Dolphins have penalty problems too
But the Miami Dolphins are not far behind after committing 13 alone in their Week 2 loss at Jacksonville this past Sunday. “I expect us to go out there and put up insane numbers”, Bell said.
The Dolphins began gradually and unwound down the stretch. The ex-Cowboy’s gained 11 yards off 21 attempts in two games, but his rushes have been limited with the Eagles facing a 17-point halftime deficit against Atlanta and a 13-point hole heading into the fourth quarter of Sunday’s loss to his old squad.
The Dolphins are under pressure to reach the playoffs this season and Suh is expected to help lead the team. It’s only the second week of the season, we’re 1-1. “No one is panicking”. “That’s not the chatter in the locker room”, a defensive back said. Running back Lamar Miller had his right ankle heavily taped as he passed through. Tight end Jordan Cameron, who has had concussion problems in the past, now is nursing a groin, so the Dolphins must hope an injury trend isn’t starting there, either. “Sooner or later, we just have to settle down and play the way we’re capable of playing when the game is on the line”, Coughlin said. “But it’s next man up”. If quarterback Ryan Tannehill doesn’t develop at the desired pace, that will fall on the head coach as well. Among those injured, Albert’s availability for the Bills game appears the most questionable. That never happened to him a year ago with the Detroit Lions. Suh started the 2013 campaign with three tackles and no assists in the first two games.
So it was reported by the Herald on Sunday that the club’s big offseason signing may have “freelanced” some on defense, veering from the game plan and doing his own thing, perhaps a self-initiative borne of frustration over the way early opponents had bottled him up.
“Miami’s loss was the most damaging to me [in the AFC East] because that’s a team I thought they should be able to handle in Jacksonville”, National Football League on Fox Analyst Charles Davis said on the Joe Rose Show, “And then last night the Jets being able to get one on the road against what people think is a prime Super Bowl contender is huge for them”. It took us a while to get going on offense. “I don’t know how to say it any more simpler”. “Eight. That’s not a good reflection on me”. Philbin replayed a video of the foul at a team meeting Monday.
“It was everything, it’s discipline, it’s focus, it’s concentration, it’s technique, it’s coaching, it’s everybody”, Philbin said. “But that is not a good illustration of that”.
The Dolphins rank sixth in the league in penalties with 19.
“We’ve got to make some corrections quickly”, he said.