Quest to Rebuild the Year '72 - Miami Dolphins CCM M13

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BREAKING NEWS:
Spencer Renfro beats out Joe Philbin for coaching job of Miami Dolphins

Spencer, previously a head coach at Western Kentucky University, was brought up to the pros after many great years at WKU. His aggressive nature is a major trait and reason why he won the job over Philbin. Although he has no experience in the pros, he is a young and vibrant coach who is willing to take chances in this franchise. His starting salary is unknown, but it is one of high income. Renfro turned down many college jobs, including University of Auburn, University of Colorado, and Georgia Tech. His expertise in defensive play has allowed him to be compared to such coaches as Brian Billick and Tom Landry. Although he was more of a pass play-caller in college, he has come out and said that rebuilding the Dolphins run is first and top priority.
"I am very honored to receive this coaching job. It is a dream come true to finally be coaching not only in the NFL, but for one of the best franchises in the world. My goal is to repeat the 1972 season, and have the Dolphins a powerhouse once again," states Coach Renfro.

Although his team is not predicted to do as well as the past few years, Renfro believes they have a legitimate chance of making the playoffs. He later states that Tannehill will be this teams (starting) quarterback. And that although the team is not the youngest he will force the best out of all that will play.

Renfro is known for his spread offense, but has been rumored to be running an offensive playbook similar to Houston's and a defensive playbook like the one Billick ran in Baltimore.

Renfro must perform well the first year as Ireland (Miami's GM) has been rumored to say that winning at least 8 games this year is a must.

More news on this topic as more information is found.

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Following. Dolphins are a rebuild.

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The Season Begins!

Finally with the preseason being completed, the Dolphins and coach Renfro are enthusiastic on the upcoming season. Some things that happened over the preseason were:

Releases:

Daniel Thomas - RB
Tyler Thigpen - RB
Brian Tyms - WR
Marlon Moore - WR
Chas Alecxih - DT
R.J. Stanford - CB
Dimitri Patterson - CB
Tyrone Culver - SS

Additions:

Steve Slaton - RB
Ted Ginn Jr. - WR

Injuries:

R. Jones (SS) - Dislocated Ankle - 3 Weeks
S. Smith (CB) - Partial MCL Tear - 6 Weeks
R. Bush (HB) - Broken Hand - 6 Weeks

The Dolphins finished the preseason with a 1-3 record, mainly trying to secure spots in the time being. Although the defense took a strong hit by 2 starters being injured, it performed very well in the preseason. The offense however looked very sluggish and poor with Tannehill at QB and Slaton, a late acquisition, trying to take leadership roles.

The offense is in for one in the first game of the season, as the Dolphins will be taking on the Houston Texans, Super Bowl favorites for the year to come.

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Record day from Slaton shadows the poor start by Tannehill as Dolphins limp out of Houston with a 41-37 win!

"I am very proud of Steve (Slaton). He has come along well from the rough start in the preseason. His amazing day has him gaining my respect as the starting RB. However; I am very pleased to see the confidence in Tannehill. After three early picks (all in the first half), he came out in the second half and led the team to a comeback victory over one of the top defenses in the game." This interview after the Dolphins come from behind win against the favored Texans.

The Texans came out fast on this day, as they took an early 20 - 7 lead, after 2 interceptions from Tannehill gave them the ball inside Dolphins territory. Foster scored quickly in the game, scoring twice within the first 6 minutes of the game, pushing him team in front early.

However; the Dolphins would respond with a long TD pass from Tannehill to Tight End Charles Clay. The game looked as if half-time was imminent until Tannehill threw his third interception in the first half, later leading to a Shayne Graham kick.

The Dolphins though struck in the third quarter with a long, steady drive that ate up almost 7 minutes of the clock. Ending with a Lamar Miller touchdown from a couple yards out.

The Texans however struck again, making the score a troublesome 30-20, and limiting the Dolphins from a comeback. But on the first play from scrimmage after the Texans' touchdown, Slaton broke off an 80 yard touchdown run, which turned the tide for the Dolphins. The Texans scored a final time, and forced the Dolphins to turn more to the pass in the final 7 minutes of the game.

The Dolphins scored again though, on a 14 yard touchdown catch from Brian Hartline. The Texans were then forced to punt with under 2 minutes remaining in the game, and forcing the Dolphins to drive a majority of the field for a game-tying field goal.

The Dolphins struck fast with a few double-digit yard completions, but disaster struck. Tannehill was sacked twice and with under a minutes to play the Dolphins were faced with a 3rd-and-23 at their own 47 yard line.

Here's the call: "Tanehill back in shotgun, Ginn outside to the left, Hartline and Bess out to the right. Tannehill takes the snap... waiting... waiting... throws it out wide right to Ginn on a streak pattern... Caught! He has room! 40, 30, down to the 24 yard line is Ginn! That reception gives the Dolphins a first down!!!"

Ginn later scores on the possession and gives the Dolphins a 41-37 lead. Schaub completes one pass before throwing his first pick of the game to OLB Trusnik, which seals the game for the Dolphins.

Miami Dolphins at Houston Texans
Sep 9, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	SCORE
Miami Dolphins (1-0)	7	6	7	21	41
Houston Texans (0-1)	17	6	0	14	38

Team Stats Comparison
	MIA	HOU
Total Offense	571	312
Rushing Yards	244	145
Passing Yards	327	167
First Downs	20	11
Punt Return Yards	35	15
Kick Return Yards	114	50
Total Yards	720	377
Turnovers	4(-3)	1(+3)
3rd Down Converstion	4-10	5-14
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-5	3-3
Penalties
Posession Time	34:30	25:30

Miami Dolphins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT R. Tannehill 25/33 (75%) 351 3 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Slaton 21 207 9.8 1 L. Miller 8 22 2.7 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD T. Ginn 5 143 28.6 1 C. Clay 5 36 7.2 1 A. Fasano 4 41 10.2 0 B. Hartline 4 49 12.2 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Clemons 11 0 0 0 K. Dansby 6 1 0 0 C. Wake 5 2 0 0 J. Amaya 5 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Carpenter 2/2 5/5 13 48 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Fields 3 144 48.0 1

Houston Texans PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Schaub 15/25 (60%) 198 2 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD A. Foster 28 116 4.1 2 B. Tate 2 29 14.5 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD A. Foster 4 57 14.2 1 K. Martin 4 47 11.7 0 K. Walter 3 28 9.3 0 R. Williams 2 54 27.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Cushing 9 0 0 0 C. Barwin 6 0 0 0 D. Manning 6 0 1 0 J. Joseph 5 0 1 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Graham 3/4 4/4 11 41 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 D. Jones 6 276 46.0 1

Other Notes:
Dolphins MLB Karlos Dansby breaks his collarbone and will be out for almost 4 weeks. Houston was without Andre Johnson, as he was still healing from a Shoulder Tear... he will return in week 2 however.

Dolphins have the Oakland Raiders next week.
Texans have the the Jacksonville Jaguars next week.

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Dolphins fall apart, blow 42-20 4th quarter lead!

"I have no comment about that play-call. We had the game, and lost it. Bad mistakes and bad play-calling by me in the fourth quarter. We has the win secured, yet couldn't keep it. I have no further comments about the game. Thank you," states Coach Renfro.

The Dolphins blow the 22 point lead in the fourth quarter. In the first half of the game, the Dolphins played flawlessly on offense, converting on 6 of 6 3rd down tries and entering the red zone on each drive. Tannehill had 3 touchdown passes in the first half, and finished with five in the game. He also started 19/21 with no interceptions. However; in the fourth quarter he had two costly picks both inside 3 minutes left. One was returned 91 yards for a touchdown to get within three points. Another on 3rd and long with 1:36 to play.

Tannehill and the Dolphins did score on the next possesion to get ahead by three, but Oakland used Janikowski to their advantage, kicking a 56 yarder to send the game into overtime.

The Dolphins offense clicked all game, until the last 10 minutes of regulation. They finished with a whopping 729 offensive yards, 542 passing and 187 rushing. But turnovers hurt them again, giving the ball away 4 times.

In overtime, the Dolphins won the toss and elected to receive and on their first play from scrimmage fumbled. Luckily, they did recover the ball, only three plays later to fumble again, leading to their defeat.

Carson Palmer was a force on the field completing 83% of his passes for 5 touchdowns and one interception. McFadden also had a good game, with 87 rushing yards on 23 carries and a touchdown.

Oakland Raiders at Miami Dolphins
Sep 16, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
Oakland Raiders (1-1)	0	10	10	29	6	55
Miami Dolphins (1-1)	7	21	7	14	0	49

Team Stats Comparison
	OAK	MIA
Total Offense	527	729
Rushing Yards	120	187
Passing Yards	407	542
First Downs	18	37
Punt Return Yards	9	26
Kick Return Yards	27	148
Total Yards	563	903
Turnovers	1(+3)	4(-3)
3rd Down Converstion	8-12	8-10
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-2	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	4-4	7-9
Penalties
Posession Time	29:17	39:52

Oakland Raiders PASSING C/A YDS TD INT C. Palmer 25/30 (83%) 414 5 1 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD D. McFadden 23 87 3.7 1 M. Goodson 5 20 4.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Myers 6 95 15.8 0 J. Ford 5 80 16.0 3 D. Moore 5 133 26.6 2 D. McFadden 4 31 7.7 0 D. Heyward-Bey 3 71 23.6 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD T. Branch 10 0 0 0 P. Adams 9 0 0 0 N. Collins 9 0 0 0 R. McClain 9 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG S. Janikowski 3/3 4/4 13 57 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 S. Lecher 2 91 45.5 1

Miami Dolphins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT R. Tannehill 41/54 (75%) 549 5 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Slaton 25 108 4.3 1 L. Miller 5 37 7.4 1 R. Tannehill 5 42 8.4 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Hartline 11 141 12.8 1 D. Bess 9 101 11.2 2 S. Slaton 6 62 10.3 1 T. Ginn 4 102 25.5 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD C. Clemons 8 0 1 0 K. Misi 5 0 0 0 C. Wake 5 0 0 0 J. Wilson 4 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Carpenter 0/0 7/7 14 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Fields 1 52 52.0 0

Charles Clay tore his abdominal and will be out 6 weeks.
Jason Trusnik also tore his abdominal but will be out for 4 weeks.

Todd Heap was signed for a 1 year contract.

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Shonn Greene runs wild, but Dolphins hold on in overtime!

Shonn Greene was the main story in this game. He touched the ball 37 times and had 217 yards and 3 touchdowns. This is the story of the Dolphins defense, their injuries have limited them too an awful stand-still, to where their offense must play very well to win games. Miami did pick off Sanchez 3 times though, proving that they can play well. But it is still unproven which Dolphins defense will show up.

Coach Renfro was asked about this, "Our defense is battling a lot of injuries at the moment, and we have new guys in there each week. Although I am frustrated by the run defense, the defense as a whole made some key stops that allowed us to win this game."

The Jets led for most of the game, until they gave up their 14 point lead on a last second touchdown by Slaton.

Another term for concern is Tannehill's choices in the pocket. This is his third straight game of throwing 3 interceptions and Renfro didn't like that at all... "We are steadily trying to improve his play-making decision. His reads have not been the best to start this season, but he is our guy and until proven otherwise will remain that."

The Dolphins, unlike last week, didn't fall to turnovers in this overtime game as they squeaked by with a 45 yard field goal in overtime to finish off their big divisional rival.

New York Jets at Miami Dolphins
Sep 16, 2012	1ST	2ND	3RD	4TH	OT	SCORE
New York Jets (1-2)	0	14	0	28	0	42
Miami Dolphins (2-1)	0	14	7	21	3	45

Team Stats Comparison
	NYJ	MIA
Total Offense	521	521
Rushing Yards	233	126
Passing Yards	288	395
First Downs	20	26
Punt Return Yards	13	15
Kick Return Yards	60	151
Total Yards	594	687
Turnovers	3(0)	3(0)
3rd Down Converstion	8-15	8-15
4th Down Conversion	0-0	0-0
2-Point Conversion	0-0	0-0
Red Zone Touchdowns/Field Goals	3-3	4-4
Penalties
Posession Time	39:41	29:25

New York Jets PASSING C/A YDS TD INT M. Sanchez 20/32 (62%) 288 2 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Greene 37 217 5.8 3 J. Clay 6 16 2.6 1 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Edwards 6 75 12.5 0 J. Kerley 4 131 32.7 1 D. Keller 4 35 8.7 1 S. Holmes 3 28 9.3 0 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD B. Scott 9 1 0 0 L. Landry 6 0 0 0 Y. Bell 6 0 0 0 D. Revis 5 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG O. Mare 0/1 6/6 6 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 R. Malone 5 228 45.6 1

Miami Dolphins PASSING C/A YDS TD INT R. Tannehill 23/45 (51%) 423 4 3 RUSHING ATT YDS AVG TD S. Slaton 24 86 3.5 1 L. Miller 2 4 2.0 1 R. Tannehill 3 36 12.0 0 RECEIVING REC YDS AVG TD B. Hartline 8 126 15.7 0 D. Bess 4 150 37.5 1 T. Heap 3 38 12.6 0 R. Matthews 1 34 34.0 1 DEFENSE TACK SACK INT TD J. Wilson 10 0 1 0 K. Burnett 8 0 0 0 J. Amaya 7 0 0 0 B. McCann 5 0 0 0 KICKING FG XP PTS LONG D. Carpenter 1/1 6/6 9 45 PUNTING NO YDS AVG IN20 B. Fields 5 257 51.4 0

The Dolphins (2-1) travel to Arizons to take on the Cardinals (1-2).

Cameron Wake has dislocated his hip and will be out for 4 weeks.
The Dolphins have lost 7 starters to injury this year.

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The scores of these games, yikes!

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