The upcoming Dolphins game, 9/18/2011

[WMH]

Disagree. Arian's our horse, if he's ready, he rides. If he's not, then he shouldn't be on the field in the first place.

Now, if by some miracle....we end up with some crazy lead after the first half, then they should sit him in the 2nd. BUT, blow outs in the NFL are few and far between, and the Fins will be a much tougher game than the Colts were.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

Disagree. Arian's our horse, if he's ready, he rides. If he's not, then he shouldn't be on the field in the first place.

Now, if by some miracle....we end up with some crazy lead after the first half, then they should sit him in the 2nd. BUT, blow outs in the NFL are few and far between, and the Fins will be a much tougher game than the Colts were.

Fantasy Football player?

[WMH]

Originally Posted by Arky

Fantasy Football player?

Yep, but I don't have Foster on my squad.

I just don't see the Fins as someone we can "rest" people on. They have some pretty decent talent on D, and we need our full arsenal each and every week in order to be competitive. If they guy can play, let him roll.

[Arky]

Originally Posted by WMH

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I just don't see the Fins as someone we can "rest" people on. They have some pretty decent talent on D, and we need our full arsenal each and every week in order to be competitive. If they guy can play, let him roll.

Yep, we disagree.

I think a guy who hasn't played in 3 weeks and coming off a hamstring, you ease him in. I think that's the way Kubiak is going to play it. Kubiak would get crucified if he allowed Foster 20+ carries and he re-tweaked it.. Like you mention, Tate and Co. should be able to fill in the gaps with not too much drop off...

[barrett]

I don't think workload is going to affect Foster much in terms of his hamstring. You are either ready to cut and go full speed or you are not. My guess is any play count they put Foster on is more about him not having played and Tate having played well. Hopefully Foster never has to play 90% of the snaps this season like he did last year.

As for the game, I think Miami's offense is far worse and their defense far better than week 1 would show. NE exploited there subsititution patterns up front with a no-huddle that nobody else in the NFL could duplicate. They will probably look more like last year's D. With that said, I think we move the ball fine on last year's D.

And there offense was not very good. They had a fired up first drive and then layed an egg while they lost the game in the next 2+ quarters. Then they threw for a bunch of yards late when they had no chance at winning. They also have no ability to run the ball and a pass offense led by chad henne. Not to mention they were awful in the redzone. The yardage total was very misleading.

If we are neutral in the turnover game we win by double figures. If we give the ball away 3Xs, it is anybody's game.

[TheMatrix31]

Dolphins are underrated. Solid, solid D. I think we end up winning by around 10 or so. 27-17 maybe.

[NBT]

The offensive line is the key. They need to execute against the Dolphins schemes, in order for Foster or Tate to do their thing. Other than that J.J. needs to bring his A game to take some pressure off of AJ. Od is going to be big in this one too.