First, I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I went 3-0 with my picks, thanks to Denver beating the Giants. Didn't pick the Sunday games cause i was out of town.
Anyhow.....
The Dolphins fell apart AGAIN in the 4th quarter, as Henne threw 3 interceptions, and the Bills outscored the Dolphins 24-0. I do not blame anybody but the coaches on this one. Henne should have never of had to win this game in the end. The blame starts with Offensive Coordinator, Dan Henning, and ends on the boss, Tony Sparano.
Why, with Ricky averaging 6.2 yards per carry on the opening drive, do you have him pass on the goal line? I'm pretty sure it's his first attempted pass of the decade. Result, was an interception in the end zone that immediately killed some great momentum to start the game. All throughout this game, it seemed as though they could not stop our running game, but they were so worried about only giving Ricky 25 carries, that once again, they roll out the Pat White experiment, instead of giving Lex Hilliard (who looks like a beast) some more carries.
Can we call the WildPat a bust already? It seems like every time the base offense gets some pep in their step, they roll this crap out, end up in 3rd and long, and ask Henne to bail them out. This Wildcat/Pat stuff is not working since Ronnie Brown went down. How valuable does Ronnie look now? The threat of the Wildcat worked because of 2 things, Ronnie knowing what to do with the ball, and having the R & R Express on the field (Ricky and Ronnie, get it?). Without the dual threat, it is just not that effective.
Now, where this stuff comes from about Ricky only getting 25 carries, I don't know. He seems fit to handle more. If it stems from his desire to share the load, as much as I love Ricky, SUCK IT UP! You chose to come back and play football, for which you get paid millions, so boo hoo. They should have crammed Ricky down their throats. If this was a coaches' decision, then they have failed even more than I think.
The reason why I blame the coaches is simple:
The play call comes from Dan Henning, which goes down through Sparano's head set. At some point, T. Spa (thanks David) needs to put his foot down and say "Dan, what the hell are you doing? Ricky throwing the ball, seriously? Run him in the 'A' gap and get me my 6." Not even to mention why they keep throwing crossing patterns to Tedd Ginn.
Enough already.
Henne has no help on the outside.
The Wildcat lives and dies with Ronnie Brown.
Ricky should never throw the ball.
Can O.J. Mcduffie still play?
Give Lex Hilliard more carries.
Um, hello, Pat White? PLEASE!
From now on, base offense, run Ricky run, and please, please, somebody step up and catch a pass.
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