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It was nice to watch games this weekend with no clouded head, no alcohol abuse, no throwing things at the TV, and no pit in the stomach feeling after watching the phins play.
With that said I watched good teams this weekend, I watched average teams this weekend, and I watched bad teams this weekend. And every one of them played with more passion, fire, and sense of urgency than I've seen out of the Dolphins all season. Last night a fairly pedestrian Steeler and Charger defense was flying to the ball, pass rushers were going balls to the wall and disrupting the QB's. I didn't see a single team look as lethargic as the Dolphins have.
So what does this mean? Hell I don't know. I know if means the team is clearly not playing with the "hair on fire" attitude the rest of the NFL seems to play at. Is that Philbin and his stoic demeaner that has worn off on the team? Do we just have a bunch of lazy, premadona's who are fine just collecting a pay check? I'm not sure, but one thing that is different about us versus everyone else is our lack of intensity and desire. I sure hope Campbell can pull that out of this team. It's clear that no matter what your talent level, you need to play with passion and desire, you need to go 110% every series, every play. We haven't done that yet with the exception of a couple players (Jones and Landry are the only two I see that passion from).
I guess we'll see what Campbell can do. It's hard to say we have the talent when they don't show it on the field. Hard for me to accept that because Philbin was so "uninspiring" that the players have no passion, but it is clear we are lacking it desperately and it's clear every other team in the NFL is playing harder and smarter than our Dolphins. At this rate we deserve to be the worst team in football and get the #1 pick, and I'm thinking that is going to be the case if this team doesn't start playing as hard as the rest of the NFL.
With that said I watched good teams this weekend, I watched average teams this weekend, and I watched bad teams this weekend. And every one of them played with more passion, fire, and sense of urgency than I've seen out of the Dolphins all season. Last night a fairly pedestrian Steeler and Charger defense was flying to the ball, pass rushers were going balls to the wall and disrupting the QB's. I didn't see a single team look as lethargic as the Dolphins have.
So what does this mean? Hell I don't know. I know if means the team is clearly not playing with the "hair on fire" attitude the rest of the NFL seems to play at. Is that Philbin and his stoic demeaner that has worn off on the team? Do we just have a bunch of lazy, premadona's who are fine just collecting a pay check? I'm not sure, but one thing that is different about us versus everyone else is our lack of intensity and desire. I sure hope Campbell can pull that out of this team. It's clear that no matter what your talent level, you need to play with passion and desire, you need to go 110% every series, every play. We haven't done that yet with the exception of a couple players (Jones and Landry are the only two I see that passion from).
I guess we'll see what Campbell can do. It's hard to say we have the talent when they don't show it on the field. Hard for me to accept that because Philbin was so "uninspiring" that the players have no passion, but it is clear we are lacking it desperately and it's clear every other team in the NFL is playing harder and smarter than our Dolphins. At this rate we deserve to be the worst team in football and get the #1 pick, and I'm thinking that is going to be the case if this team doesn't start playing as hard as the rest of the NFL.
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