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
definitely field last performs playing roy starters time
We're still going with the starters we had last week. But Manning is making a move. He definitely will get a lot of playing time because we need to see Roy out there on the field and see how he performs under the lights.
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.
excellent job last until
We did an excellent job until that last drive.
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.
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.
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.
evaluate
We're going to evaluate every position. We're going to evaluate, see what happened. We'll evaluate as we do after every week.
defense holes level open second start
When you start penetrating and they get up on the second level of the defense, the holes just open like sieves and your defense can be in trouble,
against fourth front group miss quarter run tremendous
Other than the fourth quarter against Tampa, the group up front has done a tremendous job. If we don't miss those two tackles, we don't have a big run by a back.
believe determine next players
Players don't determine who's the next coach. It's always a positive, I think, that the players believe in me.
five game gotten scheme
I think there's a lot of things that get into it. He's been in the scheme for five weeks. He's gotten a lot more reps through the game experience.
best far game
That was by far his best game this season,
good guys jason miami played rotation taylor took
Our guys at end don't get the big hits. Jason Taylor in Miami played 99% and was (expletive) off if we took him out. We'd still like to have a good rotation going even with those guys.
applied came fine happens hope job whatever
I was disappointed when I didn't get job but that happens in this business. He applied for the job just like I did and I came in second, I hope I came in second. I'm going to be fine with whatever I choose.