just can’t figure him out.

no need to worry unless it carries over to the regular season…

We looked like collage player’s, playing against all pro’s. I might of puked if i’d stayed any longer. Brian Hartline was a true ray of hope, but as soon as he started to show sum promass-he was not addressed to, & he was hot. Yet he was not given the chance to inflict to much more damage, til his rythem had cool down. Then he started dropping the passes that he was catching earler.

Indianapolis has won 6 preseason games since 2004…. thats a record of 6-25 in preseason…. yet every regular season they won 12 games.

Its preseason.
The coaches get it.
The players get it.
Why don’t the fans ever get it?

Relax and breathe…… What you see on the field now, is NOT what you’ll see on the field in Week 1. The defense has shown us nothing of their packages, and the offense is vanilla as well….

I do however suggest that the receivers stand in front of a jugs machine for the rest of the week…. another game with 5+ drops. ugh.

Grove is losing that spot to Berger….

Wow, I only read a 1/3 of the comments and I’ve already seen these:

1) It’s time to panic
2) Start CP over Henne
3) Why did we trade Camarillo
4) Someone is ashamed to be a Dolphins fan
5) Odrick is busting
6) The OL is struggling

If you’re ashamed to be a Dolphins fan in the preseason, go root for the Raiders or something because they’re undefeated so far. We don’t need people who are ashamed of Miami anyways. Yes the OL didn’t play and Miami lost, but this happens in the preseason. The Jets’ offense has been considerably worse, yet how m any of them do you see panicking? The Colts are notorious for going 0-4 in the preseason, but again they keep their cool because they know it’s only the preseason. Was the performance disappoint? Yes. Does it mean we’re in for a bad year? Not by any means. I don’t care if this is the dress rehearsel for the season because during the season, it’s a 4 quarter game, not a 2 quarter warmup. There is also scheming that goes into it rather than base packages. Just remember how quickly thoughts changed from week 1 to CLS to week 2 about the offense about to break out… my how fast perceptions change.

Yes they lost but Henne played much better then you all are screaming about.

He had a number of great third down throws that got erased by either drops or penalties. He looked sharp and only had a few throws that were actually bad. You guys get far to dramatic about the bad throws. Every QB has bad throws.

when sparano said the 4th QB wouldn’t play…does that mean Thiggy is 4th since he didn’t play???