Wilford Update

From the Sun-Sentinel:

Wilford's absence noted

Sparano let on that he's second-guessing himself for not activating Ernest Wilford, the Dolphins' largest, most experienced receiver, for the Jets game. The team botched two scoring chances throwing fades in the corner of the end zone to smaller receivers.

Sparano said he spent Monday morning trying to find a role for Wilford, the 6-foot-4 receiver whose limited speed dropped him down the depth chart.

"There are places for Ernest and we're going to evaluate that," Sparano said.
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I had said that it's bad news for Wilford and the Dolphins front office that he was benched, and I had commended Sparano and Co. for having the fortitude to bench one of the highest profile free agents signed to the team if he wasn't performing well enough, but it appears I may have been all wrong. If Sparano is second-guessing himself, then this clearly wasn't a well thought out decision. The facts are that our receivers were terrible on Sunday and that we had no good red zone targets at wide receiver. I had assumed that Wilford had played himself out of the active roster, but apparently it was more a case of Sparano simply not finding a way to use him. We need a better job than that from our rookie head coach, who if he wants to run fades (a low percentage play to begin with), needs to adjust our personnel accordingly. Hopefully he learns quickly and doesn't outsmart himself with too many mistakes like this one.