Frustration!

Sunday night was supposed to be one of pure jubilation, instead it ended up as another night a Dolfan would soon want to forget. I need to analyze this game further, the Miami Dolphins loss to the New York Jets. It's hard to imagine that Miami (who gave up 31 points AT HOME) was walking around with the best defence in the league before that drudging. They had only given up 10 points in both of their first two games and then allowed New York's abysmal Offense to rack up 31 points in a single night! ARGH!!!!!

Well it's not all that bad. Miami only has the one loss so far in the season and it is still early, so they can and should (I hope) learn from their mistakes.

I just want to know why the Defense looked so bad Sunday night after it looked so dominant for the past two weeks.

First and foremost I want to call out Defensive back (DB) Jason Allen. How are you going to allow Braylon Edwards to score on you? The guy is a bust if I ever seen one. he is big, sure...but the guy is slow as molasses. Allen lost his footing and slipped which allowed Edwards to run for 87 yards and a quick score after Miami had taken the lead. Talk about momentum killers. There are plenty of speculations running in my head as to why Allen might have fallen, but he was still out of place to begin with since he had no help from the safety. That was his mistake. He also, later on, allowed a crucial reception go to Edwards on a third down play that would have (if not converted) forced the jets to punt the ball to Miami. Instead he does the opposite of what killed him before and allowed Edwards to snag the reception, but this time he had help from the Safety and should not have been covering the receiver so loosely. Edwards caught the pass, converted the first down, and the Jets eventually scored to pull too far ahead for the Dolphins to come back from.

I'm not saying this loss falls entirely on Jason Allen's shoulders, but he needs to correct his mistakes.

The defense in general was playing off Sunday night. I mean, how does Dustin Keller get two touchdown? REALLY!? UGH! Come on Miami...

One of the bright spots in the loss was watching Chad Henne grow up. The dude can flat out play some football. he is still young in his Quarterback maturation stage, but I think (despite ESPN saying otherwise) he is progressing faster then Mark Sanchez is at least.

Why you ask? I will tell you! Sanchez got lucky in he threw a lot more balls that were, and should have been intercepted. He had no picks in the official stats of the game, but that's because his interceptions were called back by penalties or dropped by Miami defenders. YOU CAN'T DO THAT! Don't miss opportunities, you rarely get a second try to cash in on those chances. Miami needs to work on finishing on defense. the D produced tons of turnovers against theit first two teams, but did not collect one against New York. That is not a good stat for the defense. Finish the play.

Did I mention how much I enjoyed watching the offense last week? Cause I did! In a losing effort, the passing game looked marvelous. Brandon Marshall finally had his emergence game for Miami collecting 10 passes for a whopping 166 yards and one touchdown. The Henne to Marshall connection should only build off of this production and get better which will help the other WRs get into the action and most importantly it will soften the coverage in the box (The box is a short name for players who occupy the defensive line, along with linebackers should they play up against a run). No one was fearful of Miami's passing game for the longest time, so everyone would crowd the box with extra men while the WRs would be single covered. that seems like a trend that will end (Ha, I rhymed!) due to Marshall's demand for double coverage on most plays.

The running game definitely needs to improve. Ronnie Brown is running decent, but decent will only take you so far. Ricky Williams has started to have a fumbling problem which needs to be corrected PRONTO! Those are two good workhorse backs. They are due for a breakout game, one of them at least.

I have no idea what to make of their next match up, a Monday Night Football showdown against division rival New England. The Patriots (or Gaytriots as my cousin would say!) have a solid offense which scares me a lot more then the Jets'. So how will the defense look on Monday night?

Only time will tell. GO MIAMI!

(Tampa was on a bye, and I didn't get to see the spanking they received, so i won't comment on that loss.)

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