Last night's Dolphin home opener was a heart breaker. I have been reading Ross Tucker for a while now and think he is a full standard analyst. I believe he is spot on with his analysis of last night's game. Yes, Indianapolis is a good team but they are beatable. The Dolphins did a lot of things well last night, primarily in their running game, but the defense continues to be vulnerable in pass defense mode, especially against a top notch field general like Peyton Manning.
I've said it before and I'll say it again, the Dolphins need more of a base pass rush. This has traditionally been a weakness for the Dolphins and in the two games of this young season it seems to be one again. So much so that they resorted to the blitz last night and got burned on the last drive by the Colts when Manning read the blitz and called the audible. These were the last points scored in the game and eventually sealed the Dolphin's loss.
I also noticed an alarming trend which continued from the first game against Atlanta and which Tucker does not mention in his article. The insistence on inserting Pat White to run the offense has killed momentum and continuity so far whenever the Dolphins have tried it. It happened in Atlanta and it happened again last night. The Dolphins need to work more in practice on this particular wrinkle and not insist on playing him so early in the season when the offense is hitting its stride. Leave the seasoning of Pat White to some later games where Miami will hopefully be ahead and he can gain that valuable NFL game time experience. For now, the Wildcat is running just fine with Ronnie Brown at the helm and the primary offense is working with Pennington under center.
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