By: Randy Campbell (OLD DOLFAN)
Game 9; Baltimore @ Miami, Nov. 11, 1973
Sometimes fans go to football games and witness something totally out of the ordinary. Something truly outstanding. Something they’ve never heard of or seen before. Something that is record breaking.
Such a thing ACTUALLY HAPPENED when the Colts traveled to Miami to play the first place Dolphins in the historic Orange Bowl on Nov. 11, 1973. It involved NOT a Hall of Famer NOR one of the leading stars. Instead, it involved low profile Dolphins’ defensive back Tim Foley who, like Bob Griese, was an alum of Purdue University. On this day, Foley would achieve something that had never been achieved before in the long history of the National Football League.
Head coach Don Shula had dealt with one of his unpleasant memories the previous Sunday when Miami came from behind to defeat the Jets 24-14 in Shea Stadium. The pain of Shula’s loss to Namath and the Jets in Super Bowl III was far from gone. But four consecutive wins over New York certainly salved Shula’s wounds.
And speaking of losing to the Jets, Don Shula had been head coach of the Colts that fateful day in the historic Orange Bowl. Shula hoped Super Bowl III would be the crowning achievement in his spectacularly successful stint as head coach of the Baltimore franchise. Over seven seasons, Shula compiled a gaudy 71-23-4 record. In the 1967 and 1968 seasons Shula had a 26-3-2 record, THE SECOND BEST TWO-YEAR RUN IN NFL HISTORY, exceeded only by his 32-2 TWO-YEAR RUN WITH THE 1972 AND 1973 MIAMI DOLPHINS! Shula’s overall record during his first 10 years as an NFL head coach 113-30-4, a mind-boggling 83 games over .500!! –Needless to say, THAT record has never been broken!!
Colts’ owner Carroll Rosenbloom could only remember Shula’s big Super Bowl defeat. An ungrateful Rosenbloom said “Shula always chokes in the big games.” After Miami owner Joe Robbie stole Shula away from Baltimore, Rosenbloom didn’t want Shula back. Instead, he demanded, and GOT, via a ruling from commissioner Pete Rozelle, Miami’s top draft choice. Later, Rosenbloom traded ownership of the Colts in exchange for becoming owner of the Los Angeles Rams. Rosenbloom was in Los Angeles the day Shula’s Dolphins won Super Bowl VII at the L. A. Coliseum and completed the NFL’s one and only Perfect Season. Said Shula, “I’m particularly pleased we won this championship in the very city where a certain man (Rosenbloom) now resides.”
Don Shula enjoyed great success against every one of his AFC East opponents in the decade of the ’70’s, including his former team, the Baltimore Colts. After losing to the Colts in 1970, Shula’s Dolphins won eight of their next 10 meetings. On January 2, 1972, Miami shutout Baltimore 21-0 in the AFC Championship Game. Then, during the 1972 Perfect Season, Shula’s Dolphins shut out the Colts twice more by scores of 23-0 and 16-0. The Don of Miami relished the thought of blanking the Colts for a fourth consecutive time!
Miami’s offensive coordinator during those three consecutive shutout victories was Howard Schnellenberger. Today, however, “Schnelly” was on the other side of the field. He had been hired by Baltimore as their new head coach not long after the Dolphins won Super Bowl VII. Schnellenberger’s rebuilding process in Baltimore was hampered by a lack of young talent. Both he and his former boss (Shula) knew that the 2-6 Colts would have to play their best game of the year just to keep this game close.
The temperature was a mild 74 degrees at the 1:00 PM kickoff. But swirling 15-20 MPH winds coming in from Biscayne Bay would play havoc with both teams’ passing games. This played right into Miami’s advantage. The Dolphins had the best offensive line and the best running game in the NFL.
On Miami’s second possession Mercury Morris used his quick feet to bouce outside left tackle, then back across the center of the field, on his way to a 48 yard touchdown romp! The “No Name Defense” stopped the Colts on their next series, forcing a David Lee punt. Cornerback Tim Foley, a special teams ace, broke through the line and BLOCKED LEE’S KICK! He snared the ball at the eight yard line and scooted into the end zone, giving the Fins an early 14-0 lead!
Miami continued to run the ball with success. The next long drive got the ball all the way to the Baltimore six yard line. Yepremian’s chip shot field goal expanded the lead to 17-0 at the end of the first quarter. The rout was on!
Neither of Baltimore’s quarterbacks, Marty Domres or Bert Jones, were effective against Miami’s suffocating defense. They would combine for just seven completions in 22 attempts for 59 yards, no touchdowns and two interceptions. Miami would sack these two QB’s five times for 39 yards in losses. Thus, Baltimore ended with just 20 yards net passing FOR THE ENTIRE GAME!!
The second quarter featured a 53 yard touchdown run by Mercury Morris plus a 14 yard Yepremian field goal. It was 27-0, Miami, at the half.
Miami’s “No Names” stuffed the Colts again early in the third quarter. AGAIN, David Lee’s punt was blocked, this time by Bob Matheson! Tim Foley scooped-up the ball at the five and sprinted into the end zone with his second TD of the game! It marked the FIRST TIME IN NFL HISTORY that anyone had returned TWO BLOCKED PUNTS FOR TOUCHDOWNS in a single game! Foley was in the record books! And the Dolphins had a 34-0 lead.
Later, Garo would connect on a 38 yard 3-pointer and reserve running back Charlie Leigh would scamper 34 yards for another Dolphins’ TD, making the final score 44-0 in favor of Miami. Don Shula HAD his fourth consecutive shutout of the Colts, outscoring them 104-0 over that span!
Game statistics told an equally lopsided tale. Miami had 17 first downs to four for Baltimore. Miami had a club record 315 yards rushing plus 97 yards passing by Griese and Morrall. The Colts had a paltry 132 yards rushing and passing combined, much of it in the fourth quarter against Miami’s back-up defenders.
On the day, Mercury Morris rushed 12 times for 144 yards and two touchdowns. His average through nine games was 7.3 YARDS PER CARRY!! And the “No Name Defense” was now playing at their absolute best just as this team prepared to travel to Buffalo for a key AFC East showdown against OJ Simpson and the Bills!
Speaking of Buffalo, the news out of Rich Stadium was outstanding. The Bengals had just defeated the Bills 16-13, dropping Buffalo to 5-4. A Miami victory next Sunday would CLINCH THE AFC EAST TITLE FOR MIAMI!
The 1973 Miami Dolphins were now 8-1.
http://www.pro-football-reference.com/boxscores/197311110mia.htm
Finsmob Unleashed 
Tim Knight says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:22 pm
FFR, you never know your tent might still be blowing around and making its way back to you babe.
stick with the guys in tights humor. it is more your level.
What were you in love with this tent? LOL
brian,
I don’t disagree with what you’re saying. YEs some of the sacks he last couple of years is on tanny but not all. The oline really hasn’t been good in pass pro the last couple of years. Last year they started ok but when albert went down it went downhill.
I agree the oline has been shitty for a while now. Maybe since marino.
Might as well try beating the Texans there because we can’t anywhere else. LOL
oulder posted that there hasn’t been a decent OL since Marino.
The last truly effective OL I can remember was in 2002 and consisted of:
LT 63 Mark Dixon
LG 66 Jamie Nails
C 61 Tim Ruddy
RG 75 Todd Perry
RT 71 Todd Wade
We were playing really well until Jamie Nails went down, Seth McKinney took his spot and then we bombed.
We got to be more dominant in the run…teams knew we were a very pass heavy team, so they pinned their ears back and kept bringing it….we’ve got to beat the rush & blitzes back.
yup. I hope we’re committing to rushing a lot more this year
Agreed. Maybe less shotgun would be nice too.
getterdone says:
August 5, 2015 at 12:14 pm
If ya don’t remember maybe you got roofied 😉
No, pretty sure there were no roofies, just lots of shots….LOL
Here is the link for line up and record prediction. go at it 🙂
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A6PuNZcFYadb2wHF5xlNePadZQ9FRe8urWupu4p3dRw/edit#gid=0
I’ll be in there shortly…thanks for doing it again.
Really? LOL
Tim Knight says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:29 pm
What were you in love with this tent? LOL
how else can i explain the stains.
(and yeah being i cant find a replacement. besides i still have it. it wasnt like it blew away like a kite. the legs are just bent and not useable)
LMAO!!! Did you try using splints? They could have been healed by now.
https://www.ezupdirect.com/product-category/parts/?filter_part-sizes=651
but i see how you bastards, you love to dwell in my pain of losing my tent.
when i find a replacement, see if i let any of you guys in to visit ken.
Coach Joe Philbin confirmed Jarvis Landry’s “home base is still inside” at slot receiver.
There’s been talk Landry may play outside more in year two. That may be the case, but Landry’s going to be in the slot the vast majority of the time. Inside, he’ll be able to gobble up targets between the hashes and have 100-catch upside. By most accounts, Landry has also looked faster this summer.
He’s good at it.
Kenny Stills has missed the Dolphins’ last three training camp practices with a calf injury.
He’s been held off to the side riding a stationary bike. We haven’t heard much on Stills since he was acquired from the Saints in March, as he’s flown under the radar following the first-round selection of DeVante Parker and continued emergence of Jarvis Landry. But Stills figures to play the old Mike Wallace role in Miami on the outside. Ryan Tannehill’s deep ball has reportedly looked much better this summer.
“Ryan Tannehill’s deep ball has reportedly looked much better this summer.”
Hmmm… I wonder why?
Cause Wallace da kid is gone! 😉
The route was perfect & so was the pass😀
Tim Knight says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:45 pm
“Ryan Tannehill’s deep ball has reportedly looked much better this summer.”
Hmmm… I wonder why?
Alex, what is lots of practice with lauren?
LMMFAO!
What is no bitching by Diva Mike Wallace?
I owe GDP another beer.
getterdone
i saw that link. bookmarked it too. got to look what it would cost to repair it, if it is worth it.
one thing for sure if i repair it, not letting that fucker tim in it. he is a mean sob making fun of my misery.
Yeah, looked like you could get the whole replacement 10×10 cage for $59-$69, which is about $100 less than buying all new. Hopefully the canopy will switch out with it.
Call the company and find out.
Good Luck.
Hey I tried helping you find her twin.
finfanrob says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:36 pm (Edit)
but i see how you bastards, you love to dwell in my pain of losing my tent.
when i find a replacement, see if i let any of you guys in to visit ken.
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I love visitors. It gets lonely down here in the basement.
Your the one that bent the legs being tied up from all that flogging eh?
i
Can I buy a vowel?
is that a small silent fart?
@JeffDarlington: I Can Throw The Deep Ball by Ryan Tannehill. (Raw footage from CBS-4 cameraman @thewiwitos at today’s practice) https://t.co/hrg8pTjkNn
That looks right on target
who was the DB?
Delmas I think.
Delmas
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Coyle on Jamar Taylor: He’s playing “his best football since he’s been here.”
I think its possible that Tanny may have actually simply improved his deep ball and it has nothing to do with the receivers around him
i
agreed
I think he has improved, but when you watch Landry’s spacing from the sideline that also makes a world of difference. Hartline & Wallaced hugged the sideline making shit harder on everyone to make the big play.
The Flying Pig says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:56 pm
i
alex, what is the start to every womans answer to an arguement
Just a red mark from Sanchez’s toe nails.
LOL that he would see that.
wed 8/4 from MH:
Dallas Thomas, vying for the starting left guard job, did not practice today due to a shoulder injury. Jamil Douglas, also competing for the starting job, took the vast majority of first-team snaps at left guard but not all of them, according to coach Joe Philbin.
Meanwhile, the level at which Ndamukong Suh plays defensive tackle (over the right guard) shows him to be a more obvious mismatch versus first-team right guard Billy Turner with each passing day. Suh today blew up a couple of running plays to the point he was in the backfield as Ryan Tannehill was handing the ball off.
Suh also dominated on pass plays.
And neither side is really going full bore quite yet.
“We haven’t done anything totally live yet,” defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle said. “But we’re on point with what we’re trying to do.”
On the other side of the football the explanations for why so many plays get blown up are interesting.
Said Joe Philbin of the competition: “No one’s earned anything yet.”
Me: “We know.”
“I feel safe,” quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. “Everyone is competing. I’m not sure who is going to be in that [guard] spot but guys are competing and guys are facing one of the best, if not the best D-tackles in the league. It’s not always going to be pretty no matter who is up there. I don’t expect those guys to lock Suh down every single play.”
That is fair. Will he expect them to lock down Kyle Williams? Muhammad Wilkerson? Jabaal Sheard? Sheldon Richardson, assuming he ever gets back on the field?
The point is the three other AFC East teams also have good talent on their defensive front. Oh, and Buffalo coach Rex Ryan and New York coach Todd Bowles are known for bringing a blitz or 15 every game. Also, New England’s Bill Belichick is a solid defensive coach.
So it does not promise to get way easier for the Miami line.
Oops, 8/5 ^^^
Sheard is a DE Mandoface, not a DT
Boulder,
I added a formula to sum up each persons “W-L” record based on W & L entered in the individual weeks.
DolfansNYC going to DC game
Isn’t someone here going?
Tim,
No need to worry about locking down Richardson or Wilkerson; the NFL gods already did LOL.
Flaw in Mando’s logic is that Miami’s OL has gotten worse YR/YR. It hasn’t; the Fins DL has gotten much better though YR/YR. As for Buffalo, NYJ, & NE. Their DL has not gotten better YR/YR; their talent level is maxed out except for NE which has lost the talent of Wilfork that won’t easily be replaced.
This current OL group with the exception of Douglas, has faced Buffalo/NE/NYJ in real games.
The media makes it seem like we were never able to get a play off last year.
I’ll be the first to say the OL had some major problems last year but a lot of it to me was system change, a lack of chemistry due to new personnel along with too many injuries. It wasn’t just a talent issue though there was some of that too.
GDP / Tim,
Landry definitely won’t line up as a classic X or Z but we all know how GB WCO likes to operate; interchangeable XYZ. Landry pretty much just is the much better version of Brandon Gibson.
Yep!
Defensive coordinator Kevin Coyle spoke to the media today for the first time since training camp opened.
On what a player has to do to win the CB competition between Brice McCain and Jamar Taylor: “Be one of the top two corners. That’s what he needs to do. Jamar is playing, I think, his best football since he’s been here in camp. He’s in a hotly contested battle with Brice McCain. Will Davis, we’re pleased with the way he’s coming.”
Well, Davis had a couple of significant bad moments in practice today. Michael Preston beat him on a deep TD throw from Matt Moore. And Matt Hazel also beat him for a TD.
LB Koa Misi left practice midway through, escorted by trainers. The unknown reason for him walking off is not believed serious.
When Misi left, Chris McCain played strongside linebacker, Kelvin Sheppard played middle linebacker and Jelani Jenkins took the weakside linebacker spot with the first-team defense.
With Misi’s durability a question coming off last season, the depth at linebacker is a question mark. But not to Coyle.
“I think it’s still early to tell if there are any holes,” he said. “I’ve been really impressed in our linebacking corps. I think we have a lot of depth in that group to be honest with you. Not a lot of flashy names but we have guys who have proven they’re going to quality players.”
Misi’s durability really really concerns me…Go Sheppard & Tripp.
***The Dolphins are trying to develop a pool of potential returners — Bobby McCain, Kenny Stills, Brent Grimes, others — but Rizzi said Landry remains the frontrunner for both jobs.
“Right now you have to say he’s the best at both,” Rizzi said.
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Still don’t know why Bobby McCain isn’t in this mix. Also Grime? Are you kidding me? Yeah, let’s just get him injured…SMH!!!
Isn;t Bobby McCain the first name on that list?
I agree on Grimes
forget him as a returner
really I think it would be best to have some one like McCain or a LaMichael James
Guys have to work at different positions like returns in case there is an injury in a game. Someone active has to do it. They do this every year with guys who have skills at it.
Landry did returns all last year. Did he get hurt? I read that Bobby McCain has worked as a return man.
My bad, too many McCain’s or brain fart from inhaling too many pig farts.
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LOL. Indictment on Kaep and Alex Smith
Sounds like a dumb comment to me.
Try Pod says:
August 5, 2015 at 12:58 pm
Just to be clear, I don’t know if Mathis is the answer for us. I’m inclined to let the line develop and go from there. My point was that I believe there are several reasons why he is not in camp; I concede that you make a valid point, but that is the same for everyone. For example, a guy retires from a $100k job, his boss offers him extra $20k to stay, guy says no, boss offers $30k guy says no, but starts to think about it. Boss says $50k final offer guy says, I’ll take the corner office.
LOL! I had a similar situation happen to be years ago. I gave my boss a months notice that I was leaving he asked why. Too many hours, not enough pay, got a better offer you are an asshole to work for sometimes.
He said “well ok”
The next day he came to me and promised not to be an asshole to ME anymore. (he couldn’t guarantee that he would not be to others. LOL) and offered me a $10K raise and a company car.
I said NOPE.
The next day he came to me and offered me a $20K raise a company car and two more weeks of paid vacation per year.
I said NOPE sorry.
The next day he came to me and offered me a $25K raise a company car, two more weeks of vacation and 5% percent of the profit on any project I managed.
I said wow, really? why am I worth so much more today than I was last week? Sorry man but no.
The NEXT day he called me into his office and put $10K in CASH on the desk in front of me and told me to put it in my pocket. He then said that his last offer would stand but I could leave after 6 months and of course I would have to train my replacement. Just put the cash in your pocket and tell me you will stay until December and train your replacement and I will give you all the rest as well while you do it.
I was like WOW and was going to take it….and then the Accountant who I had been secretly dating and had recently broken up with walked past and gave me the stink eye…..I slid the money back across the desk at him and said nice try but I am still leaving in 3 weeks. LOL
I’m not worried about Landry getting hurt
But I do think he is Tanny’s top target
and we are going to rely on him a lot early
He is basically our #1 and I don;t like the idea of a #1 returning kicks/punts
Ah yes the return of the scary returns debate. 😉
That is the scent of football in the air
I think the more important you are to a specific unit (D or O), the less you should expose them to special teams. That’s what backups are for. Dez Bryant hasn’t returned kicks for Dallas in a bit and for good reason. Landry should follow the same route.
I agree and why the roster is 53
Pig farts help the brain function more efficiently
that is just science
Tim,
Gore basically saying Smith & Kaep aren’t in the same class as Luck when it comes to leadership.
He runs the huddle as if that’s unique. Maybe he’s just afraid of Luck’s choppers and beard. LOL
I don;t want neck beard mad at me!
Tanny publicly saying he feels safe behind this OL is a good sign for now. He’s a trooper, doesn’t panic. That’s leadership!
I think Tanny is at the point where he’s like “I’ve been chased and hit my whole NFL life; i’m used to it by now”.
The Flying Pig says:
August 5, 2015 at 4:08 pm
Pig farts help the brain function more efficiently
that is just science
yeah but everyone knows thats cause pig brains are made of shit.
…and now mice brains are from aborted fetuses.
Yeah it’s going beyond planned parenthood and hiding behind the name for some questionable science.
I love visitors. It gets lonely down here in the basement.
When did mobile homes start coming with optional basements??
Miami Dolphins @MiamiDolphins 22m22 minutes ago
1. Offense bounces back
2. Defensive front dominant
3. Situational success
Observations: http://oak.ctx.ly/r/3h7r7
Hmm, sounds like a balanced team.
A couple WR articles/blog entries put out today:
http://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2015/breakout-late-round-nfl-receiver
https://www.profootballfocus.com/blog/2015/08/05/odell-beckham-is-the-nfls-best-wr-right-now/
GD, on game day the roster is 46. 😉
Right, I know…up from 45 since the NFL dropped the 3rd QB rule.
Pick your best 46 each week.
Just saying on game day you play your best players and don’t act like STs aren’t important. It’s always great to have a backup excel as a return man etc, but if they’re not any good you’re hurting yourself throwing them out there when the better return man is a starter.
Agreed, I would just like to see a guy like Bobby McCain or LM James fill that duty. Heck even Ajayi for now, tho it might not be good for his knees.
May be a way for Lippett to make the roster as well.
Wyo,
Hard to believe any reporter at this point.
I saw the TD pass to Jennings everyone was praising as Jennings running some sort of nifty route.
Omar put the entire play on his Instagram account as a video and all I saw was a major fail in safety/cb communications on a roll out (busted play).
I noticed some of the writers / tweeters seemed to be trying to soften the blow about how bad our Oline is today with comments like “Pass completed, nice clean pocket for Tannehill”. or “good protection”
??? LOL ???
I like Tannehill’s beard better than Luck’s..
Good pic.
There’s no such thing as a good pic for a QB
Good one Son! LOL
This just in:
Suh is Good!
This news flash brought to you by the South Florida media.
Nogtih all! I am like a pregnant women’s belly button!
You’re out there alright.
You never did say if that accountant was a man or a woman. LOL
dbolt48 says:
August 5, 2015 at 2:59 pm
@JeffDarlington: I Can Throw The Deep Ball by Ryan Tannehill. (Raw footage from CBS-4 cameraman @thewiwitos at today’s practice) https://t.co/hrg8pTjkNn
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RT had a clean pocket, what Oline was blocking? It couldn’t have been ours, because they get blown up on every play, is all we’ve been hearing.
All the passes and TDs he throws in TC are from just before he hits the ground.
What I like most about this play is he’s under center.
Arian Foster’s Friday surgery will reattach Foster’s groin muscle to the bone.
He’ll soon be placed on injured reserve-designated for return, shelving Foster through Week 8 — at which point he’ll be eligible to practice — and keeping him out of games until Week 10. Foster’s injury is said to involve a 3-6 month recovery, meaning he’s no lock to play even when eligible. After whiffing on free agent Pierre Thomas, the Texans will give younger backs Chris Polk, Alfred Blue, Jonathan Grimes, and Kenny Hilliard chances to earn carries in an RBBC.
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Can we finally beat these jokers?!?!
Yes. Andre Johnson is gone 🙂
Trainers shut down Dallas Thomas, the projected starting left guard, on Wednesday because of a left shoulder injury he suffered during Tuesday’s practice. The team had already been practicing without starting left tackle Branden Albert, who is still recovering from knee surgery.
Thomas, who was competing with rookie Jamil Douglas for the starting spot, has battled shoulder issues for most of his college and NFL career.
The Dolphins selected the former University of Tennessee standout in the third round of the 2013 draft despite knowing he had his right shoulder surgically repaired that spring. Thomas missed all of organized team activities and minicamp his rookie season because of the injury, and he played sparingly as a rookie.
Last season Thomas served as the primary backup on the offensive line and started nine games at guard and tackle. However, Thomas allowed a team-leading seven sacks in his 695 snaps.
Douglas, a fourth-round pick this spring, and veteran Jeff Linkenbach shared the left guard workload during Wednesday’s practice. Douglas continues to cross-train, learning the right guard spot as well.
“Nobody has earned anything yet, so we want to kind of send that message,” coach Joe Philbin said about the guard competition.
It hasn’t been determined when Thomas might be able to return to practice.
Yup we need #75 to play above expectation, but he’ll have his rookie woes along the way…need Albert next to him & not Fox.
Go Albert!
Dbolt,
http://espn.go.com/college-football/story/_/id/13374470/penn-state-christian-hackenberg-determined-deliver-nfl-draft-hype
I saw that today
Are you a hackenberg fan?
PSU. I thought Hackenberg severely underachieved last season, also taking into consideration the OL that was five times as bad as ours
http://grantland.com/the-triangle/2015-college-football-preview-the-indispensables-jalen-ramsey-sua-cravens-byron-marshall/
Here is a piece on some of the better players in college this year
good read if you are into college prospects
but don’t mention anything about Jalen Ramsey on a blog bc some delusional ass fuck will claim to be the only one who knows anything about him
Look at the optimism in Buffalo
LOL
http://espn.go.com/nfl/story/_/id/13382343/buffalo-bills-almost-quarterback-purgatory-gm-doug-whaley-says
First it was Cassel sucks and is on the bubble, now it appears he’s the leading candidate to be named starter…lol
The skill positions in Buffalo are pretty satcked
Watkins, McCoy, Woods & Clay
maybe they can help bail out whomever the QB is
but its gotta be the worst QB situation in the NFL right now…maybe Clev is worse
I feel we need to sweep the Jills & Jests! …then the usually split with the Pasts. Go 5-1 in division would go a long way to making the playoffs.
No worse than 4-2 or we’re in trouble again!!!
4-2 is more realistic. The Bills and Jets have some very good defenses, and it’s going to be tough to sweep them both.
I think 4-2 would be fine
I’m not sure any team int he AFC East is able to get to 5-1 or better
Right, point being 3-3 or God forbid worse is not going to get us in post season play…IMO.
3-3 possibly, 2-4 no way.
Brian
I know you are a PSU fan
just curious about your thoughts on Hackenberg
I’ve never really spent time watching him
He’s got a ton of talent, and an NFL arm for sure. He’s got all the physical attributes to make a good NFL QB, but IMO he’s got to get his head on straight and show a little more composure as the team leader. The OL was terrible last season, and I think he let that get into his head. He missed too many easy throws and threw a bunch of bad INT’s. Hopefully he can turn it around this season.
The one position I really consistently get wrong is the QB position
I still believe in Jake Locker…lol
Lol! I’d love for him to stay for his senior year, but if he plays well he’ll be a top 5 pick. No way he’s staying and I wouldn’t bame him.
The Flying Pig says:
August 5, 2015 at 5:48 pm
The skill positions in Buffalo are pretty satcked
Watkins, McCoy, Woods & Clay
maybe they can help bail out whomever the QB is
but its gotta be the worst QB situation in the NFL right now…maybe Clev is worse
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Jets are about as equally bad off IMO, maybe its a 3 way tie with Cleveland. Tampa Bay’s isnt great, Ram’s situation is iffy, Tennessee, Washington…quite a few teams out there with some ugly QB statuses.
I’m not as low on Geno smith as others
but I don;t think he is good
Tenn has Marioatta so they have a future
if I’m the redskins, I’m not giving up pm RG3 yet, and Cousins is pretty good
TB has Winston
I’m okay starting Foles if I’m the Rams
A message was left on my phone while I was at work informing me that my seasons tix would be going into the mail on Aug. 10, or thereabouts. Game one is Aug. 13. Luckily, it’s a road game in Chicago. And I’ll be in Chicago on business that day (but I won’t be going to the ball game b/c of an important dinner I’ve been invited to that evening.) HOWEVER, I WILL wear a Fins shirt under my jacket and tie that night. Get a couple of Colorado Kool-aids into me at dinner and who knows?? However, I’m hardly one to celebrate winning a preseason game.
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This person who left me the message also wanted me to re-state the details of the “security incident” that occurred in the parking lot during the Chiefs game last September 14. As a result of that incident, my wife will no longer attend Dolphin home games because there was NO SECURITY AT ALL in the Orange lot during the later portion of the 3rd quarter and all of the 4th quarter. The fact that I made the original complaint over 10 months ago and, to date, have received NO REPLY or apology at all has me more than a little upset at Dolphins management. All I can tell you folks is if you are going to a game, make sure you have the LEGAL weapon of choice in your car or truck because you sure can’t count on ANY security in portions of the parking lot.
Oh great but thanks for the heads up.
GDP’s report up the page about our starting Left Guard, Dallas Thomas, being shut down by trainers, is JUST the kind of news I feared when I raised the issue of Miami’s O-Line shortcomings earlier today. As camp drags on, it’s beginning to look like Brandon Albert either won’t play at all on week #1 OR will play at a level that is below his career standards. That does NOT mean we still can’t be successful, especially early in the season when we play teams that struggled last season. But when we get to the last 10 games of the year, I wonder what will be left of our O-Line? I guess we’ll find out soon enough.
OD, guys get banged up in camp. Let’s just hope we don’t suffer serious injuries like some other teams already have.
TIM; I hear ya on injuries. But, given Thomas’ history, I don’t expect him to play much, if at all, this season. This is a big blow in our weakest position, Guard. Don’t be surprised if the Fins make a move at guard in the next few days.
For some of you who don’t mind some baseball and Mets talk. Remember when I said if this team can score 4-5 runs more often they can rip off a bunch of wins because of their pitching?
Well they just threw out a stat tonight that the Mets are 40-6 when they score 4 runs or more. It just goes to show you how many games they scored less than that before the moves they made at 57-50.
TIM; This Mets at Marlins game somehow remids me of the early days of the Jets-Dolphins rivalry. During the George Wilson era, Jet fans used to outnumber Dolphin fans in the Orange Bowl from ’66 to ’69. Most of the games were very lopsided. By the 3rd quarter, most Dolfans were already in their cars heading home (unless they were too drunk to drive home). Tonight, the Mets are well on their way to a 3rd straight blowout win over Miami in the Marlins home park! The Mets won the first two games by a combined score of 17-2. And tonight’s final probably won’t be close, either. Interim Marlins manager Dan Jennings is doing his best George Wilson impression with a 27-41 record good for a .367 winning percentage, the lowest in Marlins’ history. I believe the Marlins will finish dead last and fire yet ANOTHER MANAGER in Jennings!! But before you laugh too hard remember this: the Marlins actually won a world’s championship in 2003!! – – The Dolphins haven’t even won a single playoff game since 2000!!!
SOMEWHERE, Mike E is smiling!!
I’m not laughing at the Marlins, I know they’re depleted. I’m talking about the complete dynamic change in this Mets team with a few moves at the trade deadline. I’ve never witnessed anything like this before.
Hopefully Dallas Thomas shoulder injury is not too serious
Barry Jackson reports that Jon Benton thinks it is NOT serious
wow! that deep throw by tanny was right on the money. Maybe they should run those deep slants more often.
I think they ran some stuff that had deeper options last year
it just really never came together consistently
I didn’t see too many deep throws to landry last year. Maybe it’ll work better between these 2
OD, it doesn’t sound like Thomas’ injury is too serious. Remember he started 9 games last year and backed up as well. He held up last year after his rookie season was a wash because he was drafted off of shoulder surgery. He really only has one season under his belt.
HOPE YOUR confidence in Thomas is justified. Gotta walk the greyhound and call it a night. HOPE all of you have a great tomorrow!
Maybe Mathis is asking for multi year guaranteed contract and the FO has to make a choice on signing him or signing miller or OV next year to long term. What do you do?
To me Mathis who will turn 34 this year is on a one year deal basis.
Then you don’t want to sign him, because I very seriously doubt he signs a one yr deal.
Steve, that’s why Mathis isn’t here or anywhere. He’s not getting a big multi-year deal from any team. 2-3 years tops from a team in a bind with incentives at best. He might not be into playing for lower than standard pay for him either and might retire. Some guys don’t want to go through the grind for less than what they feel their value is. Finnegan wasn’t going to play anymore for chump change and retired. We weren’t paying him $5M and he knew he wouldn’t get anywhere near that on the open market. That might be where Mathis is at.
I’m sure that’s part of it.
I posted this earlier.
Boulder posted that there hasn’t been a decent OL since Marino.
The last truly effective OL I can remember was in 2002 and consisted of:
LT 63 Mark Dixon
LG 66 Jamie Nails
C 61 Tim Ruddy
RG 75 Todd Perry
RT 71 Todd Wade
We were playing really well until Jamie Nails went down, Seth McKinney took his spot and then we bombed.
There is no way I sign Mathis. Go with what we have or we may get lucky and have a quality OG fall into our laps after the final cuts. The young blokes should be given a chance to show what they have.
The important thing about Mathis is that the reality of it is he’s probably better than anyone we have on the roster to play G right now. You can think he’s on the downside of his career, but he’s still better than Dallas Thomas or Jamil Douglas. The only obstacles in signing him are the how much money he wants and how much money and how many years he wants guaranteed money for. That’s it. The question isn’t whether he would start here or not, not even close.
The injury last season concerns me, but I see your point.
Thanks Lee Gale, your posts will go through without problem now. I agree about letting the young guys play. Jamil will probably see it happens that way anyway..
welcome to the board Lee Gale
My feeling is the 08 line was pretty good
but maybe that was a product of the wildcat
100% Piggy. We couldn’t run the ball for shit, that’s why the Wildcat was implemented.
We also had
Arthur LynchAnthony Fasano and an extra OL blocking.Bingo Mike.
what about loius polite(fb) the guy could lay some leather and he was a 4th down machine. Those were the days of 14-18 play drives with 1-2 passes.
Welcome Lee Gale! Mark Dixon is one of my favorite Dolphins OL. Gritty guy from the CFL, brought in initially to play G, but then shifted to LT without a hitch. Quality player
Lee Gale,
Welcome! I was trying to drive home that exact point yesterday. I would say the 2004 and 2005 were good as well, with Jeno James manning the LG spot. He was one of my favorites.
Bri
Mathis had an MCL sprain. I’m sure the doctors would examine him thoroughly before we give him a contract.
He missed a lot of time for an MCL sprain, no?
Grade 3 tear. I guess you kneed knee stability to be effective. lol
Nice post LG. I actually liked the Oline play the year we went 1-15 under CC.
any of u following the news yesterday about PatsKraft/Goodell fiasco? Kraft is shaking the tree real hard to see what falls out of it. Interesting stuff for some but I can understand if some of you want to remain uninformed. Yahoo pulled multiple Pats stories from its website.
No.
Let me know when they prove their innocence. I’m not going to hold my breath on that one.
Goodell wasn’t elected commissioner until the 5th round of voting by owners. In fact until the 4th round the voting was almost tied but to be elected the winner had to get 2/3 voting. I wonder who put this out there?
My answer to that is Tom Brady wasn’t drafted until the 6th RD. lol
good one I had to think about it for a second
Welcome Lee Gale!
Why the hell isn’t Lee Gale answering any of us?
he is probably sleeping he posted late last night
LOL! I don’t notice the time stamp!
Tim/Mike,
Is it just me, or are you getting nervous about the Mets bullpen?
Not really. Last night was one of those “prevent defense” situations. Just wanted to throw O
Flaherty in there to see what he could do, and it’s important to keep in mind that he traveled from the west coast and didn’t get into FLA until 5PM. We’ll be getting Blevins and possibly Vic Black soon. After the 4 hits off O’Flaherty, it was like a snowball rolling downhill. Shit happens.
I’m just thinking about last night combined with last week vs. the Padres. Hopefully they were anomalies. At least we won!
I kind of agree with Mike E. but I haven’t seen many of the middle inning relievers who have consistently impressed me all year. Hopefully our starters continue with 6+ innings most games.
Familia’s problem is he’s not throwing enough strikes like he did in the first half of the season. He gets in too many long counts and guys sit on pitches. He’s got to get ahead of these guys.
During the George Wilson era who was the QB that recorded the first franchise win?
George Wilson?
you are correct.Who would have thought a coach could be a QB/Coach.
Was it George Wilson, or John “Stove top stuffing” Stofa?
Bri, Tim
It’s a confidence thing with Familia. Once you get blown up, you have to regain your confidence. Not that easy, and that’s what the best closers have, is the ability to forget the failure, and bounce back strong the next game. Familia’s not there yet.
Kind of like cornerbacks, short memory.
Exactly! I almost wrote that in my post too. 🙂
this is his second deep throw of the day
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 44m44 minutes ago
Ryan Tannehill with a deep bomb to Rishard Matthews, who beat Zack Bowman. It would have been a TD. Matthews stopped running.
Run it out to the end zone like you expect to be there all the time. 🙂
Jetssuck
Polite was awesome to watch
4th and 1 – give it to Polite
That was the best thing about Sporano
I think we can confidently say Preton won’t be a dolphin
He’s also had some impressive moments. Not sure one bad play ends it for him.
he has cooled off since the beginning of camp. I wish parker was ready to go.
Well we know Parker is making the team so it’s good to have some of these other guys competing.
With Lazor saying he’s tweaked the offense some so not to stay stagnant I hope that involves more under center. The deep throw to Landry was an under center semi bootleg drop and launch. I dig that!
Bravado and everything else aside, I find it highly unlikely Brady has more than 4 years left.
Poor Jimmy Garapolo…
🙂
Yeah when his Frankenstein feet get even slower he’ll be a sitting duck.
More like 3 or 4 tops.
I bet Suh and Wake will have something to say about how many years he has left
Not exactly hard to achieve longevity as a QB when your team cheats in a myriad of ways and your offensive line is allowed to hold.
LMAO
Manning has 2 years left, Brady has “Suh” years left……..
LOL, that’s right punk Suh will tell you how many years you have left.
Lol
Brady probably has 2-3 yrs left. It’s sad when these players think they are good enough to play beyond their talent levels and they try to continue. Brett Farr, D.Culpepper, and Pennington to name a few.
Bat, the one good thing is if the Pats OL continues to get away with holding, Suh will rip their helmets off and smash their heads in until they stop. LOL
I just want Bellicheat to tell Suh to “Fuck off!” Like he did to Derrick Mason during a game and see what happens.
Hulk like!
Welcome Lee Gale wherever you are.
Piggy
Douglas had better feel like that, or he should hang ’em up. That being said, the fact that he says that doesn’t give me any comfort. He has to DO it.
(Piggy gives Mike E a pillow)
Do you feel comfort now?
🙂
I’m happy to see a young Midround selection get a chance to develop
He was targeted and drafted to be a LG so hopefully we hit on him even if it’s not this year.
drew Rosenhaus was on the wsvn late night training camp nightly recap (15 minutes) show last night.
I am on the fence about Mathis. I get Mike E’s point that he is probably better than any one on the roster at the moment but not sure it is best for this team to have him play as opposed to have Douglas and Turner and Thomas get their playing time. They have much greater upside than Mathis at this point and signing Mathis is going to cost and we don’t have a ton of cap space for next year. Also Mathis is a better run blocker than pass protector. He may not be that much of an upgrade over what we already have.
the guy is a pro bowler several times but he can be a progress stopper for our young guys
He is also 34 and coming off an injury. I would not be to gung ho on signing him but I would get why if we did.
Benton is a good coach that took Wade and turned into a pro bowler where we couldn’t do anything with him but then again it took him 2-3 years under Benton. Either way it turns out we have Benton and next’s year draft with minimum rookie salary against salary cap. I don’t expect next year FA signings to be anything but minimum salary signings with emphasis on rookie development through the draft.
How pulley we get to see a little Ajayi this year
Hopefully
Not how pulley
Let’s see how Tripp does in this drill
I may be changing my squeals on him
Let’s see how they all do, tackling was an issue last year.
Brian in NY says:
August 6, 2015 at 9:40 am
Why the hell isn’t Lee Gale answering any of us?
well:
he probably looked up and saw a flying pig
upon logging in got met by some satanic spirt warning of being positive
was greeted by some mets fan saying, here take my hand
had some guy outside his house with a chain saw saying ‘got any bushes’
was asked over and over and over ‘name your sources’
was asked how big his bucket was
was told, ‘i am god, your opinion is now wrong, you will only believe in my opinion from now on’
and finally
saw some green hulk chained up in a basement wearing a tutu getting spanked.
i am sure he is gone by now
You are not supposed to tell anyone about the tutu damn it.
jetsssuck says:
August 6, 2015 at 10:32 am
Brady probably has 2-3 yrs left.
wrong, brady has goodell years left.
It may Goodell that has a limited time left. Did you see all the news about Goodell? Kraft the owner is shaking the tree real hard and previously information usually not revealed is being exposed outside its closed 1 percenter society. Yahoo pulled stories from its website why is that are they afraid of reprisals?
@lilboon: Taylor hits a streaking Charles Clay in his back with the ball, sending MarQueis Gray into hysterical laughter #BillsCamp
Clay took his clothes off in practice?
I don’t see how Mathis is a progress stopper. There are 2 guard spots. If Mathis wins one, there is still another spot, and let the best man win between Douglas and Thomas and Linkenbach and whoever else you want to throw into the mix.
Like Turner. 😉
The thing you hear about Mathis is excels in the run game, but needs help in pass pro. Doesn’t that sound familiar so far, but at about 5-6 million dollars less
Chris Perkins @chrisperk 2h2 hours ago
CB Bobby McCain INT on Josh Freeman. Nice job by McCain. Kid seems to be a player.
Do do doooooooo
Hey now Bobby now now Bobby McCain yeah!
just moving my posts to the top of the next page
Hello Lee Gales! Are you new?
Brian in NY says:
August 6, 2015 at 9:40 am
Why the hell isn’t Lee Gale answering any of us?
Simmer down there Brian! LOL Don’t be so touchy. Maybe he doesn’t like you….
jetsssuck says:
August 6, 2015 at 9:40 am
what about loius polite(fb) the guy could lay some leather and he was a 4th down machine.
Lousaka Polite Jetssuck LOUSAKA!!
I glad u got it correct I was to lazy to look it up