Miami Dolphins at New York Jets: Say Hello to 0-5

The OL is horrendous and we need to revamp it. Long’s dismal performances are most likely due to him playing hurt, so he doesn’t need to go. The right side of our line is what is really hurting us and needs to be addressed this offseason, preferably by the draft. Before Henne was injured, he was sacked 11 times he took in 3 games (On pace for 59 sacks on the season). In 16 games last year he was sacked 38 times.

Wake has fallen off the face of the earth, showing us all that Nolan wasn’t the integral part of the D’s 2010 turn-around. In fact, he basically calls games like PP with 4 rushers. He rarely blitzes and I noted that last year. This was not a problem a year ago, because we could get consistent pressure with Wake. Now, Wake is useless and Nolan won’t ante up and blitz. The affects of this conservative defense are biting us in the butt this year.

Dansby is another star that is consistently disappearing in games. I was worried about paying him top 5 ILB money last year because he didn’t create the big plays in the passing game. Now, I’m worried that his contract will hogtie us into a merely average ILB.

Marshall’s attitude problems are to blame for his performances and this is what got him traded in the first place. We should’ve known that this trade would not have worked out in our favor because no trade for a star WR has worked out for the team that traded for the WR to date.

I think the best course of action either now or this offseason would to trade Marshall and Dansby. Neither of them are living up to their contracts. Marshall should be able to net us a 2012 2nd and a 2013 3rd, or be a nice addition to a trade for Luck the number 1 overall pick. I don’t know what Dansby’s stock is right now, but we need to get something from him. Hopefully we would draft a replacement in the 2nd or lower rounds.

Brandon Marshall’s extreme excitement, overly enthusiastic reaction play was reviewed and called INCOMPLETE!!! Give me Oronde Gadsen any day over this guy. Its hard for any defense to play well when the offense is going 3 and out all the time. OH how i miss the days of Bowens, Gardner, Armstrong, Taylor, Zach, Madison and Surtan. I hope we keep losing so we can get Luck. If we some how win more than the Colts and they get him after having Manning for so long i think i will stop watching football

This team has become unwatchable. I don’t mean that sarcastically. I don’t say that to be mean-spirited. They just aren’t fun to watch. They’re predictable, and you can tell early on from the overall demeanor that they were going to lose.

I stayed quiet for 4 weeks. Before that, I fully supported Sparano and Henne.

Sparano has lost the team, I assume he may have had them at some point, perhaps going in to the season opener, but he quickly lost them and isn’t getting them back. What bothers me is that it’s evident on the field that many of the players are resigned to just phoning in the season. Sure, individuals will make a play here or there. But there’s no pride in the team. In being a Dolphin. These guys are literally not fighting for anything, they’re just punching a clock right now.

Deficient areas on the team, such as O-Line are inexcusable. There’s a lot of housecleaning on the horizon.

I had plans to take a weekend during the Bills game in November to come out and see my first ever game in Miami’s home stadium. I’m scrapping those plans. This team isn’t worth it.

Honestly, it doesn’t need to be said, we all see it out there. As much as i’d love to be positive right now, the naysayers have won out. The negative, non-contributing boo-birds have gotten their way and we will have a losing season, and then a coaching change and rebuilding – again – next season.

One of the saddest chapters in franchise history unfolding right now.

      He continues the legacy of no game management , the misuse of timeouts continue. Please tell me why there was no challenge on the play at the sideline when it was ruled that Hartline did not catch the ball. Even if it was ruled no catch, wasn’t it at least worth a challenge. What’s the worst that could happen, another lost timeout?

I watched the Florida Panthers demolish the Tampa Bay Lightning 7-4. It’s 13 years since the Cats scored 5 power play goals in one game.

and I was ashamed of the Dolphins. Thats all I can say this morning.

Might see some action……

Well, this season is officially in the crapper. I despise this “suck for luck” crap, and I still think the team should fight on with Moore or Sage, but they need to can Tony ASAP. Get this team started on a turn around now. Hopefully we can at least play spoiler late in the season.

I’m not so scared for a new coach now that Gruden has been re-signed by ESPN. Good for him, you can tell he’s been working on his Chucky scowl and it’s paid off….

At least then we fought harder! Now, once the opponent scores, we’re done…Geez

Why were we constantly targeting Revis’ side of the field? Of the first 10 passes was it like 8 at Revis? C’mon man, play their weak side! That 100 yd return should never have happened.

Our first 3 red zone possessions resulted in Jets 7 Dolphins 3. Give me a break! End of first Qtr, Dolphins 160+ yds, Jets 10 and we’re losing! First half we had about 4-6 dropped passes. LOL, take off the gloves, use 2-sided tape.

Second half, I watched for 2 series then called it a night….

After last night, I called it a season……

It’s like being kicked in stones by your best friend….. ugh!

Honestly? I see all this “If Indy gets the pick, wouldnt it be funny if Luck went back to college!”

If we get the 1’st pick, why does everyone think he will want to play here?? I love the Dolphins, if I were Luck, Id rather goto Indy & get some coaching from Peyton, Im sorry, im a super die-hard fan, but If I were him, I wouldnt want to come here.. We play with no emotion at all, nothing.. If Jake Throw a pick Delhome wouldnt play for us…..

Kevin Burnett was not worth the 10 mill.. Been saying since we signed him.. He was in a contract year! He had ONE good season, the rest he was special teams and rode the pine for 6 years! He was not an upgrade over Crowder. He should be cut/traded

BMarsh? 50+ drops in his few years of play! doesnt look like he is even trying! Seems he must have bullied Moore because thats about the only reciever he tried to throw to!

Moore? Atleast he tried, still sucks, but he tried to make plays..

10 Mill Solai? Must be nice to get 10 mill & not do anything

Sean Smith? pays more attention to “Smithology 101” on twitter..

Do we have any good players?

Call me crazy, but I think Bess is our best weapon on offense. I don’t mean he’s the best big play option, but I think he’s a fantastic underneath option with reliable hands. Why are plays not drawn up specifically for him? Where is he on third down? He converted constantly last year. I know Wilson covered him well, but he wasn’t even looked at. It seems like it’s been that way the whole season, save for the opener.

The team has quit on the coach, the coach has quit on the team, the owner has quit on building a winning culture, and I quit watching these bafoons! I am still a Dolphin fan but I am going to start doing other things on sundays until there is a commitment to winning in Miami Gardens!

Forget the Chunk Lite Tuna, these guys are 100% responsible for the mess the Phins are in this year. This team has been run over (and backed over again for good measure) by the Ugly Bus!

BRYAN COX FOR INTERIM MANAGER!!!

You guys are suffering from chicken little syndrome……….
 
Anyways this is one season I want us to be last in the league. We need to rebuild and rebuild right. Take the best qb available and then build the team around him. That’s the only way to do it.

Good post, I agree with 99%. I was actually at the game last night, and the only point I do not agree with is on Brandon Marshall. First, that’s the most Revis has had to work in two seasons. There’s a reason he’s never on TV, becasue QBs do not throw at him. Marshall put up a great fight… and even had his way with Revis at times. “The interception”… was simply a great play by Revis. Looked like an option route for Marshall, they got tied up… Matt Moore read the fade… Marshall read the post… and Revis made a play. His other opportunity… a “drop”… the ball placement was terrible. I agree Marshall needs to make that play, but Moore needs to make that play too.

To me, Marshall does not look like he doesn’t want to play for the Dolphins. To me, it looks like Marshall doesn’t want to lose. And he might be the only one still fighting hard. If you haven’t seen Marshall’s post game conf. please check it out. You can see the frustration and sincerity in his eyes. He’s been a knuckle-head and trouble in the past… but the guy looks like he’s maturing to me.

I find it hysterical that we finally have the Alpha receiver we’ve always wanted and with all the other issues on this team – Coaching Staff, O-Line, QB, Defense…… now there are outcrys to trade Brandon Marshall.

I’m not sure that I’m seeing the same behavior from Marshall that you and others are seeing. He’s certainly not dogging it – a la Randy Moss. He’s even said that he needs to step up and do a better job, himself. Saying it and doing it are two different things… but between QB play… O-Line play… not being able to run the ball… it’s an uphill battle. And, he hasn’t thrown our QB(s) under the bus… hasn’t thrown the Coaching staff under the bus… hasn’t thrown anyone under the bus (which you might expect from him). I think by trading him… even if you get a 2… it would be removing one piece of the puzzle that actually “fits”.

but had to somehow support the team I love. I watched till the last interception, then pressed the off button. It was sushi for the Jets last night. They weren’t even that good. Hope they enjoy thei last win cuase they ain’t gonna see any more, imo.

I wonder if Sparano resigns before the firing. . . .

Not to mention there was a similar call that went against Miami later in the game.

BRIAN DABOLL…

1. why are you passing the ball to brandon marshall so many times?
    brandon marshall has drop too many passes in the endzone, its time
   to give [roberto wallace] his shot!

    [i just don’t understand why you coaches put up with this BS if your players
     are not getting the job done! you either trade them or put them on the bench,
    regardless who it is!]

2. i’ve said this before, you got to get davone bess involved in the offense
     along with anthony fasano!

3. why are you wasting so many plays on reggie bush running up the middle, reggie
       bush is not a POWER BACK!…COME’ON MAN!

4. this miami dolphins offense is loaded with talent, should be averaging 28 points
    a game or more ??

MIKE NOLAN…

1. ( one and only question ) how come your secondary player are not jamming
      the wide receivers at the line of scrimmage? Your secondary are playing
   defense as if the receiver is suppose to catch the pass then make a tackle
    after the catch?

    CORRECTION…YOU MAKE THE RECEIVERS WORK FOR
    EVERYTHING THEY GET AND WHEN THE BALL IS IN THE AIR, YOU GO
    AFTER IT.PERIOD.

1) Is there anyone here currently enrolled at mizzou? if so, you are responsible for
2) I got drunk last night. by myself. my speed of beer drinking was correlated with the speed of the growing deficit. the second half was sad, pathetic, and quite frankly, my FUCKING RAMS FANS BROTHERS are all mocking me. rams fans. this sucks.

Then Marshall is guilty as charged. What happened Brandon? I thought you were going to play like a monster?

Reggie Bush came out swinging tonight, and then quickly reminded everyone why he should only be used sparingly.

Man it must suck to be Reggie Bush, even when he is the only spark in the game someone finds something to bring him down. I don’t know what he did to “quickly remind everyone” of anything. He played until the third quarter and then got a stinger but was able to come back in. He played pretty good and still wasn’t being used correctly. This team’s coaching staff just plain sucks!

Good point on Luck. Who says he will declare? If we suck that bad to have a shot at thee top pick and he doesn’t come out what are we suppose to do? Suck next year as well? Don’t answer that.

a blue chip pass rushing defensive lineman
a great right tackle
and a new #1 WR
but we just need a new face maybe a new coach probably is going to be a new quarterback (though henne doesn’t really deserve to be replaced) the team needs a new hope and whether or not the new parts are better than the old ones in theory doesn’t really matter it just needs to be a new face.

  This seriously looks like the Bad News Bears of football. Matt Moore isn’t even good enough to be a back-up. Is he not even smart enough to know that when you’re outside of the box and throw the ball to at least the line of scrimmage, you don’t take a loss? This happened at least twice – for like 8 yards once and 6 yards another time. Sean Smith sucks – just outright sucks. I don’t even know if you can call V. Davis good. The DB’s on this team are the worst in the NFL. I seriously think you could find better ones in the CFL and Arena Football League. Seriously. The defensive line is just as bad. No QB pressure in 80 percent of the game – and that’s being generous. The offensive line is horrific besides J. Long… Pouncey may still develop. The management of this team has successfully constructed the worst team in the NFL. Congratulations. What makes them think that players who aren’t good enough to make the Cowboys roster are good enough to be Dolphins? As mentioned before, this team is worse than the 1-15 team. The Jets team they played last night are terrible – they may only win a couple more games the entire year – and yet, they scored 4 times what the Dolphins scored. I tried to look at the bright side, and this is what I came up with:

 1. Jake Long
 2. D. Thomas looks like he will be a good RB.
 3. We have a good punter.
 4. We have a pretty good kicker, although his kickoffs are often quite short.
 5. D. Bess is a good slot receiver – although seldom used now.
 6. Reggie Bush could be good – if properly utilized.
 7. Pouncey could get better.
 8. B. Marshall could be awesome if he could hold on to the ball.
 9. V. Davis is okay.
 
 The rest of this team could be and probably should be replaced. Many of them are back-ups at best. Many of them should not even be in the NFL. Sparano, Ireland, Ross, and almost every other coach on this team should go. They have put together a group of losers of historic proportion. I think Nolan might be good, but with the personnel he has to work with… well, let’s just say you can’t dress up a turd.

  Been a fan since the mid 70’s… extremely frustrated if you couldn’t tell…