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Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 21 September 2007 at 12:15 pm

Both of these football teams are off to rough starts to the season as they are both 0-2.  The Dolphins would like to run the football against the Jets who allow 126.0 yards rushing per game but that might be easier said than done.  The Dolphins are only averaging 63.5 yard rushing per game and 3.1 yards per carry so far this season.  Ronnie Brown (65 yards rushing, 3.0 ypc) and Jesse Chatman (10 car, 42 yards) need to give the Dolphins offense better balance.  This could be the game that Trent Green really breaks out as the Jets don’t have a sack yet this season and opposing QBs have a 119.9 QB Rating against the Jets!  Chris Chambers (15 rec, 201 yards) and Marty Booker (7 rec, 99 yards, TD) should both have good games against the injury depleted secondary of the Jets.  Look for TE David Martin (3 rec, 22 yards) and #3 WR Derek Hagan (2 rec, 33 yards, TD) to be the Dolphins’ secret weapons this Sunday.

The Jets will likely try to get their running game going this week against a Dolphins’ defense that is allowing 178.5 yards rushing per game and 4.6 ypc.  If MLB Zach Thomas doesn’t play (he’s injured), Thomas Jones will find the Fins defense much easier to run against than the Patriots and Ravens.  Jones has only rushed for 109 yards this season and 2.9 yards per carry but he could be in line for a huge football game.  The Dolphins also have problems at safety so look for Chad Pennington to target Jerricho Cotchery (13 rec, 222 yards) and Laveranues Coles (13 rec, 116 yards) deep.

PREDICTION:  This game will be exciting.  Neither team has much of a defense and both teams have played tough defensive teams so far so the offenses should excel this week.  I think the Jets are the better football team and they are at home so look for the Jets to win a high scoring football game by a field goal.

Trent Green is off to a rough start for the Miami Dolphins

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, General by dawgpounded on Friday 21 September 2007 at 11:56 am

Trent Green has been having trouble this season as he is looking his age on the field.  Green has completed 47 of 78 (60.3%) passes for 506 yards with 3 TD passes and 4 interceptions (70.8 QB Rating).  Part of Green’s problem has been that the offensive line just can’t block.  The Dolphins are only averaging 63.5 yards rushing this season and Green has been sacked 4 times already.  If the line doesn’t improve soon the Dolphins might be forced to go with Cleo Lemon at QB because of his running ability even though he will likely never be as good of a passer as Trent Green has been in his NFL career.

Dallas Cowboys 37, Miami Dolphins 20

Blogged under Game Recaps, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by dawgpounded on Monday 17 September 2007 at 10:01 am

It’s starting to look like the Dolphins are going to have a very long season.  For the second week in a row they could not stop the run or run the football on offense which resulted in the Dolphins only having possession of the football for 24:57 of the game and it’s hard to win that way.  Also when you factor in that veteran QB Trent Green kept throwing the ball to the Cowboys the Dolphins really had no chance to win this football game.  Green completed 23 of 40 passes for 287 yards with 2 TDs and 4 INTs.  RB Ronnie Brown had another poor week as he carried the football 11 times for 33 yards (3.0 ypc).  He also caught 2 passes for 36 yards.  Jesse Chatman looked better running the ball then Brown did as he carried the rock 3 times for 27 yards (9.0 ypc) and he also caught 4 passes for 15 yards.  Chris Chambers led the way in the receiving corps for the Dolphins with 9 catches for 109 yards (12.1 avg).  Marty Booker (4 rec, 79 yards, TD) and Derek Hagan (2 rec, 33 yards, TD) also pitched in.  The Dolphins finished with 61 yards rushing on 21 carries (2.9 ypc) and they also completed 23 of 40 passes for 273 yards.

Linebackers Zach Thomas (10 tackles) and Channing Crowder (8 tackles) were busy but the Dolphins defense couldn’t make any big plays to get off of the field.  The Cowboys rushed for 166 yards on 36 carries (4.6 ypc) and they completed 14 of 29 passes for 186 yards.

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Miami Dolphins vs. Dallas Cowboys

Blogged under Bloglockers, Front Page, This Week's Matchup Report, General by dawgpounded on Friday 14 September 2007 at 8:39 am
The Dallas Cowboys come into this football game on a high not after beating the Giants 45-35 in a thriller last Sunday Night.  The Dolphins played hard in their opener at Washington but they suffered a tough loss 16-13 in OT.  The bad news for the Dolphins in this football game is that the Cowboys will likely attack them on the ground just like the Redskins did last week.  The Redskins rushed for 191 yards on 41 carries (4.7 ypc) last week against the supposed rugged defense of the Dolphins.  You could just see Julius Jones (66 yards rushing) and Marion Barber (65 yards rushing) licking their chops as they were watching game film of the Dolphins game last week.  LB Zach Thomas better be ready for an all-out running assault.  The bad thing for the Dolphins defense is that the Cowboys are well equipped to burn them in the air this week too.  Look for the Cowboys to attack the safeties of the Dolphins by throwing to TE Jason Witten (6 rec, 116 yards, TD) who had a field day against the Giants.  Also, look for Tony Romo (128.5 QB Rating) to take some shots deep to Terrell Owens (3 rec, 87 yards, 2 TDs) off of play action.

The Dolphins must run the football to keep time running off the clock and keep the ball away from the Cowboys high powered offense.  To do that they will need their offensive line to block much better than they did in the season opener when they only rushed for 66 yards on 20 carries (3.3 ypc) as a team.  Ronnie Brown will likely get the bulk of the action in the running game with Jesse Chatman banged up and he has to do better than last week when he only rushed for 32 yards on 11 carries (2.9 ypc).  The Giants were running at will on the Cowboys last week as they rushed for 124 yards on 22 carries (5.6 ypc) and most of that was with backup running backs.  The offensive line must keep OLBs DeMarcus Ware and Anthony Spencer out of their backfield to give QB Trent Green to throw the ball down the field to Chris Chambers and Marty Booker as the corners of the Cowboys didn’t play too well last week. 

PREDICTION:  The Dolphins won’t be able to keep up with the Cowboys this week.  It will be because of the offensive line which likely will have trouble all season long.

 

The Miami Dolphins sign safeties Donovin Darius and LaMont Thompson

Blogged under Free Agent Additions, Bloglockers, Front Page, General by dawgpounded on Thursday 13 September 2007 at 3:34 pm

The Dolphins have acted quickly to replace the injured Yeremiah Bell as they have signed free agents Donovin Darius and LaMont Thompson.  Darius played in 10 games last season and he made 48 tackles and defensed 3 passes.  Darius has played in 115 games in his NFL career and he has made 613 tackles, has defensed 49 passes, has 2 sacks, forced 8 fumbles and had 14 interceptions.  Darius is a great run support safety with a mean streak.

Thompson played in all 16 games last season for the Titans and he made 73 tackles, defensed 8 passes and intecepted 3 passes.  Thompson has now played in 77 games in his NFL career and he has made 234 tackles, has defensed 20 passes, has 1 sack, forced 2 fumbles and intercepted 9 passes including 1 that he returned for a TD.

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