from Manitoba
Q – Hey Mike E: Welcome to the 50th anniversary season of Your Miami Dolphins !!!
I love the way the FO went about their business this off season, adding the NDominant One , DE-Tooling the WR position , and the Nuggetts of LB they found as UDFA..
My question is regarding WR.. Kenny Stills has been quiet, and I believe hamstrung in PS.. I have read reports of Matthews passing him in the pecking order.. do you see him being a strong contributor this season, or a small time player ??
Tanx.
I’d be surprised if Kenny Stills isn’t a big part of our offense, at least as far as being on the field a lot. I don’t think in our offense we need to rely on any one player, but Stills should be starting, and getting opportunities. I believe that he and Greg Jennings, and Jarvis Landry will be on the field a lot in 3 and 4 WR sets. It will be a while before Devante Parker hits his stride here and is ready to steal a lot of reps from anyone, and depending on how Jennings and Stills play, Parker may never seriously eat into either of their reps if they’re both playing well.
There is no rush to get Parker on the field, unless the offense, particularly Jennings and/or Stills just aren’t getting it done, and like you mentioned, I think the veteran Rishard Matthews would get more reps early if that happened. The one thing Matthews has in his back pocket, is the fact that QB Ryan Tannehill likes him. That means a lot, and will definitely keep him him on the roster as long as he remains in Tannehill’s favor.
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from Stanger
Q – Toughest Q I can think of — Which WR on this team gets the most fantasy points this year?
That’s the combination of most yards and TDs (standard league — six points per TD and one point for every 10 yards).
stanger
I’d have to say that it will be Jarvis Landry. I think he’s going to see a lot of touches as he always seems to find a way to get open, and he’s a very sure handed receiver. I also think he’s the one constant in the lineup, whereas the other guys will be in and out, specifically if/when Parker is healthy and ready to go, he may sub in occasionally for both Stills and Jennings.
If Parker wasn’t injured and had a full training camp, my answer may have been different, but I expect another big year from Landry. He and Tanny have a good chemistry, and Landry is a sure handed 3rd down target who always fights for extra yards, and will convert those 3rd downs to first down. I think there’s an outside chance that Jennings does it, maybe he has more in the tank than most people think. He’s a savvy vet who’s always been a precise route runner and has always possessed great hands, so he’d be my second choice.
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from GDP
Q -Hey Axe Mike,
What rookies do you see making an immediate impact, playing the most, and why, including those on Special Teams & the UDFA’s.
Thanks,
GetterDone Phins!
I’ll go in order of which players I see making the most impact. If it’s true, that Jamil Douglas will be the starting RG, that certainly puts him in a good position to make an impact. It remains to be seen as to whether he stays there, and earns his playing time, but for now, he appears to have a leg up on 2nd year man Billy Turner.
It’s funny, if you had asked me this question right after the draft, my answer would have been Jay Ajayi, or Devante Parker. Both have missed substantial practice time, and for a rookie, that’s a bad thing. Both of those players have a chance, more Likely Parker than Ajayi at the moment, because Ajayi has to get healthy and make the roster.
After the surprise hammer fell on Brandon Fields, Matt Dar is also in place to make a big impact. If he can be as good as Fields used to be for the Miami Dolphins, not the Fields of last year, he can be big for our team, and help us win the “Fields” position battle.
On defense, Jordan Phillips will be in the D-line rotation, although he’s behind 2 pretty damn good players, Ndamukong Suh, and Earl Mitchell, so his reps will have to be well earned. Zach Vigil is another guy who I think may make an impact. If Chris McCain doesn’t start balling, I think it’s possible that Kelvin Sheppard starts at MLB, with Misi sliding back into the SLB position. Vigil will be backing up at both MLB and SLB, and if he continues to show well, I think Vigil is a guy we may see on the field a lot, both on ST’s and at LB.
Some of the rookies I hope make the team are CB Tony Lippett and S Cedric Thompson. I think good ol’ Bobby McCain will be on the roster, but Ced and Tony are more on the bubble. I think Lippett could be a real impact player if he really takes to learning his craft as a CB, and may really help us next year.
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from Tim
Q – Who’s your break out player on offense and defense and why?
Also what’s your favorite shoe?
Thanks you!
I think Dion Sims can have a real good season. I expect him to be on the field a lot this year, but I’m not sure if he’ll really have a lot more than the 24 catches he had last season. He may make his impact in-line blocking as a TE, and helping our RB’s get some clear running lanes. Another I think may have a bigger season than some expect is Greg Jennings. He’s a solid vet, and I know most think he’s past his prime, but if needed, I think he can make a nice contribution to our team, although I’m not sure if you would consider it a “breakout” season or not, maybe breaking out of a retirement home, or something like that.
On defense, I’d love to see Jamar Taylor finally break out. Hopefully he can shrug off the injuries, and get down to playing some good CB for us, and finally show us what he’s capable of. That INT against the Falcons was played perfectly, and I hope to see more of those in the regular season.
As far as shoes goes, in my “Saturday Night Fever” days, no Brooklyn guy who went clubbing (dancing) didn’t have a nice pair of Capezios. Those days are over though, and I prefer a good pair of Sperry Topsiders, or an equivalent shoe like that.
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from Pigsgerald Oinkustus Bacon
Q – After 3 preseason games what do you think is the biggest weakness on the
Dolphins?
– Pigsgerald
I’d say, as it will be be for many NFL teams, the depth after our starters. Our 2nd and 3rd team players, and especially the guys who will not make the 53 man roster have struggled big time.
But . . .
When we go up against the better defenses, like our division rival Bills and Jets, I do fear how our O-line will fare. We’ve played 2 weak defenses so far, but when we play a team a serious front 7, and Albert isn’t either at 100%, or even in the lineup, and we have Fox or Thomas at LT, and then Thomas at LG (with Fox at LT), maybe Pouncey isn’t 100%, and then rookie Jamil Douglas at RG, and solid 2nd year man Ju’Wuan James at RT, it could get ugly . . . FAST! We haven’t seen the O-line struggle, or even falter really, but i that’s partly due to the level of defensive opponents we’ve faced. If we played STL, or ARZ, or HOU or BUF or NYJ, I think we would have seen more weaknesses on the O-line.
For now though, to answer your question more accurately, I’d say the depth in the secondary has been pretty awful.
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from Wyo
Q – I don’t think CJ Mosely makes the 53 and we go young ( Seems to be the theme ).
What are your thoughts on the DT Spots?
Suh
Mitchell
Phillips
?
??
I’m not sure Wyo. I think there’s a pretty good chance Mosley sticks. I think Mosley makes it over AJ Francis and Deandre Coleman. I think it comes down to how many DT’s we carry. Suh and Mitchell are the starters, with Anthony Johnson and Jordan Phillips as 2nd team. If we carry 4, Mosley is gone, but if we carry 5, I think Mosley is in. I think Anthony Johnson has too much talent to let him go.
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from O Rob
Q – Mike, what are the chances Josh Freeman unseats Matt Moore?
I don’t see that happening Rob. I thought when we first signed Freeman there was a decent chance that it could happen, but watching Freeman in the Preseason games, he’s been pretty awful. Not that Matt Moore has been stellar, but you know what Matt Moore gives you as a Dolphins QB, whereas Freeman doesn’t know the offense as well, and still looks shaky back there. Freeman has completed less that 40% of his passes, though both QB’s have only 1 TD against 2 INT’s.
My best guess Rob is that we go with the known quantity, which is Moore. If Freeman made a little noise in the Preseason, and actually outplayed Moore, I would say he had a shot, but that just hasn’t happened. Freeman may have one more shot, but I think it’s going to be Moore.
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And now for the babe of the week . . .
Finsmob Unleashed 
NFLTradeRumors.co @nfltrade_rumors 8m8 minutes ago
Report: #Broncos & #Cowboys Discussing Possible Montee Ball Trade http://bit.ly/1KPWSPK
#NFL
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Pretty big move there.
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The rumors just added the Texans and mentioned other teams involved in talks.
Stanger,
You and Ken discussed team vs player rights earlier….
Saw this on Twitter
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2015/09/04/fired-dolphins-trainer-claims-ted-wells-acted-improperly-during-richie-incognito-investigation/
And I’m shocked that that started with “BOSTON (CBS).” Ain’t covered by the CBA……it’s like you or me in a job, except you might get paid just for making the PR hit go away.
Ah )*@#%)_*@#% page turn….btw, how did the live chat function last night? perhaps something we can implement on the daily?
The Flying Pig says:
Okay folks
It looks like the Houston game has won the poll
Let’s try to get a head count of who plans to attend
Who is in
Piggy
Stanger (+1, perhaps +3)
OD (better half TBA)
Son (+3)
Rock
Al ( in, maybe +1)
Toba (+3, including the dreaded Pats fan)
Brian in NY
Mike E (maybe with +1, +2 or +3)
FFR (maybe)
Ken (maybe)
Herd (maybe)
drg (maybe)
Gigi (maybe)
Bookman (Slattery’s sideline reports)
Repost and add you name if you plan on going to texans at dolphins.
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And we have seats reserved already……..
GetterDone (most likely, trying hard to make it happen) +1
What section are seats in and tix price?
D says:
September 4, 2015 at 1:29 pm
NFLTradeRumors.co @nfltrade_rumors 57s58 seconds ago
#Bills Cut QB Matt Simms, Per @viccarucci http://bit.ly/1KPwHc3
DAMN MAN! He was a team captain too………
GDP,
Looks like Crowell will start in Cleveland….not bad for your UDFA call 🙂
Thanks for remembering him. I was big on him & Damien Williams as UDFA RB’s from 2014.
finfanrob says:
September 4, 2015 at 1:55 pm
D says:
September 4, 2015 at 1:46 pm
I think it still boils down to proof of misdeed.
not sure what your point is. all i meant is rose didnt cheat he broke the rule of betting on the game. brady did cheat.
Um, Rob, Brady DID NOT CHEAT. (at least not during spygate or deflategate) He asked someone else to cheat for him…….
I’m also trying to figure out what everyone’s hotel or hostel plans are. Maybe ride in to and from stadium in Manitoba’s rental van. 😉
The Manitoba cruiser? heh.
lol, I guess….I saw him mention something about a van picking them up or something.
getterdone says:
September 4, 2015 at 2:46 pm
Thanks for the info, that’s awesome.
HA HA GD I had not refreshed my page and didn’t notice you had already posted it. I owe you a beer.
Kool, I hope to be around to collect 😉
Brady was let off on his was lack of evidence to support the level of penalty he was given
D, I think this is inaccurate as well. Brady was let off for procedural issues. The league did not follow the CBA agreement. It is akin to not being read your rights by the cops and getting away with murder (or in this case hiring a hit man, the Deflator, who we all know was just nicknamed that because he was losing weight. Right Jetsuck?)
The name deflator could have been his nickname because he was responsible for deflating the balls to the desired amount. You can run with this if it makes everyone happy. Now deflating the balls before games was not illegal as long as they were between 12.5 and 13.5 psi.
The judge looked at all the evidence and tried to get the 2 parties to compromise with the NFL not budging. The judge went through all their evidence and scolded them many times about not making any effort on lackadaisical charges to settle. The NFL should have just settled when the owner wanted to put this thing behind them and accepted the charges. The NFL thought they were bigger than 4th amendment on mobile phones and deeming the NFL had the right to the phone.
The NFL wanted the Brady phone when the asst ball boys offered their phones without a warrant. Guess what, Brady had every right to do what he did with the phone. Police can’t even search a phone without a warrant. The supreme court ruled 9-0 about this. Smilley face?
getterdone says:
September 4, 2015 at 3:29 pm
GetterDone (most likely, trying hard to make it happen) +1
What section are seats in and tix price?
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Great to hear GDP.
The tickets are nose bleeds on the visitor’s side on about the 15 yard line, but comes with a tailgate before with the crew (drinks and parking on you but food and company is pretty good).
Tix are a bit south of $50…..but I’m rounding up a few bucks…..which covers your food.
Sweet, that’s more reasonable than last year’s $65 right?
Don’t remember the exact amount, but think it was about the same……seats are better though. Paid off getting in earlier. Plus they have variable pricing this year and the Texans game isn’t hot. Try getting Monday night against the Giants right now.
And forgot to add we’ll have a meet up the night before. Normally at Dave & Buster’s in Hollywood…..and thinking will be the same this year.
I don’t think Ajayi will be put on IR. He can play with a cracked rib. It is only cracked. They can fit him with a flack jacket. Hell didn’t Tony Romo play with like 3 cracked ribs?
Depends on his pain tolerance level. A RB gets hit in the torso a lot more than a QB does. Think blocking too.
The Flying Pig says:
Okay folks
It looks like the Houston game has won the poll
Let’s try to get a head count of who plans to attend
Who is in
Piggy
Stanger (+1, perhaps +4)
OD (better half TBA)
Son (+3)
Rock
Al ( in, maybe +1)
Toba (+3, including the dreaded Pats fan)
Brian in NY
Mike E (maybe with +1, +2 or +3)
getterdone (maybe with +1)
FFR (maybe)
Ken (maybe)
Herd (maybe)
drg (maybe)
Gigi (maybe)
Bookman (Slattery’s sideline reports)
Repost and add you name if you plan on going to texans at dolphins.
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And we have seats reserved already……..
Oh, and my $0.02 – The BOTW keeps getting worse and worse. I mean Mike has never really been a great “talent evaluate” in these situations anyway but it has been a down hill slide this preseason.
Nevermind my comment about James being on the bubble.
It was reported on twitter a couple hours ago that he made the team.
LaMike James also tweeted something to that effect around that time.
Stanger did you see that #4 last night!!?? WOW! #4=2x#2
Are you going to run out and get a new #4 jersey?
#Stangertogether
Give me firck’n time to grieve…but yeah he looks good. Makes it easier actually. No #4 this year though. Who knows……could be a Franks.
Rock, I’ll give Mike E a hand…here’s BOTW Ms. Cara Bella.
SEE! Getterdone knows how to pickum! I vote that GD get’s to pick MIkeE’s BOTW going forward. How do you create a poll without chopping innocent kids head off?
Is Dave & Busters pricey on drinks?
I was hoping we’d all meet at a hotel pool bar area, drink from our coolers 😉
GDP — that’s what we do Sunday before the game.
Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz 41m41 minutes ago
Add LB Jeff Luc to the list of players released by the Dolphins today, though nothing has been announced.
Al in MIA says:
September 4, 2015 at 3:23 pm
Ah )*@#%)_*@#% page turn….btw, how did the live chat function last night? perhaps something we can implement on the daily?
it was fantastic. every one loved it but tim hated it so we are getting rid of it
Only if you package it with the Reply button! 😉
Um, Rob, Brady DID NOT CHEAT. (at least not during spygate or deflategate) He asked someone else to cheat for him…….
what are you, related to jetssuck
I don’t know the answer to that one. I could be… What does that have to do with the fact that Brady didn’t DIRECTLY cheat? (I still think he should have been suspended the full 4 games. Belicheat even more so because he is in charge of the organization)
ProFootballTalk @ProFootballTalk 2m2 minutes ago
Eagles ship Matt Barkley to Arizona for conditional seventh-round draft pick http://wp.me/p14QSB-9Qif
Tannenbaum is furiously trying to trade some of our young guys right now….Like Hazel, who will be cut and play for NE this year and be this year’s tuna net. (dolphin killer)
the bad thing about the ‘chat format’ last night was you couldn’t scroll back up to look at earlier posts like we can with Getterdone’s post above…..mmmmmmmmm
Ian Rapoport @RapSheet 23m23 minutes ago
The #Jaguars have cut QB Stephen Morris, formerly of the University of Miami
51 retweets 18 favorites
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter now14 seconds ago
Falcons released QB Rex Grossman, per source.
Rockphin says:
September 4, 2015 at 3:39 pm
Brady was let off on his was lack of evidence to support the level of penalty he was given
D, I think this is inaccurate as well. Brady was let off for procedural issues. The league did not follow the CBA agreement. It is akin to not being read your rights by the cops and getting away with murder (or in this case hiring a hit man, the Deflator, who we all know was just nicknamed that because he was losing weight. Right Jetsuck?)
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jetsssuck says:
September 4, 2015 at 4:11 pm
The name deflator could have been his nickname because he was responsible for deflating the balls to the desired amount. You can run with this if it makes everyone happy. Now deflating the balls before games was not illegal as long as they were between 12.5 and 13.5 psi.
The judge looked at all the evidence and tried to get the 2 parties to compromise with the NFL not budging. The judge went through all their evidence and scolded them many times about not making any effort on lackadaisical charges to settle. The NFL should have just settled when the owner wanted to put this thing behind them and accepted the charges. The NFL thought they were bigger than 4th amendment on mobile phones and deeming the NFL had the right to the phone.
The NFL wanted the Brady phone when the asst ball boys offered their phones without a warrant. Guess what, Brady had every right to do what he did with the phone. Police can’t even search a phone without a warrant. The supreme court ruled 9-0 about this. Smilley face?
chirp chirp chirp
Except that the NFL is not the government so a warrant would never be needed. The phone thing is an afterthought at this point since the NFL botched notice procedures, denied evidence review, etc.
Oh, and my aunt COULD have been my uncle…if she was born with a dick
Brady just like giving stuff (shoes, sports memorabilia, etc to some equipment guy he claims he never knew…..) RIGHT!?
yes a warrant is required. Yes they blotched the procedures of goodell thinking he could be jury ,judge and executioner. Denied the cross examination of wells which was supposesecd to be independent that had lawyers doctoring it up,denied access to lawyer who edited the wells report. The NFL front office messed up every turn and heads will probably roll with all the stupid mistakes from this case and sweveral others last year
JS — we’ll see what happens in court at the next level….and the ruling had nothing to do with did it or not, just legal stuff. One thing I’ll agree with you though is that they didn’t have the goods to prove that Brady was involved. He might have been but there was no smoking gun, but then that might explain why he smashed the phone.
My guess is the real story will come out years from now. Have a feeling the two ball guys will be looking for cash at some point…….or maybe they just got a pension. Who knows?
The one was a part time game employee who received only 50 dollars a game and the other was a ft employee with the org. 38 yrs .
And Monica Lewinski was an unpaid intern. Seems what they know and did is more important than the position and salary.
the pt employee has a wife needing a expensive operation, he was trying to sell his season tickets but team rules prohibited him from making a profit on the tickets
Rock,
Agree with your GDP for BOTW comment.
I’m still distracted lol.
Jetssuck,
Not sure what you mean by “NFL should have settled with the owner”…
Either way, it was reported today that the Patriots will not try and recover the fine they paid or lost draft picks. The Patriots lost in that regard.
maybe they should have accepted the penalty that kraft accepted and not pursue Brady. Afterall they have lost 4-5 appeal decisions consecutively. Maybe they were to aggressive or maybe arrogant
First Update
DOLPHINS-REDSKINS
Old 27-10 MIA
Piggy 38-3 MIA
TryPod 38-10MIA
MikeE 30-6 MIA
Herd 31-10 MIA
Ken 27-13 MIA
ALinMIA31-13MIA
Cav 30-13 MIA
Howie 24-19 MIA
GO PHINS!!!
Dont worry guys, I know how to copy and paste the list
It’s coppying everyones comment and pasting them all to one page
over the course of a week I will never get
31-3
I never realized that is a plain you are standing in front of. (I assume that is you) what is that a Piper? I had to stop taking lessons after about 45 hours of flights logged. (ran out of money, then lost my log book)
Wow- I get aggressive when I’m not here- my friend, I think I said 28-10, but if not, then I’ll stick with that.
stanger 28-13
Baltimore Ravens @ravensbuzztap 42s42 seconds ago
http://baltimoreravens.com >> Final Drive: Bazooka Joe Flacco Blows Elite Bubble http://buzztap.com/-5epv22
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hey thats our term
First Update
DOLPHINS-REDSKINS
Old 27-10 MIA
Piggy 38-3 MIA
TryPod 38-10MIA
MikeE 30-6 MIA
Herd 31-10 MIA
Ken 27-13 MIA
ALinMIA31-13MIA
Cav 30-13 MIA
Howie 24-19 MIA
GDP 34 – 12 MIA
GO PHINS!!!
Come on now Piggy
Thats just Gruesome…
It goes more like this; Reshad Jones with the blocked punt deep in Redskins territory results
in the deciding 7 points for MIAMI
HELL YEAH!!!
I like my Kirk Cousins horror story a little better
If you like I can add in a part where dawn aponte turns into a zombie and goes into the redskins lockerroom at halftime and eats all the intestines of the OL
It would be cool
But it doesn’t effect the points scored under current nfl rules
Second Update
DOLPHINS-REDSKINS
Old 27-10 MIA
Piggy 38-3 MIA
TryPod 38-10MIA
MikeE 30-6 MIA
Herd 31-10 MIA
Ken 27-13 MIA
ALinMIA31-13MIA
Cav 30-13 MIA
Howie 24-19 MIA
CCNV 31-3 MIA
GDP 34-12 MIA
GO PHINS!!!
BrianinNY 37-13 MIA
Now that we’re so close time is moving agonizingly slooooooww.
I’m glad that the first week of the year coincides with the first week of school for me. I’m crazy busy now, and it makes the waiting fly by!
Nice! I’m going on vacation next week which will help me get there but the last few days have been agonizing. I can’t wait to fire up that grill, make a strong rum and coke and sit down and watch some Dolphins football! I’m so excited to see this team under live fire.
Yes Rock
flying is quite expensive and when I hit the lottery I am building my own float plane and get back into it…
When you fly back home, at least a couple of us will be there to greet you. 🙂
That’s Rock and me.
I’m the good looking one in the white tuxedo…
LOL Rock but come’on……we’re both good looking guys.
I was flying planes before I knew how to drive a car. (my dad signed me up at age 14 for lessons. He always wanted to be a pilot but lost an eye in an accident and could never get instrument certified. He lived vicariously through me. Until it just got too expensive. That’s when I got “why don’t you go out for Baseball this year?” I friken hate baseball.
NFLTradeRumors.co @nfltrade_rumors 7m7 minutes ago
#Dolphins Cut QB Josh Freeman http://bit.ly/1KPdhnz
#NFL
What a huge surprise
SHOCKING!
Only one question you have to ask yourself…. Why destroy the phone if it exonerates you…. everyone walks miles around it…if your innocent, why destroy the phone and please dont give me theline of bullshit they gave and said it was part of his normal process for upgrading. No one here is stupid enough to truly belive that.
would u trust NFL when they leaked false info to the press
I trust the fact that Brady admitted to destroying it.
good one
NOGTIH ALL!!
Why did the Dolphins cut Freeman? All he did was throw INT’s on two potential game winning drives with two minutes left in the game!
I dunno im still not sure why they havent promoted MBT to be the starter. This teams doesnt seem to know what the fuck its doing!
This just in: NFL owners are looking to lessen goodell responsibilities concerning discipline.
Jag cuts:
DT Richard Ash
DE Camaron Beard
DE Nordly “Cap” Capi
WR Kasey Closs
OG Will Corbin
TE Connor Hamlett
CB Jeremey Harris
DE Ike Igbinosun
RB Storm Johnson
TE Ben Koyack
WR Erik Lora
QB Stephen Morris
OG Chris Reed
CB Rashaad Reynolds
WR Neal Sterling
LB Todd Thomas
CB Peyton Thompson
WR Tony Washington
Damn they are pretty much done lol.
Koyack was some of your mid round hard-ons wasnt he?
Storm Johnson for you UM homers.
DIDN’T Storm Johnson finish at UCF??? – – SON??
Thats funny
I will land my float plane at some little Island down in the Keys and the is Rock and Stanger to great me with a margarita.
Make it a Miller Lite and I’ll be there for sure
Da plane, da plane…
If they cut Nick Marshall i would really like to pick him up. I think with the right DB coach that dude will be a bad ass safety. People still thinking CB for him but his skill set and size better match up as SS.
LaMike james @LaMichaelJames 5m
I haven’t made the Miami Dolphins 53 yet nothing is set in stone
Good, I’m praying you don’t 😉
Tracking the 22 cuts:
Confirmed (Source):
OT Donald Hawkins (Player’s twitter account)
OG Mike Liedtke (Armando Salguero via Liedtke’s agent twitter account).
LB James Davidson (Player’s twitter account)
DT Anthony Johnson (Drew Rosenhaus via Joe Rose radio show)
DT DeAndre Coleman (Barry Jackson)
WR Damarr Aultman (Barry Jackson)
QB Josh Freeman (reporter Mike Freeman via Twitter)
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Expected:
QB-McLeod Bethel-Thompson
PK- Sturgis or Franks
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2015/09/04/nfl-owners-to-discuss-changing-roger-goodells-role-in-disciplinary-process/
Read that this morning. Basically the NFL owners are going to discuss ‘exporting’ disciplinary moves to some other authority that satisfies the NFLPA (in exchange for some concession of something from the NFLPA).
i believe we are gonna see a shake up in the NFL’s office this year before the summer meetings. Everyone thinks it Goodell’s fault but he has always said he wasn’t a lawyer.Now I don’t know if he acted against NFL counsel advice I don’t know.
https://youtu.be/qMor6dL0LfI
Notice the game Highlight on that, who was that?
Lamar Miller
Jarvis Landry
Couldnt tell it came and went to quick
any word on uwantwat and his open heart operation. The surgery usually goes well and patients that die, usually die in the recovery room, that according to my former surgeon.
http://NFL.com ‘s redid the 2012 draft: Ryan Tannehill third overall, Olivier Vernon 15th and Lamar Miller the last pick in Round 1.
We got 3 first rounders!!!
That’s what the UM coach said when we drafted Miller and OV.
Oh hope the man is OK
That just happened to my wifes cousins dad.
He had the surgery and was recovering nicely, getting out of bed and all
A day or so later BAMM massive heat attack and that was it…
sorry to hear about your relative
Falcons waived/released LB Terrell Manning, OL Jake Rodgers, OG Jared Smith, CB Kevin White
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Kevin White surprises me….we talked a lot about him pre draft.
Getterdone,
Here is the hotel. It’s in walking distance to D&B and then we go back by the pool afterward and I get piggy so messed up he’s useless for the game. Toba hung out with us last year, it’ll be cool as hell if you join us this year.
http://www.laquintaftlauderdaleairport.com/
I’m surprised at Anthony Johnson being cut. He looked very promising to me. Someone will be glad for that piece of Dolphin scrap.
Don’t forget to vote in the poll
Right now 3 people are rubbing Ice cream on themselves…weird…
Rockphin says:
September 4, 2015 at 4:05 pm
I don’t know the answer to that one. I could be… What does that have to do with the fact that Brady didn’t DIRECTLY cheat?
lmmfao. well in that case rose didnt directly bet on baseball. the bookie placed the bet. and hey, a murderer didnt directly kill some one, the bullet did or the knife did. but go ahead jetssuck jr, make all your stupid excuses as to how brady didnt cheat.
http://espn.go.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/16708/tough-decisions-at-cornerback-linebacker-highlight-dolphins-projected-roster
I like Walkers list, with the exception of Gillislee for LaFumble and Franks for Sturgis.
Conner Barth kicker, got cut by TB, that was a no brainer that new guy that kicked the 56/57 yrders has a future in this league.
all you guys can thank me later
http://www.raphaelrj2.com/blog/doctors-claims-bjs-are-good-for-womens-health-and-helps-fights-depression
YEAH, POOR GUY
couldnt have been much older than me..
I never met him. they where divorced and it was his wife that is on my wifes side of the family
I know his kids, his son is a NJ state trooper now but was a punk little kid 15 years ago and would drive me nuts every time they came down.
As for my wife, she was kind of distraught cause she pretty much grew up with him up there in NY-NJ
Nightly Update
DOLPHINS-REDSKINS
Old 27-10 MIA
Piggy 38-3 MIA
TryPod 38-10MIA
MikeE 30-6 MIA
Herd 31-10 MIA
Ken 27-13 MIA
ALinMIA31-13MIA
Cav 30-13 MIA
Howie 24-19 MIA
CCNV 31-3 MIA
GDP 34-12 MIA
BrianNY37-13MIA
GO PHINS!!!
I don’t know when the deflate case goes back into session, but one thing I haven’t heard yet is, now that the suspension won’t be for the first 4 games, maybe it will be one of the 2 we play the cheats!
FFR
I will definitely let the wife read that article!
Piggy
What you do in the freezer needs to stay in the freezer!
steve,
it would be nice but it wont happen, but would be nice the pats in a race for the east and he gets suspended the last 4 games of the year.
It’s not in the leagues hands any longer, so the conspiracy theory kind of goes out the window, unless the judge is crooked.
Howie
28-9 My Miami F’n Dolphins!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wyoming85 says:
September 4, 2015 at 8:19 pm
FFR
I will definitely let the wife read that article!
read it????? hell you should have it blown up and pasted above your bed. 🙂
FFR
You are the one who called now suspension!
Fuck the Pats!!!!
Let them drown in the Suhnami!!!!!!!!!!!
Nudge gently my friend!
Don’t push! 😉
steveccnv says:
September 4, 2015 at 8:23 pm
It’s not in the leagues hands any longer, so the conspiracy theory kind of goes out the window, unless the judge is crooked.
steve,
you took that wrong. i didnt mean it as a conspiracy, just meant he is not going to be suspended at all.
Wyoming
someone else said this before i could post it. but i was thinking it. would be absolutely fantastic if their first game against pitt, shady gets his knee busted the fuck up and he is out of football for life. i would love nothing more then to see that happen.
That would be awesome
wyoming85 says:
September 4, 2015 at 8:25 pm
Nudge gently my friend!
Don’t push! 😉
lmao.
FFR
I try not to root for injuries!
But I am a big believer in Karma! 🙂
wyoming85 says:
September 4, 2015 at 8:40 pm
FFR
I try not to root for injuries!
But I am a big believer in Karma! 🙂
i agree. i dont root for injuries. plane crashes yeah, but no injuries.
Omar and Walker both have our 9 Olineman on the 53 as the five starters + Turner, Linkinbach, Brenner, and Fox. I agree with these 9, but what if we get another teams cut Olineman, which one of our 4 backups get cut?
Linkinbach
he couldn’t beat out “bad rookies & 2nd year guys” for the guard spot and the younger guys are worth investing in more if he can’t beat them out. I hope we do pick up a good utility lineman that can push him out.
lmmfao. well in that case rose didnt directly bet on baseball. the bookie placed the bet. and hey, a murderer didnt directly kill some one, the bullet did or the knife did. but go ahead jetssuck jr, make all your stupid excuses as to how brady didnt cheat.
Rob, you mistake me. I think Brady is guilty as hell. Just like the old lady who pays a crack addict to “rob” her house and kill her old man is guilty. Furthermore I believe that fucker has gone so far as to sell his soul to the Devil. He is a smarmy mouthed arrogant evil fuck that has had his pole swung on by millions for way too long. I’m not making excuses for him.
This is not a future hall of famer and multiple superbowl winner
https://s.yimg.com/fz/api/res/1.2/afcrvQUUyuVBLHMHQqMB9w–/YXBwaWQ9c3JjaGRkO2g9ODU3O3E9OTU7dz0xMDAw/http://usatftw.files.wordpress.com/2014/09/tom_brady_nfl_draft_combine_2000.jpg?w=1000&h=857
This is a evil soulless demi-demon
I’m drinkin vodka and lemonade and watching an episode of Fringe that I have never seen.
‘Rob, you mistake me.’
no i didnt. i kind of thought you were just being me and being an ass pointing out that ‘he’ didnt cheat.
i was just having fun calling you jetssuck jr. just playing along with what you were doing.
now, stop drinking girl drinks and man the fuck up.
lmao at that pic rock posted. even then the fucker cheated. look at him, even then his foot is on the line and not standing in the middle of he box
Anyone else watching college football ?
Vodka and Lemonande?
(Piggy gags)
Rockphin says:
September 4, 2015 at 9:55 pm (Edit)
I’m drinkin vodka and lemonade and watching an episode of Fringe that I have never seen.
Vodka and Lemonade is very good. At least the one I’m having right now is! 🙂
I am told that it is a girls drink so it’s okay for you to like it
Pigs are strictly beer and tequila
Beer and mescal
Marlins edge Mets 6-5 in 11 innings. The game almost had a playoff feel to it. If Marlins get their injured stars back next season (Stanton, Fernandez, etc.) this rivalry could REALLY heat up next season. But make no mistake, the METS are the best team in the division, now and for the next few years, barring injuries to their pitching staff.
OUT for tonight. FAU @ Tulsa tomorrow at 3:30 Eastern Time. Owls are 6 and 1/2 point dogs. One of Division One’s better QB’s, Jacqezz Johnson, will try to lead FAU to the upset victory (as he did last year vs. Tulsa).
Come On People…. Still Looking for 4 more entries for a Fantasy league for our Bloggers..
if you are interested fire me an email at drp667@hotmail.com and I can send out an invite.. apparently that is easiest..
Howie
Fins 38 Politically incorrect Native American nickname 13
Point of history and maybe a good omen for the Fins…
In 1984…the last SB appearance for the Dolphins they opened the season at the Redskins with a 35-17 win.
OD
There are a few things that concern me about the Mets right now.
#1 – deGrom, Harvey and, Syndergaard have been pretty shaky since the Mets acquired Cespedes. It seems that once we finally started scoring runs, these gys forgot how to pitch. Not one of them has gone into the 8th inning, forget complete games. If these guys are supposed to be the horses that they are, that’s not good enough. Not even close. Not with the bullpen they have. They need at a minimum, 7 quality innings from their starters as the bullpen is currently constituted. If they can’t accomplish that, I don’t see them winning a series in the playoffs.
#2 – David Wright is NOT the David of Wright of 2006, or previous to that. He has been a shell of that player for quite some time now, and it’s time the organization realizes what he is, and then make adjustments accordingly. It was nice to see that big home run in his first at bat back, but that’s been it for him. He looks more like Ruben Tejada than Yoenis Cespedes. In the field, he’s been less than average since his return. I feel for the guy, I do, but I also want to win. If that means less David, and more Uribe and Murphy and Flores, so be it.
#3 – Matt Harvey better come out today and lambast his agent for his remarks about the Mets not caring about Harvey’s supposed 180 inning limit dictated by surgeon Dr. Andrews. The Mets have gone to a 6 man rotation when they were able to, and have pulled Harvey out of games in which he wanted to continue, so to say the Mets haven’t cared about Harvey’s well being is garbage. Harvey better shut Boras up, or even better, fire his ass. If he doesn’t, give me the “Exiled Knight” Jorah Mormont over the “Dark Knight” any day of the week!
Every team fights through the same type of crap. The Dodgers for instance can’t seem to score when Kershaw/Greinke are on the mound. They both recently beat the Giants 2-1, the next game against the Padres they score 7 straight runs to take a 7-4 lead, only to lose 10-7.
Sensationalism at it’s finest.
Biggest Dead Weight Gone from Each NFL Team
Posted on August 30, 2015 by Will Laws
Credit: Wade Payne/Associated Press
Every NFL team goes through changes in the offseason. Some of those are for the better.
We chose a player from each team that won’t be missed in 2015, whether it’s because they were ineffective, overpaid, a locker room headache, or some maddening combination of the three.
Miami Dolphins: Mike Wallace
2014 Approximate Value: 8
Career Approximate Value: 50
Not only did Mike Wallace underachieve during his two seasons in Miami. He also infamously sat out the second half of his final game with the team, a crushing loss to the division-rival Jets.
As part of a makeover to its receiving corps, Miami shipped Wallace to Minnesota. His teammates, who were reportedly upset with his Week 17 act, probably won’t miss him.
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Really! A crushing loss to the jets, SMFH.
Ouch, JD Walton is the player for the Giants, he should be cut today.
2014 Approximate Value: 8
Career Approximate Value: 24
Approximate Value does not do a very good job of quantifying the performance of offensive linemen. Despite being graded by Pro Football Focus as the 38th-best center in the NFL last year, Walton’s AV was higher than Pro Bowler Jason Kelce (who was graded 8th by PFF).
The Giants let Walton sign with Miami in the offseason, and their offense should be better off for it in 2015.
It keeps getting better.
Minnesota Vikings: Greg Jennings
2014 Approximate Value: 6
Career Approximate Value: 76
Once Mike Wallace was traded to Minnesota, there wasn’t much motivation for the Vikings to re-sign Jennings, who posted his worst numbers in any full season since his rookie campaign last year.
Steve I don’t know about you but I always feel crushed when we lose to the stinking jets
I do too, but after the loss last yr I knew it was best for the draft position in 2015. We wouldn’t have Parker, without a trade-up, if we had beaten the jets.
Steve
The Mets are built on pitching, and in the playoffs, you need stellar pitching, defense, and clutch hitting. These guys better get back to pitching like the team can only score 1-2 runs a game, or we’ll be out just as quick we got in.
Bullpen can’t be overstated too.
Steve
I think Jennings is going to have a nice year with the Dolphins.
I don’t expect anything more than he did in Minn. statwise, but that isn’t what matters to me. He needs to stay healthy, get open regularly, score 5 or so tDs, and catch the ball when it’s thrown to him, that’s all that matters, the stats aren’t important with a deep WR group, so yeah I agree.
Brady issued a statement on Facebook about deflategate It was all pretty vanilla, mostly “ready to play some football” stuff. Did find this part interesting though……wonder whose feelings he hurt. Guessing he’s not talking about Goodell or Wells.
“”I also want to thank Judge Berman and his staff for their efforts to resolve this matter over the past five weeks. I am very grateful. My thanks also to the union’s legal team who has fought so hard right along with me. While I am pleased to be eligible to play, I am sorry our league had to endure this. I don’t think it has been good for our sport – to a large degree, we have all lost. I am also sorry to anyone whose feelings I may have hurt as I have tried to work to resolve this situation.”
He’s sorry for everything but asking the “dieting” equipment guy to deflate thje balls. Isn’t that just sweet of him? lol
Sorta where my mind went too……could be he feels bad for what happened to the deflator and his boss. Even if he didn’t specifically order it…..my guess is their conversations were not of the friendly type, and those guys lost their jobs trying to help him on the field.
the guy was with the organization for 38 yrs FT and the other guy was a game day employee who was paid only 50 dollars a game. He couldn’t sell his season tickets for a profit to help pay for his wife’s life saving surgery she needed because of team rules. Tom Brady was aware of this much needed surgery and signed some Nike experimental shoes like he did for all who asked. The PT employee was left out of getting the shoes for some unknown reason probably a mistake.
Slow day on a long holiday weekend here at the blog…
everyone is waiting for the cuts. they’ll happen today
True. How many more do the Dolphins have to make?
try,
not sure. according to nfl.com the phins officially have only announced 1.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000518343/article/nfl-roster-cuts-tracker
I think they still have about 10 or so to make.
Wow are you behind, we’ve released already at least 7 guys including Anthony Johnson, Aultman, and of course Fields.
I think he means in addition to those guys we still have about 10 cuts to make
stangerx says:
September 5, 2015 at 10:38 am (Edit)
Sorta where my mind went too……could be he feels bad for what happened to the deflator and his boss. Even if he didn’t specifically order it…..my guess is their conversations were not of the friendly type, and those guys lost their jobs trying to help him on the field.
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And probably why Brady felt the need to destroy his cell phone.
Flip side is I figure they got paid.
Otherwise they would have been on TMZ for big money.
But yeah on the cell phone…..his side wouldn’t even provide pertinent texts.
To my mind that means they couldn’t give some without leaving out others.
Exactly. There was clearly something he didn’t want the league to see. Berman spent a lot of time on what the league did wrong in the process and he may be right about some of that but the real error in his decision is that he failed to discuss what Brady did wrong in the process and to me that comes out as a wash.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 49m49 minutes ago
Redskins are expected to keep RGIII on 53-man roster today, as @JeffDarlington reported. Not everyone in their building is happy about it.
Sounds like Schneider getting involved to me.
I don’t think the last of this drama has played out yet.
That’s what the holdup has been all week. It shouldn’t concern us, because he won’t be playing against us.
If they play him at all this yr and he gets hurt and has his contract of $16 mil guaranteed in 2016, they’ll be setback 3 more yrs as a franchise, after being setback the last 3 yrs after acquiring him.
So bottom line is I expect Snyder to keep him and make them play him, SMFH.
Fn Schifty, it doesn’t matter that they might keep him on the 53, he’ll never play another down for the ‘Skins, if he does they’ve replaced the Raiders as the worst franchise in the NFL.
At this point I’m not sure they haven’t surpassed them- I actually think the Raiders are on the upswing, which isn’t saying much, as they has no place to go but up when Al died.
apparently channeling my inner Jar Jar Binks, there…^^^^
This is what is posted on sbnation (as far as cuts so far): Miami Dolphins
Anthony Johnson, DT (report)
James Davidson, LB (report)
Mike Liedtke, G (report)
Donald Hawkins, OL (report)
Damarr Aultman, WR (report)
DeAndre Coleman, DT (report)
Josh Freeman, QB (report)
http://www.sbnation.com/nfl/2015/9/4/9256749/2015-nfl-roster-cuts-tracker-final-53-man-roster-deadline?ref=yfp