Terrible Sunday for Dolphins (in more ways than one)

[hordman]

Per Armando Salgeuro:
Terrible Sunday for Dolphins (in more ways than one)

I'm starting to think Armando is just a hack and likes to bash MIA.  Look, I'm as frustrated as any MIA fan out there, but let's face the fact: We are not a very good team and the very thought of the talking heads, ESPN, NBC, CBS, etc, posting that MIA is in the hunt for a playoff spot is not only teasing us fans, but it's ludicrous.

We are not good, not even in the remote sense.  Bad OFF line, no running game to say the least, no deep threat (though we paid big $$$ to do so), DEF is much maligned and then tack on the off-field problems and you have one heaping pile of hot shit.

Don't get me wrong, I would love to see MIA play tough and win more games this season, but it's not going to happen with all the things mentioned above.  To say we're 5-6 with a poor, poor OL is a miracle really.  No continuity and lack of big plays is not going to get you many points, pretty much around the 17-23 pt mark and that's what MIA is.

This would be different if we had All-Pros at key positions and we were flailing miserably, but that's not the case.  We have a few, Wake, Hartline (though he's disappeared at times this year), Grimes, Patterson, etc who have shown greatness at times, but for the most part we are an average team and you get an average product.

This will have to start with better talent and knowing how to get that talent (READ: NEW GM) and better coaching.  Does that mean fire head coach and others to make it happen?  I don't know.  Philbin has had 2 years, but he is still lacking really good talent at key positions and some bad OFF play calling. 

I guess what really frustrates me the most is, what I perceive a media negative bias against MIA.  This is my opinion.  I feel some take pleasures (even before the Incognito/Martin story) in knocking this team.  For whatever reason there is, I just feel like they do.  Look, the headlines read "Cam dump MIA for 7th win".  It's not like he played a 8-2/7-3 team on the road in a big, hi-stakes game.  He played an avg team that lead for most of the game and gave up the game winning drive with under a minute. 

Whatever, I just hope that MIA can compete for the rest of the year, play hard-nose football, beat some teams I really hate (READ: NYJ, NE and PIT) and finish strong.  Get rid of Jeff Ireland and make some tweaks at OFF play calling (maybe get rid of Sherman) and see what happens.

Always a Phins a fan, no matter what.

Go Phins!!!!!

[Pappy13]

It's Armando's job to write something. He doesn't have to write something good and often doesn't.

We are not good, not even in the remote sense.  Bad OFF line, no running game to say the least, no deep threat (though we paid big $$$ to do so), DEF is much maligned and then tack on the off-field problems and you have one heaping pile of hot shit.

Agreed on all your points above, but the fact remains that someone has to be the 6th seed in the AFC and whomever it is will probably be 9-7 at best. The odds are long for not just the Dolphins, but for about 6 teams in the AFC. Someone is going to beat the odds. I say Miami has about a 1 in 6 chance of it being them right now, same as all the rest of the teams looking for that last playoff spot.

[Dolphster]

I don't really care about what Armando says because the main job of a writer is to increase readership and unfortunately one of the best ways to do that is to be controversial or whatever.  So I take all writers with a grain of salt.  Having said that, I agree with pretty much all of the points you made in your post. 

[Dave Gray]

I don't have a problem with Armando writing this article, other than his point is wrong.

Granted, I think this season was over as soon as we lost to Buffalo, but this weekend meant almost nothing.  We entered the week tied for the 6th playoff spot.  We leave the week tied for the 6th playoff spot.

And we control our own destiny, I believe.  If we handle our business, we'll be able to knock off those ahead of us in tie-breakers.  Even the teams that are ahead of us that we don't play will get leaped, I think, because our loss was an NFC loss and by beating the Jets and Bills, we'd be our division representative of the 6th spot, as well as improve our AFC record.

[Landshark]

I don't have a problem with Armando writing this article, other than his point is wrong.

Armando's point is that he doesn't see this team handling is business and its gonna be the same ol' sub .500 finish when this year was supposed to be different because of all the money spent on upgrades.

[MyGodWearsAHoodie]

And we control our own destiny, I believe. 

Nope.  One way (there are probably others) Dolphins win all remaining games.  Raven's win all remaining.  Bengals win all but Raven's.    NE win all but Dolphin, Ravens.

[dolphins4life]

Thing is though, this team could easily be 8-3

[el diablo]

Thing is though, this team could easily be 8-3

And then, we would be severely disappointed in the playoffs.