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Defense!!!!!

Finnegann and there isn't anyone else who should be mentioned

Finnegan. I want to go Philbin every game, but Finnegan made Geno look like 1984 Marino. He is terrible and has been all season. Your eyes and stats back that up.

Definitely Finnegan who couldn't cover anything today. He talks about retiring.  He should follow through on that.

Honorable mention to Philbin.  We weren't playing for the playoffs.  We were playing for pride.  And we showed none.

Finnegan

Mike Wallace for quitting on the team:

http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000450986/article/mike-wallace-tells-philbin-he-didnt-want-to-play

If we knew at the time that Wallace quit the team, we would've voted for him instead of Finnegan.

Recall election!

Defense once again for stinking it up. Way to go.

Coyle i sure hope you get the axe

It is never a good thing when there are so many viable options for SOTG.  Finnegan "earned" it, but Wallace stole it from him with his unacceptable jackassery. 

Changing mine to Wallace

My vote goes to Finnegan.

Coyle - this defense has been terrrribbllleee for weeks, and it goes beyond the injuries.  The offense has been dealing with injuries all season, but they have been getting it done for the most part.

Wallace. No excuse for giving up or putting yourself above the team. We were freaking winning for goodness sake when he pulled his power trip. At least Finnegan never gave up.

If Philbin decided to "teach Wallace a lesson" then that episode is completely on the coach.  You sit your best receiver and your offense immediately shuts down?  Learn how to manage your players instead.

I guarantee you that if Philbin hadn't already received his guarantee a week earlier, there is NO WAY Wallace comes out of that game.  Instead of proving how tough he is, Philbin would have tried to actually coach his players and would have made a real effort to get Wallace on board.

Instead, because this game is meaningless to Philbin, he chose to either let Wallace pout or teach him a lesson... at the cost of a loss.  Now there is more unnecessary discord in the locker room.  Philbin is not a smart coach.

Spoken like  man who already made up his mind who to blame. Players have made it know they aren't happy with Wallace. It's much worse for a player to be called out than a coach blamed.

If Miami wins the game, then fine, blame Wallace.  Since Miami lost, that's on the coach.  I don't see any other way to spin that.  Philbin chose proving a point over getting (what was for him) a "meaningless" win.

Do you even disagree that Wallace would have been in the game if Philbin's job was on the line?

My kids get disciplined under different circumstances but I honesty do not know that question.

Knowing this has been an inside issue for a while I really have no idea. It could be the thing that actually saved his job if Ross was looking for him to take control of his players. Most of us never really know what goes into the things that happen behind the scene.

Guess you haven't seen Wallace' comments this morning. Looks like Philbin did what needed to be done and from what I heard the entire locker room was upset with Wallace and not Philbin. But you can spin it anyway you want.

Falling for two fake punts in one season says volumes about your team

Why?

It shows you can't learn from your mistakes.  It's like falling for the same practical joke twice.  And it shows that the coach isn't teaching his team well. 

There wasn't anyone even close to the receiver on that play

That's a bit much. You are being a bit of a drama queen on this one. Giving up 2 fake punts over the course of a season isn't a big deal

I wonder how many of the playoff teams fell for fake punts

You know, those two fake punts may have cost Miami a playoff berth

Actually I think that says a lot about your special teams coach.

I wonder how many fake punts were attempted this year...

proves my point, Tenshot.

It shows teams feel confident they can pull such ridiculous stuff against Miami

Considering Miami was ELIMINATED prior to last Sunday's game....uh no. It didn't cost them a playoff birth  ::)

Considering that it may have cost them two games this year, which would be a 10-6 record, yes it may have cost them a playoff berth.

Fake punts didn't cause the Dolphins a playoff birth, the defense did.

yeah that's foolish. That 2 fake punts, just 2 plays cost them 2 wins. Nobody with an IQ over 1 is buying that. Sorry  ::)

Aww shit son, he just said your IQ is less than broccoli!

Lions game, the fake punt led to a field goal.  True the game was lost ultimately by four points, but those three points could have been huge, and things could have turned out differently if they had not given up the fake punt.

Jets, game, if they don't give up the fake punt, the Jets don't put the game away and maybe the Dolphins come back and win.

To give up two fake punts in one season is pretty awful.   

Same Lions game where Miami BLOCKED a FG and took it down inside the 5 and scored 1 play later. Yeah those all sorta equal out. Your case is really flimsy

So the fake punts led to:

1) a FG in a game Miami lost by 4 (on a last second TD)
2) a TD in a game Miami lost by 13

Why are we even discussing this?

Exactly!!

If you want to blame the weakness of your special teams on one person the person to blame is the GM. 

Dolphins are a poorly constructed team. 

Your top-22 can compete with NE's top-22, but once you have one or two injuries your team falls apart because anyone other than the top-22 are crap.  Playoff teams like NE are constructed knowing that there will be injuries with quality players that while not as good as the starters are capable of stepping in and still do a decent job.

Miami didn't suffer more injuries than NE between week 1 and week 15, but NE was capable of filling the holes.  Once MIA lost a player or too they fold like a cheap suit.   

Sat him after only trying to get the ball to him once in the first half against one of the worst pass defenses in the league.

I agree, Philbin is not a smart coach.  Look