QB Chad Henne attempted 4 passes before getting injured and replaced by Matt Moore. It's difficult for a backup QB, but he threw way too many check down passes. 10 yard completions on 3rd and 12 is just not good enough. Scoring 16 points will not win you ant games in today's NFL. The Dolphins haven't scored more than 16 points since the season opening loss to the 32nd ranked Patriot defense. For the record, Moore was 17 of 26 for 167 yards and an INT. D
RB Daniel Thomas showed us he was a very good back but he can't help when he is injured. He missed his 2nd game in the 4 week season and Reggie Bush played well at first but he is not an every down back. He finished with 50 yards on 13 carries, 3.8 average. All of Miami RBs ran 20 times for 72 yards and 1 TD. 3.6 yard average will not get you in the endzone. The Phins do not have someone who can fill in for the often injured Thomas. D
WR Catching 10 yard passes on 3rd and 12 is not good enough. Marshall dropped two more balls, one of then a sure bomb that could have gone for a TD. Bess is invisible, Bess and Hartline's stats: 52 combined yards on 6 catches. that's less than 9 yrads a catch from Matt "check down" Moore. Marshall finished with 5 for 52 yards and looked like a normal (starting) WR and not the beast he can be at times. D
OL Moore was hurried and pressured and the runnig lanes were not there. Part of it is because Bush's dancing style (Thomas just hits the hole and makes the line look better). Colombo and Long gave up sacks....This offense scored 13,16 and 16 points the last 3 weeks. You can nmot win like that in today's NFL. D
LB The Chargers ran at will between the tackles. The only reason that the TE wasn't the main man again was that he was injured... Did Jason Taylor really play in the game ? Zero pressure from the LBs again even though Wake had a coverage sack. D
DL Zero sacks, again. The Cahrgers ran straight through the middle of the line. Is the D-Line really supposed to be a strength. With all do respect to Paul Soliai, 12 million dollards a year for that swiss cheese run defense ? Really ?? D-
Secondary They gave up two passing TDs to Vincent Jackson and Bell was to blame in all of his 3 catch 100+ yard day. The only reason he did not catch more balls was that he got injured and left the game... thank god. The safety play ios just awful. Who knew we would miss steady Chris Clemmons that much ? D-
Special teams Carpenter nailed a FG from over 50 but his kicks are still an adventure (barely reaching the goal post form 42 ? How odd was that ?). Gates managed to return a kickoff to the 10 and Bess caught a punt at the 8... They should really try Bush at punt return and anyone that can kneel down at kick return. D
Coaching It's difficult without your starting QB and RB on the road. But this team has to be better than this ??? The play calling was strange with all the check down passes at 0-3. The conservative play calling is not a good idea when your defense is that bad and ca not stop anyone. The 5 yard routes on 3rd and 12 is beyond me. A quarter of the season has passed. The Dolphins are 0-4, Is it time to "Suck for Luck" ? Can the team really get the 1st overall pick and draft Stanford QB Andrew Luck ? (meaning the next GM/Head coach). Are the Dolphins that bad ?? Even worse than the Vikings and Colts ? F
