Before I get down to Ask Mike business, I just want to thank Piggy and Sonny for all of their hard work, and all the time and effort they have made to keep all of us entertained and educated about our team. I think we should all give them a big thanks, they have been pumping out article after article, day in and day out for quite some time now. Not many Miami Dolphins blogs can boast that. Thank you!
from Al
Q – Mike,
I might as well get this question out of the way for ya,
What do you
think about the Dolphins TE situation? LOL (queue the Lynch venom)
I’m not totally shocked that Lynch’s tenure has come to an end. Last year he was on IR, and this year, he didn’t really show anything that gave the coaches a reason to want him on our roster, while Jake Stoneburner and Tim Semisch have shown some promise. Stoneburner made a couple of nice catches in the preseason game against the Bears, and Semisch is an intriguing player with size, 6’8” 266 lbs. I think we all knew that Lynch’s stronger point was blocking as opposed to receiving, but with Sims here who fills that role, I think we needed some diversity.
The biggest issue for us this year at TE, is the health of Jordan Cameron. He’s an all-pro TE when he’s healthy. The problem is, he’s too often NOT healthy. In 2014 he played in 10 games starting 9. in 13, easily his best season, he played in 15 games starting 14. He finished that year with 80 receptions for 917 yards, and 7 TD’s. That’s what I’d love to see from him this year. He does that, anything else we get is gravy! Sims has come a long way from when he was first a Miami Dolphin, and I think he could start if he had to, but he doesn’t have the talent and athleticism of Jordan Cameron. Cameron is a stud TE. Stoneburner could be a decent 3rd TE, and I do believe they like the size and potential of Tim Semisch. We may carry as many as 4-5 TE’s, last year we carried 4. Considering the health risk of Cameron, we might take 5.
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from Lee (Uwantwat)
Q – Mike. E.
I have to ask you this as you have seemed to be OL fixated in recent years.
Have the Phins done enough to put together a solid OL?
Do you think we still need to sign and overpay for Evan Mathis or a non ZBS OG in Andy Levitre?
I won’t bother you with inane comments regarding the newest Yet TE. I’m sure another will ask you.
Thanks,
Lee (uwantwat)
Thanks for the question and for participating Lee. Glad to have you on the blog!
To answer your question, I’m not sure yet, but I think it’s pretty obvious to anyone who knows me that I don’t think we’ve properly addressed the O-line. Too many questions abound. Sure, everyone wants to take for granted that #71 will be the Branden Albert he’s been for his entire career. He had major knee reconstruction. He tore both his ACL and MCL joints, and that was November 9th. Consider the fact that we’re talking about a guy who needs to remain stable and endure tons of force in the trenches, and a guy that weighs about 320 lbs, that’s a lot to ask. He might be back at some point, maybe even game 1, but will he be the same guy he’s been? I’m not sure. So that leaves Jason Fox at LT. Jamil Douglas looked OK in a very short sample of play, against a team learning a new defense. I’m not sure he’s ready for prime time, but time will tell. Same goes for Dallas Thomas and Billy Turner. They didn’t have a full game of play yet, and they haven’t played a team yet with a stout DL.
I feel like this years team has “We’re going for it!” written all over it. They brought in Suh, gave Tannehill a huge contract, signed Greg Jennings and Kenny Stills. If we’re going for it, why not finish the sundae with a nice cherry on top, and bring in the solid OG Evan Mathis. We will be severely capstrung next season, I realize that, but what a a shame it would be to have everything working, except the O-line. This year I would have taken an OT/OG in the first RD because of the fact that Albert may not be 100%, and also because our OG’s were unimpressive. We waited until the 4th RD to take Jamil Douglas, and I think it was too little too late. Stay tuned!
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from Ken
Q – How many games will Brady actually serve if any for his suspension from deflate gate? And what will be the Pats record in those games?
I think he will serve 4 games. It disgusts me that the courts are involved in this nonsense, and frankly, his latest stance that he wants to be punished for non cooperation rather than cheating tells me how selfish he is. It’s all about him and his legacy. He doesn’t want it tarnished, well he should have thought of that before breaking the damn rules!
I think even if the courts get involved (and they are), they will find the NFL has enough evidence (by their own rules) to suspend Brady for as long as they have, and he will serve the entire 4 game suspension.
I think Garoppolo will be 0-1 facing the Steelers. I think Garoppolo gets Buffoppoloed against the Buffalo Bills defense, so 0-2. I think The Patriots, despite playing with a shellshocked Garoppolo, they manage to edge out the upstart Jags by a FG or less to go to 1-2. Then the Patriots go to Texas to face the Cowboys, and Jerry Jones gets the last laugh, as the Bradyless Patriots finish 1-3 without their cheating QB.
So there you have it Ken, 1-3, with a chance at 0-4 if the Jaguars are as improved as I think they could be.
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from Stanger
Q – We are all excited about what Suh can do for this defense. Just that one exceptional guy creates opportunities for the others on the D-Line and takes pressure off the LBs and DBs. Hopefully it will give them a chance to think more about making plays rather than just stopping them. Without even going into where else his money could have gone, are you concerned about the one hugely important egg in one very large basket factor? Just as much as he helps the D, if he goes down we’ll be left with a less talented D than the one that was at best average end of last season.
stanger
Definitely concerned Jon. You look around the NFL, and not one other team has as much money tied up into a defensive lineman. The Dolphins have approximately 17-18% of their salary dedicated to Suh, where the 2nd highest is Tampa Bay Buccaneers DT Gerald McCoy, who takes up 8% of their salary cap. His 6 YR/$95,200M contract is plenty, but the biggest cap hit McCoy has was last year at $21.3M, but through the next few years, his salary cap maxes out at $14.6M this year, and goes down from there. Suh on the other hand has a cap crushing $28.6M next season, and then $22.1 and $22.4M respectively in 2018 and 2019. Consider that Ryan Tannehill’s new contract gives us a hit of $11.6M next season, and goes up to whopping $20.3M in 2017, and stays right around there through to 2020, that’s 2 players eating a whole lot of cap space.
Suh really does change the face of our defense, and if his play, and demeanor become infectious with his teammates, and he exceeds his play with the Detroit Lions, it may be worth it. Of course an injury would be devastating, so I won’t even discuss that. It’s always a risk giving a huge contract to a player, but sometimes they make the difference. Look what LeBron did with the Heat!
Everyone on the defense will benefit from Suh being there, we just haven’t had a player like him. I’d be shocked if Wake, Vernon, Fede, Shelby and anyone else playing DT don’t have better numbers with Suh on the field. Most of all I want Suh here in December, where Joe gets _ _ _ _ _ y, and the rest of the team _ _ _ _ _ s. Suh won’t allow that!
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from UK
Q – Hey Mike,
Good to see you back in the chair as it means another season is right round the corner.
So, it looks like the Jets and Pats are going to start handicapped and the Bills are still the Bills. Does this mean we win the East for the first time in a very long time?
Cheers
UK
You know what UK, I really, and truly believe it does! I do think it’s our time, and I also believe that if our O-line really isn’t working, we’re going to cave in and sign Evan Mathis. I think we’ve come too far to stop now. The Bills still scare me, because they’ve beaten us without a QB before. They’re defense is ferocious, and as scary as our own is now. They also feel like they can beat us, because they have. We need to change that, and with the growth of Tannehill, and the addition of Suh, I think we will.
The Jets may not necessarily be handicapped by the loss of Geno. Fitzpatrick is also an inconsistent QB, but he’s consistently better than Geno. Geno may have had a higher ceiling, but I think Fitz gives them a better chance each week than Geno. Despite that, We have a better team than the Jets, so I do think this is the year for us to come out on top.
The Patriots losing Brady will be a huge hit, and hopefully he misses the 4 games he should miss, and his suspension isn’t reduced by the courts, who really have no business in the NFL’s business. That’s total bullsh!t. Garoppolo is not going to lead that team like Brady, and hearing at some point earlier this year that Garoppolo will still be the best QB in the AFC East really pissed me off! Sickened me actually. The lack of respect to Geno Smith (Just kidding!), the lack of respect shown to Ryan Tannehill in that statement, and I can’t even remember who said it, but it was replayed on NFL radio, is just absurd. Ryan Tannehill may finish as a better QB this year than Tom Brady, never mind his understudy Jimmy.
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from Pigsgerald Oinkustus Bacon
Q – Dear Mike E.
I heard John Clayton call our offense a Don Coryell style offense recently. He also said we are no longer a west coast offense. Do you think that is true? Did Philbin abandon his roots? Any idea what Clayton means? How would you describe our offense?
Also, can we agree that piggies are bound to rule the Earth one day?
– Pigsgerald
Is John Clayton still alive? Wow! No seriously, I think we can all understand this, especially watching last year, where we threw the ball far more than we ran it. However, I don’t believe for a second that that’s the formula for this years offense. I think Philbin would prefer to run more, but we have to be effective doing it, and have the horses to do it. I hope Ajayi gets healthy, and shows he’s ready for the NFL, because I like the tandem of MillerTime, Ajayi and Williams. I get the feeling after watching the game the other day that LaMike is gonna be LaGone. He didn’t show me a thing on returns, and he went down so easily running into the back of his own man, Jordan Kovacs, and Kovacs wasn’t pushed backwards either.
Keep in mind that Ajayi is a 2nd RD talent, and for a RB that’s a compliment. Yes, he was drafted in the 5th due to medical concerns, but those concerns aren’t immediate concerns, but long term concerns. I think if he can get healthy, he will flash and be part of the RB group that should put up some nice yardage totals. I don’t think we’re going to pass 35-40 times per game, and run 15-20 again. I think we might some games, but not as a general strategy. I think we’ll run when we can run, and pass when we can pass, whichever works best against whatever defense we play each week.
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And now for the babe of the week . . .
Finsmob Unleashed 
GDP, I’ve speculated about the patsies bugging the stadium or tapping into the coach/QB/LB feeds. I wouldn’t doubt it for a second. The patsies haven’t earned any benefit of doubt.
Yeah, that’s a deep rabbit hole with the Patriots if one was to keep digging.
You do know Lazor was part the Chip Kelley offense during his time there. We see some influences of it here.
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Of course
but I mean that I’m not sure it fair to associate this style of offense as the Chip Kelly offense
its all over college football
but maybe Kelly brought it there first?
Hence me saying ‘some’ influences of it, which I’m a okay with.
drg says:
August 20, 2015 at 2:00 pm
This whole deflategate thing is so tired. It’s devolved into lawyers arguing over what the definition of “is” is. Bottom line is Brady and the patsies will use any advantage they think they can get away with as long as they gain a perceived edge. No matter the outcome of this, that’s their legacy.
drg, maybe splitting hairs here but every team will use any advantage they think they can get away with. that is the nature of sports. the pats didnt do that, they cheated. there is a big difference. they didnt try to find a weakness and exploit it, they took the rules and violated them.
Thanks Mike, we’ve got to work on that babe of the week though….
FFR, yeah, good point. Totally agree that the belicheat and co. will do anything they think gives them an advantage with zero regard to ethics, rules, or sportsmanship. They suck balls.
“Peyton Manning is insanely competitive, so it should not come as a surprise how he reacted when conversations with ex-Patriots players led him to believe that the Patriots’ visitors’ locker room was bugged.”
LOL GDP — what conversations were like in the visiting locker room in Foxboro.
LOL, yup…Peyton & Tom Moore had to meet in the ladies room and talk in a stall.
DId anyone else see the Grantland article on Miami yesterday? Some good stuff in there, but the DVOA numbers for our defense in the first and second half of the season were jaw dropping.
I just call our offense a spread with read options.
I’m calling it Laser guided offense = LGO
Isn’t there a gay TV channel called LGO or something like that? LOL
That’s not nearly technical enough to make you sound smart, Tim. How about a run option spread air raid Coryell west coast wing T hybrid offense?
LOL, good to see you DRG.
BTW, that’s Charles Tillman getting beat by Stills & Tanny!!!
Omar would say Tillman is slowing down after all these years. LOL
Admin, moderate my last post will ya. 🙄
Tim
I use EZ-Pass, so I don’t pay attention to how much the toll is.
Yeah me too, good point.
Got it GDP
Thanks for the Hand 😉
Tim, What else could I say, Everyone is gay…all apologies.
Good one. The gay TV channel is LOGO so you’re good to go. LOL
Thanks drg – Good to see you on here.
Alain Poupart @apoupartFins
Joe Philbin said Vernon’s absence was injury related.
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Rut Roh! 😯
Vernon Carey? It’s age related. lol
I hope so…we don’t need to have Olivier Vernon missing time.
Cardinals DT Corey Peters has been diagnosed with a torn left Achilles’ tendon, and is out for the season.
There goes part of the the Cardinals’ plan to replace Darnell Dockett. It’s a massive blow for a player who tore his right Achilles’ in 2013.
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Ouch, first Luipati, now Peters.
Iupati tore his achilles this year?
No he has to have knee surgery and is out like 6-8 weeks.
OK, thanks, I hadn’t heard that. That sucks.
Knee scope for Lupati
With Vernon sidelined, second-year defensive end Terrence Fede took snaps at right defensive end — a sign the Dolphins might view him as their first end off the bench this season.
“It felt good to go with ones today, working with Earl [Mitchell], [Ndamukong] Suh and [Cameron] Wake getting action against other ones,” Fede said. “Most of camp I’ve been going against twos, sometimes ones, so today was a great opportunity for me to get out there.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article31630946.html#storylink=cpy
I think OV was sidelined by philbin for fighting yesterday
It makes sense because Oher was out too.
gdp,
the tanny – stills highlight was sweet. That’s gonna be a good tandem to watch this year
Right on brother!
tim,
I just listened to philbin presser from today and he said OV had a little medical thing today. It had nothing to do with the fight. Not sure I buy it but that’s what he said.
Okay doesn’t sound serious.
Vernon Carey ate the scrimmage
So they placed him on IR
Mike E. says:
August 20, 2015 at 8:43 am
jetssuck
Tires definitely deflate in the colder weather. But . . .
It takes time, it won’t deflate within the time of a football game (3 hours), and a football doesn’t have 2500-6000 lbs pushing down on it, squeezing the air out. In fact, the football isn’t really supporting any weight in the majority of its use, so the comparison really doesn’t work for me. Even if Brady’s suspension is cut short, or eliminated completely, in my mind, he, and his team tried to skirt the rules, and got caught, which makes him a cheater. Criminals often plea bargain, but they’re still criminals nonetheless.
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I like your attempt to explain but Roderick MacKinnon was awarded the Nobel Prize in chemistry disagrees with your opinion and the NFL’s attempt to explain the different ball pressures.
Don’t worry, Marsha will be back soon enough. She did nothing wrong, it’s everybody else.
interesting fact if brady ends up serving 4 games suspension then 1st game back would be against the colts
Miami Dolphins receiver Jarvis Landry does not seem fond of the term “slot receiver.”
That is where Landry did most of his damage last season when he led the Dolphins with 84 receptions as a rookie. However, Landry does not want to be defined by that in his second season and is looking to grow his role.
“I think he’s got a chance to do that. He’s lined up in a variety of spots. He’s done some things outside,” Dolphins coach Joe Philbin said recently. “I think his natural home base is still inside, but he certainly has shown the ability [to do more], he’s a real quality route-runner. He can run different routes that you want on the outside. The beauty of him is he doesn’t slow down when he’s coming out of cuts. So if he can get on top of the (defensive back), he doesn’t waste any time whatsoever. That’s really, to me, is what makes him effective.”
“Absolutely, I’m excited about the opportunity that I’ve been getting,” Landry said recently. “I think for me now is just try to continue to develop, continue to evolve as we move forward schematically and try to make plays. I think that’s what we all have to do, to compete at a high level.”
Regardless what you call him…..Landry is a perfect fit for this system. We want players who can do it all, even if they ain’t all-world necessarily in one aspect.
He’ll be fine, still has growing to do as a complete receiver.
Heck, most receivers take 2-3 years if at all, just to be able to produce meaningful snaps.
I hear Odell Beckham Jr. being interviewed fairly often since I listen to both NFL radio and NY sports radio, and in almost every interview, he mentions Jarvis Landry. I think that’s great.
They made each other better.
Definitely, they fed off each other, and they were very close friends too.
They still are good friends. They look like they could be brothers.
jetssuck
You ASKed Mike, I answered. If you want to get what you want to hear, Ask Roderick. 🙂
BTW, welcome back Ask Mr. Hand, err Mike.
Was a good read, thanks. Must be football season…woot woot!
Thanks bud! Good to be back!
They still are good friends. They look like they could be brothers.
Walt Aikens:
The second-year defensive back worked in Delmas’ place with the first team during Thursday’s second (and final) joint practice with the Panthers. .
“It’s a big blow being that he just came off of injury less than nine months ago,” Aikens said. “It hurt us, but we’re praying for him and we’re going to move forward from this.”
He continued: “I’m just out here doing what the coaches ask me to do. They need somebody to step up. I’m here getting better every day, trying to do whatever I can to help the team.”
Aikens is in line for a huge promotion. He logged just 64 defensive snaps in 2014, third-fewest of any Dolphins player.
But after a strong offseason, Aikens has leap-frogged Michael Thomas on the depth chart and is expected to start Saturday in his native Charlotte, North Carolina.
“I think the big thing is going to be when we get out here Saturday night and all of the coaches are on the sidelines, some are up in the press box and things are happening fast and nobody is kind of reassuring them of what the right motion adjustment check is or empty check and those types of things,” coach Joe Philbin said.
“Can they get a guy down in space? Can they tackle a guy when it’s third-and-8 and the guy catches a 5-yard pass? Those type of things. We need to see them compete and make plays.”
Aiken acknowledged that the speed of the NFL game was a bit overwhelming last year. But he has a better feel in Year 2.
Confidence is key, he added. And he’s confident that the secondary will be better than some might think.
“Not worried about it. We’re just gonna ball,” Aikens said. “I’ve been with these guys for two years. I’ve got all the confidence in the world in these guys and they’ve got all the confidence in me. We’re just going to play football. It’s not that hard of a game.”
When asked if people shouldn’t be sleeping on the Dolphins’ defensive backfield, Aikens responded:
“Not at all. You can try it if you want to.”
Perhaps not. But they certainly need work together. The first-string defensive backfield was ragged at times Thursday, allowing two quick touchdown passes during full-team red-zone drills. Aikens was picked on for one; Brent Grimes was beat for the other.
If Aikens doesn’t pan out (and the Dolphins don’t bring in a starter from the outside), Thomas or even Cedric Thompson could get a look. Thomas re-signed after a solid 2014 season; Thompson had an interception late Thursday, a highlight of an otherwise quiet rookie camp.
“That’s the beauty of the NFL,” said Reshad Jones, who picked off Cam Newton on Thursday. “It’s next man up, next man in line. Our coaches do a great job of preparing each and every individual for those game situations, so I think Walt Aikens or Michael Thomas will be ready.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article31629344.html#storylink=cpy
The idea is to have young talent waiting in the wings or why bother drafting/acquiring them?
Cam Wake intercepts Fig Newton for what would’ve been a Pick 6!
and getting closer and closer to lil tommy being told just dont play with you ballies any more tommy and be good from now on and we wont suspend you
http://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nfl/deflategate-judge-says-brady-suspension-in-jeopardy/ar-BBlRxeW
nfl is standing firm without solid evidence that brady cheated. This is more about pride in the NFL offices. Ray Rice situation where the NFL says they didn’t have tape and it was concluded the tape was signed for inside nfl offices. Adrian Petterson case reversed and several PED cases suspensions lowered. The brett farve sexting case where brett farve refused to turn over phone but he was only fined 50k. Can the punishment of brady be comparable to farve’s or should he get fined 37 times the amount of Farve’s fine. I wouldn’t be surprised if Goodell is replaced next winter meetings
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 3m3 minutes ago
Jets’ Oday Aboushi has been suspended for first game of regular season for violating the NFL Policy and Program for Substances of Abuse.
The Finsiders @TheFinsiders 2m2 minutes ago
.@JohnCongemi on Terrance Fede getting 1st team reps today: “He was unblock-able, he took advantage of the extra reps…he was a beast.”
It’s a good thing Home is banned!
Professor Lou @professor_lou 2m2 minutes ago
John Congemi says Keuchly bounced off Landry today and Landry kept his feet and scored and players were just shaking their heads.
Go Fede! Go Juice!
Fede needs a lot more snaps in Reg Season. This does two things…
1) Let’s us see what he can do with fresh legs, gains experience, feel confident about him being a starter if need be.
2) Keeps Wake & Vernon fresher….limits Vernon’s production maybe enough to keep his resigning/FA contract somewhat reasonable. 😀
Could a 2014 7th rd pick and UDFA in Fede and McCain make us forget about Dion Fuckface?
Really starting to look that way…I forgot about him until you just mentioned him, Damn it!
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero
Dolphins coach Joe Philbin cancelled today’s walk-thru and took team to see Straight Outta Compton. Yes, team bonding on the road.
Andrew Abramson ✔ @AbramsonPBP
What’s your guess for Joe Philbin’s favorite NWA song?
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LOL
LOL
Tim Knight says:
August 20, 2015 at 4:30 pm
Could a 2014 7th rd pick and UDFA in Fede and McCain make us forget about Dion Fuckface?
did you see that link i posted of the top 50 draft bust picks….give you one guess who #1 is
Jetssuck
McKinnon’s report may contradict the wells report conclusion that physical laws cannot explain the loss of PSIs in the football
but that is all it does
it has nothing to do with tire pressure or Mike’s answer
it has nothing to do with all the other facts the wells report looked at
or the refusal to turn over evidence by brady
McKinnon wasn’t hired to investigate what occurred with the balls
just to report on whether physical laws can explain the loss of PSI’s in the ball
and of course he was paid for that report
So the guy concludes that weather can explain loss of air pressure in footballs
And some one else will explain why Tom Brady destroyed his phone
and some one else why the phone should not have been requested
and some one else why there was an increase in texts with the trainors before the game
and some one else why the trainors took the ball to the bathroom
and some one else why “deflator” as a nickname had nothing to do with PSIs
the fact that some one has to explain that all these things might have other explanations besides Brady’s involvement should raise an eyebrow to any reasonable person to begin with
Like I said from the get go
this isn’t a criminal trial
Some one can insert doubt into all these things if they want to
when you look at them as a whole, I think most people without biases will conclude that Tom Brady probably knew and even directed the balls to be deflated
If you want to go down a rabbit hole on every fact reported, go for it, some one can probably produce contradicting opinions on every aspect of the wells report
but as a whole, there is just no way to believe that all these other things have reasonable explanations
Also
Its worth mentioning that the conclusion about physical laws affecting balls is not wells, an attorney, conclusion, it physicist David Marlowe’s opinion, former chair of the Princeton University Physics Department.
Doctor Marlowe said
“This absence of an explanation based on natural factors tends to support a finding that human intervention may have been a factor.”
So one scientists says human intervention may be factor
the other one says that weather may be the only factor
they are just guessing what happened based on the facts they know
more damning that either report is the entire set of facts as a whole
and some one else why the trainors took the ball to the bathroom
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The guy had to go to the bathroom.Video cameras show he was inside the bathroom a total of 1 minute and 40 seconds. Can he deflate 12 balls in that time mind you he had to unzip bag,separate the balls from bag,deflate each ball individually, put deflated ball in bag to separate inflated vs deflated, and after doing this 12 times zip bag up and return out of bathroom. Or is more likely he actually had to go to bathroom and this bathroom was the last bathroom before hitting field. Mind you he would have to wait almost 3.5 hours before returning at halftime to a bathroom. I know I can’t hold it that long
well I told you some one would have an explanation for it
I guess we should assume he can’t pee without a bag of footballs too
I don’t want to bore the others with this topic
People can;t talk anymore about Brady
but you can read about the “science” of the balls here
http://www.politifact.com/punditfact/article/2015/jun/22/deflategate-and-limits-science/
if I were you and I wanted a truthful analysis of any aspect of this I would stay away from any report with a patriot logo on it
I got the best compliment ever for my cooking skills last weekend when my daughter said my son in law didn’t brush his teeth last night because he was savoring my barbq sauce flavoring for as long as he could. I guess he’s never had a root canal.
wyoming85 says:
August 20, 2015 at 4:17 pm (Edit)
The Finsiders @TheFinsiders 2m2 minutes ago
.@JohnCongemi on Terrance Fede getting 1st team reps today: “He was unblock-able, he took advantage of the extra reps…he was a beast.”
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awesome
Click on the individual pics…I’m still LOL @ Dr. Joe ‘The Chronic’
LOL
Ugh, my balls hurt from reading all this hash rehash of Brady’s balls, NY’s balls, Goodell’s balls, Roderick’s balls, Minnesota’s balls, Federal court’s balls, balls balls, balls.
Yeah
I gotta stop getting pulled into these arguments
What is that?
Smiling tri-nads?
Emotiballs
FFR, yes I did see that bust article. I didn’t enjoy it. LOL
getterdone says:
August 20, 2015 at 4:57 pm
Ugh, my balls hurt from reading all this
mine hurt from giving him the attention he is after with his idiotic defending of brady. just ignore him and he will go away.
why are u being confrontational. I am just pointing out facts from the case and I’m not looking for attention as u think. You have already convicted a person based on what? You have nothing because you know nothing about the case. You probably didn’t read a single article but you are all for convicting a person as long as it helps the dolphins. I ‘d rather beat the pats when they have their best players on the field. You really sound insecure and arrogant when you confront people with nothing to back up your facts of a 15 second sound bite.
The Flying Pig says:
August 20, 2015 at 4:59 pm
Yeah
I gotta stop getting pulled into these arguments
yes, please do. and encourage other also
LOL @ jetssuck on the BBQ sauce
Hey — it will be what it will be on deflategate.
Only one thing we can really be sure of.
BTW, this was Mike Wallace as a Phin!
LOL……how do you find that one? 🙂
BOOOOOOOOOOO!!!! HSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!! What a terrible BOTW. That ruined the whole post!
SPLINTERED ARM!!
And you missed the BOTW’s boyfriend after the series against the Bucs.
Stanger just keeps twisting the knife. lol
LOL — I was nice……could have said the “two series.” 🙂
Two new polls up
Check em out and vote
Rock
Mrs Met is very sexy, and she has a good head on her shoulders too. You just need to get to know her. 🙂
Mike has come out of the closet 😉
What kind of jerks make the polls a 3 way tie
Both of them!
jerks
Isn’t there some way to make poll orient at the bottom of the page?
I don;t know how
but maybe Herd or Twice can figure that one out if they read this
Yes, turn your monitor upside down
jetssuck,
Who’s going to remove Goodell? the owners? laugh. They love him, well, say everyone but Kraft. Jerry Jones and Stephen Ross have both made very favorable comments in support of Goodell in recent weeks which suggests the owners as a collective group, approve of Roger’s work. The owners are the only ones who have a say in Goodell’s matters. Players and fans bitch about Goodell’s behavior but they won’t stop watching the games over what he does. Even if they do, the casual fan doesn’t care and thus the complaining fans will be no big loss to the NFL revenue push.
Yeah, the fans calling for Goodell’s head are wasting their breath- he goes when revenues are negatively affected it he retires, and not a second before.
it took 5 separate votes by the owners to get him approved. International league failed, PED reversals, Ray rice episode of missing tape and only 2 game suspension before reversal, ap.What is said in public can be different behind closed doors. I have only heard of 1 or 2 owners who ever publicly said bad things against 1 another.
Omar said about 2 months ago that there’s something strange going on in NE when we play there. The second half of every game, except the ones that they’re already locked into a playoff seed, is lopsided in their favor. On the radio today they mentioned the cheats have the visiting locker bugged.
Well, they said Dungy thinks the locker rooms are (at least that’s what I read today).
LOL @ Mike E’s response
FEDE!!!
Don;t forget to vote on the polls (2 of them)
only 4 votes in so far
I voted for Ced and the puttana
I wanted to vote for anyone that would help it be a 3 way tie again, but unfortunately i am pulling for Aikens too much to bring myself to do that.
jetsssuck says:
August 20, 2015 at 5:43 pm
it took 5 separate votes by the owners to get him approved. International league failed, PED reversals, Ray rice episode of missing tape and only 2 game suspension before reversal, ap.What is said in public can be different behind closed doors. I have only heard of 1 or 2 owners who ever publicly said bad things against 1 another.
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Weak argument.
Voting for someone new is different than voting for someone out the door. One thing has nothing to do with the other. He lacked a majority support because he was an unknown commodity then. He is now a known commodity. He has presided over record league revenues and other issues that owners have liked. He has way more owner support now than he did going in and that’s the bottom line.
I am not arguing just offering a opinion.record league revenues could have been achieved without him because he alone didn’t obtain directtv contract along with cbs and nbc contracts.Rozelle and tagliblu didn’t have this many issues combined.
getterdone says:
August 20, 2015 at 4:28 pm
Fede needs a lot more snaps in Reg Season. This does two things…
1) Let’s us see what he can do with fresh legs, gains experience, feel confident about him being a starter if need be.
2) Keeps Wake & Vernon fresher….limits Vernon’s production maybe enough to keep his resigning/FA contract somewhat reasonable. 😀
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Not so much makes him easier to re-sign, but it does keep us from having to overpay. I helps us set the price lower, he still has to accept it. He may test the waters and i think some team will pay him a decent amount. He’s a good DE.
Limiting snaps doesn’t really limit free agency value. Agents are still going to extrapolate data into a $ price… e.g. performance per snap and make a total dollar assessment based on performance per snap * league average snap total for the position.
Oh i was meaning the more Fede is viable, the more the need to resign Vernon decreases. Yeah, limiting snaps doesnt really do much for shifting his value, because he will still grade out relational to how well he played when he was on the field.
Also, if you look at Wake’s current contract, if he maintains similar production this season as last two years, it’s pretty good value as a % of NFL cap and for production at the position.
If he has a beastly year, i think he becomes hard to negotiate with, though i will say i think he is asked to take a restructure to get his cap hit down as next year is going to have the brunt of Suh’s contract in it. Restructure doesnt mean he will be paid less, it just shifts the money around.
jetssuck
Just to chime in a bit. Really can’t compare the issues that Goodell had with Rozelle and Tagliabue, because in that era, this information such as Ray Rice in AC and basically AP and almost everything else would not have been public knowledge. The way information is distributed is lightyears different than when Rozelle and Tagliabue were Commissioner.
There isnt much about one era of football you can compare to another era. Plsyers, what makes a successful offense, how player suspensions were handled, none of that is really applicable one era to another. Goddell is not well liked among fans, but he seems to be very well supported by most the owners, Kraft included until very recently. I dont think Goddell can be vilified because of a lot of these isues that have surfaced recently as a reflection on how well he runs things. Profits have never been higher, audiences have never been larger, swept under the rug issues are actually being handled. I dont think he is great, and i have issues with some of the pussified rule changes they have made to some aspects of the game, but all in all he really isnt that bad.
Cable and DirecTV, twitter, streaming, and fantasy football have really launched the NFL into a new stratosphere, but some of the advances in social media have hampered it’s image, because now every time an NFL player steps outside the lines (Not like Ted Ginn Jr. used to), the public hears about it, and the NFL gets painted in a bad light like a bunch of thugs play in it, when in reality, there are no more criminals in the NFL than any other business.
I think society in general have more entitled, thugish, shit heads. Its not a reflection of the NFL its a reflection of the times we live in lol.
true but the role of commissioner is the same as it ever was. Rozelle had to deal with gambling with colts marty something qb. Goodell has had many issues to deal with.
I think though man, its because he is dealing with them. Like they said, most the time previously the information never became public so the previous commish’s werent having to deal with them, they swept it under the rug, or possibly never even heard about it themselves. =There also is this fucking etitlement everyone gets a trophy generation of players who believe they can do and say whatever the fuck they want to and there shoud be no consequences. They dont show self restraint and then the commish HAS to step i and do something.
Jetssuck,
Rozelle and tagliblu presided in different eras before the prevalence of social media, more aggressive legal environment. MLB & NBA have had similar issues as those faced by the NFL. Also to say a different president would have done the same thing is sheer here say and is non factual. It’s like saying any CEO can do the same job because economic environment are the only determinants that drive business revenue.
Description of what Chris Borland (who retired after one season) said was the advice from one of the vets on the Niners.
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“Get yourself a fall guy,” the former player, whom Borland declined to name, told the rookies that if they ran into legal trouble, their designated fall guy would be there to take the blame and, if necessary, go to jail. “‘We’ll bail him out,'” Borland says the former player assured them.
Borland was appalled. “I was just sitting there thinking, ‘Should I walk out? What am I supposed to do?’ ” he recalls. He says he didn’t leave the room because he didn’t want to cause a scene, but the incident stayed with him.
It wasn’t Aldon Smith, because he got caught every time! lol
More i hear about his story more i respect the kid. I mean i would hate it if i was a flippin 9’er but kid has his morals and he sticks to them. Its a shame that it came to it because he seemed like a great player int he making too.
Not sure exactly what went down (still wondering if he had an undisclosed health issue), but he sure ain’t no Jonathan Martin. I just couldn’t see after all that effort to get there walking away from all that money. Two-three years from now I could see.
LOL@GDP
Who knows, we could see a Dolphins team we’ve never seen before or at least in a very long time… Run away with the east!
Otherwise its same old, same old… Try to keep pace with the Jills and steJ while watch the Patsies take the east…
True D, there are a lot of “self entitled” a-holes out there.
I don’t get why they even sign the CBA let alone miss games, training camp etc to sign it. It seems like the CBA is not worth the paper its printed on. Any disagreement the go to court to have a judge resolve it anyway then why bother
That CBA sets the NFL up mighty fine in court though. Not saying it is an aoutowin, but the union agreed to the rules.
If brady gets away with cheating I don’t think its good.
Jetsssuck,
All your opinion and conjecture aside, they get rid of Goodell when he negatively affects the bottom line. You don’t purposefully upset the apple cart when it is achieving exactly what you wanted it to do.
BoulderPhinfan says:
August 20, 2015 at 6:41 pm
If brady gets away with cheating I don’t think its good.
i still think it is when not if. and then i am all for every player cheating as much as possible.
I really liked Borland, and wanted us to draft him. Glad we didn’t. That would have been a big hit to us if he upped and walked.
Mike E—–here’s the recipe for barbq sauce everyone liked.
2 cups tomato ketchup
Honey 1/8 cup
Molasses 1/8 cup
Louisiana hot sauce 2 tablespoon
chili seasoning 1 tablespoon
1/8 cup white vinegar
cumin 1.5 tablespoon
dry mustard seasoning 1.5 tablespoon
garlic /onion 1.5 tablespoon each
1 teaspoon of black pepper
mix and put on meat for 15 –20 minutes
Onion powder and garlic powder?
yes
any of u guys in NY get the RT prices from NY to West palm beach in yesterdays blog. Some good prices for RT of 201 and 80n dollars for 4 days of car rental.
After the celebration over legal gay marriage was over…..some gay people figured out the flip side of the right.
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“A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has denied Glory Johnson’s request for $20,000 a month in spousal support from WNBA star Brittney Griner after their 28-day marriage.”
Piggy/Ken. Just wanted to thank you guys for the deflategate discussion. Others might be sick of it, but I really don’t think this blog is active enough to consider that discussion off limits. The beauty of it all is you can skip any posts that don’t interest you, and your posts did interest me. Ken, you got a good beer coming to you. I have made 75 Barrels (that’s 150 kegs) of beer in the last 2 weeks, which is more beer than I’ve made in the rest of my entire life combined…something’s bound to turn out good if for nothing other than sheer chance!
Jahn — think it awesome what you are starting. And what a cool thing to do……
Right up there with:
“Put me in, coach – I’m ready to play today
Look at me, I can be center field”
congratulations on your adventure. You ahve all the beer drinkers jealous that you are a master brewer and get to taste every keg produced.
Agreed- I thought I said as much to piggy up top, but apparently I did not.
You very well may have Try, I didn’t read all the ensuing posts…sorry if I parroted ya…
“Cable and DirecTV, twitter, streaming, and fantasy football have really launched the NFL into a new stratosphere, but some of the advances in social media have hampered it’s image, because now every time an NFL player steps outside the lines (Not like Ted Ginn Jr. used to), the public hears about it, and the NFL gets painted in a bad light like a bunch of thugs play in it, when in reality, there are no more criminals in the NFL than any other business.
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Great great post Mike. I agree 100%
Thanks Jahn
FFR. If brady gets away with cheating its terrible for the NFL. He gets all the calls as it is. Now he can cheat and get away with it. I think it’ll turn off a lot of fans, me included.
wtf, you made 150 kegs and you offered up one single beer. cheap bastard
Rob
He said he MADE 150 kegs, he didn’t say he SOLD them. lol
Mike E. says:
August 20, 2015 at 7:15 pm
Rob
He said he MADE 150 kegs, he didn’t say he SOLD them. lol
shut up. dont you have some mets to talk about. LOL
Jahn
How have you been, besides crazy busy?
Game starts at 8:40 tonight Rob, just laying low until then.
What game?
Mets vs Rockies
Oh shoot, that’s tomorrow. Doh!
boulder
i have stated if brady gets away with it i am done with the nfl. i will just stick with college football.
mike
you know just messing with you. even all the ball busting on the ask mike stuff. you are still very ok in my book even with all the nasty emails jahn sends me about you.
Damn it Rob, I finally thought I found a blogger I could trust and now you go and bring this up. Tattle Tale!
This was supposed to be under the post where went and suggest I should give away more than one beer btw. 😛
LOL Rob – I wish I could say the same for you. 😉
J/K man – You’re good in my book as well.
Mike E…been good my friend. It’s crazy busy, but if I catch myself complaining, I’d have to admit to myself I’m relegated to being a miserable old man already. Not ready to admit it just yet. 🙂
jahn,
i told you, he has the magic hand. it is hard to let anyone talk bad about him.
Nice work on the Mike E btw…I’ve read some of the blog this summer, but not really been able to keep up like I usghually do. It’s nice to be able to tune here and get up to speed fairly quickly.
The “ask Mike” that is…
Best of luck once again Jahn, I hope some day you when you’re doing real well, you can bring a bunch of your homemade suds so we can all celebrate one of our own hitting it big.
I fully intend for that to happen Mike E. It’s just a matter of time. Won’t be this season (although for those who make it to SD for that game I intend to bring some!).
That’s great Jahn – You go man!
What’s it called, or do you have a bunch of different names?
Mike E, yeah I was wondering because I knew the Mets were off tonight. We have to get the bats going again. Do not let the Nats back in.
Yeah, and the relief pitching has been shakier than Teddy’s hand in Ray Donovan. Logan Verrett is up, and someone else is coming back real soon, I think Eric Goeddel
lol @ the espn idiots saying how great the bills are and how great ryan is as a coach.
per pft
Evan Mathis to visit Seahawks (unless he signs elsewhere first)
When did that happen?
Jahn, glad to see all is going well. Your brewery venture is awesome!
Thanks Tim.
You know I haven’t seen MF13 since my return. I’ve been hanging with him since way before the Omar blog days.
Anyone know whats up with him?
He has decided to hang with Walker on the old blog. He was invited here but chooses not to come.
Jahn:
I want to make a trip to California just to drink at your brewery someday. Cheers to you and your new venture
who would of ever thunk taylor was an all world qb……….i guess just gruden. that must be why he is no longer on the sidelines, he is too smart to coach. yeah that it is, i am sure that is it
Oh, the irony: http://celebrity.yahoo.com/news/josh-duggar-admits-cheating-wife-anna-duggar-biggest-181646308-us-weekly.html
Well I can forgive the part about looking at porn on the internet. LOL.
I just find it remarkable that those who espouse virtue and morality are those who seem to most often have a problem maintaining their own.
I agree Trypod but I find the hypocrisy most entertaining
ken
no need to do that, i am sure god can just bring California to you
Hey I just might need an excuse to get there but if Jahn can distribute on the east coast I will be more than happy to sample.
Sorry Jahn- I wasn’t implying you forgot or missed me, I was remarking on my obvious fail at trying to give props to Piggy. I typed out something, but apparently I did not successfully hit “post comment”, because I do not see it.