Breaking News: Jeff Fisher chooses the St. Louis Rams over the Miami Dolphins.

 

According to Adam Schefter of ESPN, Jeff Fisher has agreed to be the next head coach for the St. Louis Rams.

How does this effect the Miami Dolphins?

Days ago, there were reports that Fisher was leaning towards the Miami Dolphins. In result, the Rams made a bigger push for the veteran head coach. St. Louis sent their rookie quarterback Sam Bradford to meet with Fisher to sweeten the cause for the head coach to choose their team.

This is a huge sack for the Miami Dolphins. It came down to what team was more put together. Fisher saw a promising future with a No. 3 pick in this year’s draft, young quarterback Bradford, and his ability to choose his staff with the Rams.

The Dolphins don’t have a franchise quarterback and questions throughout the staff. Fisher ultimately chose the Rams because they have a core for the future.

The conflict with Miami’s decision in waiting for Fisher is losing candidates like Mike Mularkey, who has agreed to be the Jacksonville Jaguars next coach, and former Tampa Bay Buccaneers head coach Raheem Morris, who has decided to become the Washington Redskins defensive backs coach. There are coaches out there like Cincinnati Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer and Green Bay Packers offensive coordinator Joe Philbin.

Miami has a lot of questions involving their near future and it isn’t looking too bright.

Jason Taylor Retires From The NFL After 15 seasons

That’s all she wrote for the Miami Dolphins’ defensive end Jason Taylor, next stop is the Hall of Fame. Taylor made it known earlier in the week that Sunday’s game against the New York Jets will be the final game of his career.

The 15-year veteran spent his time with the Miami Dolphins (1997-2007), Washington Redskins (2008), Miami Dolphins again in 2009,  New York Jets (2010), and Miami Dolphins (2011). Throughout his stint with all of these teams, he was a defensive threat that could out rush the offensive line to get the quarterback.

Playing with the Miami Dolphins, he had the privilege of playing with many defensive greats like linebackers Zach Thomas (who was like his brother) and London Fletcher (Washington Redskins),  defensive tackle Vonnie Holliday (Miami Dolphins), defensive end Cameron Wake (Miami Dolphins), and corner backs Darelle Revis (New York Jets), Sam Madison (Miami Dolphins), Patrick Surtain (Miami Dolphins), and Vontae Davis (Miami Dolphins).

The six-time pro bowler racked up 774 total tackles, 139.5 sacks, 47 forced fumbles, and eight interceptions within his NFL journey.  In 2006, he received the NFL Defensive Player of the Year recording 61 total tackles, 13.5 sacks, nine forced fumbles, and two interceptions.

Not only was Taylor well respected due to his defensive presence and dominance but off the field he was one of a kind. You would never see or hear Taylor violate team or league rules, he just did his job in a professional way. His experience on ABC’s “Dancing with the Stars” in 2008 could have been a distraction but wasn’t because he doesn’t have an ego.

Taylor will be missed throughout the Miami Dolphins organization and football in general. Here is his speech after the game against the Jets. This win was extremely big since the Dolphins and Jets have been rivals for a long time. A great way to go out to say the least.

Miami Dolphins: Get to know Miami Dolphins Interim Coach Todd Bowles

Todd Bowles will be the head coach of the Miami Dolphins for the time being. Since, Bowles is an unknown coach in the National Football League, I will do the honor of introducing him to you.

Bowles is a New Jersey native, who played cornerback in the NFL for eight seasons with mainly the Washington Redskins. He won Super Bowl XXII with the Redskins and finished his career with a total of 15 interceptions and seven fumble recoveries.

After his NFL career as a player, he transformed into a coach. The 48-year-old became a defensive back coach with the New York Jets, Cleveland Browns, and Dallas Cowboys.

He will have little time to make a name for himself to be the next official head coach. The Dolphins need a big change to turn around their playoff woes in years past.

“I don’t think it’s about separating myself. I just think it’s just about winning football games. Believe me this is not about me. I don’t stand up here… I’m not trying to be Don Shula. I’m trying to win football games. We have guys in place to win football games. I just have to make sure I manage the game smartly.”

The interim coach has been with the Miami Dolphins since 2008, he worked with Tony Sparano in his time with the team. Over the past three years, the franchise has not gone the way as expected. With that Todd Bowles becomes the 9th coach in Dolphins’ history.

In these upcoming weeks,  it will be tough with the in-battle division games. Make sure you check out the Miami Dolphins preview in days to come.

Could the Miami Dolphins win out?

The Miami Dolphins lost seven straight games in the beginning of the 2011-12 season. Since then, they have won three straight games against Kansas City, Washington, and Buffalo.

Dallas, Oakland, Philadelphia, Buffalo, New England, and New York are the teams left on the Miami Dolphins remaining schedule. It’s tough to win out but I believe the Dolphins can beat all of these teams left in the season.

A battle of who can keep their streak alive sums up the game between the Cowboys and Dolphins. The Dallas Cowboys have three consecutives wins of their own going into week 12. So who gets their fourth? I have always said Tony Romo is one of the most inconsistent quarterbacks in the NFL and still believe it, despite where the Cowboys are. Romo has 2,000 passing yards with 19 touchdowns and two interceptions this season  but the question that rises is which Tony Romo will show up week in and week out. With the Cowboys standing on top of the NFC East (6-4), there is some kind of urgency to stay on top of the one of the toughest divisions in the league especially with the Eagles struggling.

The Oakland Raiders has been one of the biggest suprising teams this year leading the AFC West with six wins. The reason why they have been on a roll is their tenaisity in running the football.This year Oakland averages roughly 156 rushing yards per game. Plus with the acquistion of Carson Palmer sure gives them a more dynamic offense since the Rich Gannon days. Oakland could indefinitely lock up the AFC West with the San Diego Chargers struggling and the Denver Broncos hoping.

Philadelphia has gone from the toughest team in the NFL in the beginning of the season to becoming one of the worst teams in the league. Is it because of injuries? I think even if Vick and Jeremy Maclin were healthy it wouldn’t matter, the team has not been in sync. Vince Young had one heck of a performance down the stretch on Monday Night but it’s tough to think that Vince Young could be their starting quarterback week in and week out.

Seeing how the Dolphins dominated the Bills Sunday, there will be an essence of revenge in the air and a fight for who can keep up with the New England Patriots and  N.Y. Jets in the AFC East standings. Buffalo’s woes are becoming even worse now that Fred Jackson is out for a good while with a calf injury.

What is left in front are New England and New York. As of late New England has had troubles on the defensive side of the ball, especially with the pass rush. The Patriots are last in allowed passing yards with 300 yards. If Matt Moore can be secured he could go off and have a field day throwing to his destined targets.

New York is having conflicts across the line especially at the quarterback position. Mark Sanchez could have to hand the reign to 41-year-old Marc Brunell. The Jets average 218 passing yards per game, which is 20th in the NFL and struggling to run the ball consistently has to be in the mindset of Rex Ryan. Does he bench Sanchez for the 41-year-old?

All of these teams have some conflicts and woes in their organization thus far and could be troubling down the stretch. With the Miami Dolphins are on the rise. Change in the standings coming soon?

Miami Dolphins: First Win of the Season

The Miami Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs 31-3 in a tough bolstering surrounding crowd at Arrowhead Stadium. Miami improves to 1-7 and the Chiefs decrease to 4-4 on the season.

With the Miami Dolphins lacking to score points or hold leads going into the fourth quarter, they have showed their offense or defense can spark at anytime. Cameron Wake, Kevin Burnett, Yeremiah Bell, and Jimmy Wilson led the charge on the defensive side of the ball. The unstoppable defense only allowed three points against a red hot Chiefs team.  With the offensive line not giving Matt Cassel any time to settle in the pocket, the Dolphins took adavantage recording five sacks in the win.

Matt Moore tied his career high with three touchdowns. Moore contributed 244 passing yards and three touchdowns. The reason why he was so successful was the offensive line. Great protection earns great performances.

Reggie Bush finally looking like the “Reggie of the University of Southern California”. The running back earns player of the game in my mind. He was all over the place from catching passes from Matt Moore to burning the turf off the field. Reggie Bush contributed 142 all purpose yards and one touchdown.

If the Dolphins could just finish games they would be an above .500 team easily. Having the lead going into the fourth has been a problem this season but today they finished and earn themselves a fantastic win. Next week the Dolphins will take on the Washington Redskins, some say this should be an easy win but you never know what Miami team will come ready to play on Sunday.

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