Can Miami Dolphins Get Some Home Cooking?
There’s a whole lot of noise going on around the Miami Dolphins and most of it is negative, but at the end of the day the Dolphins have their next 2 games at home and have the smallest sliver of an opportunity to right the ship and get back over .500.
When I say the smallest sliver of hope, that’s exactly what I mean, because the Dolphins are poised to lose control of their destiny and their fan base if they goose egg their next 2 home games.
Yea the Dolphins went to Tampa and blew it, but they showed some fight in the middle quarters by regaining the lead, they came in uninspired and then gave an uninspiring finish, but maybe that was the wake up call they needed.
The Dolphins Offensive Line and run Defense have been their achilles heels the entire season but maybe, just maybe they can rise up to the occasion. Maybe they can feed off of a limited home crowd that still shows up because they are REAL FANS.
I can sit here all day and talk about the X’s and O’s of the game and where the Dolphins have gone wrong and what it is they need to do better, but I’d be here all day writing about that malarkey and how the world is crashing around this Miami Franchise.
Well, I’m not gonna do that, instead I’m gonna write about how this is a game of men, full of pride, and if this Miami Dolphins team has any of it left in them, they need to show up tomorrow and protect their house Under Armor style.
I’m tired of hearing about excuses and how strategy has to change, and that they need to have better execution. You know what this team needs more than anything else? It’s the fire in their belly to rise to occasion and persevere in the face of adversity.
These players and coaches can talk till they’re blue in their faces about how they’re going to do this and fix that, and carry over a great week of practice and so on, but at the end of the day they need to just pull it together on the field and play more aggressive than the other team across the field from them.
That goes both ways, it means coaches have to stop playing it safe and stop being worried about balance and so forth. When they have an opponent on their heels, they need to keep the foot on the gas and push the pedal down to the metal and not let up.
Nov 11, 2013; Tampa, FL, USA; Miami Dolphins safety Jimmy Wilson (27) incepts the ball during the second half of the game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Raymond James Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Foldy-USA TODAY Sports
Most of all it means the players need to take accountability for their effort, for their focus, for their execution! Ryan Tannehill needs to scramble more, needs to be more accurate down field. The Defense needs to tackle better, they need to get off their blocks, they need to take care of their assignments and get on the same page.
Success means positive answers to these questions. Will the Running Backs break tackles? Will the Offensive Line make the extra block? Will the team make key plays in key situations? Its gut check time and right here, right now, this week, we’ll find out what this team is made of, because I’ll tell you the truth, I’m on the cusp of calling this team soft.
Mentally weak and physically overmatched. Think I wanna admit that? Of course not, I’m a die hard Dolphins fan, DOLFAN through and through, the type of fan that fake Dolphins fans tell to sit down at games because I’m too animated.
Know what I say? I say Miami needs more fans like me and players that feed off that energy while translating it to the game on the field! Let’s get a win on Sunday! Fins Up!