Sparano says Dolphins "stunk" last week against Falcons, will play starters vs Cowboys

If our offense comes out and drives down scores no prob it’ll probably only be a series but I could see them playing the entire 1st quarter.

I saw Stephen Jackson interview yesterday about being told he was going to play in the last pre-season game. He was asked if he wanted to and he was very animate in saying no. Makes me think that most starters want the rest. With that in mind, maybe Sparano is challenging/punishing/motivating the starters to get their crap together. I like it.

The only down side is that I doubt Dallas will play many starters anyways so it’s not like they’ll play against a good Dallas team. I know Romo isn’t even playing. But regardless they were terrible last week and they should start so at the very least they’ll realize how terrible they were.

then I say take them out. If not make them play the whole 1st quarter. We need to see a sense of urgency out of the guys. No more crappy starts to the season. We need to get into first place in week one and stay there all year long.

Hmmmm…..

Get them ready. If the coach thinks they need more snaps to be ready….get them the snaps.

need to show much better play!
Only thing that worries me is that the players who have not solidified a position are trying to make a name for themselves……aka big hits on defense by “bubble players”!

because we dont need to come out of the shute slow against Buffalo, plus i’ll be there in Jerry’s dome tomorrow night!!!

… a dicipline problem.

If the team is getting flags at the rate this team is getting… it’s a discipline problem.

If the receivers are dropping balls at the rate this team is doing… it’s a discipline problem.

If the groups (O-Line/D-Line/LB/Secondary/QB-Recevers) are not in sync… it’s a discipline problem.

I know what a CO in the military would do if there was disciplinary problems in his unit. The same could be applied to a team (different form maybe) to get their attention and get the necessary cohesiveness, and get players to “pay attention to details!”

Damit….

Play them at least a full quarter or until the offense puts together a TD drive, that looks crisp. I’m real glad that tony understands how bad we were last week – I watched the complete game twice, and there was very little to be happy about. Some of this is HIS fault – because he has “tinkered” so much with the OLINE they have no continuity… for GOD’s sake name the starting center and LIVE with it….name the Nickel back and LIVE with it…. and lets practice some PASS blocking and decent pass routes… If we’re going to just throw 5 yard passes and run the same ole plays there is NO POINT playing the starters. You don’t have to give away anything – to call a few downfield plays… EVERY TEAM in the league has the pass plays I want to see.
don’t think I would risk Vontae Davis or Starks or Dansby very much…. ODRICK needs to show something tonight – like make a freakin tackle or assist ? just one…If they Cut Grant – that is a HUGE mistake…..MISI has looked better to me than the coaching staff it seems – he wasnt that bad to me – Odrick has showed very little.

It’s kind of a double edged sword… If our 1’s get out there and beat up on the Dallas 2’s, does it really make us feel any better? On the other hand, if our 1’s get outplayed or even matched by the Dallas 2’s… Not a great feeling.

Or did anyone else see that Joe Berger was really terrible against ATL? I singled him out for the screen pass to Ricky when he let the rookie LB simply shove him out of the way to hit Ricky after a short gain….had he made that block it was easily going to be a 10+ yds play.

he’s xxTUFFxx

Single out those that slacked last week and play ’em til the snot is coming out of their nose and their hearts are visibly beating in their chests.

Its their job. It’s what they’re paid to do. Send them a message, make them perform.

Like my family off the boat would say….“Sum a nah bitch, ah?”

with the brutal looking first half of the schedule, it’s sink or swim time, he HAS to get them ready to play.

he seems to want to skip responsibility for HIS team playing flat, the fact is, this team has showed up poorly for it’s games since week 14 last year and that is a reflection on the coach, it’s the coaches job to get the team ready to play, he has failed in that regard and is blaming the players THEY picked for this team, bad form Coach.

The truth is this, it is time to put up or shut up for this FO, this is THIER team, if we struggle, blaming the players won’t cut the mustard, they put this team together, they are responsible, just sayin.