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Quick 2014 recap: Last year was much of the same for the Dolphins as inconsistency was their ultimate downfall. They had really good wins at Indianpolis, Pittsburgh and good home wins against New England, Cincy and SD. With the good came bad losses to Buffalo (twice), the Jets and Tampa Bay. I haven’t checked other teams, but Miami had TEN games decided by 6 points or less with them going 6-4 in those games. They also had two 3 game winning streaks, and a 4 game losing streak. Bottom line is they were an exciting team that was extremely inconsistent. The most obvious reason for the up and down play was the horrible offensive line, which will obviously be discussed further. Despite all of the inconsistency and the turmoil they faced last year (Incognito - Martin) They were 8-6 after week 15, winning their third straight game with this one being against the Patriots. They were set up perfect for a playoff birth. One win against the lowly bills or jets in the final 2 games and they were in the playoffs. I could only guess the hype the Dolphins would be receiving this year if they had made the playoffs last year…and god forbid won a playoff game. Which certainly could have happened considering they were 4-1 against AFC playoff teams last year.
2014 offseason Needs: (scale 1-10)
1.Offensive lineman: (10): Needed offensive line very bad. Signed Albert, Drafted James, brought in depth.Grade: A-
2. New offensive coordinator: (9): Mike Sherman was an idiot. Ask any Dolphins fan and they can practically predict what play is coming on any given situation. Please believe defensive coordinators could do the same. He’s out, and Bill Lazor is in. Lazor was the Eagles O-Coordinator last year and did big things with that offense and helped Nick Foles grow a lot…Grade: A-
3. Linebacking help: (6)..Didn’t do anything except move some players around. Hopefully a second year under the same D-coordinator will help these players be more comfortable. Also the emergence of Jelani Jenkins will determine a lot for this unit, I think…..Grade: D
4. Secondary help: (6)…Brought in Delmas, and Finnegan. Also have two cornerbacks who were drafted in the first 3 rounds two years ago. (Taylor and Davis) Both could be big time playmakers or both could be busts. Time will tell, I like what I see out of Taylor…and getting rid of Nolan Carrol can only help, hate that guy.….Grade: B+
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