The Miami Dolphins have been one of the more disciplined groups in the league this season, but they had nothing to show for it until Sunday.
The Dolphins (1-7) handled the overwhelming noise and fan atmosphere of Arrowhead Stadium with poise, beating the Kansas City Chiefs handily, 31-3.
“I was really proud of my team in that atmosphere,” Sparano told the media Monday. “No false start penalties, none of those things. Now we had a few penalties (Sunday), but the penalties we had (Sunday) were of the aggressive nature.”
Miami took seven penalties for 49 yards, while the Chiefs amassed 70 penalty yards on eight flags.
“In that kind of game against a physical team you’re going to have some of those penalties but none of those pre-snap things,” Sparano said. “In fact we drew the pre-snap things (Sunday), which our guys were yelling for the hard count. They wanted to be in that situation where we’re giving them hard count and we gave them two hard counts and we forced a penalty.”
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