FINS SHOW NO DEFENSE IN HEARTBREAK LOSS

                             Indianapolis Colts 27 Miami Dolphins 23

                        Colt WR Pierre Garcon celebrates his game winning score

WARNING: If you are a fan who can not stand to hear people complain about the team...then do not proceed.

As for the rest of us:

I think Joey Porter and his loud talk and the rest of the Dolphin defense needs to get on their knees and beg the offense for forgiveness. The offense played a beauty of a game and dominated the Colts all night. They did it so convinceingly and so dominantly that the Colts offense barely sniffed the field...thank GOD! If they had equal possession then they may have set a new NFL record for points in a game. There are so many places to start, the lack of pressure, the poor coverage, and the terrible, terrible tackling. The tackling that was so bad that every Colt recepetion seemed to go on forever as tackler after tackler slid off the ball carrier. The fans did their part showing up and being vocal, and the owner did his part putting on a hollywood type production. They offense and even the special teams did their part. But the defense. The lousy no tackling, no covering, no sacking defense lost this game. There may be some that criticize Pennington because of his arm strength etc. etc. But he did nothing to lose this game. In fact he made many key third down throws when we needed them. This was all on the defense. It was pathetic, amatureish the way they played and let Manning score so fast and so easy, like he was toying with those little kids in his commerical.

Dolphin fans we are in trouble. I am sorry but our team is bad. I also now know why Washington was willing to let Jason Taylor go...he has been completely ineffective this year. The safety play is bad, the linebackers can not cover or seemingly tackle. It is just bad all over.

If this brain trust does not figure out something fast they will see this kind of abuse all season long as offenses will be licking their chops everytime they play Miami.  If we don't change something (do they have a Wildcat equivalent for defense?) we may be competing for the top pick again this year.

            TALK ABOUT THE GAME IN THE FINHEAVEN FORUMS!

                   OFFENSIVE!

                  Out of Sync Fins Lose 19-7

                         Chad Pennington fumbles and commits one of the four turnovers by Miami

The Dolphins started the 2009 season proving the pundits right. Moist experts predicted Miami to struggle this year and finish around 8-8. The offense had no answer and looked confused all day and the defense could not stop Matt Ryan and Tony Gonzalez as the game should have been much worse than the score reflects. The Miami Dolphin were beat and beat badly. They were out hit, out coached and out played. The defense played well against the run but not agains the pass. Even Pro Bowl tackle Jake Long looked poor as he was beaten all day and gave up two sacks.

*sigh*

As of today the so called experts look like genuises.

The Dolphins failed to go out this off season and get a playmaker at the wide out position. They will pay for that this year as Chad Pennignton was looking all day for someone to be open. By contrast the Falcons went out and got Tony Gonzalez (playmaker) who made highlight play after highlight play. The Dolphins were reduced to sandlot style ball as they tried the Wildcat with Pat White. Nothing. They tried fancy throwbacks etc. and stil could not make a dent. This team needs to find its identity on offense. It should be a running team but the supposedly improved offensive line did little to open up room for the backs. When you can't run and you can't throw and you turn the ball over four times, you get what we got. A thorough whipping which leaves this team and its fans wondering who they really are.

       TALK ABOUT IT IN THE FINHEAVEN FORUMS!

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