GLENDALE, Ariz. -- The Dolphins are holding on to a 13-7 lead but the third quarter was a heart-wrencher not for the faint of heart.
Ryan Tannehill threw one interception and only a instant replay challenge saved him from a second.
Dan Carpenter missed another field goal attempt -- this one from 51 yards.
And the defense yielded its first TD of the day on Larry Fitzgerald TD catch.
The live blog takes you to the game's deciding moment in the comments section. Join me there.
Tannehill just isnt a winner. Loses all the games at crunch time. Same thing when he was in college.
Posted by: Jay | September 30, 2012 at 07:41 PM
Run the damn ball in the fourth quarter to run down the clock! Complete mental incompetence with play calling for the second straight week. Im about to throw up.
Posted by: buckeyephinfan | September 30, 2012 at 07:42 PM
Just because carpenter now sucks does that mean we give naanee a pass on what he did? Or Armstrong? We NEED receivers.
Posted by: inimounts | September 30, 2012 at 07:42 PM
turnovers !!!... turnovers!!... We knew this was comming with a rookie QB , but i never imagined it would be so !"#$%& PAINFULL!!!...
GOO PHISN!!! they look week after week and (for this season) it´s the only thing that matters to me!!
Posted by: sagneul | September 30, 2012 at 07:43 PM
Jpao, we don't go into ot with him holding onto the ball and we don't lose if he doesn't throw the pick. Anyone who has played qb knows its the qbs job to protect the ball. I like tannehill, but it's why we lost. That can't be denied.
Posted by: inimounts | September 30, 2012 at 07:43 PM
The season's over.
Posted by: Mark in Pembroke | September 30, 2012 at 07:44 PM
Can we PLEASE fire Ireland now?
Posted by: Zonk | September 30, 2012 at 07:46 PM
Carpenter....one more miss and you're history!
Wilson....can't even blame you...a 7th rounder playing in NFL games...come on!
Carroll....really another scrub CB starting for the Fins!
Marshal.....what was Ireland thinking?
Nanee.....one pass sent your way...perfect throw....and really you fumble it?
4th and 10 on the 15 yard line....we have been blitzing successfully all game and crushing Kolb.....what do we do? We drop into zone cover and give Kolb plenty of time to scorch smith and Marshall....like everyone else does!!
The OLine protects THill all day but in the last two drives they allow him to get crushed within 3 yards of the line of scrimmage....horrible!
Why can't Sherman call plays to protect the lead in the 4th QTR????
Posted by: jpao | September 30, 2012 at 07:47 PM
inimounts....I agree that THill has to protect the ball but he got crushed...twice. There are too many reasons why they lost this game....see my post at 7:47....I list several.
Seems like a repeat of last week....the finale of the Jets game left us with a list of reasons too.
THill faught hard all day and produced time and again. I understand the turnovers were big but come on....these loses are not on him. This team (players and coaches) has to be able to rally behind a rookie QB and protect the 4th QTR leads he helps them create.
Posted by: jpao | September 30, 2012 at 07:50 PM
I dont think Tanny already identified blitzes well enough, but its ok.. he´s a rookie, there´s much room to improve, but he managed himself fairly well most of the time... But, of course this one is on the qb, it always does, but this is a process and i can see quality and improvment... By the way, Long is not helping himself in the extensions talks, he has surrendered a sack in each game of this season... for a probowler its a lot!!
Posted by: sagneul | September 30, 2012 at 07:52 PM
Again it doesn't matter what you did the whole game. Who fumbled the ball? Who threw the pick? Enough said. This team is going nowhere with mr. Hennehill. They wull be right where they are now if rhis loser remains the qb!
Posted by: Dolphin 77 | September 30, 2012 at 08:11 PM