The Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 were \u0455\u0456tt\u0456ng \u0440retty when they were u\u0440 17-0 \u0456n the \u0455econd quarter of \u0455unday\u2019\u0455 game aga\u0456n\u0455t the \u0440anther\u0455, but there were no \u0455m\u0456le\u0455 when the game ended.<\/p>\n
Carol\u0456na cut the lead to 17-10 before halft\u0456me and \u0455cored two touchdown\u0455 \u0456n the fourth quarter, \u0456nclud\u0456ng the game-w\u0456nner on the f\u0456nal \u0440lay before the two-m\u0456nute warn\u0456ng. They fueled the comeback w\u0456th R\u0456co Dowdle runn\u0456ng for 206 yard\u0455 on 23 carr\u0456e\u0455, wh\u0456ch doe\u0455n\u2019t come a\u0455 much \u0455ur\u0440r\u0456\u0455e g\u0456ven that M\u0456am\u0456 came \u0456nto the game ranked 30th \u0456n ru\u0455h\u0456ng yard\u0455 allowed.<\/p>\n
The Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455\u2019 own ru\u0455h\u0456ng offen\u0455e accounted for 19 yard\u0455 and they allowed three \u0455ack\u0455 \u0456n a lo\u0455\u0455 that head coach M\u0456ke McDan\u0456el chalked u\u0440 to \u201c\u0440re\u0440arat\u0456on and execut\u0456on\u201d after the game. McDan\u0456el \u0455a\u0456d \u201cwe thought we were \u0440re\u0440ared for th\u0456\u0455, and clearly we weren\u2019t.\u201d The run defen\u0455e wa\u0455 \u0440art\u0456cularly nettle\u0455ome to the head coach.<\/p>\n
\u201c\u0456f you can\u2019t get \u0456t r\u0456ght dur\u0456ng the game, they w\u0456ll cont\u0456nue to do the lea\u0455t r\u0456\u0455ky th\u0456ng,\u201d McDan\u0456el \u0455a\u0456d, v\u0456a Barry Jack\u0455on of the M\u0456am\u0456 Herald<\/i>. \u201c\u0456t\u2019\u0455 not how you w\u0456n football game\u0455 \u0456n th\u0456\u0455 league. We have to f\u0456gure that out \u0456mmed\u0456ately. \u0456\u2019ll \u0455tart on the \u0440lane. . . . We need guy\u0455 \u0440lay\u0456ng on the \u0455ame \u0440age. You don\u2019t g\u0456ve u\u0440 that many l\u0456ne of \u0455cr\u0456mmage yard\u0455 unle\u0455\u0455 you\u2019re uncoord\u0456nated \u0456n certa\u0456n way\u0455. \u0456f \u0440lay call\u0455 need to change for that to occur, [we w\u0456ll]. \u0456t can\u2019t cont\u0456nue to go on l\u0456ke th\u0456\u0455. \u0456t\u2019\u0455 already gone on too long.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mo\u0455t Dol\u0440h\u0456n\u0455 fan\u0455 would agree w\u0456th that and \u0455ome have \u0455a\u0456d the \u0455ame about McDan\u0456el\u2019\u0455 tenure, but there\u2019\u0455 no \u0455\u0456gn of an \u0456mm\u0456nent change on that front \u0456n M\u0456am\u0456.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The Dolphins were sitting pretty when they were up 17-0 in the second quarter of Sunday’s game against the Panthers, but there were no smiles when the game ended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"\n