Dolphins at Chiefs Position by Position Breakdown

by Kevin Nogle on Nov 6, 2011 12:00 PM EST in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

The Miami Dolphins are off to Arrowhead Stadium this week to face the Kansas City Chiefs. While the Dolphins have continued on their losing ways, the Chiefs turned around from an 0-3 start to climb back to the top of the AFC West, sitting at 4-3 right now.

The Chiefs have some problems, but are a good team overall. The Dolphins have some talent, but are a bad team over all. Head below to see my position by position breakdown of the game:

Pos	Adv	Reason
QB		Matt Cassel may have his ups and downs, but he's a pretty solid starting quarterback. And, he's easily better than Matt Moore.
RB		If Jamaal Charles were playing, this would easily be the Chiefs, but with him out, the Chiefs are relying on Thomas Jones, Dexter McCluster, and Jackie Battle. Meanwhile, the Dolphins have found a running game, using Reggie Bush better, and have Daniel Thomas coming back this week. Slight edge to the Dolphins.
WR/TE	Push	Dwayne Bowe, Steve Breaston, Jerheme Urban, Terrance Cooper, and Leonard Pope against Brandon Marshall, Brian Hartline, Davone Bess, Julius Pruitt, and Anthony Fasano. I'll go push here, but maybe lean slightly towards the Chiefs.
OL	Push	The Chiefs are grading as the sixth best pass protecting offensive line, but 26th in run blocking. The Dolphins are the 9th ranked run blocking offensive line, but 28th in pass protection. Push.
DL	Push	Similar story from the o-line. The Chiefs are 9th against the run, but 24th in pass rush. The Dolphins are 25th stopping the run, but 14th in pass rush. Push.
LB		Another close call. According to ProFootballFocus.com, KC has the top ranked OLB in the league, in Tamba Hali. Miami has the 4th with Cameron Wake. KC's Andy Studebacker comes in at 16th, while the Dolphins' Koa Misi is ranked 17th. Miami's Jason Taylor shows up at 26th, while KC's Justin Houston is 28th. The Chiefs take the advantage with the ILBs, with Derrick Johnson ranked 5th and Jovan Belcher is 17th. The Dolphins find Karlos Dansby at 29th and Kevin Burnett at 43rd.
DB		Kansas City has the 22nd ranked pass coverage. Miami is dead last at 32. Advantage Chiefs.
ST		Dolphins again claim this spot due to Brandon Fields.

Prediction: Chiefs, 17-10

Record Predicting Dolphins Games: 2-5

Record Predicting All NFL Games: 72&44

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mostly agree with the pick mosul, but still hoping for that 1st win !

Go dolphins, beat the chiefs, hell beat somebody lol .

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by daytonadolfan on Nov 6, 2011 12:07 PM EST reply actions

I am to.

I think they can do it. Kansas City has issue the Dolphins can exploit, but it won’t be easy.

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by Kevin Nogle on Nov 6, 2011 12:13 PM EST up reply actions

I think this will be our first win

I think we will have a angry and motivated team.

by dolfan52 on Nov 6, 2011 12:08 PM EST reply actions

I hope you are right bro

founding member of the dolphins really old bastards fan club GO PHINS... TO THE GRAVE BABY!

by daytonadolfan on Nov 6, 2011 12:09 PM EST up reply actions

Matt moore will have a breakout game

of course I am optimistic every week

by dolfan52 on Nov 6, 2011 12:11 PM EST reply actions

Sigh.

We all are. Stranger things have happened. I think.

by LoveWingsHatePenguins on Nov 6, 2011 12:16 PM EST via mobile up reply actions

so is rooting for Fields to make the probowl

The new Brandonwagon?

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by Patssuck456 on Nov 6, 2011 12:26 PM EST reply actions

The Brandwagon

Haven’t heard that in a while. Well said!

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by Kevin Nogle on Nov 6, 2011 12:47 PM EST up reply actions

I cant wait.

They have a great club. Offensively the first obvious concern is how we are going to deal with Tamba Hali. He is arguably the best pass rusher in football, and the Cheifs coaching staff is going to do everything they possibly can to match him against Marc Colombo on as many snaps as they possibly can. Colombo will struggle in pass protection against Hali as long as we allow that matchup to occur. However hali is the Cheifs only great pass rusher. Justin Houston and Andy Studebaker are both good disciplined players especially in the run game (Studebaker reminds me of Koa Misi actually) but neither can generate signifigant pass rush. They are stout up front on the D-line. Kelly Gregg is about as good as they coem at NT and both Tyson Jackson and Glenn Dorsey are going to be extremely hard to run the football on. Derrick Johnson at ILB is one of the most underrated players i n the NFL and he will make plays all over the field today and Jovan Belcher isnt a bad player himself. They have good corners including Brandon Flowers who is one of the leagues elite press man cover corners. Remember when Flowers was stereotyped as a cover 2 zone concept corner coming into the NFL. Yea! Brandon Carr isnt as elite but hes great too and both Javier Arenas and Travis Daniels will rotate at Nickel.

Tough game, tough team.

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by civwarbuff on Nov 6, 2011 12:51 PM EST reply actions