The players wanted to say and listen after the disaster in Indianapolis in week 1
Miami Gardens, Florida-The Miami Dolphins held an exclusive meeting of players on Tuesday, on their day off, after the defeat by 33-8 against the Indianapolis Colts in week 1, to ensure that they stayed in tune.
The Dolphins allowed Indianapolis to score in their seven offensive possessions on Sunday, while its 211 offensive yards marked its lowest total in the direction of coach Mike McDaniel in a match in which the field marshal Backdault He started.
Sunday also marked one of the worst Tagovaila games; He completed 14 of 23 passes for 114 yards and a touchdown, but threw two interceptions and lost a loose ball, in addition to registering the worst pass from his career in a full game.
After the game, Miami's Marshal of Campo shared that he was anxious to see who of his teammates showed up on Tuesday to watch the video. On Wednesday, he told journalists that he was happy with assistance.
“I gathered the offensive and we talked about the things we wanted to do for this week, the emphasis points and how we want to address it,” he said Wednesday. “We communicate all that to the boys, so that is what we have.”
“I thought that was the great, that this was his process for week 1: win, losing, we could see many of the same back in the video room, back in the meeting rooms, and I thought it was great.”
Last season, the Dolphins lost six of their first eight games and, despite a last minute thrust, they finished 8-9 and two games of the fight for the AFC playoffs.
The LineBacker Jordyn Brooks He pointed out that Tuesday's meeting was a way to prevent things from getting out of a potentially demoralizing defeat.
“Losing as we did can be discouraging. External noise: people speaking, family speaking, all speaking,” he said. “(The meeting) was simply to make sure that we were all united. When it is lost, it is easy for people to discourage, begin to question, to question themselves or others. So we make sure that we all would be united again, that faith remained.”
“If you lose the faith, you are left with nothing. So we make sure they all continue in tune and return next week.”
Miami has a critical streak of three games against division rivals. Receive the New England Patriots on Sunday before traveling to Buffalo in a short week to play against the Bills in “Thursday Night Football” in week 3. The Dolphins will then have 10 full days to rest and prepare for the game of week 4 against the New York Jets in “Monday Night Football”.
