Comments on: Watt says he picked up Dolphins’ snap count from Hard Knocks

By: cpayne8

cpayne8 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:41:22 +0000

JJ Watt might’ve used footage from Hard Knocks to crack Miami’s snap count (is that really that different from watching game film?) and somehow it’s turned into another reason why free agents won’t want to sign with Miami? Anything to bash the Dolphins these days it seems. Aren’t their fans miserable enough already?

By: twyger

twyger — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 23:35:16 +0000

daggolden says: Sep 12, 2012 6:16 AM

Watts just told us all he had an advantage from watching Hard Knocks. Who the hell are the fans to say no he didnt? lol. The man just told you he did!

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Sounds like a man with a publicist to me.

“Just mention Hard Knocks JJ… all the papers and web-site’s will pimp your name!”

By: fishyinalittledishy

fishyinalittledishy — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 17:37:29 +0000

So why did it take Houston nearly the whole first half to stop Miami running all over them, too much made from hard knocks broadcasts i enjoyed watching, to many people always looking for negative things i suppose its more fun to ridicule, i think it brings football closer to the fans a human side rather than money, bling and fast cars. I will never forget the look on Vonte Davis`s face when told he was off to the Colts, he was one of my favourites on the team so i was pissed as well but lets move on its football.

By: jskill3

jskill3 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 16:21:11 +0000

JJ, Coach wants to see you in his office.

By: farty5

farty5 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 13:44:20 +0000

“He was a little sheepish and guarded when explaining it to co-host Erik Kuselias”

Because he pulled it straight out of his butt

By: tomfoolery77

tomfoolery77 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:47:06 +0000

Not a story. How’s this any diffrent than watching film?

By: kcflake

kcflake — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 12:37:48 +0000

Wow JJ, Good for You. Would you like a cookie?

By: thewizardofbs

thewizardofbs — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 11:52:20 +0000

Why don’t they have a show about NFL cheerleaders? They could focus on the photo shoots for the cheerleader calendars, the cat fights, they could call it Hard Knockers, everyone would love it!

By: daggolden

daggolden — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 10:16:12 +0000

Watts just told us all he had an advantage from watching Hard Knocks. Who the hell are the fans to say no he didnt? lol. The man just told you he did!

By: ynot420

ynot420 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:34:00 +0000

Why is this guy all over the place??? He had a decent rookie year nothing spectacular and they beat up the worst team in the league. This dude needs to shut up. Let’s see how long it takes to get his 2nd sack.

By: skinsfanwill

skinsfanwill — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 06:20:57 +0000

If the snap count was the same for each play the qb would have been sacked 40 times. Dumb thing to say and nobody is that stupid. Not even a high school team uses the same snap count.

By: socal9er

socal9er — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:51:09 +0000

Stop banging on the show Mike! We want a next season.

By: jcampol

jcampol — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 05:06:43 +0000

Are you people that stupid that you will buy into this idiodic article? The dolphins preseason games were all available for public viewing and all showed their snap counts in a much more accessible manner than hard knocks. The show had nothing to do with tannehill getting his passes deflected. Its been an issue of his since college. If you are gonna bash the team or the player at least have some itelligable insight behind where your hate comes from.

By: ghjjf

ghjjf — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 04:43:52 +0000

Don’t let the truth get in the way of a story…

The snap count is different for every play, so unless the Dolphins used the same snap count for every play in the game (they did not) there’s no way this clown picked it up on Hard Knocks.

By: bengalskuta82

bengalskuta82 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:52:53 +0000

I don’t think HCs don’t have a choice becoz if the owner sees it a money making way, he will do it.The HC in the end has to go and tell the fans that we as an org think that it will be good to have the fans go behind the scenes and see what goes on. HC is not lying coz he is part of that org. Yes it makes money for the owners but it makes the HCs job tougher

By: thestrategyexpert

thestrategyexpert — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:45:42 +0000

If they are really worried about the snap count or any secret information, then the team can view and edit out that sensitive stuff. If they are too stupid and lazy to do that then they shouldn’t expect to be able to keep lasting secrets.

Also, the embarrassment is only because this is an embarrassing franchise and you have a nutjob like Jeff Ireland on the team who has very little value as a football manager and all he seems to provide to this team are those embarrassing moments. He’s making the team worse with personnel decisions and I would be terrified to join that team because of his presence.

That’s the issue, is the employees that you hire for your organization and how they perform and make you look, not because you invite the public to learn more about your organization.

By: denverwally

denverwally — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:38:29 +0000

The JESTS will always want to do Hard Knocks, always! They love the sideshow, they love the circus. And their ringmaster head coach loves publicity more than he loves winning. How do I know? Because he never shuts the F up! He is always yapping, always boasting, always proclaiming, always commenting on anything and everything to the closest microphone or TV camera. They should just annually put the JESTS on, and be done with searching for a team every season.

By: vikesfansteve

vikesfansteve — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:24:27 +0000

Watt is so full of hot hair it’s not even funny.

By: dallascowboysdishingthereal

dallascowboysdishingthereal — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:23:40 +0000

The Dolphins were already a train wreck. Hard Knocks was just there to document it.

By: sabatimus

sabatimus — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 02:17:11 +0000

The Dolphins making bad decisions? Never.

By: commonsensedude

commonsensedude — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:58:00 +0000

Hard Knocks aside, the Miami Dolphins made the move a couple of months ago to put their PLAYBOOKS on an IPAD. Maybe Watt was blowing smoke about finding out information from Hard Knocks (ask yourself: have any other teams previously featured on the show had their snap counts decoded by other teams?)

I’ll bet that some moron might have downloaded malware that allowed people outside of the organization to easily get some level of inside knowledge by stealing information electronically. I can only imagine … the iBelichick app?

By: phinfan

phinfan — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:28:59 +0000

Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said in June that the choice to do Hard Knocks was a football decision. Yes, it was. A bad football decision.

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Yes, it was. A bad football decision… made by the dumb shirts up stairs not Joe!!!!

By: j972

j972 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:24:04 +0000

Yeah, because picking up the snap count can only happen when watching Hard Knocks.

hahahahahahahahahahahaha

By: whatchutalkinabouthillis

whatchutalkinabouthillis — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:18:56 +0000

That was a good show while it lasted. Thanks JJ!

By: carlmartin360

carlmartin360 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:18:05 +0000

Why should this kill Hard Knocks? The next team will simply CHANGE THE SNAP COUNT! Oh my GOD, the Dolphins are pathetic.

By: mike5011ad

mike5011ad — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:00:25 +0000

JJ Watt, early favorite for Defensive Player of the Year. 1.5 Sacks, 3 passes defensed. Right now, he is the most disruptive interior lineman in the NFL. Everyone should watch him play…

By: igotgamenj

igotgamenj — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 01:00:22 +0000

So Watt has 3 total tackles including a sack. He had 3 batted balls… but what does that have to do with knowing the snap count

By: alonestartexan

alonestartexan — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:41:56 +0000

If he doesn’t get hurt, JJ Watt will be the 2nd Texan to go into the Hall of Fame.

By: lanman11

lanman11 — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:34:48 +0000

This is hilarious because back on December 10th 2006, the Dolphins upset the Patriots 21-0, and reportedly credited the idea that they used TV broadcast tapes to figure out the snap count. They sacked Brady 4x that night. What goes around comes around.

By: j0esixpack

j0esixpack — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 00:22:58 +0000

They should give the team editing power to make sure things like that are not disclosed.

Aside from that, Hard Knocks could be an important tool to help pull a team together.