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To keep their slim playoff hopes alive, Miami needs a victory over the Raiders.

Needless to say, the offense must do better than that atrocious output against Chicago.

I have not heard who is starting at quarterback today.   

GO DOLPHINS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

According to NFL.com Henne is starting today.

Anybody know of a link for the game???

Well, that didn't start out very good at all...

I don't think you WANT a link after the way this game starts.  

7-0 already after a KO return.    

check your pm box

firing coaches doesn't change anything...
same ol special teams

send it to me too.     

anyway, the wildcat stops another drive for us.     

sent

Yay to another Wildcat-ending series. When will they learn....  :-\

3 and out

Another wildcat bad call

Dan Henning should be gone

There's the Patrick Cobbs we know and love!!!!!

Is it the Raiders D or is this what happens when you open up the offense and let Henne be the man?

That was a nice throw.

big time blitz pickup & 3rd down conversion

Rickie almost screwing us again by fumbling in our redzone. Thank you for playing Long.

Just let Henne throw the ball since the running game doesn't seem like they can't create holes.

wasn't that ronnie

Let's hope this continues this way.   

crap

My bad, you could be right. I just assumed. You know what they say about assuming. :)

And it will not as Henne decides to play Santa Claus again

Let's face guys, Henne is not a good quarterback at all.    

eh... its what henne does, throw interceptions. they should limit his attempts this game, stick to the running game and wildcat.

I believe he is a good QB he just makes some bad decisions every now and again. He should have thrown it away from he's been good except for that pass.

QB should be our top priority this offseason.    

he made several good throws and one really bad one

And that one bad one has swung this game completely. 

He does this a lot.  We got everything going the way we want it and bang, he throws a pick and it all goes downhill from there.   

Maybe. But with no question, better coaching should be a priority this offseason. I think that's a pretty good consensus.

he hasn't been a good qb, that's why they benched him.  something like 10 td's to 12 int's. that's terrible and you can't win with that kind of poor qb play.

game ain't over yet

He reminds me of Jay Fiedler.   

True. But again, most everyone on here believes that the coaching staff is holding back to doing Pennington dump off passes. I would just like to hear the coaching staff say we're going as aggressive as we can and let him just launch the ball and give him the green light to audibling. If he has that green light and still screws up, then I'd say to let him go or find something else.

Point is, Henne is bad.  He throws too many picks.  

Also, will this be overturned?    

^ yes

I can't believe we got away with it

It says he returned for -24 yards.   What happened?   

At first I thought it was incomplete but it looks like his right hand was underneath the ball.

I'm starting to question if Henning is trying to get us to lose these games.  Seriously.   

StLFinFan could you pm that link to me ? My stream sucks ass here !!!

hate to keep picking on the guy, but that sack goes on henne. he is basically a robot... can't deviate from the pre-programmed play to recognize that like the entire defense is coming on a blitz. he seriously was going to go through his 5 step drop on that sack...

That's certainly what I think about every game for the past handful of weeks, especially when the Wildcat is called.

It's probably because of his knee injury he can't move much, so if the pocket collapses, he can't move much. A quick slant or quick dumpoff should have been called. Who knows.

Everybody bring a sign to next home game that says FIRE HENNING!!!!

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The D does it again. YEREMIAH BELL!!!! Yes! Can the O do something now?

sounds like a plan

can henne not see that everyone and the sideline is coming on a blitz? all you have to do on d is look at the offensive set, and change the defense. henne can't change out of a pre-programmed play.

Henne stinks, the play calling stinks.

What a disaster after we get that turnover.

This game should be a blowout, but we keep letting the Raiders hang around.    

i wish henne would just say fuck it and audible before the play calling gets him killed

its not even audible... you can go to a hot route or something. recognize where the extra guys are coming from and signal your receiver for some hot route

And Chad Interception has cost us another game.     

We are AWESOME!!!!!!

I'm not even watching the game, but checking on cbssports.com, but I can tell the offensive game plan stinks, we are allowing a poor OAK team hang around and we will lose in the 4th Q when we cannot make a play.

we all need to write stephen ross esq. a letter and let him know how displeased we are with the piss poor product he is offering us.

Sparano and Co. need to go OR we need to get rid of a lot of players that cannot produce.

the CULTURE in MIA is pathetic and has been for a long time.  do you think Shula might want to coach again?

guys, u can't make chicken salad out of chicken shit. so far, henne blows... no amount of coaching is going to make him look good right now.

I cannot see it here in Orlando but it sounds like we are just totally confused and playing scared on offense. The radio announcers are totally confused by our play calling

don't worry, Dan Henning says he's not worried about his job.....LOL

then don't watch

i'm not giving up until time runs out

i am a dolfan through & through

Aside from the binary fans^TM clamouring for the end of days, this comes down tot he same thing I talked about in my thread the other day, we do not have an offensive identity. The game isn't beyond us yet.

binary fans lol

I think you guys sound ridiculous with all your moaning and chicken little kneejerking, including those of you that aren't even watching the game.  How can you possibly comment on a game from reading the play by play?

Anyway -- I don't think that Henning is to blame here, yet.  With time still left in the half, we have 10 points, we've missed a FG and Henne threw an INT in the Red Zone. 

This is a game that I still think we will win.  Support your team a little bit...jeez.

Ok, It's obvious now.  Henning is conspiring against us.  

Can we combine Chicken little with binary fans and term them the Chicken Little Binary Fans^TM or CLBF^TM for short?

*Chicken Little Binary Fans and CLBF are trademarks of TDMMC

:)

1st and goal and the great Wildcat comes out. Wonderful. Just let Henne throw and Ronnie/Rickie run.

And the wildcat costs us a TD there.  Awesome. 

Allright another field goal!!!

That should've been pass interference in the end zone.

yay field goals! yay pro bowler carpenter!

MVP! MVP! MVP!

No question about that. Get rid of Henning now. I don't care who is the OC so long as he isn't.

totally

the announcers have been kissing raider ass too

man, I DO support my team and have been 35 years.  are you not frustrated with the product that this team has put out?  aside from 2008, when's the last time this team made you proud???

I watched some of the PIT game today, while putting up my Xmas tree, only because I'm in Central PA and that's the game we get.  anyways, I HATE the Stillers, will always HATE them.

anways, the point is, when watching PIT play, this team PLAYS the game, period.  they fly to the ball, they're always in position to make the play.  we on the other hand, are not.  we have grand-standers, pouters and just plain bad players on DEF except for maybe 3-4 players.  I'm tired of the product they put out.

one of the bylines the other day on the sun-sentinel was watch out for J. Ford.  so, what has he done so far against us???? only torched us for a KO return for a TD and caught a 40yd pass for a TD.

my thinking is, don't kick the ball to Ford or definitely give attention to Ford.  seems like MIA needs to read the sun-sentinel online.

It's just frustrating because it looks like they are trying to give the game away.   

hoping to get a carpenter authentic jersey for christmas!

Considering we don't have our best player on offense in Marshall, I actually think Henne and the offense is playing well.

Not great but not awful. Don't know why everyone is bitching

Henne to Moore!!

The future of Dolphins football!

nice..........a big play for the Phins!  it's nice to see the Phins come out in the 2nd half and score a TD and take the lead.

Moore?  Mewelde Moore?    

yay they finally make a big play!

and you call yourself a Dolphins fan! Don't even know who's on our roster  ::)

pathetic

that was a sweet move after the catch

This game is a classic case of one team having 10 days off. The other having a week.

Miami looks fresher out there today. Fresh legs

that play is indicative of how oakland is playing d... stack the box, bring everyone, and leave the corners one on one. dolphins should continue to take advantage of that.

Fins have all the momentum in this game.

Let's hope Henning ATTACKS on this offensive possesion and goes for the kill. Don't sit on this, play aggressive and go for the big play HOME RUN ball

i won't hold my breath

Yay Wildcat!  ::) Might as well just throw away the lead.

Tyler Thigpen.......NO! lol

If someone just wanted to beat Henning right now, it's all good... 2 wild cats, a designed qb run with the 3rd string, and then a FG.... While Sparano celebrates another FG.

wtf was that

Sparano's FG dance! It's all the rave....lol

Chad Henne with 252 yards passing mid-way through the 3rd quarter on his way to a 300-400 yard day,....and we take him off the field for a 3rd QB scrub who sucks.

Sparano and crew all must go!! GO NOW!! Just get rid of them all

Henning just wanted to make sure he got shame of the game!!!  

They took the FG to make it a 2 score game one of which needs to be a TD. Trusting the defense to make plays now.

The Fins REALLY need to lock up Paul Solai now. His agent probably wants him on the open market though. But we can't let him get away. He has really improved as a NT.

And if our next head coach switches us to a 4-3 defense, he will be even more dominate in that type of system

He usually solidifies that spot every game. I don't believe he has to worry much about that.

And now, with a 2 score lead and the ball back we can hopefully open up the playbook a little and look to put nails in the coffin.


Modified to add: Woah there Bess, don't go proving my point STRAIGHT away :-)

Holy Crap .....Bess actually returned a punt for more than 4 yards.

This is like the greatest Dolphins game ever. Take away the opening kickoff and you can't ask for anything more out of this team today

wtf thigpen

Way to screw Henne again with a 3rd and long. Just let the guy play.... Coaching is clueless.

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This game feels like a preseason game. Now with the shuffling of QB's it is a preseason game.

Now the wasting of timeouts......playing like its August.

Henning screws up a good thing once again

Is Henne injured.  My feed is in spanish and fuzzy

no he's back

It's not all Henning. Sparano can pull rank on Henning. HE doesn't. Lot of blood on Sparano's hand with this crap this year

Looks like another Sparano FG dance might be on the way....

can you just be happy we are ahead

Big penalty there.   

Killer penalty. We probably score a TD on this drive then and end the game. Can rest Henne the rest of teh way.

why locked game is not over

out of ALL the threads with utter nonsense on this site, THAT is the one they decide to lock.

The one with actual football discussion......very funny!! lol lol  :D

This is embarrassing totally dominating this game in every category but its till just a 9 point lead and they are now in our territory with the ball

i'm getting tired of the conservative play calling

Yeah WTF with locking that thread

Hey Carpenter has had a GREAT season. Trusting him with a 50 yard FG I would have done as well. Can't knock Sparano for that. Tough kick, tough miss. Not a big deal.

Defense came up big with a pick. Clemons actually CAUGHT an INT

saved by the defense

couple MODS with a "god complex". Happens on every message board. Whatever.

Well I guess we can just use this as a replacement

Roberto Wallace

Wallace and Moore are our future. And makes it possible to easily trade or CUT Brandon Marshall if he continues with his childish antics!!

nice 3rd down pass to wallace

Defense comes up big AGAIN. I would like to see a TD here to prove that they can get over 30 points in a game.

Is it just me or did it seem like Henning decided 2-18 was insurmountable, but two decent runs would set up a nice field goal. Only when the run failed completely (huge passing down and you get 2 yards??) did he decide to let Henne throw it.

This conservatism / playing-not-to-lose is going to get us killed.

word

they need to stop being conservative and go for the throat

It seems like he does that on every drive, which is why people want him gone.

The lack of coaching in many areas has been a problem all year. And before this team contends for the playoffs or a Super Bowl a change at the very top must be made. The Fins today are winning in spite of their head coach and offensive coordinator

We should get a handicap on our points seeing as how we have an OC who sabotages us when we get into a rhythm.

They better be running all of these wildcat plays because Henne isn't 100%.

for whatever reason they just don't trust henne... not sure you can blame them though because he has thrown alot of interceptions.

Henne took a smart sack. didn't force the ball or turn it over.

He is learning. He is learning. Only way to learn is to play. Get more reps

that punt was scary

He's young. He is gonna make mistakes. Gotta live with it. In year 3 or 4 of his career he can't be making these mistakes, but in only his 2nd full season it isn't like Henne is so god awful you bench him.

^^^^ MikeO speaks the truth.

I'm not sure but I may have locked the thread accidentally. Too many beers and posting on my iPhone. My fat fingers may have done it. Sorry if I did!

Right on my brother!

^ fire cf lol

The secondary is playing very well today for the Fins. Sean Smith improved. Sapp playing like he did last year, LIGHTS OUT! Clemons caught an INT.

Can't believe I'm saying this, but wrt Henne, I'm 100% in agreement with MikeO. Young quarterbacks throw too many interceptions. Fact of life. Live with it. Get through it. Let him play, learn, improve.

STOP 'EM D!!!

somebody cover Jacory Ford...........the sun sentinel speaks the truth!

Touchdown for them wins it, so we need to put up some points now.

Down to a 6 point lead you have got to be kidding

now can we go for a td?

It's not a brilliant opinion to have or anything. Most coaches have it. But Sparano was feeling the heat that his job was slipping away and he saw a pink slip in his future. So he screwed the organization and played a Vet in Pennington in hopes of saving his job. Sparano put his own self interest over the organizations long-term best interst. Which is why he must go.

Sanchez throws his share of INT's, they dont' consider benching him. Bradford in St.Louis has had some rough games, they keep him out there. Stafford (when healthy) has played poorly at times, they keep him out there. You don't get PEYTON MANNING overnight. Even in Manning's rookie year he threw 28 INT's. YOU LIVE WITH IT!

that's cool, but why get pissed when they run a more conservative offense? accept the fact that your young qb is going to throw too many int, but at least limit his attempts.

you don't limit his attempts to the point where you limit your team a chance of winning. That's what Sparano and Henning do

Henne is truly having a great day! (mins his one INT in the endzone)

Just trust Henne to get better and let loose!

that conservative offense is working today...

beautiful pass to bess that's what gives me hope

let's get a td here

Once Henne finishes off this drive, its ok to play Thigpen the rest of the way and get Long off the field as well. Game will be over. Don't risk Henne's health

classic line by Mandich......."this is how you put opponents away" it's about time!!!

pound the Rayyyyyyyyders into the ground!!!!!!

:)

Way too much to ask here since we're in the red zone.  :D

Oh, don't get me wrong. I'm fully aware most coaches are of that opinion. In fact, I used to be under the impression that the vast majority of remotely sane people were of that opinion. There just seem to be a significant (or at least annoyingly vocal) amount of posters here who don't get it.

Dolphins offense has its best game of the year with Brandon Marshall sitting in his house on the other side of the country.

Yeah FG!!! Henning will be so proud!!!

well our coach doesn't get it and thats why he has to go. Although I have a bad feeling if we finish strong beating up on the likes of Oakland, Detroit, Cleveland and Buffalo Ross might be fooled into keeping this clown around. Thinking he actually accomplished something beating up on the little sisters of the poor the final month of the year.

Well, still gotta play some defense.     

I disagree. Feels like we're winning (currently, anyway) IN SPITE OF the inadequacies of the offensive play-calling.

I was trying to figure out a way to express my disagreement with that statement dolfan13 wrote but you've written what I was tying to say.

all right Miami !!!!! 3 points!!!!!

I agree completely!!

huh? feels like we're winning? are we talking about the same game here?

YEP! We are winning in spite of our coaches today.

Al Harris gets lucky with that non-call for that late hite.

Not that I care, but why did the Raiders bench Jason Campbell? They were one of the hotest teams in the league. Making a QB switch was dumb on their part.  Bruce Grankowski was awful today

Another road win locked up. Amazing, Only 1 road loss heading into December and we aren't gonna make the playoffs.

FRIGGIN AMAZING!

there's my td

Seriously. That hurts.