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.
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.
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.
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.
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 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.
good rotation
We've got some good flexibility there with the rotation we've been in,
defensive fear negative plays
You can get more negative plays just by penetrating gaps. You can also be gashed for more big runs. That's the fear we have as a defensive staff.
blinders bottom bounce bring closer dropped dwell early learn together
You just bounce back. It's part of life; it's part of football. You learn and you go forward. You can't dwell on the past; you can't dwell on what's happened. You put the blinders on, bring it closer together and get back to work. It's too early (to think the bottom has dropped out). If we had that attitude, we'd go 0-16.
chance head list opportunity people pick whom worked
When you get that opportunity to be a head coach, you have a list of people you've worked with. I wanted to give him the chance to pick those people with whom he had relationships. I didn't want to get in his way.
great joey opportunity players ready stamp until
Well, when you have as many young players as we have, until they put a stamp on the position, it can change. And so nothing's permanent, especially with the young players. But Joey now has the opportunity, he's ready for the opportunity and he had a great offseason.
sit soak sometime talk tape visit
We (coaches) will sit around and talk it over, and let the tape soak in and see where we are. We'll visit sometime (today) and be set for Wednesday.
decision plays total
We'll make that decision (today). But we'll go on a lot of plays and the total preseason, not just tonight.