Around the AFC East, Part II - Miami Dolphins

by tommasse on Jun 15, 2007 1:38 PM EDT in News Comment 3 comments

The Phinsider: SB Nation's Miami Dolphins blog

Welcome back to "Around the AFC East." Every Friday, my fellow SB Nation AFC East bloggers and I will bring to you a little insight into what's happening within the division.

Now under center: The Phinatic from SB Nation's Miami Dolphins blog, The Phinsider.

tommasse: How will the Dolphins offense change transitioning from Daunte Culpepper to Trent Green

Phinatic: Actually, I think the change in quarterback was more of an effect of the transition in offensive philosophy rather than the cause of it. The new offensive philosophy stems from having an the offensive-minded Cam Cameron as head coach, rather than the defensive-minded Nick Saban with help from the terrible offensive coordinator, Mike Mularkey.

So what are the actual differences in offenses? Cameron comes to Miami bringing his version of the "Air Coryell" offense. Of course, Don Coryell was the great offensive-minded head coach of the St. Louis Cardinals ('73-'77), then with more success as the head coach of San Diego for 9 seasons. He really revolutionized the passing game.

So what Dolphin fans and opponents will see is more "spread" sets, more passes to the tight ends, more shots downfield, and more passes to the running backs. What you need in a quarterback is one who is smart, can read defenses quickly, make quick decisions, and get the ball out quickly. This explains why Cameron felt so strongly on bringing in Green and showing Daunte the door. Daunte has always been criticized for his inability to effectively read defenses. He's more of a one-read and run QB, which is why he'll be running out of Miami, bum knee and all, sometime soon.

Update [2007-6-15 17:24:2 by tommasse]:
My 2 cents again. Culpepper certainly wasn't the answer, but I don't know how high are my expectations of Green. He's hardly been the same since that awful concussion at the hands (make that the helmet of Cincinnati) and his playoff performance in January didn't show him making quick, or good, decisions.

Nick Saban was evidently the Rick Pitino of the NFL (not sure he's even as good as Pete Carroll), so Cameron's system will be key. Now it's a matter of whether he has the rest of the personnel to build consistency. The deep holes and late-season comebacks are no way to run an NFL team. For Green, I worry about the offensive line and his apparent fragility. Either way, he's an upgrade from Culpepper.

Now it's your turn. Step up to the Pulpit and say your piece. And if you have a question you want me to ask next week, email me, and I'll pose the best queries to our friends at Buffalo Rumblings, The Phinsider and NY Landing Strip.

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I am no Dolphins fan . . .

. . . but I'm pretty interested to see what Cameron is going to do with this offense. If Green can get back to his old form (a big if, obviously), he has some weapons around him with Chambers, Ginn, and Ronnie Brown that could make them potentially dangerous.

On a totally unrelated note, if you want to comment on more than one SB Nation blog, do you really have to create a separate account for each one? Seems kind of silly.

by The Kiss Hello on Jun 15, 2007 2:42 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Unfortunately, you must create separate accounts

It does seem kind of a pain, but there are reasons.

While we're all part of the same network, we operate under our own rules. We run our own show. As such, each site's sites operator has the authority and ability visitors they find detrimental to their own site. We shouldn't (and don't) have that authority to ban people from other SB Nation sites.

So if someone is a good patron of say, Buffalo Rumblings but comes here and name-calls and curses and all kinds of junk (I'd never expect such behavior from BR's fans), I could ban him (or her) from Pats Pulpit, while that individual would still be free to roam in Buffalo's home.

Also, if you are called "The Kiss Hello" here, you could still be called "The Slap Goodbye" at The Phinsider.

The blogosphere is an open community, and this inconvenience just allows SB Nation a little more flexibility.

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by tommasse on Jun 15, 2007 3:36 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs