Cannot say this has been a stellar effort by the Dolphins, but they have done enough to lead the St. Louis Rams 10-9 at the beginning of the third quarter.
The Dolphins scored all their points in the second quarter on a Ronnie Brown TD run and a FG by Dan Carpenter. Believe it or not, the Rams offense has moved the ball with more consistency, putting together three FG drives.
Obviously, the failure to get in the end zone is costing St. Louis.
One thing that is troubling to me is the fact the Dolphins have tried to throw the football more than they've tried to run against St. Louis. The Rams are ranked 30th in the NFL against the run this year but Chad Pennington is 10 of 16 for 115 yards.
Ricky Williams has 6 carries for 28 yards and Ronnie Brown has 5 carries for 24 yards. Brown has the TD run.
The Dolphins lost starting guard Justin Smiley to a leg injury in the first quarter. He has not returned and the fear is the injury is serious.
Join me in the comments section of this post for the continuation of the live blog.
Teams coming back onto the field. Smiley is done for the day, probably longer.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Smiley is plug-n-play anyway
Posted by: mR742 | November 30, 2008 at 02:38 PM
Damn, hope Smiley is ok
Posted by: Nick | November 30, 2008 at 02:38 PM
first?
Posted by: Seymour Glass | November 30, 2008 at 02:39 PM
4th
Posted by: Seymour Glass | November 30, 2008 at 02:39 PM
This game for the Dolphins is going to come down to whether we can get turnovers. Turnovers come from pass rush. Pass rush situations come from stopping the run. Stop the run, get them in the known and get after the passer.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Smiley's thru--Dolphin's lack of depth will now snowball to a sub-500 season. Deal with it.
Posted by: Seymour Glass | November 30, 2008 at 02:40 PM
Ugh Ginn
Posted by: Nick | November 30, 2008 at 02:41 PM
The idea here is NO TURNOVER>
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:41 PM
Ginn has taken a step back on his KO returns. He's hesitant again.
Posted by: Joel | November 30, 2008 at 02:41 PM
I think that the officiating needs to be evened out this half. Miami Heat, NBA style.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:41 PM
"Smiley is plug-n-play anyway" He was having a great year. Maybe even pro bowl. Are you watching the same games as everyone else.
Posted by: Travis | November 30, 2008 at 02:41 PM
What a waste of possession.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Phins O is getting predictable. Our D is likely going to have to win this for us.
Posted by: Andrew H | November 30, 2008 at 02:42 PM
Chris Long is eating Jake Long's lunch so far today.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
Damn. the fricking rams look like the purple people eaters against the run all of a sudden.
Posted by: gus | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
Damn, Chris Long just ran over Jake
Posted by: Marc | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
There Was A Certain Team From The North East That Was Beatinp Down The Rams 40 To 0 At Half Time
Posted by: cuban menace | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
What a waste of possession. I think they are so frustrating.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
Why not spread the field on that 3rd down?
Posted by: mR742 | November 30, 2008 at 02:43 PM
what the heck. man this team look so flat. come on
Posted by: David | November 30, 2008 at 02:44 PM
Defense has failed to stop the Rams from scoring in three of their four possessions so far.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:44 PM
How about Tasker forgeting Devin Hester's name and calling him "the guy in Chicago"
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:44 PM
Have we used the wildcat AT ALL against this piss poor defense? I haven't noticed it so far.
Posted by: Johan | November 30, 2008 at 02:44 PM
I think the run/pass distribution is ok considering the last two minutes. Justin Smiley is a huge loss but this 57 kid can block with aggression.
Ginn one 3rd down drop; Bess one TD drop; Wilford irrelevant. Martin/Fasano MIA
Questionable officiating -- Ron Winters' guys are a dubious crew. Always penalize Dolphins more....especially in the RZ. I think theugy in in the take. And, that was a BS holding call that kept Ricky out of the endzone.
Sparano should have challenged play where #41 Joey Thomas ripped ball out on the sidelines. He had it with both feet in bounds. Watched it again just now.
Posted by: Chris | November 30, 2008 at 02:44 PM
Did the coaches not get the memo? THE RAMS RUN DEFENSE SUCKS!!! Is Ronnie injured?
Posted by: nyfinfan | November 30, 2008 at 02:45 PM
Oh yeah, our defense blows w/o pressure.
Posted by: Chris | November 30, 2008 at 02:46 PM
"There Was A Certain Team From The North East That Was Beatinp Down The Rams 40 To 0 At Half Time"
was this the same team that lost to the Raiders and chargers?
Posted by: | November 30, 2008 at 02:46 PM
The stinkin Jets put up 40 in the first half against these turds. Still believe? I don't. Again the Fins make losers look like superstars.
Posted by: gairc | November 30, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Pathetic. somebody tackle.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:47 PM
ridiculous tackling
Posted by: bernski | November 30, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Unbelievable Miami. Can the defense do their part today.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:47 PM
Umm, Chris, that was no BS holding call...Ndukwe TACKLED the NT
Posted by: Marc | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
Why are they all going for the ball?
I would be more impressed with a stop
Posted by: mR742 | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
our front 7 is getting ran over today! WTF!
Posted by: azfin | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
man i wish we had a d like the rams
Posted by: David | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
Incomplete...no matter, Mr. Jackson will get 9 yards right here.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
the thing that troubles me is the longer the Dolphins allow the Rams to stick around, the more confidence they get and the greater the chances of an upset become.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
HUGE 3rd and Long here
Posted by: Andrew H | November 30, 2008 at 02:48 PM
JP finally showed up...
Posted by: azfin | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
3rd down conversion here on Joey Thomas.
Posted by: Hayden Fox | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
"Ohhh If We Beat The Rams We Could Still Get In The Playoffs"morons,hahahahaha
Posted by: cuban menace | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
Here comes a first down
Posted by: | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
Finally, a nice easy, no-need-to worry type of STOP on 3rd and Long.
Posted by: Andrew H | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
no flag????
Posted by: | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
where was the hold on CROWDER!!
Posted by: | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
last week was our playoffs...lose and get a better draft position. they don't seem to care anymore, why should we???
Posted by: krueg | November 30, 2008 at 02:49 PM
that wasnt a hold?
Posted by: mR742 | November 30, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Fins need to get a drive going here. RUN THE BALL
Posted by: mike d | November 30, 2008 at 02:50 PM
fins need to score here and start pulling away from this scrub team...
Posted by: azfin | November 30, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Now c'mon! Score a TD and start burying these freaks.
Posted by: gairc | November 30, 2008 at 02:50 PM
Dophins will start to find rythme with new players
Posted by: The Boz in Oz | November 30, 2008 at 02:51 PM
If they get a first down, then they should try some sort of wildcat play we havn't seen yet.
Posted by: Andrew H | November 30, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Still waiting to see if the wildcat shows up at all today
Posted by: Johan | November 30, 2008 at 02:51 PM
Back To The Cellar Of The Afc East.hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Posted by: cuban menace | November 30, 2008 at 02:52 PM
I think Henning and $0.01 are working together to keep Henne out of the game by trying to keep all of them close...
Posted by: mR742 | November 30, 2008 at 02:52 PM
Armando, have the coaches given a reason why Ronnie doesn't touch the ball 15-20 a game?
Posted by: nyfinfan | November 30, 2008 at 02:52 PM
Hell Yeah!
Posted by: Nick | November 30, 2008 at 02:53 PM
devon friggin bess
Posted by: bernski | November 30, 2008 at 02:53 PM
Great job by Pennington of picking out the open receiver when the safety came up to blitz.
Posted by: Armando Salguero | November 30, 2008 at 02:53 PM