Game day against the Packers
If you read my story in today's Herald, you know the Dolphins will use their no-huddle, two-minute drill early against the Packers, likely from the first series.
Thank you, God!
The Dolphins definitely need to do something, anything, to start faster than they have the last six games. Look for that today and tell me what you think about it.
I only found one player who didn't like the idea of the no-huddle during the week of reporting I did for the story -- Darian Barnes. It's his opinion that you cannot do a two-minute drill the entire game and after you stop, you still have to find a way to have urgency and momentum in your base offense.
It also isn't to his liking that the fullback is not on the field in the no-huddle so Barnes isn't a fan.
Finally, there is one interesting move by the Dolphins as they set up their inactive players today.
Daunte Culpepper is inactive, meaning he cannot play. The third quarterback today is Marcus Vick.
The other inactives are Travis Daniels, Keith Adams, Fred Evans, Joe Berger, Tim Massaquoi and Kevin Vickerson.
Thank you, God!
The Dolphins definitely need to do something, anything, to start faster than they have the last six games. Look for that today and tell me what you think about it.
I only found one player who didn't like the idea of the no-huddle during the week of reporting I did for the story -- Darian Barnes. It's his opinion that you cannot do a two-minute drill the entire game and after you stop, you still have to find a way to have urgency and momentum in your base offense.
It also isn't to his liking that the fullback is not on the field in the no-huddle so Barnes isn't a fan.
Finally, there is one interesting move by the Dolphins as they set up their inactive players today.
Daunte Culpepper is inactive, meaning he cannot play. The third quarterback today is Marcus Vick.
The other inactives are Travis Daniels, Keith Adams, Fred Evans, Joe Berger, Tim Massaquoi and Kevin Vickerson.
posted by Armando Salguero at 11:33 AM
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Can someone explain to me why Mularkey insists on airing it out like Joey's last name is Manning. Establish the run. There's no excuse for throwing the ball on 1st, 2nd and 3rd down. We spent a the 2nd overall pick on Brown. Give him a shot. Establish the run. Green Bay isn't exactly an intimidating defense.
It's not Harrington, although he isn't helping, it's Mularkey. You can't tell me we honestly game planned this week for Harrington to throw the ball 40+ times. They're not shutting down the run. We're not getting blown out. Why aren't we running the ball? Ronnie Brown is the kind of running back who you keep running him and come 4th quarter the defense won't want to hit him anymore and he'll finally break one off. He needs to be fired and immediately. I don't care who replaces him.
Looks like the win against the Titans was a fluke... Maybe Dan was right about Damon Huard all those years ago...
We can't run the thing for crap. Everyone would complain if Mularkey ran the thing and we go 3 and out everytime too. I have no problem with being aggressive. Don't get me wrong Mularkey is a bad coach. No doubt about that. However our problems start at QB and continue at LT.
When running the ball, why are we not putting Ronnie behind barnes and stuffing them up behind Vernon Carey? Why aren't we running play action off of that?
When throwing - have you ever seen this many dropped passes? Notice that it is not one guy but every single one of our receivers? Welker, McMichael,Booker and Hagen all have at least two drops in the last two games. Chambers has only one but we never throw the thing to him anymore so he is a none factor at this point anyway.
If it was one guy it would be easy to dismiss, but the fact that it is all of them is telling. Every guy on this team is trying to not make mistakes. This endless conversation about execution is telling. We can't get it right and we have talented players at ALL offensive skill positions.
We need to draft a QB and LT THIS YEAR. How many years in a row do we need to suck before we figure this out?
Question for the group. If we have a top 5 - 10 pick next year and just for sake of argument there is a good QB available (maybe like a Brian Brohm or someone else even better) but also a DE, LT and CB there. Do you think there is ANY chance Saban would take the QB? How about follow that up with a LT in the second round if a good one was available?
My guess is that it would go CB and DE (which we need both) but that means Culpepper again next year. We will never be a good team with either of these guys at QB! NEVER!
Culpepper played WORSE than Harrington. I don't care if his completion % was 80%. He couldn't put points on the board and just like in Minnesota he was really good at throwing mind boggling interceptions and fumbling! He has NO CLUE where to go with the ball and like Harrington got most of his stats in the 4th quarter when the game was out of hand.
Of course drafting a QB would be a risk and yes we would suck next year. But drafting a franchise QB is WAY overdue here! Time to suck it up and do that, instead of trying to win the SB next year on these two pigs and an aged defense.
Didn't you watch the first the first 4 games of the year? Culpepper is terrible. What more do you need to see?
u can't hang this load of crap on mularkey or anyone else! this is saban's puppy and he has failed miserably! all his draft picks suck and he is officially kotite material! hire anyone even wanny to replace him now!
Troy Smith, Brady Quinn, or my favorite, Dan Marino? How about Kelly from the phins cheerleaders, she'll throw more TD's than Mr. Love Boat and tea sandwhiches combined.
NICKY NUMBSKULL THE MORONIC MIDGET SAID "THE SKY DID NOT FALL", "WE CAME TOGETHER AS A TEAM OUT THERE","SACKS ARE NOT IMPORTANT","IT'S TOUGH TIMES AROUND HERE THESE DAYS" OH MY GOD! ITHINK I JUST HEARD JOE ROBIE ROLL OVER IN HIS GRAVE AGAIN! RUN RICKY RUN! AS FAR AWAY AS YOU CAN!
Woe is me- Or better yet, woe is anyone on the Phins that should be able to catch a ball and can't. The WRs all had the dropsies today. McMike was responsible for the 10 point difference himself. The DBs couldn't catch a ball if it was tossed underhand to them. These are the fast guys who wanted to be WRs in high school but couldn't catch a cold. They're branded as DBs for life. Exceptions: Deon Sanders, Ronde Barber and Charles Woodson.
Start thinking top ten draft pick. QB, LT, DE, WR, LB.
Phins can't lose this week. Can't win either!
I think if we get a top 5 pick we need to trade it for more picks. Draft a cornerback and the interior of the offensive line,,, and get some players in free agency that could help this team right away into an elite team. We dont need a quaterback hasn't any one ever seen a healthy Culpepper and what he can do. Finally fire Mularkey, and get someone that can get our offense averaging 30 points a game. I thought this season they would be averaging at least 28 points per game but Mularkey has them headed in the wrong direction
Miami FL. -- A seven-year old boy was at the center of a Miami courtroom drama yesterday when he challenged a court ruling over who should have custody of him.
The boy has a history of being beaten by his parents and the judge initially awarded custody to his aunt, in keeping with child custody law and regulations requiring that family unity be maintained to the degree possible.
The boy surprised the court when he proclaimed that his aunt beat him more than his parents and he adamantly refused to live with her. When the judge suggested that he live with his grandparents, the boy cried out that they also beat him.
After considering the remainder of the immediate family and learning that domestic violence was apparently a way of life among them, the judge took the unprecedented step of allowing the boy to propose who should have custody of him .
After two recesses to check legal references and confer with child welfare officials, the judge granted temporary custody to the Miami Dolphins, whom the boy firmly believes are not capable of beating anyone
We don't need to get another QB. Culpepper behind an good OL is a Pro Bowl QB and will lead the Dolphins to the Super Bowl. The Dolphins need to address the OL and DL through the draft and free agency. The top teams in this league have good a good OL and DL. Just look at the Pats for all the changes that they have made they always seems to put their resources in the draft on adequate o-linemen and d-linemen. This is the reason why the Pats are always in the hunt. The Dolphins have not adequately addresed their O-Line since the days of Shula and have not adequately addressed its D-Line since the days of Jimmy Johnson. Folks, this only takes a two-year period to turn this problem around and lead to the Dolphins becoming Super Bowl contenders year after year just like the old days.
how can anyone say that this team will be a contender in a few more years?in a few more years most of the defence will be retired!the only draft pick that saban has made that looks even remotely decent is ronnie brown and he was second overall!everyone else pretty much sucks!and his free agent signings and coaching selections can all be questioned!" afew more" years of this crap and you morons will be longing for wannys return!
Saban should have gutted the team when he came in last year. His top 2 personnel moves, Dante and Brown are average at best. Year 2 is now a washout and he will be coming into year 3 with huge holes in the offline, dbacks and an aging dline/middlelb. The 5 yr plan is running out of time!
i can't emphasise how deep the shit-pile this team is mired in enough! jason taylor is 32yeaRS OLD AND THE TEAMS only effective pass rusher! no one else is worth a crap! matt roth is a total bust and should be cut!the secondary is in even worse shape! will allen is the best of what probably is the worst group in team history! the o-line is in need of a total overhaul as well! the wideouts stink to high heaven! the tight end is a wife beating nut-job who couldn't catch the dose in a whorehouse!qb don't even go there! if i had season tickets i would burn them in front of nicks house!
What's going on with Vickerson and Evans? Why aren't they getting time on the field? How can they be expected to show if they can play or not when they're inactive? I'm really starting to lose my patience with Nick Saban, the head coach (Nick Saban the GM is already suspect in my opinion). Dave Wannstedt was afraid of playing rookies because he was afraid that they would make mistakes in critical parts of games. I cannot see how that might be any worse than what we've seen from "butterfingers" Chambers and "hands of stone" McMichael...
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