Jets Intentionally Injuring Impact Players

Week 14 – 2010: Nolan Carroll
                          Intentionally tripped, on the sideline while covering a punt.
                          Jets coach Sal Alosi admits intentionally tripping…

Week 6 – 2011:   Reggie Bush
                          Right arm hanging at his side with neck injury.
                          Leaves game after being pulled from the pile… 

Week 17 – 2011: Davone Bess
                          Sprained MCL.                         
                          Bart Scott hits in the knee…
 
Week 3 – 2012:   Reggie Bush
                          Bruised knee.
                          LaRon Landry claims hit intended to take out…

Roger Goodell can fine the Saints and suspend their head coach, force their DC into retirement, but if he thinks there needs to be a bounty for teams to intentionally try to injury players, he’s sadly mistaken. The New York Jets target impact players on the opposition every week and because there are no cash bonuses involved the targeting is not labeled "bounty," but playing with the intent to injure is no different than a bounty program.

Against the Dolphins, the Jets have either caused an impact player to leave the game or made blatantly dirty moves, even from the coaching staff. It is no coincidence that either Reggie Bush or Davone Bess has been injured against the Jets in each of the last 3 meetings. To think players like Richie Incognito are not aware of this trend would be equally gullible. The Dolphins do not play with the intent to injure, but when the opponent has a history of hurting the best players on their team it would be foolish not send an early message.

An eye for an eye justice is known by the Latin Lex Talionis.

No one in Miami is claiming the goal of taking out any Jet player, but when Incognito is on record as saying he has hostile intentions, it is probably a good bet for the Jets to pay attention. The Dolphins understand the Jets are a dirty football team, the history doesn’t need to be researched, it’s evident in the scars on their knees.

The problem with playing dirty is the idea of taking away a man’s livelihood in an already short-lived profession. Players that would normally not get drawn into making cheap shots or late hits can be pulled across the line when their livelihoods are threatened. The Dolphins know the only way to combat dirty play is to play with extreme aggression within the rules. This is the approach the Dolphins must take to neutralize the contemptible play of the Jets.

Lex Talionis

Most of the transgressions have come with Rex Ryan as the coach, but when it continues with Tony Sparano, integrity comes into question. Perhaps Sparano can blame Jeff Ireland or Stephen Ross for his firing in Miami or maybe he can justify himself by being all in with the team that hired him, but to condone such actions speaks volumes for his lack of honor. The players he once coached recognize this and will take special pleasure in making sure he has a bad day.

It is foolish to antagonize an opponent and is the reason most good coaches place a muzzle over the mouths of their volatile players. Rex Ryan has failed to do this and now his own players are leaking out, there is intent to injure.

The NFL need not get involved in this matter, Richie, Jake, Mike, Cameron and Karlos among an entire team are ready to deal with it the way it should be dealt with. It is little wonder Bush was unconcerned about Darrelle Revis.

Lex Talionis

Nothing to see here commissioner, you have your hands full with the mess you made in New Orleans. The Dolphins will handle the dirty work. The rest of the league will turn a blind eye, perhaps even applaud because they have no doubt seen their own playmakers targeted by the same unscrupulous play.

Watch out New York, the boys from Miami are not happy and the nothing will create change faster than losing in the NFL. We got your number…

Lex Talionis 

Jets Add More 'Hot Sauce' to Matchup with Miami Dolphins

In case you weren't aware, the Miami Dolphins and the New York Jets are rivals.

Before their Week 3 matchup Jets Head Coach Rex Ryan said that Reggie Bush would get a little "hot sauce" during their game. Ryan didn't elaborate on that comment (and he actually apologized for the comment this week), but Reggie was convinced that his "hot sauce" comment meant they would be targeting him and trying to injure him, which is exactly what happened. Bush left the game late in the 2nd quarter after a knee injury suffered while running up the middle.

That was pretty much all of the drama of that game. This weekend's game, on the other hand, has a little extra to it. Jets Safety LaRon Landry said the following on Wednesday:

"He will remember that hit. Every time he sees me, he will remember that hit"

I believe that Landry is talking about the play where Bush was injured. I went back and watched that play multiple times, and I do not think that it was Landry who injured him. Sure, he was probably trying to, but Landry didn't deal the hit that hurt Reggie.

Landry then continued to stir people up a little on twitter. All you guys need to know is that he's a punk who likes taking pictures of himself in front of his bathroom mirror after his daily dose of steroids.

That's cute

 I will enjoy it when the Dolphins beat up on his mediocre defense.

Landry, in his usual classiness started clapping as soon as he saw Bush on the ground clutching his knee. Here's a picture for proof. I've circled him so you know who he is:

So here's to rivals week and beating the bed-wetters up in New York. Screw all that hippie stuff (sorry Patrick). I want Miami to lay it on the Jets this weekend.

Thanks for stopping by. Email me at paul@dolphinshout.com. I'm also on twitter @PaulDSmythe.

Here's to having a team with a future at QB instead of one that is sabotaging theirs.

Miami Dolphins Ready for Jets Week

There is a fine line between passion and hate… The emotion that enables the concise thoughts associated with passion is only slightly detached from the enraged hasty decisions of hate. In the case of a football game between the Dolphins and the Jets, it is easy to cross the line. Where the passion for victory flows like a spring, the poison of hate erupts like a geyser and many times leads to defeat.

Every week in the NFL is important, with only 16 chances any loss could be the difference between the playoffs and an extended vacation. Teams come out flat for critical games and it leaves fans wondering how this could happen, the answer is in the disparity between passion and hate. The Dolphins do not like the Jets, but using hate to motivate will only lead to expending energy that if reserved, is the key to victory.

Sun Tzu wrote, “When we demonize opponents, we undermine our chances of success by attracting supporters who are looking for someone to hate rather than a goal to support. The character of these supporters will lead us inevitably into a costly conflict. Positions built on philosophies of enmity are inherently weak. Positions built on mutual rewards are inherently strong.”

Instead of getting even, Sun Tzu teaches us to "get odd," that is to distinguish ourselves from others by standing out and doing things that are unexpected. This is the direction the Dolphins must follow. The team must not get caught up in the loathing the fans have for the opponent, but follow the passion of a well thought out game plan two weeks in preparation. The Jets are desperate, and they will be seeking revenge for their own lack of success and that vengeance will lead them down the hole of hate.

The nature of rivalries ignites the fans from both teams but the vitriol in the stands must not boil over on to the field. Vehemence in the form of executing a game plan is more powerful than penalties rooted in anger. This is the culture Joe Philbin must instill in the Dolphins, coldblooded implementation of the unexpected, like a machine marching down the field impervious to distractions off the gridiron.

The media darling Jets are pulling in the ranks as losing heats up their self made spotlight. The hated Dolphins are the target and this is the advantage Miami must exploit because, “philosophies of enmity are inherently weak.” The problem with antipathy is the same as blowing air on the coals of a fire, the fire will roar until the coals are spent and then there is no longer fuel to burn. By forcing the Jets to become the team playing with rage, we force them to expend energy that should be used in the course of playing the game; instead it is spent on their own anger.

The Dolphins must demonstrate the cold passion of a winner, using emotion as a vehicle of strength in the context of a football game. Leave the ranting and raving to the Jets and their insufferable fans. Through perseverance, precision and passion the Miami Dolphins will walk out of the New Jersey with dignity, and the Jets will be left facing the odium of the media and fans.

The bus with the precision Philbin machine will roll out of the meadowlands victorious.

Waving Bye Bye now, enjoy the press conferences, we have a division to win…