Just two games into the season, Miami Dolphins players are already finding themselves defending coach Tony Sparano amid the team's 0-2 start. Asked whether the team still fully supports Sparano and his coaching staff, veteran linebacker Karlos Dansby gave a quick answer.Without a doubt, man, Dansby said. These guys (are) awesome. There's too much experience in this building not to have confidence in how the coaches have been coaching right now. There's too much experience in the building, man. We've just got to soak it up, got to be sponges, man.The Dolphins this weekend travel to Cleveland in desperate need of a victory. The game at the Browns marks the beginning of a tough stretch that will have the Dolphins on the road for nearly a month.They play three consecutive games on the road -- at Cleveland, at San Diego and at the New York Jets; though the Dolphins' bye week comes after the San Diego game. Dansby said he and the team's other veterans need to do a better job of leading the Dolphins' less experienced players.The guys that have been here for a while, who have been in the game for a while are just trying to show the young guys how it's done, Dansby said. Meanwhile, Jason Taylor, another veteran Dolphins' linebacker, expressed disappointment on Thursday Replica Asante Samuel Jersey that the private team meeting he led became public. Some players shared details of the meeting earlier in the week with reporters.Taylor led the meeting after the Dolphins' 23-13 defeat against the Texans on Sunday.It's a little disturbing that what was talked about in the locker room to begin with was talked about outside of the locker room, Taylor said. That's a little disappointing to me. There was no media in there so it shouldn't have been public.Taylor placed the blame for the team's slow start on the players -- and not on the coaching staff.Coach Sparano is not going to miss a tackle. (Defensive coordinator) Mike Nolan is not going to blow a coverage. (Offensive coordinator Brian) Daboll is not going to throw an interception or do anything wrong on offense. Those guys aren't on the field. (Owner) Stephen Ross is not on the field ... it's all us. It's as simple as that.--Through the first two games of the season, only three teams in the NFL -- Houston, New England and Washington -- have had more chances in the red zone than the Miami Dolphins. Yet the Dolphins have squandered those opportunities more often than not.The Dolphins have scored touchdowns in just four of 10 trips inside their opponents' 20-yard line -- a percentage that ranks among the bottom one-third of the Official Asante Samuel Jersey NFL. Reversing that trend will be a focus when the Dolphins travel to Cleveland, where they haven't won since 1993.Dolphins coach Tony Sparano cited negative plays for the Dolphins' problems in the red zone.Negative plays seem to be a common trait, Sparano said. After two games I would tell you that we're right around eighth-worst (in the NFL in negative red-zone plays) ... You know, we've had a sack, we've Permier Asante Samuel Jersey had a couple of penalties, we've had a couple of minus runs. We've had a turnover down there, obviously.The penalties, the sack and the turnover all came in the Dolphins' 38-24 defeat against the Patriots in Week 1. In a 23-13 loss against the Texans, the Dolphins had fewer negative plays in the red zone, but even more frustration there.Brandon Marshall dropped what Asante Samuel Jersey Green would have been a touchdown from Chad Henne during the second half of that game, just as the Dolphins were attempting to rally. And in the first half, the Dolphins reached the Texans' 5- and 16-yard lines and came away with nothing -- not even a field goal.The Texans blocked a 22-yard field-goal attempt and Dan Carpenter missed from 34 yards out.It isn't play selection, it isn't any of those things there, Sparano said. We need to be a little bit more efficient down in that area of the field.When Sparano earlier in his career was a member of Bill Parcells' coaching staff in Dallas, he said Parcells implemented strict red-zone rules: No penalties, no exotic snap counts, no sacks and no turnovers.Sparano said he brought those rules to the Dolphins, too. But DeSean Jackson Authentic Jersey problems in the red zone have been characteristic of his teams in Asante Samuel Jersey Black Miami.We keep those rules Authentic Asante Samuel Jersey Green all the time and quarterback can recite those rules and everybody can recite those rules, Sparano Authentic DeSean Jackson Jersey said. It's one thing about talking about them and another thing about doing them and we have to do a better job in that area when it comes to that.SERIES HISTORY 15th regular-season meeting. Series is tied 7-7, but the Browns have won the past three meetings. The Dolphins' most recent victory came in 2004 and their most recent at Cleveland came in a 24-14 win on Oct. 10, 1993.Copyright (C) 2011 The Sports Xchange. All Rights Reserved.
