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It’s the game that’s traditionally closest to what a regular season game will be. The starters will likely play a full half and likely into the 3rd Quarter. It’s the first game the Dolphins will be playing at Sun Life Stadium after an offseason of renovations. It’s one more game closer to a game that matters.
LET’S GO DOLPHINS!!!!
TV Viewing
Finsmob Unleashed 
Ajayi Dancing????????
Peyton Manning not looking too sharp tonight
….or last week, when he had a 64.5 QBR
Fist Pump holds his breath……good
WELL NOW it’s 31-7 Brownies after 3 quarters. Raymond James Stadium looks similar to Tropicana Field as 3,000 remaining fans root mostly for the visiting team because home town fans have, you guessed it, GONE HOME!! Is Tampa the only city where the NHL team will outdraw the local NFL team this coming season??
Gotta walk the Greyhound and call it a night, Talk to you folks tomorrow, my first day off in 3 weeks!!
Do you put a muzzle & a number on him when you walk?
Nat Moore just said what I thought about that last Ajayi catch and run. That shit won’t work in the NFL dude. LOL
Damien has been doing the same shit, he doesn’t do it when he catches the ball.
I disagree. I know Williams is a good receiver out of the backfield but he could still improve on his running overall. But he runs with conviction and is physical. For me it’s Miller/Williams 1/2.
Remember there isn’t big time game planning in these games. Even the 3rd PS game, it’s just the starters play longer. Nobody is showing their hand and special plays. It’s still fundamental football getting ready for the season.
Preseason stats mean nothing. It’s game ready work and that’s it. When do you ever go back to the PS to say hey look at this guy? Some PS stars get cut. LOL
LOL LMAO
ya would think with as much as it rains in florida the fins, bucs or jags would have there cheerleaders in white tops.
Feverishly waiting for a nip slip?
FUMBLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
getterdone says:
August 29, 2015 at 9:38 pm
Feverishly waiting for a nip slip?
fucking amateur. it is a wet t shirt not a nit slip. learn your nipple sightings will ya
Some fan fell from upper deck at ATL Game
https://twitter.com/kimmiexj/status/637800426348355584
Pick 6 Eli’s coming!
Eli Manning completed 12-of-16 passes for 91 yards and one interception in Saturday’s preseason dress rehearsal against the Jets.
He was also sacked twice for six yards. Antonio Cromartie anticipated Manning’s last pass of the night and took it all the way back for an easy pick-six. He was looking for James Jones on the play.
Freeman can’t get them in the end zone.
51 yards for Franks…GOOD!
He just earned a contract somewhere….maybe in Miami due to his deep kick offs
Pride MUDDER FRACKERS
I’ve seen some 2nd/3rd team defense miss the first tackle a lot tonight. Those guys are gone.
Glad we know who will be early cuts. Most of the guys out there now. Maybe all of them since some can be practice squad.
1-2 in preseason….won the dress rehearsal…WOOOT!
Dolphins win 13-9
Aww, Soliai just hugged Philbin & Misi.
Fins Win Fins Win!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The biggest a suspense of the final 53 is whether Franks or Sturgis will make the team
Lol! See below.
I hope that we give Franks another five days, and start him in Thursday’s game to see what he has. If he continues to boom those kickoffs and hit his field goals, I would SERIOUSLY consider replacing Sturgis with him.
We keep saying the guys out there at the end of the game won’t be on the team, but that isn’t true Vigil, Bobby McCain, Thompson… mostly the late round (5th) rookies that will make the team were on the field at the end.
Agreed….I don’t know why Tim would say such outlandish things….lol
There were a lot of undrafted rookies out there as well.
am i the only one that cant wait. i mean CANNOT wait for those 3 old ladies in the volkswagon commercials to die. i hate them and cant wait for them to die
LMFAO!
Did they turn you down?
after repeated begging on all fours….LMAO!
I’ve never laughed at any if those commercials
I don’t get it at all
They are just annoying
Gonna be ugly in Buffalo at the qb position this year
I think he gave every QB on the team a start this preseason, no?
Maybe
He made them all te captains
They have no idea who will start week 1
He thinks that is a good thing I guess
I think Rex is setting up his excuse for not making he postseason
Manuel put up a lot of points tonight. Who knows? We may see a differnet QB in week 3 than whomever starts week 1 for them.
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
I’m hearing that Pouncey walked into the locker room VERY slowly after he got hurt.
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I’m calling mild mcl sprain….he’ll sit till week of practice for week 1.
If he’s out for any games we’re fucked.
Okay we won yeah! LOL
I have a little better idea of who’s making the cut and not. I for one don’t see it with James. I want to see more of Ajayi. Not necessarily as a return man, I just don’t see the instinctive play in James as a return man. I think we’ll fall back to Landry with the game day 46 there.
Out of the UDFA LBs it’s Vigil and/or Hull even though Hewitt forced the last fumble.
Yeah, they could try to put one of them on the practice squad too.
Not to be abrasive but I really don’t care about the Practice Squad, it’s an attempt at a minor league system that rears very little in the big scheme of things. I think the coaches saw enough tonight to move forward.
I’ve said it before, Coyle calls a good game and sometimes guys can’t make the fuckin play right in front of them. Those guys will be cut in the next few days. I saw a lot of Wheeler’s out there.
Miami Dolphins ✔ @MiamiDolphins
Tonight¹s attendance of 60,661 was the most for a preseason
home game since August 9, 2008. #ATLvsMIA
Shit. That would be absolutely devastating if he is hurt badly.
The Flying Pig says:
August 29, 2015 at 10:06 pm
I’ve never laughed at any if those commercials
I don’t get it at all
They are just annoying
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So annoying that I would consciously NOT by a VW because of them.
I’m making my case tonight: I want Franks to be our kicker this season. The kid has an incredible leg.
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/637803098027741184
Lol!
Ummm those are PORK franks….
‘So annoying that I would consciously NOT by a VW because of them.’
exactly. i cant change it fast enough. it is like that fucking wendy’s chick. i wont go there cause of her.
I do not have enough will power to make that declaration about Wendy’s.
Some on here think she’s hot, I wanna say Mike E, but not sure.
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Philbin on Pouncey: “We think he’ll be OK.” Whew.
Thank God
Brian in NY says:
August 29, 2015 at 10:12 pm
Shit. That would be absolutely devastating if he is hurt badly.
yep, i know this is for most every team but more so with the fins, this team is only going as far as the o line goes. if they are just average this maybe a fun year, if they arent that it will be another 8-8 year or worse
Yes and with reports that Albert will be out the first two games we can afford that.
And on and on it goes. Football is a rough and tough game. Playing with fear is never good. But we revisit it every year.
Okay guys, I’m going to bed. I’ glad we got a win tonight; hopefully Pouncey is alright. Sit all the starters next week and let’s get to week one healthy. Have a good night.
Dream of possessed headless children and other scary shit. LOL
Brian in NY says:
August 29, 2015 at 10:24 pm
I do not have enough will power to make that declaration about Wendy’s.
lol, i am more then happy with some mcdonalds or taco hell.
I hope pouncey’s in jury is not serious. MCL strains are really not that bad.
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 16m16 minutes ago
Mike Pouncey claims he won’t miss any games, but we all know that’s decided by the medical team. Said he realized he could play on it.
You know what’s crazy, we as fans expect the best out of our players all the time and they play on tough injuries all the time.
Put yourself in that situation and make no excuses.
Phins 20th in league in points allowed last year….will be good to get that into the top 10 or top 5.
Then improve a tad our our points scored from 11-12th in NFL, and I smell PLAYOFFS!
i dont get this moving the extra point back. so basically since the kickers have perfected it and make it like 99.99999% of the time they need to make it more difficult. besides who gives a fuck about the kicker. if anything just take it all out of the game. get rid of the extra point and field goals.
piggy,
i sure hope those are all beef franks or you got some splaiiiinnninngg to do
I’d try to go against the Redskins w/o him, but bring him back for the Jags. Same with Parker…IMO.
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Suh on Mitchell: “Earl’s a guy who’s getting his opportunity to play all three downs. Taking the opportunities given to him.”
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero
Reshad Jones was simply being rested tonite. No injury. All good.
Earl Mitchell is the most underrated dude on defense. Most fans had Phillips and Mosely replacing him. It’s Suh and Mitchell as our starting DTs. Get with the program! LOL
You might be surprised to know that Suh plays the 3 tech at LDT and Mitchell is considered the Nose/Shade RDT. Makes sense if you look into it.
I think we keep 5 DTs because we can and that’s where we’re deep.
Suh, Mitchell, Phillips, Johnson, Francis
The old saying is if the younger guy matches the vet in performance, go with the younger guy. I think that’s what we do. Has anyone seen Mosely go off?
I’ve never doubted Mitchell, he was solid last year.
Having Suh and the fact that he’s in year 2 of Coyle’s system and he’s now becoming BEASTY!
Yes, A Johnson and of course Francis should stick unless they really see something in Mosley that we haven’t so far.
http://www.csnmidatlantic.com/redskinsblog/mitchell-rg3-still-making-high-school-level-mistakes?p=ya5nbcs&ocid=yahoo&ref=yfp
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Matt Hazel ✔ @MattHazel_
Great win back at home! New stadium is dope! #finsup
Eagles RT Lane Johnson believes he suffered a sprained MCL in Saturday’s preseason game, but fully expects to be ready for Week 1.
Coach Chip Kelly claimed Johnson could have continued playing Saturday, but that’s a little hard to believe. Either way, neither Kelly nor Johnson seem concerned. The right tackle has 14 days to heal up.
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As I mentioned before, this sounds very similar to Pouncey’s injury. We should be good….fingers crossed, and toes too.
GD, if the young guys match the vets go young and cheap. On Boulder’ site I have 52 with 5 DTs – Suh, Mitchell, Phillips, Johnson and Francis.
Kool, could be right.
Since Matt Ryan has been in the league he’s kicked our asses, regular season and preseason, well that ended tonight as Suh and co ripped him a new one.
Must be a Dolphins win hangover going on around here…
Piggy,
I read about your mishap yesterday. I went to the state fair last night and told your cousins about it shrub I ran into them…https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B19IVvZEPrKUTEhKQnpEQ1VkbEE/view?usp=docslist_api
Shrub? How is that even close to “when”?
Ernest looks like he put on a few pounds
Andrew Abramson ✔ @AbramsonPBP
#Dolphins’ Dallas Thomas knows you didn’t think he could play left tackle and he had the last laugh http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2015/08/29/dolphins-ol-dallas-thomas-is-motivated-confident-and-happy/ …
Anyone know how to skip to the next line in Boulder’s spread sheet?
arrows
Nope, not arrows, that takes you to the next box.
Thomas did what he’s done in the last two preseason games. He played well. He kept Tannehill upright. He looked like a serviceable left tackle.
“I feel good about myself,” he said. “I’ve always believed in myself. I knew I could get the job done. It just takes time. Nobody’s perfect coming in to this. I know how some people feel. You know. But it’s a process. You can’t always rush it. Sometimes you’ve got to go through the process to get yourself right.”
Thomas wasn’t kidding when he says he feels good about himself. He was practically giddy after the game — not just for his performance tonight filling in for the injured Branden Albert and Jason Fox at left tackle, but for how he’s played throughout training camp and the preseason as the team’s left guard.
“Last game was the real fun,” he said. “I don’t think you guys all watched the film. I was throwing people around in that game.”
FORGIVE MY LACK OF GIDDINESS but Dallas Thomas IS NOT Brandon Albert!! – – And the injury to Pouncey means that, even if he plays in game 1, he likely WON’T be 100 per cent. –Lucky for us, Washington does not have one of the NFL’s best defensive lines. BUT, in games 3 and 4, Miami’s O-Line must deal with the Jets and Bills, two teams who DO HAVE STARS in the defensive line. What looked like a 4-0 start now looks a lot more daunting. Hickey and T-Baum MUST find our O-Line SOME HELP, and SOON!!
I thought you were a SHOW-ME guy?
Didn’t he just show you? 😉
NO, He didn’t. When he does it in a REAL football game against the Jets and the Bills I’ll be impressed.
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Shit!!!!!!!!
Thomas way out on the screen!
SEE MY ANSWER up the page.
Here Tom! Here little Tommy!!!!! 🙂
Wyo
Thomas was way out on that screen, and he failed to pancake or even alter the path of the DB. Sorry to be picky, but just tellin’ it like it is!
Actually, he chipped him, just long enough. I’ll give him some credit for that. 🙂
sometimes that’s all that he is supposed to do. Sometimes just touching a playera certain way free’s up the play. I like the player in the play who goes low against player. Next time he may go high and the next he might go face mask to face mask. The lineman mix it up so they can keep the DL guessing.
Thomas’s block let Landry gain 12 more yards than if he had “wiffed”
I know your being cautious but you don’t have to decleat someone on every play!
One more dumbass question about the spreadsheet, do you have to save anything, or does it auto save?
Lol- headless children…
With love, Mike E!
it autosaves.
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2 p.m. High School: Miramar at IMG Academy // ESPNU
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IMG Academy was ranked #1 in some pre season polls until they got killed in pre season game against American Heritage last week. American Heritage won state title last year along with several in last 5 years. Miramar is nationally ranked and they play St Thomas next week. Wake practices there during off season along with several players. He pays for new grass field for HS.
wake practices at american heritage
here is the link again. It’ll be locked around 12pm
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A6PuNZcFYadb2wHF5xlNePadZQ9FRe8urWupu4p3dRw/edit#gid=0
wyoming85 says:
August 30, 2015 at 9:41 am
Here Tom! Here little Tommy!!!!! 🙂
lol. only thing you are forgetting is little tommy’s line is allowed to hold.
Well IF our OL sucks so bad?
Were do you rank Atlanta’s from the next vine?
Turner Wiffed on the first play!
Then came back and Pancaked his guy on the second play!
Mitchell says hold on your going for a ride to Tommy! 😉
Can I just do the game prediction without the roster prediction?
sure you can.
Also, if it matters, I’m going to be getting some ‘prizes’ for our winners this year, some Dolphin themed merchandise to add to the fun of bragging rights for the winners of the season prediction, roster prediction, Howie’s score prediction, etc. Prizes will be things like travel mugs, flasks, throw/blanket, you get the idea. So get those entries in!!!!! You can’t win if you don’t play!
Not sure why, but the spreadsheet isn’t calculating my entries correctly. It’s only counting 11 games, I’ve picked them all.
I fixed it. 13 – 3.
The Axeman cometh!
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 10m10 minutes ago
Plenty of moves in week ahead: Rosters have to be cut from 90 players to 75 by Tuesday, then from 75 to 53 on Saturday by 4 PM ET.
Anyone else seeing what I’m seeing with RTs pocket presence? What I see is, unless a defender gets a free run at him, like in game 2 when he fumbled, the pressure doesn’t get to him before he gets rid of it.
With that said, the Oline issues seemed to have been solved by RT himself. I really notice it when Moore is in, because he doesn’t have the same pocket presence.
I agree. The long pass to landry last night was a perfect example of what you’re saying. He got hit hard on that play but still made the completion.
ARE THE DOLPHINS YEARS OF MISERY FINALLY OVER?
Let’s see if the Dolphins can make it happen starting September 13th at Washington and all Dolfans can begin to marvel all season long that the end of this misery is finally near.
http://phinsphocus.com/2015-articles/dolphins-years-of-misery-finally-over.html
WOW! DRINKING IT BY THE GALLON!
Mike,
It auto-saves and to wrap text use ctrl+enter
Make a Wish!!!!!!!
Vigil was getting reps with the 1’s and was on the field for this play
I was really impressed with Steve Ross when he was on the broadcast during the third qtr. He seems much more relaxed, more knowledgeable, and he’s fired up. He didn’t sound confused and dopey like he used to. I sincerely hope his patience in Coach Philbin and his staff pays off. The vibe is awesome like something we haven’t seen in a very long time.
Having a good team and knowing it will do that to you.
Next Man Up – way to go Dallas Thomas
The TD pass to Matthews was one of the best passes Tannehill ever threw. Awesome placement and velocity.
And after watching the replay the ball didn’t have to be that perfect, but it did remove all doubt that the defender had any chance to make a play and moved Matthews out of harms way.
I entered my predictions Boulder, and Mike don’t pat yourself on the back too hard Alberts still may play week one 😉
I have made my final predictions. LOCK THE SPREADSHEET BEFORE SOMEONE DICKS AROUND WITH MY SELECTIONS AGAIN.
I’d like to dick around with that avie 😛
I got my roster & picks in.
Omar couldn’t accuse me of being a ball watcher when we were on D during the first half at least.
Cause all I did was watch Suh……I’m a believer now. He’ll never will lead the league in sacks like a top DE, but he’s a frick’n human wrecking ball. He changes the entire line play and — unlike a All Pro DE — he does it every single play…….pass or run.
I was watching him too. He gets off the line so fast (who cares he gets occasional encroachment penalties), his first step is one of amazement, then his techniques is sound, then on top of all that, he is a Herculean Bull that just overpowers anyone in his way.
Doubling him just means that he probably won’t get the sack or tackle the RB. He still pushes the middle of the pocket forward while taking up two blockers.
Doubling him means that extra lineman used on him isn’t blocking at the next level, leaving the LBs free to roam. The key to Zach’s success was Tim Bowens keeping the oline off of him.
Andrew Abramson ✔ @AbramsonPBP
I always wrote off Rush ’cause of their ’80s synth stuff, but mid ’70s Rush is awesome… OK back to story I’m writing, just had to say that.
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LOL, I did the same back then. But back to liking a lot of their stuff nowadays.
Although the “synth stuff” wasn’t my favorite, I always forgave them that indulgence because the genre allows for that type of experimentation, and ffs- THERE IS ONLY 3 OF THEM!
Aww, crap- there ARE only 3 of them *
“he is a Herculean Bull”
I like the sound of that.
The greatest benefit is that Suh allows us to consistently rush the passer with only 4 guys which allows for tighter coverage down field.
I’m also loving that he pretty much takes out the inside run. Even when the Falcons didn’t go outside, they were running right time and again at the gap btwn Mitchell and Vernon. If they ran at Suh…..I missed it.
That would be running left, but yeah I agree.
LOL — “right…..at” you pisser. 🙂
My prediction kept totaling 11-6. Not sure how that works. I just typed in my total
I picked all the games and it had my total at 7-2. I think Boulder fixed it for me.
When I typed in my total it changed it to 12/4/2015
Tanny’s QB rating in the preseason took a hit last night.
It’s now down to 121.8.
ok its locked
We talking about the predictions? After what I saw last night I’m holding steady with us dropping the first 3…
My TV and internet kept going out but I did catch that crappy 1st half and parts of the 3rd.
Nice goal line stand I saw and what did I tell you shortly before…
ZACH VIGIL=JOHNNY ON THE SPOT!!!
I am a Kool Aid drinker from the work go, but I just noticed something while looking at stats on NFL.com While Tannehill has a 121.8 QB rating, that is only good enough for 14th place this preseason…..
It’s not the rating that matters, it’s the command of the offense, the pocket presence, the pinpoint placement of the ball…
Here’s what I think of the rating:
On one 3rd and long he threw well short of the first down to Greg Landay 😉 almost as if he was more worried about his comp % than he was about getting the first down. A true QB rating would give no credit for that completion.
zero INTs.
With Suh and the boys this Stat is going to be huge for us!
If I would have known there were prizes involved I would have done the 53 as well!
Earl Mitchell’s 4 year, $16 million contract with 3 years remaining is going look like a bargain with Suh here. He was an absolute BEAST last night.
Glad they have him signed long-term cause have a feeling whoever plays next to Suh is going to start thinking their stats are worth more money than they actually are.
Mitchell is a player on the rise entering his prime.
Boulder it’s locked? We should wait until the cut down to 75. I’m short 3 roster spots. I didn’t know you were locking it now.
Brian, Mitchell and others will be able to be BEASTIE with SUH taking up multiple blockers and consistently disrupting the offensive backfield.
This is why Hickey didn’t go LB early in the draft, in fact not at all. He resigned Sheppard, got Paysinger to add vet presence, and then got some really talented young UDFA to go along with Jenkins , Misi, & Tripp.
Suh & his DL Co. will also make life easier for our safeties & corners. They should be able to play more aggressive….IMO.
I posted last night that I wasn’t even sure the secondary was on the field, because of the job the front 7 were doing.
Yep! McCain is going to be worked in as he develops more which he needs. But he’ll be a hybrid defender and will probably be involved in blitzes in some packages and used as an occasional edge rusher.
Suh takes whoever it is that plays next to him to the Probowl
stangerx says:
August 30, 2015 at 1:33 pm
Glad they have him signed long-term cause have a feeling whoever plays next to Suh is going to start thinking their stats are worth more money than they actually are.
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Yeppers, glad Mitchell is signed longterm. Now when Vernon puts up big numbers, it will sting trying to pay him. Hoping Fede & McPain can ball while on rookie contracts.
Also I’d like to see Ray Drew developed on our PS.
Herd you should know better than to try to give FFR the business 😛
finfanrob says:
August 29, 2015 at 9:25 pm
‘Other than how you spelled it (tweat)? ;)’
oh sorry, i meant to say twat