Dolphins need to hit the ground running

By Jeff Dickinson  |   Monday, September 08, 2008  |  Comments( 6 )

 Miami Dolphins
Losing is never good, but there are definitely some defeats that are more positive than negative. Last season, the Miami Dolphins suffered a lot of bad losses in which they never had a chance to win. In Sunday’s season opener against Brett Favre and the AFC East rival Jets, the Dolphins -- for the 16th time in 17 games -- once again came out on ...
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Joe		 01:21 PM
09/09/2008
Even when the run is not going great it is still important to pound the rock. It wears down the opposing linemen and gets the backs cheating up allowing the recievers to get open for the pass. This is the same mistake made by Cam last season when the Fins (Brown) was taking chunks of yards.
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RedskinFan21ST		 06:52 PM
09/09/2008
Very accurate article. If the Dolphins continue to run the ball as poorly as they did on Sunday, this season is going to look a lot like last years.
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JimmyD		 07:28 PM
09/09/2008
Joe you hit it right on...Cam lost his job because he abandoned the run when it was working and lost many close games. He also didn't have a defense that could stop the run. It's painfully obvious that this crew also has trouble stopping the run as was gleefully discovered by the Jets. It seems like the running game was nonexistent in the second half and absolutely no one on the receiving corp stepped up to make a play. I bet if Chambers was in the back of the endzone on that last play the outcome would have been different....
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