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  • Mahdi
    Registered User
    • Mar 2004
    • 10585

    Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

    Bills LT Bell - most likely wont play

    Dolphins ROLB Porter - most likely wont play

    Bills CB McKelvin - out

    Dolphins QB Pennington - out


    That means we have no excuses.

    As the 0-3 Dolphins prepare to try to avoid dropping their fourth straight game in their first full game since the end of the 2007 season without quarterback Chad Pennington, they also might not have a key player on defense, at least for this week.
    Last edited by Mahdi; 10-02-2009, 08:04 AM.
  • Forward_Lateral
    Registered User
    • Mar 2004
    • 29897

    #2
    Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

    Well, not really. The Bills are missing McKelvin, Whitner, Scott, Poz, Bell, Butler, Schouman (7 starters)

    The fins are missing 2.

    I'm not saying that's any reason for excuses, but it's not equal.

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    • Mahdi
      Registered User
      • Mar 2004
      • 10585

      #3
      Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

      Originally posted by Forward_Lateral
      Well, not really. The Bills are missing McKelvin, Whitner, Scott, Poz, Bell, Butler, Schouman (7 starters)

      The fins are missing 2.

      I'm not saying that's any reason for excuses, but it's not equal.
      Yeah.. but I was focusing more on the critical positions and how our biggest losses match up with theirs.

      Their top pass rusher vs our LT.

      Their QB vs our starting CB.

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      • Forward_Lateral
        Registered User
        • Mar 2004
        • 29897

        #4
        Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

        I'd say any starting position on a football team is critical.

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        • psubills62
          Legendary Zoner
          • Sep 2008
          • 11295

          #5
          Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

          I personally think that in this game especially, Poz is a pretty important loss. Buggs played well against the Bucs, but our run defense suffered a lot against New Orleans. If Miami can duplicate the Saints' success on the ground, they have a much better shot at winning.
          "Misguided political correctness tethers our intellects."
          - Nicholas Cummings

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          • Pinkerton Security
            Pinkerton's son
            • Feb 2006
            • 6003

            #6
            Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

            Originally posted by psubills62
            I personally think that in this game especially, Poz is a pretty important loss. Buggs played well against the Bucs, but our run defense suffered a lot against New Orleans. If Miami can duplicate the Saints' success on the ground, they have a much better shot at winning.
            idk our run defense was decent until late in the game when our D was dead tired. Plus they had probably been keying on Brees pretty much all game, so if we can force Henne to beat us by stacking the box, i feel pretty confident we will have a great shot at winning.

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            • psubills62
              Legendary Zoner
              • Sep 2008
              • 11295

              #7
              Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

              Originally posted by pinkdogg32
              idk our run defense was decent until late in the game when our D was dead tired. Plus they had probably been keying on Brees pretty much all game, so if we can force Henne to beat us by stacking the box, i feel pretty confident we will have a great shot at winning.
              Yeah, we'll have to see. But the thing was, our run defense wasn't that great in the first half of the Saints game either. Reggie Bush was running all over our defense, if I remember correctly. They'll probably load up the box against Henne (which they probably didn't do against Brees), but it's still a little worrisome. I also have to wonder if they might use Nic Harris a little more as a run-stopping safety than people might think. Maybe use one deep safety (Byrd) and put Harris in the box.
              "Misguided political correctness tethers our intellects."
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              • Pinkerton Security
                Pinkerton's son
                • Feb 2006
                • 6003

                #8
                Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

                Originally posted by psubills62
                Yeah, we'll have to see. But the thing was, our run defense wasn't that great in the first half of the Saints game either. Reggie Bush was running all over our defense, if I remember correctly. They'll probably load up the box against Henne (which they probably didn't do against Brees), but it's still a little worrisome. I also have to wonder if they might use Nic Harris a little more as a run-stopping safety than people might think. Maybe use one deep safety (Byrd) and put Harris in the box.
                yeah the run D really fell apart late.

                I'd like to what Harris can do as well, would be a good sorta tweener in there that can help stack the box but is also somewhat adept at coverage, being a S in college.

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                • ParanoidAndroid
                  My battery is low and it's getting dark.
                  • Apr 2004
                  • 16862

                  #9
                  Re: Bills and Dolphins equally hurting.

                  Originally posted by pinkdogg32
                  idk our run defense was decent until late in the game when our D was dead tired. Plus they had probably been keying on Brees pretty much all game, so if we can force Henne to beat us by stacking the box, i feel pretty confident we will have a great shot at winning.
                  Who is the safety that cheats up against the run? No Whitner or Scott is going to hurt. The middle of our defense, save Stroud, is weak.
                  Last edited by ParanoidAndroid; 10-02-2009, 09:53 AM.

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