On Thursday Miami Dolphins head coach Tony Sparano addressed the media.\u00a0 Here is the transcript courtesy of the Jets.<\/p>\n
(On if anyone was limited in practice today)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cYeah, there was several guys limited today. A few guys limited. Off the top of my head couldn\u2019t rattle them off to you but there was a few guys limited. Everybody worked.\u201d<\/p>\n (On how much did the bye week help get everybody healthy)<\/strong>– \u201cIt helped a lot, I mean, getting them healthy. It\u2019s just how healthy right now. We got a little bit of ways to go before the game so it\u2019s good to see them out there\u2026Daniel (Thomas), (Chris) Clemons, these guys, all these guys, Vontae (Davis), see them all out there. They\u2019re going day by day right now. We\u2019ve caught two really hot days out there. Today was actually over a hundred degrees out there on the field surface today. When you\u2019re dealing with these muscley things you just want to make sure that the next day you\u2019re okay.\u201d<\/p>\n (On what was the most important thing he wanted Chris Clemons, Vontae Davis and Daniel Thomas to accomplish during the bye week)-<\/strong> \u201cDuring the bye week, honestly, the rehab part of it and again some guys had time off, some guys that was their full time job. That was the most important thing is to get them healthy. Obviously we didn\u2019t practice those guys; we just worked on getting them healthy the whole week. That was helpful. Even taking reps off of guys during the bye week was good JT (Jason Taylor), (Anthony) Fasano, some of these guys, (Marc) Colombo, YB (Yeremiah Bell)\u2026some of the older guys.\u201d<\/p>\n (On how frustrating Daniel Thomas hamstring setback is)<\/strong>– \u201cFrom a coaching standpoint, frustrated. I don\u2019t want that to come off the wrong way like I\u2019m not frustrated with Daniel (Thomas) obviously. I know the guy wants to be out there. Just frustrating in that you kind of got this toy out there, that\u2019s a pretty good toy right now, and you can\u2019t, and you haven\u2019t been able to use it him in the way you want to use him. I have this vision in how I want this backfield to look and I haven\u2019t really had it yet. In other words, it hasn\u2019t quite been that way yet from the start. Really there was only one game there where you had really both of them. We had early in there, remember the game there where I think Reggie (Bush) had the little tweak which ended up going with heavier plays on Daniel (Thomas) in that game. We haven\u2019t really had that yet and I\u2019m looking forward to getting that thing going together here now.\u201d<\/p>\n (On if the four game losing streak is magnified because it\u2019s at the beginning of the year)<\/strong>– \u201cI\u2019m sure. Yeah, I\u2019m sure everybody is searching for, the fans, everybody\u2026the fans, me, the team. Everybody is searching for a win. I mean you want to get a win. The team we\u2019re playing right now lost three in a row but they won two. I don\u2019t think their three in a row taste any different than our four in a row right now, but they won two. I think that what happened in the beginning of the year\u2026last year, I don\u2019t remember the circumstances exactly, but I think we won two in a row and then lost a couple. Losing is losing; it stinks whenever it happens. It ain\u2019t a good feeling when it happens but when it happens right out of the gate and you have some new philosophies and some new thoughts, you really want to be able to validate those things with a win and you haven\u2019t been able to do that yet.\u201d<\/p>\n (On his reaction to Brandon Marshall\u2019s comments)-<\/strong> \u201c(laughing) I\u2019m sure every one of you guys took that seriously. I got coached up. You think this is my first rodeo? (laughing) Obviously, first of all, Brandon is kidding\u2026fifty percent kidding (laughing). I know one thing about that guy; he\u2019s not going to do anything to hurt this football team. That\u2019s what I know. I know the people in that locker room are important to him and this guy has worked really hard. But I\u2019ve seen him when he, I don\u2019t want to call it\u2026sometimes he\u2019s really on the field bigger than life sometimes out there when he gets the ball in his hands and he starts rolling. I mess around with him sometimes and call him a werewolf. He gets the ball in his hands and he starts running like that. But he can be that way. I think that\u2019s the part Brandon\u2019s talking about. He wants to be more passionate with the ball in his hands and he wants to be more passionate blocking and doing all the things that are necessary to help us win. And right now what we\u2019ve tried to do is we took a good, long hard look at ourselves and there\u2019s ways for everybody on this football team to help us and I\u2019m sure that\u2019s what Brandon was talking about.\u201d<\/p>\n (On if he\u2019s talked about the balancing line between Brandon Marshall\u2019s emotions and the game)- <\/strong>\u201cNo, I really haven\u2019t had to. To be honest with you, I really haven\u2019t had to. This guy has been tremendous. And there\u2019s been, shoot there\u2019s days where I have highs and have minimal lows, but I have lows. Sometimes I think you end up just working through it yourself and Brandon (Marshall)\u2019s worked through some of those things himself really well. I mean, he\u2019s really handled himself well. I\u2019ve been proud of what he\u2019s done that way and how he\u2019s done it.\u201d<\/p>\n (On if there is anything Jason Taylor can add about the Jets that you don\u2019t see on tape)-<\/strong> \u201cYeah, I think so. There\u2019s a few things that he can add. This is different than just pulling a player off of a practice squad from some place or anything like that. He was there a year ago. I think he has a pretty good understanding and philosophy. Believe me, we didn\u2019t sit there and grab Jason and start talking about \u2018tell me what they\u2019re going to do on 3rd and 4, tell me what they are going to do in the red zone\u2019. Nobody knows that. Rex (Ryan) is a darn good coach. Those people have coached well down there and they do a super job but you know personnel wise you can get some things. I think philosophically you might be able to get some things on their approach to us even a year ago and what maybe they think.\u201d<\/p>\n (On Jason Taylor being back)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cObviously it means a great deal to our team. He\u2019s been a long time Miami Dolphin. He\u2019s tremendous in this community, but more importantly he\u2019s a hell of a player. Hell of guy and in my time with Jason he\u2019s been one of the most outstanding players that I\u2019ve had to the opportunity to coach. I mean he\u2019s very good with the young players and he still has gas left in his tank here and can help our football team win. So that\u2019s what I think of him.\u201d<\/p>\n (On what the loss of Chad Henne like and what he expects from Matt Moore)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWell the loss of Chan Henne is no different than the loss of Indianapolis Colts not having their quarterback or some of the other teams not having starting quarterbacks. I mean if you lose your starting quarterback, I mean it\u2019s a hard lose but that\u2019s the nature of the game here. I think everybody can line up and make a lot of excuses but at the end of the day nobody\u2026excuses aren\u2019t going to get it done. Matt Moore is our quarterback right now. We have all the confidence in the world in Matt Moore and he\u2019s been doing an outstanding job for us. So it\u2019s just part of the game. It\u2019s an unfortunate part of the game but part of the game none the less.\u201d<\/p>\n (On the running back situation)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cI mean obviously Daniel Thomas has played very well for us. I mean both games that he\u2019s been in of the four games, I think he\u2019s really ran the ball very, very well. But hadn\u2019t been completely healthy he\u2019s missed two games. So that being said I\u2019ve been very pleased with what Reggie\u2019s done so far. We have to do a little bit better job utilizing Reggie. You know from our end, ourselves but he\u2019s done a really good job I think. Some of the things that we\u2019ve asked him to do and you know, we\u2019ve been please with Lex Hillard has done and of course Steve Slaton here right now. He\u2019s a guy, that, you know the bye week helped tremendously as well because we got him just before the bye week. He didn\u2019t really have much knowledge of what we were doing.\u201d<\/p>\n (On what makes Cameron Wake effective) <\/strong>\u2013 \u201cHis motor. Cameron\u2019s a relentless player. I think he\u2019s got all of the outstanding pass rush qualities. I think that Jason Taylor would tell you that, Jason\u2019s had a chance to work with Cameron a little bit and Cameron learns from Jason a lot. Bryan Cox has also done a tremendous job with him but the thing I think that separates some of these outstanding pass rushers, you know a Cameron Wake, a (Clay) Mathews, these kind of people, he\u2019s got motor. They\u2019re relentless and they gave effort in trying to get to get to the quarterback and I think that\u2019s probably what separates them.\u201d<\/p>\n (On what he thinks needs to be done to turn things around)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cWin. That\u2019s all. We need to win to start turning things around but in order to do that there\u2019s some critical areas that we have to get better in. We played well in some areas but there\u2019s some areas that our football team has to get better in. We\u2019ve given up too many explosive plays on defense and on offense we need to do a better job. Certainly down there in the red zone and turning things over and touchdowns. So I think there\u2019s some areas there minus plays down in the red area has been handled a little bit of a problem for us to so and then I just think the basic fundamentals of the game. I think I heard Rex earlier in the week talk about fundamentals and technique and assignment and those kind of things. All those things when you\u2019re 0-4 from our end are things that have to be examined and we did a good job of that in the bye week. Feel like we\u2019ve gotten better at some of those.\u201d<\/p>\n (On Brandon Marshall and Darrelle Revis)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cI don\u2019t know, I\u2019m not sure if they\u2019ll put Darrelle on or not. Obviously Darrelle\u2019s an outstanding player. Brandon\u2019s a very, he\u2019s an outstanding player too. So I\u2019m not sure how they\u2019re going to play us. They have two really corners there. Obviously the two best corners I think that are out there but as far as how Brandon\u2019s playing, Brandon\u2019s been playing well for us. He\u2019s made some big plays. He\u2019s caught the ball down the field and all of these. Done a good job with his run after catch. The guys in great shape. He had a really good offseason during the lockout. Got himself prepared to play well. So I think he\u2019s just going to get better and better.\u201d<\/p>\n (On if he see\u2019s anything that has caused the Jets to struggle)<\/strong> \u2013 \u201cNo I wouldn\u2019t say there\u2019s anything that I noticed and if I did I probably wouldn\u2019t say it. I know that that team has lost three games before a couple of times and have bounced back. No different than my football team. We\u2019ve been in this situation before and bounced back. We\u2019ve been 0-3 and 0-4 and won kind of our next 11 games and 1\/6 of our next seven games. Teams get in these positions, the bottom line is you put yourself in the position by the way you play and I mean you got to dig yourself out of it. So there\u2019s nothing really that I\u2019ve watched on film that said this is the reason why the Jets are in this deal here. That\u2019s a darn good football team in my very humble opinion. That team went to the AFC Championship game last year and there\u2019s still the team to beat in our division.\u201d<\/p>\n (On what the team worked on in the bye week)<\/strong> \u2013\u201cWe worked on the things that we thought\u2026we tried to cure some ills. That\u2019s what we did. In other words, it\u2019s easy to go out there and continue to do some of the things that you do good during the bye week. But from our end that\u2019s not what we did. We took a good long hard look at ourselves. Really were critical of ourselves during the bye work and worked hard on some of the areas that need to be worked on. So there\u2019s areas obviously that we haven\u2019t done a good job in and there\u2019s some areas that we\u2019ve done a very good job in. 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