Ask The Phinsider

Of course I’m worried. Even if the Dolphins had veteran corners, I’d be worried. But I’m also very excited to see how Sean Smith and Vontae Davis respond to the challenge they will face on Sunday. This is going to be a great learning experience for those two extremely talented rookies.

I also think it might help to have those two rookies out there instead of average veterans. Why? Those two guys are very confident – borderline cocky. I think that they aren’t going to be intimidated by the guys they will be going up against. And I think that could be a key factor.

Truth be told, I’m more worried about Watson than I am about Moss. And I LOVE Randy Moss. He’s my favorite non-Dolphin in the league and has been since his rookie season. But the Dolphins have been terrible at covering tight ends this year. Gibril Wilson and Yeremiah Bell have struggled big time in coverage.

So to answer you’re question, I have no idea how Miami will stop the pass. I’d imagine they’re just going to try to get after Brady by blitzing and hope for the best in the secondary. What else can you do?

Pat White? He was a second-round pick but only seems to turn up in the “Not” columns of Yahoo sports stat tallies – negative yardage and fumbles. Is he incapable of playing NFL level football, or just getting awful opportunities?

Well the first thing that happened against the Jets was that they dominated in the trenches against the Dolphins offensive line – which was a huge surprise considering how good Miami’s front 5 have been this year. The Saints also did a good job at slowing down the Wildcat by blitzing both corners when Ronnie Brown was back taking a snap. That’s not a bad idea – but you have to hope you get to Ronnie before he can pass it, cus the Dolphins aren’t afraid to let him do that.

What allows the Wildcat to be some good against most teams is how physical the Dolphins are up front. Essentially, the formation is just a power running formation. And Miami’s OL has been very good, for the most part. It also works because Ronnie Brown is a perfect orchestrator of the formation – he’s patient, good vision, good initial burst, powerful – and Ricky Williams is probably the best #2 running back in the league. So if you can find a way to get both on the field at once, you cause defenses problems. It’s that simple.

i need to gouge my eyes out

What he missed in arm strength and zip, he made up with accuracy. Teams are having to less respect the pass and more focus on the run and stop that.

Pennington was useful to churn through together the system and work out just what would and wouldn’t work in the Offensive co-ordinator’s playbook, and put some reps in with the receivers to make it gel. It makes it that little bit easier for a relatively inexperienced guy like Henne to take over because all the groundwork has been done, and Henne just has to take the reigns. So even though they aren’t using Pennington at the moment, they’re benefitting from the work he put into the scheme in the last couple of years.

But I’m surprised at how well the offense has performed since he went down. In particular, Henne’s impressive game against the Jets on Monday Night Football a few weeks back in just his 2nd career start really caught me off guard.

I was never high on Henne as other Dolphin fans were – for the simple fact that I was never impressed by Henne during his tenure at Michigan. But I might have been wrong (hopefully) about him.

One thing to note about Pennington, though, is how he still continues to sit with Henne each week and break down film with him. That’s amazingly awesome of him when you think about it. That’s the kid who is taking his job, after all – even if CP was to get healthy again for 2010.

Patriots are a better team all around. They beat two teams handily that they should have beaten handily (what else would you suggest – have them opt out of playing and demand the NFL give them better teams to play???)

Question! Do you really think you’ll win this Sunday? Are you really hyped off the last win you guys got? If so, then why? What have the Dolphins really proved except for 1, Henne can be shut down, 2 the defense can’t stop a strong pass attack and 3 other teams have already stopped the wildcat THIS SEASON (lets not talk about last year).

Not a fan of trash talk. Don’t know who the pitter patterz are especially since you didn’t mistype.

My prediction: The weather will be great! I don’t do scores or predict the future. I hope both teams are injury free.

Oh, so you’re suiting up and sacking Brady personally, are you? What is your jersey number, I’ll keep an eye out.

You might be forgetting yours. “You Think?” I know the dolphins ganna run it right threw yall. Then you guys can throw some INT down toward Moss…. I dare them pannziez! Hell, I’ll be surprised if that “Wet Toiletpaper” of a QB even shows up!

A Dolphin: is not a fish! It’s a mammal!