Vernon had three (two hurries and one hit), but he also had the game’s most costly penalty: a 15-yard late hit that put the Jaguars in field-goal range at the end of the game. In Sunday’s 23-20 loss at Jacksonville, Suh had one tackle.
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Two regular-season games into Ndamukong Suh’s career with the Miami Dolphins, the whispers have started.
Stoic by nature but anxious to lighten the mood, Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin tried to joke Monday about the mood of fans following a loss to lowly Jacksonville. Our meetings were good. Perhaps the bye week after the London trip will do Albert some good.
Get healthy: Like many teams, the Dolphins are secretive about who’s healthy and who’s not.
“It’s two weeks into the season”, Coyle said.
“I couldn’t tell you“, Suh said when asked by the Herald about his slow start.
“It’s a team defense”, Philbin explained. Defense is not about one player. Maybe because Ndamukong Suh ignored his defensive coordinator and went rogue. Suh started the 2013 campaign with three tackles and no assists in the first two games.
The big free agent contracts and the shakeup in the Dolphins front office makes Philbin a very easy scapegoat if things go wrong.
“That’s not an accurate report”, Coyle said. “Wednesday we will have a better idea”. That’s what we have to get smarter at. I thought coming off the game, it’s a tough loss for everyone. All those commas in your bank account will do that for you. “They’re going to come”. Many you’ll notice haven’t lived up to their pay grades because they don’t have the same personnel around them like on their former squads.
The answers need to found quickly. The Saints are in a tough place considering their future with or without the great No. 9.
The big picture shows a team that is in slight disarray right now. With that said he’s clearly on the decline and takes up a huge amount of their salary cap. “I hope they’re not screaming for my head or anything”. Without question, the most surprising of which is the New York Jets.
Better line play 2.0: Nobody wins in this league without controlling the line of scrimmage. “We’re not where we want to be but we’re on the way”.
“The name of the game is turnovers and keeping the score down, regardless of whatever else happens”, Bowles said. Nothing is flawless. It wasn’t last week when we won.
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“We’ll get our share of sacks”, Coyle said. The game of speculation by the media, and reports by self-proclaimed insiders, go on for months and gather momentum and interest like the live report of a highway police chase. McPhee was third on the Ravens last season with 7.5 sacks, but without Terrell Suggs or Elvis Dumervil clearing lanes he’s been largely ineffective in a Chicago pass rush that was No. 16 in the league with 39 sacks a year ago. They’ve forced only a single turnover and have struggled mightily to create any positive impact for the team.
