QB Fiedler started OK as usual but he was awful the rest of the way. If he can't play because of the injury then he shouldn't he threw 4 INTs and he lost a fumble. His last INT gave the Buccs the game because the Dolphins were in FG range to tie the game, but Fielder decided to throw into double coverage. It's no. 9 not 13, and we could see. F
RB Smith was OK. He ran for over 70 yards giving him more than 1000 on the seaosn. Tampa is a hard team to run on and he did OK especially with the big gains setting up his TD and in the last drive (that Fielder threw away) B-
WR Gadsden started strong but disappeared. Martin was OK and OJ was nowhere to be found. The Dolphins miss Shepherd. C-
OL Considering the competition they had a nice game. Fiedler had time to throw (although if you see the results it doesn't look like he did). C+
DL Warrick ran at will. The Dolphins have been having problems in the run defense. They managed to put pressure on King and get him a few times. C+
LB They had too many missed opportunities. Too many 3rd and long blowed up. Even Zach wasn't that good. C+
Secondary The best unit in the team played OK although they gave up too many big plays in crucial situations. The gave up a 45 yard play on 2nd and 33. C+
Special teams Decent. The return was nothing to write home about. Turk is as usual unexpected to say the least. C+
Coaching There were flags all over the place in critical situations. The team was in a high mood. There was no reason to lose this game. Can't they just tell Fielder that if everybody is covered throw it away and let Mare have a shot to tie. In the last drive they ran the ball on 2nd and long (just before the INT), really can't they go for a 6-7 yard pass to get Mare closer and get an easy 3rd down ? D-
