Dolphins Truth

Many Dolphins Truth readers weren’t even alive when the Cowboys defeated the Dolphins in Super Bowl VI.  That’s VI as in 6.  As in January 16, 1972. Most of us remember the Leon Lett game, in which big Leon gave us a free victory in a snowstorm. The Cowboys and Dolphins don’t play often, but they’ve had some fun games over the years.   Let’s hope Sunday is fun as well. There is a lot of hype surrounding the return of Tony Romo.    I don’t think that will influence the Dolphins’ game plan.  Romo is far more talented than Matt Cassel, but that isn’t important.Read More →

Unheralded players like Jamar Taylor, Mike Hull, Zach Vigil, Tony Lippett, and Neville Hewitt stepped it up big time to seal the deal in a big Dolphins win. It is an unwritten rule not to root for an opponents’ injury, but once Sam Bradford went down and we saw Jet Sanchez in the game, it seemed to inspire the defense. Our offense stalled far too many times, but they did just enough to make the defense’s outstanding effort hold up. The D forgot to show up in the first quarter, and then something lit a fire under Suh.  He was a beast for the remainderRead More →

While the Dolphins are not mathematically eliminated, they face an uphill climb if they’re going to make the playoffs. History and statistics are against them, but each year, some team sitting at 3-5 or 4-4 makes a major push.   Last year, for example, the Chargers got shut out by Miami, and everyone wrote off San Diego as a lost season.,   But they came roaring back.   Almost made the playoffs.  All we’re saying is that it’s possible. So where to start with the Eagles?   They have a very overrrated and beatable QB in Sam Bradford.  Sadly, however, the Dolphins tend to playRead More →

Stephen Ross gets involved in YET ANOTHER business that has nothing to do with the Dolphins Think of George Steinbrenner, and only only thing comes to mind. Jerry Jones?  Same thing.  Robert Kraft? All the great owners in all sports are obsessed with their teams and obsessed with winning. Believe it or not, most of the owners actually live in the area where their teams are.  Most owners hire and fire coaches in person.  Most owners live and breathe for their team. Mr. Ross lives and breathes for the Dolphins a little bit. He’s too busy trying to get stadium funding. Too busy trying toRead More →

Okay. so enough of this nonsense about Dan Campbell being a rookie interim coach and still learning and… Nonsense. The man has been in football his entire life.  He has played in the NFL and was a Super Bowl champion. He should know that when your defense has just stuffed the opponent on third down, and you’re about to get the ball back…you let those cards fall.  Period. Period.   Instead, Dan Campbell decided to give the Bills ANOTHER third down. We don’t have to get into the details, the down and distance, the score, or anything else.  Dan Campbell gave the Bills an additionalRead More →

On Sunday, the Dolphins play the Buffalo Bills, led by either some guy named Tyrod or else led by bust EJ Manuel, depending on who is injured the least. Joe Philbin always had trouble with the Bills, and we never understood why.   When we lost to Buffalo, we lost big.  When we won, we squeaked by in games that featured a lot of field goals.  And in each of those games, win or lose, the Bills featured a horrendous joke of a quarterback who we should have pounded into submission. Let’s hope we can shake off the New England game and get back intoRead More →

The Titans fired head coach Ken Wisenhunt today because he had a losing record, the team was stagnant despite signing some stars, and they had no chance of making the playoffs. They only needed a year and a half to realize this. While Wisenhunt was accumulating loss after loss, the Tennessee ownership did not give him an extension.  They did not build him a new stadium–thinking that fans want an awning more than they want a Super Bowl title.  They did not publicly praise him.  They did not bring in new executives to try and improve the coach. They looked at the record and madeRead More →

When a team scores 36 points, your first reaction is to blame the defense for giving up so many. Until you examine how it happened.   This loss was caused by Ryan Tannehill.   He picked a poor time to have his worst game of the year.  The stats might show worse games, but when you factor in the timing of his mistakes, the locations where he made them (all were deep in our own territory), and the severity of them…there truly is no one else to blame. His lack of fire and lack of passion reminds one of Joe Philbin’s style.   The teamRead More →

Thursday Night Football is silly.    It’s a test of whichever team is healthier from a previous game three days prior.  The visiting team has to spend a day traveling too.   I like prime time games, but the NFL needs to move them to Friday or Saturday Nights.  But previous commissioners like Tagliabue were too concerned about interfering with high school and college game nights.   Who cares! Former Governor Jeb Bush owns Ryan Tannehill in his fantasy league and he’s 7-0. Little Julie Edelmann runs the same slant route 99% of the time.  I’m not saying it’s easy to cover the tiny guy,Read More →

An incredible win, and we all feel good.  But… Jamar Taylor and Damien Williams should not be NFL players.   Cut them tomorrow and watch how many teams pick them up on waivers.  Zero. These are guys left around by the Philbin regime, and we’re stuck with them for now.  Why?  Lack of depth.  Philbin’s idea of a balanced roster at the beginning of the season was to have about 35 wide receivers and two running backs. Philbin put way too much faith in undrafted fumbler Damien Williams and thought of him as a solid backup to Lamar Miller.  They should have kept Jay AjaiRead More →

Somehow the Miami Dolphins have lost every single game they ever played against the Houston Texans. Whether Houston was a terrible new expansion team with bust David Carr at the helm, or a decent playoff team under Gary “Hair Dye” Kubiak, it didn’t matter.   The Texans have won every time. Now we can reverse that trend. On offense, Houston is a one-man team behind Arian Foster.  Let’s not fool ourselves into thinking that Brian Hoyer is a good quarterback.  That was the failed Philbin philosophy:  keep talking about how talented Thad Lewis and Brian Hoyer and Geno Smith are, so that when you lose toRead More →