DOLPHINS: Pennington

[LD Mobile]

exactly - FAN - not player. I doubt if even Dan Marino knows his 1984 record yardage number, but I do.  He gets paid to play. His coach gets paid to understand the rules around overtime and transmit it to the team in strategy talks. It's not like these guys are lawyers. They're football players.

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-----Original Message-----

From:  "Richie Wohlers" <richiewohlers at gmail.com>
Subj:  Re: DOLPHINS: Pennington
Date:  Wed Nov 19, 2008 6:30 pm
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To:  "General Discussion of the Miami Dolphins" <dolphins-disc at phins.com>

Yes, but EVERY FAN OF THE NFL KNOWS THERE ARE TIES!!!!

On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 3:27 PM, LD <ldouglas at gmail.com> wrote:

> they know what they are stressed to learn - footwork, how a cover 2
> will morph into quarters, a new training technique. The tie game in
> the NFL is a rarity. It last happened in 2002 and before that twice in
> 1997 - 2 years before McNabb was drafted IIRC.So before this one,
> there was on in 10 years. I think you can give a guy a break for not
> knowing an abnormality that had almost no bearing on the game. These
> guys have their heads in the details of the game, not the Steve
> Sabolisms.
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 6:00 PM, Richie Wohlers <richiewohlers at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > These are also things that should be known by the players.  I knew the
> drop
> > kick existed, but didn't know exactly how it worked.  The drop kick
> hadn't
> > been done in 40 or 50 years, so it's more understandable that players
> > wouldn't know about it.
> >
> > Overtime games happen every year.  Ties happen every few years.  At least
> > one tie has happened since McNabb has been in the league.
> >
> > These guys are PROFESSIONAL football players.  They should know all the
> > rules. But then, so should the refs and this year it has appeared that
> > doesn't seem to be the case.
> >
> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 2:54 PM, LD <ldouglas at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> who ever knew about the drop kick until flutie did it? or the fair
> >> catch kickoff/free FG at the end of halves until someone did it? or
> >> catching the kickoff with a foot out of bounds to force the
> >> kick-out-of-bounds penalty until someone did it? These are things that
> >> don't/didn't happen often and have to be stressed by a coach. Andy
> >> Reid should have made the point to these guys at the 5:00 mark that
> >> the game will end in a tie if it isn't
> >>
> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 5:34 PM, Richie Wohlers <
> richiewohlers at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >> > It shouldn't make a difference, because any decisions about the
> endgame
> >> > should be made by the coach.  But the players should still know the
> >> > rules.
> >> >
> >> > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:20 PM, <miamibillg at aol.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> What is the difference, they were playing to win the game and it did
> >> >> not
> >> >> matter if he knew the rule.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> >> From: Richie Wohlers <richiewohlers at gmail.com>
> >> >> To: General Discussion of the Miami Dolphins <
> dolphins-disc at phins.com>
> >> >> Sent: Wed, 19 Nov 2008 4:05 pm
> >> >> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Pennington
> >> >>
> >> >> I can't possibly fathom how any player in the NFL would not know what
> >> >> the
> >> >> overtime/tie rules in the NFL are.  Inexcusable.
> >> >>
> >> >> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 1:02 PM, Salas, Randy
> >> >> <Randy.Salas at startribune.com> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>> One reason why many players might not know it is that this was the
> >> >>> first
> >> >>> tie game in six seasons. It's not as if it's a common occurrence.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> From: dolphins-disc-bounces at phins.com
> >> >>> [mailto:dolphins-disc-bounces at phins.com] On Behalf Of
> >> >>> miamibillg at aol.com
> >> >>> Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 3:00 PM
> >> >>> To: dolphins-disc at phins.com
> >> >>> Subject: Re: DOLPHINS: Pennington
> >> >>>
> >> >>> They have been interviewing many veterans and half of them did not
> >> >>> know
> >> >>> the rule.
> >> >>> per Randy Cross
> >> >>>
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