Miami Dolphins Fans: Your Game 8 Takeaways

Willis was up & down, inconsistent. I don’t understand why he didn’t try to utilize his legs at all – there were a couple opportunities. I also don’t understand why he’s under Center so much? Without a better understanding of exactly what NE was showing defensively, it just ‘seemed’ as though the offense ran smoother outta the gun. The pick was unfortunate but another was an easy one that was dropped.

OL had a bad day. Brewer wasn’t himself & Savi gave up some whopper whiffs. Kingston was either overmatched or completely lost on a few. Paul’s been solid but is showing a 2 penalty per game penchant that’s getting to be too commonplace. As a whole they failed to open much running room.

Chop & Uche played pretty well but the Interior DL was terrible. Grant is scarily just, not good at the point in the middle. I thought earlier this year that IDL was going to be a strength? Not so much….

Ollie’s Ollie and all that….love the fire – HATE THE FIRE!!! He’s got a big mouth. He’s immature. And HE’S COSTLY in an emotional way. He dances a fine line, but he’s a bit overreactive and kind of a punk, always needing to yap & be heard. He should sit to start the game vs Lions….except for the fact that Jaylen Wright STINKS! But, it IS a teaching -and-learning opportunity. The kid needs to grow up.

That whiff non-sack from Chris Johnson was SO egregiously bad that it looked as if the fix was in or something? At least NE shanked the FG after, but that was really strange ‘looking’ – how he alligator armed a sure sack? The Safeties had another sporadic/up&down day. The down’s hurt more than the up’s provided.

I thought time mgt. on our last TD drive was absolutely TERRIBLE. We were going to need 2 scores….quite possibly 2 TD scores! With a little over 10 minutes we’re huddling and walking back after plays, taking WAY too much time. I’m not saying go no huddle, but there should have been with much better rhythm/pace to save time AND keep NE on their heels a bit.

We got beat by a better team. Had our chances but made costly mistakes at the most inopportune times. I don’t even understand how that non-1st down call for NE was overturned? I went to get a drink and came back & NE had the ball again? No angle I saw was conclusive to overturn? Guess I missed whatever they saw on review? Whatever – they fought/played hard. Made some mistakes that really cost em’. They were in the game the whole way – the 2 pt. conversion was a poorly designed play (they got some work to do there).