Monday Morning Quarterback

The Trent Green injury is discussed in the previous post.

The Dolphins should not have attempted a 56 yard field goal with 1:51 remaining. Jay Feely isn't a good at field goals from 50+ yards. If he were to miss or have it blocked, the Dolphins would have been screwed, we just couldn't trust our defense. We should have wasted more time though. We had a 2nd and 9 on the 38 after the two minute warning. In my opinion, we should have ran it twice, or at least on second down. We were running the ball well and only needed another four or five yards to get to a range of field goal that we should have attempted. Instead we threw two incompletions and the Texans were able to save all of their timeouts. Of course our secondary is a collection of players who should be on a practice squad so the Texans hit a few passes and were able to attempt a 57 yard game winning field goal. This is a different situation. There is no risk, if he misses or it's blocked, then regulation is over and we go to overtime. When the opposing teams kicker makes two 54 yarders and a 57 yard game winner, then you weren't meant to win that game. I feel bad for the 'Phins because they are trying hard and are getting close but the team just isn't that good.

The offense was good again. Quarterback replacement Cleo Lemon wasn't terrible. He could have been better but he didn't lose us the game and we were in position to win. Ronnie Brown had another great day of tough running but it wasn't enough. The reason why, is the red zone offense. I don't think we have a philosophy for the red zone and it shows. We settle for way too many field goals. If we could have turned one of them into a touchdown yesterday, then we would have won

The defense was a little better. They were able to stop the run finally, but it could have been due to Ahman Green's absence. Unfortunately though, the Texans picked on our secondary and Cameron Worrell in particular. He was the next contestant on "Who wants to play safety for the Miami Dolphins?" He lost and he was injured, I don't think we will see much more of him. I never thought I'd say this but, I hope Jason Allen starts next week. He was once a #16 overall draft pick, he has to make a play or two, right?

The special teams were also better. What can you say about Jay Feely, he's been a complete stud so far. Rookie punter Brandon Fields is improving, especially on the pooch punts. Our kick and punt coverage was a little better, not allowing any huge returns. Finally, our man Ted Ginn is showing improvement. His first kick return was 53 yards out to midfield, and he is finally going more north and south rather than east and west.

It was another heart breaker for the Dolphins, but what did you expect? They find a new and interesting way to lose each week. The team is getting better and will get some wins soon, but for now the team is just not very good and struggling to get the first W.