Jim Bates
Jim Bates
Football coach who served as the interim head coach of the NFL's Miami Dolphins in 2014 after a promotion from defensive coordinator.
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth31 May 1946
far guys happen
A lot of things have to happen as far as the injuries. We have to get those guys back.
far guys hurt miss practice rough week
It's been a rough week for practice as far as (who is) in and out. We've had guys miss all week. That's hurt on preparation.
against held last progress run
There was progress made last week. We wouldn't have held up against the run as well as we did against McGahee if we didn't play well inside.
claim decision injuries last position situation somebody taken unstable waiting wish
There's a decision to be made there. We wish we were in a situation where we could say, 'This is the group.' But with the injuries and what's taken place here the last two weeks, it's been an unstable position and we're waiting for somebody to put a claim on it.
coaches decisions hard ted
There's going to be hard, hard decisions for our coaches and Ted and his staff.
good inside push
Sometimes when you want inside push we'll use Grady. He's been a good pass-rusher in his career.
bottom climb saying teams top year
Teams can climb back from the bottom to the top in a year, two years. We can be back there in a hurry. I'm not saying one year or two years, but it won't take long.
against bad hit patience philosophy start team totally types watch
Some people, their philosophy totally is penetrate. Offenses a lot of times get intimidated by those types of defenses and start throwing. But you watch penetrating defenses. When they have their bad games, it's against a team that has patience with (the run) and then they'll hit the big one.
attention moss randy special
Definitely, when Randy Moss is on the field, special attention has to be spent,
learning moved
He's improving. He's still learning a position. He's been moved around a lot.
biggest came darn deserved football fought given good guys offense played players today together wish
It's disappointing. The guys fought their tails off today and deserved better, ... I mean, our players came together and played a darn good football game. I wish we could have given our offense the ball back at the end, that was an important part of the game. That's the biggest disappointment.
biggest coming couple deserved fought good guys last matched offense team
It's disappointing. Guys fought their tails off and deserved better. That's a good offense coming in here, a 2-0 team that had a lot of success, and we matched them. The biggest disappointment was the last couple of series.
guy missed saw
The guy called it the way he saw it, and he missed it,
five last nickel played several special teams
Ahmad will get several opportunities in the nickel and he's on the special teams and for us the nickel back is like a starter. Over the last five years, our nickel back has played as much if not more than one of our linebackers because of the substitution.