Which Dolphin disappointed you the most vs Falcons?

8 attempts and 9 yards. That’s disgustingly bad. Marlon Moore has more yardage than him on a single run. Ricky wasn’t that good either.

I know he’s a rookie but I haven’t heard his name called at all.

The end on that side motored by him like he was standing still, all night.

Jerry/Incognito would be my 2nd pick.

No running lanes.

Falcons were consistently in the backfield making plays or tripping up the runners. They tightened up the pocket around Henne and forced throws, or made him throw the ball too hard, resulting in drops.

Even when things were going okay, Long commits a holding penalty that ruins a drive.

The offense will never find a rhythm as long as the O-Line continues to play like that. I hope with this game being a “dress rehearsal,” some of these guys will take it to heart and play with a little more tenacity and toughness and above all that, smarts.

Lets be honest, the O-Line has been doing this all preseason for the most part. Maybe Sparano is tinkering too much? I don’t know…but clearly there’s not enough depth to keep promoting/demoting as a means of motivation.

Remember all the success the defense has had in scrimmages as well? Those guys need to get it together.

Runner up: D-Line, tied. Forget the exotic blitzes we hear about from Nolan that will be here once the season starts. These guys aren’t generating much pressure in their standard defenses. Worrisome.

My hope is that in not trying to show too much to other teams before the season starts, it just appears that these are problems right now, but it will improve once the season starts.

was because a Falcon went unblocked, and got to him before Lou knew what was happening. The line as a whole was disappointing last night, but I think this whole pre-season the run game, which is attributed to the line, is a major disappointment in my eyes.

He had a quick release, BUT not going through his progressions fast enough. Lock in on 1 WR or check down is exactly what he did. STEP IT UP. Henne

Roddy White is a top 5 WR IMO. i expect him to beat sean smith, Henne missed some open guys and Mike Peterson made a heads up play tipping that redzone pass up in the air, but Matt Ryan also missed some wide open guys. The O-Line was the most dissappointing, they gave little effort in the running game. As for the team as a whole, we were terrible on 3rd down and it was still a close game, we were 2nd in the entire league on 3rd down last yr!!!!!!! i expect alot more come reg. season when we start calling better plays, it’s almost like their showcasing how open fasano is now with the addition of marshall so teams have to worry about him and then in the reg. season they switch to marshall, just my gut feeling. so as awful and uninspiring our play was, it was still a close game, keep in mind the jets look even worse, sanchez has been abysmal and the pats just lost to the worst team in the entire league, its preseason, im holding off judgement til i see our playbook come week one and if we’re too conservative or not. Get the ball to marshall! plz!

after listening to the game on radio (for the first time ever), I gots no clue.
But if the RB’s were getting nowhere I figure I can make an edumacated guess as to who’s the goat(s).

I just want to say that this wasn’t a TD thanks to Wake. We haven’t had him rush pretty much at all in any pre-season matches but he just so happened to have been rushing the QB on this play and Matt Ryan was force to throw a bit earlier than he wanted too.

Just saw Matty honing this one on Matt Ryan playing poorly the last few days and thought it’d be worth throwing out there.

There were just too many issues to blame it on a single player. Penalties, a key player showing up late, special teams kick return coverage, no run offense to speak of, an offensive line getting pushed all over, WR’s inability to catch, the defenses inability to pressure the QB, a overall lack of motivation, you get the point.

Don’t get me wrong, all is not lost. I still have VERY high expectations for this year and think Tony Sporano is the right guy to get the job done with this team. But last night’s game was not what we had hoped for, not by a long shot.

The one thing I’ll admit he definitely did wrong was stare down Fasano on that one red zone play. Other than that he made some great throws, he just really didn’t get any help from his receivers.

were really poor in my opinion, and it’s supposed to be a strength, can’t help but be disappointed at that.

neeeds to get better about touch passes, decision making, and not so many wobbly passes

Some of our drives looked good but got bogged down in penalties. I think their heart wasn’t in it and that motivation has to happen at the top. if Sparano undervalues these preseason games than perhaps the players are, too.

I’ve neither seen nor read any comments of this sort from Tony. I’m simply speculating at the “ho-hum” attitudes.

Hartine…another drop. We continue to look like we’re in slow motion. I"m not talking about producing big chunks of yards…but just being a quick team.

its go time for him, i think he can do it, but will he, only time will tell. He has this year and if he does not progress alot we may see some CP in some games towards the end. Maybe even a QB drafted early for pressure on his position. I think he should be fine , not a great QB , but a good one.

I don’t think the starters really care about pre-season. wait till you see the difference when we play Buffalo. Have faith guys pre-season for Vets is all about self preservation.

Stupid penalties at the wrong times killed three or four dives.

We were 2/12 on 3rd downs, which is totally uncharacteristic and penalties are a big reason.

I don’t think you can blame Sparano for the penalites. Pre-season rosters with 75 guys are not going to function like polished, well disciplined units. If they have 9 more penalties against Dallas then you can blame him for not fixing them.

not that his game was terrible – but he blew contain a couple times and pushed inside on a rush a couple times too … alot like the last 55….

but otherwise, the o-line was pretty poor… i really don’t see how jerry continues to start…. he gets a nice push on run plays, but stunts on the pass plays seem to catch him off guard (he-he) far too often. And i really don’t see why the berger is still getting time with the ones… the his blocking (run – has the largest gap) is far inferior to groves… the only thing i figure is the mental aspect – must be taking grove down a peg (remember last year – game 1 when smiley pointed out that the ‘long sacks’ weren’t JLo’s fault but grove’s because he went with the wrong snap count…. i can only assume he’s still doing things like that because i just don’t see it otherwise…

Finally – not too sure how many games before smith is in a platoon again… not sure if it’s going to be carroll or with J Allen… (if the TD was Allen’s fault – i almost think he’s on the bubble) but if he was suppose to have safety help on the inside… his play was far superior to Smith’s…

oh – and i just remembered…. if anyone wants to go back and see J Lo at his best …. 11:45-11:50 left in the 2nd quarter … jake is pass blocking on beirmann maybe…. well the falcon comes flying in to jake and bounces off him… jake loses his grasp of the defender, who will now go buy him… well jake instantly drops his helmut right into the defender and head buts the guy who goes down for the count!!!! f-ing priceless…. i should check to see if it’s up on youtube.

It’s not Henne’s fault that he didn’t have many completions. The WR’s were dropping catches. We’re going to miss sure-handed Camarillo.

Speaking of Camarillo, he had a great showing with the Vikings.

Perhaps they are just getting players ready for playing, but have many packages and plays they dont want to put in play because they want to take the leauge by surprise.

I really believe next week preseason will be the dress rehersal. I think they’re still trying to figure things out.

That may sound stupid but I don’t believe that this team’s ceiling is falling on them as many would profess.

Seems like the first two teams have been playing to not get injured. I think we will bring it next month. The coaches have been using pre-season to get the starters some time together and evaluate potential special teams, practice squad players and have used team practice to practice schemes. Remember we never advertised the wildcat in the ’08 pre-season, but they were working it in practice. Working it enough to pull it out and spank the Pats with it, so pre-season is not necessarily a reflection of schemes, just a time to get the starters together and evaluate talent.

I was disapointed with his lack of push and lead blocking. I sure hope he is saving some of his emotion for the game or this could be the worst move this offseason

The key was penalties and missed assignments, basically mental errors. Henne played well with the exexception of the int, he missed hartline wide open in the corner. The o line missed some key assognments that cost some yards. Misi and francis played well but needs to stop getting sucked inside and hold the edge on tuning plays

As fans, who are we to be disappointed? Are we supposed to be loyal and supportive??

Hey Matty, put on some shoulder pads, and try to tackle Michael Turner, or keep up with Tony Gonzales. Ever try to block a 300 pound DT?? Didn’t think so.

Why don’t we try to keep things a little more upbeat and positive. If I were a player on the team, I would avoid this site for negativity like this.

This site used to be about supporting the Fins. It’s kind of turning into tabloid media.

I hope having an independent opinions doesn’t get me banned again. Mr Thin Skin might not like anyone disagreeing with him.