Two Key Matchups

Ngata also seemed to get quiet when he was lined up on Mangold in game 1.

If we can get a push with our center and RT, and send the RG to clean up a LB, which i believe is likely, we’ll be able to run straight up the gut of their team for big chunks.

We will win the trenches on both sides.

We need to get their safeties to creep up and wear down their linebacking corps by running the ball down their throats and being physical to create even more opportunities/mismatches. Shonn Greene is a bruiser and I want him to carry off tackle and make the front seven hesitate a bit when squaring up with him, allowing some quick cuts from our change of pace LT! That moments hesitation allows for Keller to get open a little easier over the middle, sets up the play action beautifully and creates holes. I also want to see more of that trips/bunch formation which was quite effective against the pats. Granted the phins secondary is a lot better than the pats, we cant forget AP gashed the dolphins on the ground which I think we can be effective doing as well.

Wake on Woody is worrisome. But Misi? Eh. I think Wake lines up to the TE side mostly though. So if you know he’s rushing, he’s going to leave gaping hole behind him. Can also screen his ass a few times and hit a couple swing passes out that way.

If he’s rushing, and we’re sending Keller and Braylon out on that side, the backs are going to be tough to cover if they chip and release into the flat.

I thought the point was to discuss match-ups. Coming over here just to say the Jets suck, or the like, really doesn’t add to the discussion and is pure trolling.

Nobody here really trolls. We talk football for the most part. Yeah we can be homers just like any other fanbase, but you don’t get the nonsense from us that we get from you. You won’t find multiple and daily posts on GGN dedicated to the Phins.

Fr8 is one of the few Phinsiders that comes over and keeps it to football. He can be a homer sometimes, and its annoying, but we all are. I can get into with Fr8 abot our teams and match-ups and at least have a discussion. Most of the other guys that come over to do nothing but troll.

I don’t think we mind a little picking. I for one love it. I love a little smack. Even a lotta smack. Tell us that Long and Marshall are gonna dominate and why. We can go back and forth all day. But the “Jests suck, Rex is fat, Sanchez eats hot dogs…” stuff needs to stay over in Phintasyland.

Kyle Wilson will come into his own if eased into his role although he was torched and penalized in the first game of the season, he will start opposite cromartie. cro has gotten a few DPIs and holding calls but had a killer 2nd half against the pats, drew coleman has been elevated up to nickel CB and he was absolutely throttled in the Indy AFCC game last year but played very well in last week’s game. Otherwise the safeties brodney pool and eric smith will split time, pool being good in coverage and smith likes to lay the wood at the expense of penalties sometimes. Then Jim Leonard is the strong safety and can cover as well as tackle but is small and can have trouble with tall TEs.

kyle wilson is actually pretty good, its just not easy to play your first nfl game lining up against boldin on monday night fotball

Obviously the backup defensive lineman are going to need to step up with the loss of a great defensive player like Kris Jenkins so that may be an area of concern, however when he was lost last year in week 7 the run defense actually improved over the remainder of the season. The secondary will suffer without darrelle but once they start to gel a little more I am not concerned, cro/wilson/revis they are all very talented. On offense it may take a little time for slauson to pick up all the subtle calls and blitz pickups until he plays a few more games and he needs to work on his pulling. Obviously Mark Sanchez needs to be more consistent and play like he did last week more often. The Jets could not have played much worse against a very good Ravens team and they lost by a single point. So yes I do see the Jets being more than capable of competing for the AFC title. They will only get better as the season progresses

I don’t really recall Mangold ever having a bad day. So I’ll just say he probably owned the match-up based purely on process of elimination.