Prawny is still in jail and missed the Dolphins win vs the Titans.
FREE PRAWNY!
But in his place we brought another long time Dolfan, Lady Liberty! If you were wondering – No! She is not a Jests fan…yuk
In fact, she made an appearance yesterday
Here she is…Remember seeing this play? The difference between this game and every other game this season – the Dolphins did not fall behind early. Actually they got ahead.
You can thank Lady Liberty for that!
And Lady Liberty loved what Landry did with the play. It didn’t look like a touchdown but Landry made it one.
Let’s face it: Even though the Dolphins were bad in their first 4 games, Landry was great. He has been our MVP this season.
Another consistent performer this year: Rishard Matthews. Matthews caught 6 passes for 85 yards on Sunday including a deep one, kind of, for 24 yards.
Matthews is having a pretty good season this year. He has 23 catches and almost 400 yards. That chemistry with Tanny is really paying off.
Matthews started vs Tennessee.
But passing stats were not really the story…something else was…
I don’t know what you call this…its been so long since I’ve seen it
I think its called “the trotting game”.
Whatever it is we did it for 180 yards on Sunday. Lamar Miller had 113 yards trotting and a touchdown. He did that on 19 carries which is almost 6 yards a carry.
19 carries – are you crazy!!! Why would anyone give a running back more than 12 carries. Coach Campbell must be out of his mind. What’s next? 20! Maybe 21! Then possibly the NFL record…which I’m guessing is 22 carries.
The other story – SACKS. I remember what you call those things and they are delicious.
In this pic, Lady Liberty oils the ball right before Cameron Wake sacks Marcus Mariotta. The sack caused a fumble which we recovered.
Wake had 4 sacks…4!!!!!
The Dolphins had 6 sacks on the day. That is after only acquiring 1 sack in the first 4 games. Vernon had 1 sack on the day. Lady Liberty tried to oil that ball too but the QB went down so quick…
The Titans gained 299 yards on the day and only 63 yards on the ground on 18 trotting attempts.
And the Defense created turnovers too!
Rashad Jones had a pick 6. The play was a huge play early in the 3rd quarter which you can tell by Lady Liberty’s celebration. After the score the Dolphins lead the game 24-3. By that time we were in the driver’s seat.
The Titans would make a push…but it would not last to long.
Thanks Brent Grimes. Lady Liberty wants to dress as Grimes for Halloween. What do you think?
Some people within the Titans Organization think the Dolphins were a bit too physical.
Lady Liberty salutes those people in this pic.
What’s that Lady Liberty? Coach Campbell is going to get a surprise!
He deserves it. And according to Coach Campbell its right back to hitting each other this week at practice.
Finsmob Unleashed 
“A Southwest Airlines jet was forced to turn back and make an emergency landing at LAX after a male passenger allegedly began choking a woman because she reclined her seat, witnesses said.”
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The actual crime aside……..why do they put the button on the armrest if you shouldn’t use it?
Some just lean back some and they are courteous, others go full recline and dump drinks off the tray into the other persons lap. I mean i dont advocate for a guy to go to that extreme over it but its annoying as shit and people dont give a fuck. Try asking someone if they mind tilting it up a little bit and see the look you get and the fuck off its my space attitude ya get after. I wish they just took that feature out all together. Its a fight waiting to happen every time.
D — you buy the seat you buy. I look back for the tray/drink thing and do it real slowly after, but what are you supposed to do when the guy in front of you is doing it?
“Listen here jackass, I’m the new sheriff in town. Get used to it ’cause I’m going to light your fucking ears up every time you try and stick it up my teams ass with your bullshit penalties.”
The Flying Pig says:
October 19, 2015 at 1:39 pm
its not from Ryan
Its from Bleacher report”
ohhhhh well in that case i am sure the nfl alllllll watched the fins game yesterday and are begging the league to make them tone it down.
Stanger, Ross has been around practices over the years and may have seen Campbell’s demeanor and after a few people mentioned him as an option it just became a no-brainer.
Stephen Ross should have had fun with Dan and handed him over a deflated football.
Or one that is properly inflated with a pressure gauge attached to it
Think “after a few people mentioned him as an option” is the key point. Hey — maybe the first one was a guy like Wake.
D,
Agree, some people are just rude about it. They don’t do it slowly and just ram it back with crap on the tray. Also, you get some jackasses who recline about 5 times a flight which annoys me.
I rarely do it but if have one of those kind of persons in front of me, i stretch my legs as much as possible under their seat and if they complain about my feet then ill complain about their recline.
People are rude just walking around in stores as if they’re the only ones there.
D, to me pass rushers need to be responsible like hockey players have to be with their sticks.
D / Cavalier
The ‘knee’ shot was unfortunate but it was clear to me that Vernon was trying to hold his balance up while tumbling forward so that he could make a play. He couldn’t tell from that angle of falling down that Marriota was getting rid of the ball until the last second. It’s a technique thing that the NFL wants players who are falling down near the QB to just fall down instead of trying to stay up to make a play.
It’s one of those things where the player is kind of screwed. Either he intentionally avoids the QB which goes against everything his instincts tell him,or he gets the penalty.
Yeah, i argued my wife about it when it happened and i truly dont think it was anywhere near intentional, but like ya said that’s what they want ya to do so if you dont attempt it they are gonna flag ya.
stangerx says:
October 19, 2015 at 1:51 pm
D — you buy the seat you buy. I look back for the tray/drink thing and do it real slowly after, but what are you supposed to do when the guy in front of you is doing it?
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I dont have issue with the people that do it courteously or the ones i dont have to hold their heads in my lap. They cut out all the space between seats but didnt change the features to go with it, Back in the day before they cut the space by 33% wasnt too bad, now its very unfair to the person behind ya, and doing it because the guy in front of you is, just shifts the burden one more seat back.
Yes Stanger I was here when you called for 3 personal fouls, I even kept track.
Now someone needs to step up and be the Bold Prediction caretaker…
Afternoon Update
DOLPHINS-TEXANS
Piggy 28-7 MIA
Howie 27-24 MIA
Springs 21-10MIA
WERE GOOD!!!
Even in youth sports I have noticed that coaches can make the biggest impact in football more than any other sport. So many things matter more in football than just overall talent. Emotion, passion, scheme, game management, off season prep, discipline, etc. Having a great coach or a great FO makes a huge difference. We’ve had a few great coaches since Shula, but none of them were truly committed to being here long term. Our FO has been a mess for a long time.
Watching the game again and I guess Darr actually only had one bad punt from deep in our territory. The first one (his 2nd punt of the game) was around 46 yards with no return, so his last punt is the only bad one.
D,
Perhaps next time if someone goes full recline in front of me to the point where the top of the headrest is near my face; ill lean over with both arms folded and pull one of these
LOL
Great game yesterday on the road against a tough defense.
I knew it was coaching, not as much talent. The inspiration was there to compete against other professional football players!!!
But we also saw some nice changes/tweaks in the scheme/play calling areas, which is so critical in the flow of a game & game situations.
One further tweak I’d like to see is more jamming of receivers on 3rd & long passing situations, especially when the defense is calling for a blitz or sending more than the front 4. No free release there and it will disrupt the hot reads & timing of the QB’s we face in coming weeks, yes including even Marsha Brady!
Go Phins!
Go Dan the New Man!
They had Dowling or Lippett in there they could play more press. Oh on that subject, did you hear in the interview after how Campbell gave credit to the PS guys, and specifically mentioned Dowling and Hazel. I think thats pretty good stuff there, and may mean those guys will be soon cracking the actives.
Yes I heard that…..loved that he mentions the little guys way down the depth of the roster….it really motivates everybody in every phase to take it to the next level.
I hope Dan gets the permanent ink to stay past 2015 in Miami.
The offense definitely tweaked some things and Sims being back made a big difference. I still saw the same defensive scheme though and the main difference was the front 4 were getting off blocks and creating havoc and that became contagious throughout the defense.
I think the main difference has been mentality. Philbin’s demeanor wasn’t working and it appears this team responds better to more intensity and physicality. Let’s hope it continues and isn’t just the result of the change and a rally cry.
SMH, Dallas Thomas has 2-4 plays a game where he just gives up a blitz, stunt or plain whiff and gives a straight shot right to Tanny.
He was the only Dolphin player to receiver a negative PFF rating
Dallas Thomas has been bad
I’m ready to see a Turner and Douglas duo at OG
I remember one play in particular where he messed up, but sometimes a blitz is supposed to be picked up by the OC or RB. Gotta watch the play because its not always the person whose gap the guy comes through.
When the LT has a man and Thomas is doubling the center’s guy and there is no RB, when a blitz comes through Thomas’s gap it’s pretty clear though, lol.
Ding!
Also Thomas had something to do with 180+ rushing and plenty of clean pockets for RT. A few bad plays stand out and people throw the other 60 out. LOL
Tweets coming in on the current Dan Campbell press conference
We complain about the refs but we got a break on the Grimes interception. For the life of me I can’t see how it wasn’t overturned. He was going to the ground, which mean he needed to control it through the entire process. As he rolls over it’s loose and the receiver takes it. It didn’t even get reviewed.
I think that only applies to scoring plays which is stupid rule difference.
It applies to any pass and catch. If you’re going to the ground you have to possess it through the entire process.
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP now2 minutes ago
Campbell: Intensity, speed that we played was what I hoped we would get. We played faster & guys on sideline you could feel it
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP now2 minutes ago
Campbell: When I got back on bus I was blown out completely. I used it all up. It was great, one of those things I really can’t put in words
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP now44 seconds ago
Campbell on Earl Mitchell: He can play fullback in this league. We’re encouraged by Earl. I love Earl Mitchell.
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP now27 seconds ago
Campbell on Turner: Billy brings a physical presence. He’s got to continue to improve on fundamentals but he played physical
I’ll take an occasional whiff on a blitz by an interior OL anytime if he plays stonewall and gives the QB a solid pocket with time on most all other passing downs.
Besides, most interior blitzes that are coming free should be read by the RB.
Andrew Abramson @AbramsonPBP now1 minute ago
Campbell: There’s no such thing as playing too physical. I don’t see that. I don’t see how that’s even possible.
LOL
D, you expect Dowling to play corner?
Sigh, Tim, can you point to where I “threw out” Thomas’ other 60 plays. I’m pretty sure my post was specific in pointing out the exact opposite by specifying 2-4 plays a game, smh.
And the play where he got Tanny killed on 3rd down in the 1st couple minutes of the 4th was clearly a missed blitz pickup by Thomas.
No it’s been going on since yesterday from multiple people and I was writing before I even saw your post. 🙂
I’m also not saying he doesn’t make any mistakes but he’s not the only one.
GDP,
Reality is that EVERY NFL player leaves plays out there on the field…some more than others but I guess people remember the magnitude of the ‘bad’ plays.
Tim,
Totally agree. There was hardly anything different about the team yesterday other than the fact that they gave a damn for the first time this season. I love that Ross is willing to spend money, but he has been either absent or just clueless when it comes to overseeing the franchise.
Remember Philbin was the first HC he ever hired. I think everything that’s gone on over the last 5 years he’s learned from and that’s why he hired Tannenbaum to help him with such matters moving forward.
Tim,
I expect Dowling to be what he was in college, a FS with ball hawking skills.
Cav,
I’m with you. Thomas has been awful all year and that didn’t change yesterday. They have got to try something else at this point.
Drg, I appreciate that. I’m just trying to talk realistically and specifically about what I’m seeing as I rewatch the game, but it’s hard to do sometimes on this board without being forced into positions you’re not even taking. Unfortunately I think we’re still stuck with him because I don’t think we have another option.
I’d put Douglas or Brenner in there. Can’t be much worse. I know Brenner would do a decent job at least.
Al, yep & the bad plays are when a player from the other team ‘who’s also a pro’, finally made a good play for himself and his team.
Trick is to make a lot more good plays than bad plays and for those few bad plays not to be game changers/losers.
Tim Knight says:
October 19, 2015 at 12:30 pm (Edit)
Now Mario Williams is barking at Rex for his schemes. LOL
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Not surprised by this at all and I thought this may become an issue when Rex was hired. Rex traditionally favors the 3-4 with heavy usage of the blitz. Williams fits the mold of a 4-3 DE. I always thought it was not the most compatible fit.
I guess he likes more hand in the ground and that front 4 did not need to change.
Gotta love the way Campbell is handling this. Might be a good fit as our HC if we can get a great staff around him. I think the Lazor/Saunders combo could work well. Rizzi was running around with his head cut off yesterday, but he could be a good complement to Campbell. There should be some good DC candidates out there this offseason.
Everybody loves the new guy, players included. What happens after the honeymoon and when the team faces adversity will be more telling.
For those of you here who missed it, here is the worst play in NFL history
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000560750/The-Colts-fourth-down-fake-goes-horribly-wrong
LMAO!! I hadn’t seen it. When hearing about it, I thought it was just a dumb fake punt, but that was ridiculous.
That play is called kookoo for cocoa puffs in their playbook.
LOL, so bizarre. What is the thinking on that?
Ken, I think that this fantasy era & humongous contract era has made these players more the divas than some already were.
DRG, Thomas isn’t starting because Brenner is better and Douglas wasn’t benched because he’s the answer. That said I could see the OL change more as the year goes on after more and more physical practices but I also feel Thomas is the new whipping boy and there always seems to have to be one. If he’s as bad as some of you say he is, he wouldn’t be in there.
I’ve seen enough of him to know he’s definitely not the answer. Douglas might be equally as bad, but he’s a rookie. Room for growth is the hope at least. I’ve seen enough from Brenner to think that he would make less mistakes. Not as talented, but I’d take less mistakes at this point.
Tim,
He’s screwed up Harbaugh twice now. He hired a HC contingent upon keeping Ireland. He seems to rely on others advice without spending enough time on site to have an accurate feel for how things are going and what is needed. He’s loyal to a fault, or stubborn, or just afraid to clean house.
Sorry, not a fan of how he’s handled things since buying the team. Doesn’t mean he can’t correct it in the future, but it’s been ugly so far.
That’s when he first became an active owner. He had no experience as a football owner. He inherited guys. People do learn from mistakes. I’m sure he has along the way to making billions. He’s only been really involved for 5 years.
How did he screw up Harbaugh twice?
First time is well documented. I refuse to believe he couldn’t have convinced Harbaugh to take the Dolphins job over Michigan had he truly wanted him here. Just my opinion.
kong,
i said yesterday i thought grimes got away with one. but there was a bit more to it. as soon as the player touched him he was down, so he couldnt take the ball. but whether he controlled it is a good question.
but after all the bad calls they have gotten i will take one iffy one going the fins way.
We got lucky, that would have made it a one score game, but heck yeah, I’ll take it all day long. We have plenty that don’t go our way.
Teams all get calls go there way and against them and it’s about time we’re not always on the shit end of it. The Pats call the president of the U.S. if a call goes against them so there’s that to contend with. 😉
I just wish we would get calls like that against some of the top teams. When we get the calls it’s always against the bottom feeders.
The down on contact has to be with full possession and when you’re going to the ground you don’t fully possess it until you complete the process. It’s how you can have a guy make a catch on the sideline going to the ground being pushed by the defender yet it not be a catch because he loses it after hitting the ground.out of bounds. He would have a catch if he was down by contact.
BTW, I have to admit that the Pats have a formula for dealing with a shuffled OL. I’d like our coaches to study it more.
Nate Solder was already out this week (on IR), the backup LT Marcus Cannon goes out with a foot injury, so there RT had to slide over to LT, and a back up RT came in the game.
They run the type of plays to get the ball out quickly and lots of misdirection stuff, plus those power screens to help Marsha out.
We can do the same by staying committed to the run game like they did with Blount & to develop our screens and quick slants better.
Pats have a very athletic OG in Shaq Mason from GT….he’s a guy I was wanting in the draft….he’s used to getting out on screens, off tackle & sweeps, and reaching the next level since GT ran a lot of triple option. Smart acquisition by NE.
We have a guy that’s not as athletic there, but not far behind in Douglas. Look forward to his continued development.
That’s why guys practice playing different positions. 😉
A good accurate QB with a very quick release and 3 step drops covers up a lot of OLine issues.
On Ross….WTF was he doing in the locker room in Nashville….isn’t he supposed to be in NYC going over property acquisition reports??? 🙄
LOL
DRG, gotcha on the Harbaugh to Michigan thing. I actually think he’s better off in college as adult players say he really wears thin on you after awhile. The same was said about Saban. There’s a reason it all came apart in SF after so much success.
Harbaugh choke his punter Yepremian Jr to death after the game Sat?
DRG,
I don’t like his connections with certain guys such as Carl Peterson & Mike Tannenbaum but there are definitely worse owners / front office guys out there.
Ross has one of the deepest pockets of any owner out there and he seems committed to winning which is all I can ask for as a fan. He has gone about it in an odd way since becoming majority owner but then again he inherited Parcells and those guys. Ross’s only flaw to date is not trusting his own instincts and hiring his own guys from the get go. Eventually the ship will be righted and I’m hopeful that Dan Campbell and his staff now can get the most out of what the team has in it’s players.
I think his main flaw is he’s too loyal. This is not NY real estate. This is football. He needs to fire people sooner. He waited too long on sparano, ireland and philbin IMO.
Neither Sparano or Philbin made it through their 4th season since he became the active owner in 2011. Ireland was fired after the 2013 season. He really didn’t stick with them all that long when you really think about it.
CavalierKong says:
October 19, 2015 at 2:12 pm (Edit)
We complain about the refs but we got a break on the Grimes interception. For the life of me I can’t see how it wasn’t overturned. He was going to the ground, which mean he needed to control it through the entire process. As he rolls over it’s loose and the receiver takes it. It didn’t even get reviewed.
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He was down by contact and he possessed the ball all the way down. The ball didn’t come out until after he established possession and was ruled down by contact. The play was reviewed as all turnovers are. Even the Titans didn’t bitch about the call.
Completely inconsistent with going to the ground rules. He hits the ground and as he’s rolling over the ball is loose, then the Titans receiver takes the ball. Their coach threw the flag to get them to review it but there was nothing he could do because they “chose ” not to do a booth review. If this was a big time game it would be talked about.
Tim,
Jim Harbaugh was liked by his players; the issue was with the front office / owner and their game of “who’s dick is bigger” mentality.
Home plays that game with Home Cooking on a daily basis.
There were a few players who were said to not agree with his coaching methods but i think in general he was liked by most of them.
Not the vets, Alex Boone said he wanted to punch him in the face.
Tim Knight says:
October 19, 2015 at 2:20 pm
D, you expect Dowling to play corner?
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I think he could play CB, difference in the skills of a FS and a CB are minimal. Id like some guys with size, but speed to run with receivers on the outside. I wouldnt care though if they had him at S or CB, but we have stronger need at CB i think.
Regarding Dallas Thomas, I think at this point he’s better on the outside IMO (tackle) and should be developed as one…in particular RT and at this point my projection for him is career backup in the mold of Nate Garner.
He could be very solid at OG where he’s at now as many people see him on the current team but I just for the life of me cannot figure out how the F they cannot get him to change his lean or tilt (too high) when guys are rushing him. Thomas has to learn how to dig inside of people’s chest and also learn how to plant while getting pushed back. He skates too much thinking he can control someone with his hand technique after 3-4 steps back.
He’s still developing too, it’s not like he’s been around 5 years. This is his just his 3rd season and first really focused on guard.
Pagano has another play where the OL simulates ‘A Chorus Line’ effect to mesmerize the defensive front and then all the skill players skip and do cartwheels in random directions. They call it ‘Shama Lama Ding Dong’.
LOL.
LMAO
LOL.
Did Jim Harbaugh choke his punter Yepremian Jr to death after the game Sat?
D says:
October 19, 2015 at 2:56 pm
There were a few players who were said to not agree with his coaching methods but i think in general he was liked by most of them.
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Agree. No bigger statement then players quitting on the team AFTER Jim left LOL.
I’m just getting caught up on that stupid Colts play. I can’t believe they ran that only down by 6, in the 3rd quarter, at their own 30! WTF!?
BoulderPhinfan says:
October 19, 2015 at 2:57 pm
A good accurate QB with a very quick release and 3 step drops covers up a lot of OLine issues.
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Yep, this GIF always reminds me of what makes Tom great (as much as I hate to say it)
But a lot of that was also on play design, Tom just did what the play called for if under a heavy blitz. The RB stayed back recognizing it too.
Cavalier,
Everyone was going nuts on twitter about it LOL.
SO many “I guess the Colts took Pats -8” comments.
Can you imagine what Dolphins fans would do if our coach pulled that ass out of his play, lmao. (especially against the Pets)
Tim Knight says:
October 19, 2015 at 2:59 pm
Not the vets, Alex Boone said he wanted to punch him in the face.
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He also said the same about Clay Matthews LOL
Who?
Thomas is the whipping boy. Its the guy that OL woes get fully dropped on everytime they are brought up, but i cant tell you there were 3 people i had seen start at an OL position this year that looked worse.
Fox is a liability, he CANNOT handle an even mediocre speed rusher. He is great as a power blocker, he handles strength moves pretty easily, but when they try to go around him, they are going crash the pocket and most likely strip Tanny as he isnt a bit aware of it.
Turner when he was playing in pre-season looked completely overwhelmed. He could handle stright up assignments blocking the man in front of him but when they ran a twist on him, or shifted inside his inside shoulder, i was like he didnt know what to do. It could be he has improved, but this was the first game he didnt look absolutely awful. Difference is most here WANT him to be something so they are still pulling for him and looking the other way on his faults, but he has never looked better than Thomas has, period.
Douglas also hasnt looked better than Thomas. I will give him that he is still learning, he is still developing and getting use to the speed of the game, but he has not looked better. Like most im willing to give him a break for being a rookie, but i just think most here will overlook everyone but Thomas. There are time when the OG is supposed to peel off his assist block and pick up a LB, or a twisting DE, but there are times that isnt his assignment too. Ill review this game and see what i think, but i didnt really see a bunch of breakdowns on his part. The OL played decent as a whole this game as evidenced by the good run stats and limited number of hurries/sacks.
Titans C Brian Schwenke requires season-ending surgery for a dislocated left ankle.
Schwenke suffered the injury in stomach-churning fashion against the Dolphins. The third-year pro is in the midst of a rough season, but it’s still a big blow for a team that can’t get its running game going. Sixth-round rookie Andy Gallik will take over at the pivot. It’s the second straight year Schwenke has landed on I.R. His 2014 was ended by a knee injury.
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Surprised his knee wasn’t shredded the angle I saw. Seems more the Theismann type injury.
I thought it was a Theisman injury too until I read about it this morning. The scene of Warmack facing away head in hands was tremendously emotional to see.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 1m1 minute ago
Jets WR Quincy Enunwa suspended without pay for the team’s next four games for violating the NFL Personal Conduct Policy.
There goes their season. 🙄
kudos to rishard mathews to holding on to the ball during the 1st drive that setup the TD. That was a heck of hit he took and held on. Great game for mathews.
Agreed.he has stepped up his game and looks like the main man other than Landry.
CavalierKong says:
October 19, 2015 at 3:15 pm
I thought it was a Theisman injury too until I read about it this morning. The scene of Warmack facing away head in hands was tremendously emotional to see.
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He was probably close enough to hear the pop. I cut blocked a guy once in HS, very legal block, and his kneww snapped right by my helmet. I almost puked. Its a very disturbing sound and you can hear it over all the other sounds going on out there.
knee not kneww
Whew! I wasn’t sure what you were saying snapped. LOL
“hmmmm…I seem to remember Hopkins being a certain Piggy’s favorite samurai”
Was thinking about you yesterday, we all picked favorites, mine was Keenan Allen, his projection look like this: 133 Catches, 1600 yards 9 TDs…
Guess what? I have them both on one of my fantasy football teams so I love ’em BOTH!!!!!!!!!!! A couple other samurai not too impressive, but those dudes are bonafide studs! Nice work Piggy!
I avoided watching replays of Schwenke’s injury. I can’t do it anymore.
and on defense – much less subbing on the DL
Wake had 4 sacks!
Anyone notice that?
I read this morning that Wake only had 30 snaps in the game and I think Shelby had 49? I also saw that Jordan Phillips had the most snaps of his career on Sunday. Do I guess they WERE substituting defensive players.
Fede gets in there too. I think they should be doing that and let Wake play more on crucial downs as a pass rusher.
Is that kool aid I taste? LOL..
Speaking of Samurai’s….you also liked Justin Hunter 😦
Jhan,
Kudos to having both though it seems Allen has a hip issue that will need to be checked out :/. maybe 14 receptions will make anyone’s hips sore lol.
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 16m16 minutes ago
Titans QB Marcus Mariota has a sprained MCL the team will evaluate later this week; will make it tough to play Sunday.
You could tell he wasn’t right.
We broke him!
James Walker @JamesWalkerNFL 19m19 minutes ago
#Dolphins’ Dan Campbell deflects praise to players, staff http://es.pn/1GnazoY
getterdone says:
October 19, 2015 at 3:00 pm
aziest
Did Jim Harbaugh choke his punter Yepremian Jr to death after the game Sat?
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the guy that returned it 4 td broke his hip on that play also.
I watched 2 of the craziest plays ever this weekend
Any update on CB Brice McCain’s knee injury? :/.
Didn’t miss him that I saw!
Ken says:
October 19, 2015 at 4:10 pm
Is that kool aid I taste? LOL..
I don’t know Ken, are you drinking the kool aid? I am certainly not. I’m not taking the cheese either. I am not from MO but this team has broken my fandom so they need to show me MULTIPLE times before I start sipping that poison again. Call it a fluke game. Call it lucky. Call it a game against a team that is not so good. Call it what you like, but ONE win against the titans is not enough to change my opinion of this team back.
I fully expect for the Dolphins to lose next week’s fest game and continue to have never beaten them. I hope I’m wrong again.
Rock — even a Fest when the Phins lose is a great time……..didn’t you enjoy the last one?
Rock,
It was nice to see the Wake of old, wasn’t it? I actually thought they used him situationally more than usual and it seemed to work well.
Our receiving corps has been great. Good fit for Tannehill and much better than last year.
A lot of tough catches which you need throughout a season.
I guess he’ll be joining Philbin on the couch on Sunday’s.
Former Packers TE Jermichael Finley has formally retired from football.
The 28-year-old never got cleared after neck surgery. He was known to be retired last October, when Finley filed a claim on his $10 million insurance policy tied to suffering a career-ending injury.
I was reading some stuff about Hugh Glass which the new Leonardo DiCaprio movie ‘The Revenant’ is based on. Man this dude was tough.
“Glass set his own leg, wrapped himself in the bear hide his companions had placed over him as a shroud, and began crawling. To prevent gangrene, Glass laid his wounded back on a rotting log and let maggots eat the dead flesh.”
Go to the section about Bear mauling.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugh_Glass
Remake!
Oh is it, I wouldn’t know.
….wow, and yet you refuse to watch replays of the Schwenke type injuries anymore…..smh
I don’t like seeing a guy’s leg snapped for real. Since the Theisman injury I became kind of squeamish with that stuff and I also dislocated my leg at the knee twice and it reminds me of that which wasn’t pretty.
I broke my fibula bone that went through the skin. I passed out after seeing the bone and some blood. Next thing I remember is being in hospital room with cast and leg elevated.
WELL IT’s ALMOST 5 PM and, surprise, surprise, NOBODY from the Dolphins’ ticket office called me back today to tell me WHAT CHANGES THEY PLAN TO MAKE to correct the parking fiasco from the Buffalo game!! – – As a few of you may already know, hundreds (thousands?) of season ticket holders with Orange parking lot parking passes were DENIED ENTRY into the Orange lot more than 2 hours before kickoff (even though hundreds of empty parking spaces stayed empty and were NEVER USED DURING THE GAME or before the game)!!! –I had to park under the Turnpike overpass in a lot more than a mile from the entrance to the stadium. NOT a big problem for me BUT my wife is NOT ABLE to walk 2 miles round trip due to her 4 surgeries and her current treatment she’s receiving!! –AFTER this past summer’s season ticket selling fiasco, this is THE LAST THING ROSS’S TICKET OFFICE NEEDED TO DO!! –SEEMS as tho’ no aspect of this football franchise can operate without MAJOR SNAFUS–Unlike the Huizenga era when parking and ticket sales were, in my experience, PERFECT!
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CAN’T WAIT to hear my ticket reps’ explanation for this one!!!
OD — my dude said they will have it handled on Sunday, but that might have been company line. What I locked him down for sure on (not that it was hard cause he was like….”of course no problem” was that if you get there before the gates close at ten that setting up the tailgate in the Orange lots will be no problem.
What he did say is that the Blue and Purple are the ones most affected……thats you and your Boyz.
NOT ME: I don’t have handicapped parking. But all MY BOYZ DO! –That’s right, Ross, go ahead and screw the handicapped!!
Unreal. That should never happen.
O’Howie,
I was so glad to be wrong with my last pick, but I am taking each game as they come. That being said:
24- 17 H ouston O wns U s!
Tim, I got ya….was jk/bb. I’ve had some bad leg injuries like yours and it isn’t pretty.
When I see stuff like that as it happens or a replay shows it before I know how bad it is I get like ahhhhh…. and grab my knee and walk away.
jetsssuck says:
October 19, 2015 at 5:32 pm
I broke my fibula bone that went through the skin. I passed out after seeing the bone and some blood. Next thing I remember is being in hospital room with cast and leg elevated.
I had a rod placed by the fibula and screws that were attached to rod and bone. It took 2 surgeries to start feeling right. Needless to say the team continued practice 30 minutes later I was told.
Al in MIA says:
October 19, 2015 at 4:36 pm
Speaking of Samurai’s….you also liked Justin Hunter 😦
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I did too. I think a lot of Hunters issues though is coaching and development. I would still like to have Hunter on our team. Id part ways with Jennings at this point to have Hunter. Jennings isnt doing much for us, costs a lot more and isnt a 6’5 target.
We don’t need Hunter….what we need is to start infusing Parker into the game with more snaps against Houston, then really have him ready to break out @ NE, where we’ll really need him so we can score enough.
Agree.
Right now the Fins have gotten ZERO out of their top rookie (obviously due to injury). At this point, the Fins are probably going to unleash him soon on some formidable divisional opponent we all dislike :).
Howie,
Put me down for
23-16 Fins
Mike E
That was actually Man in the Wilderness (1971)
Richard Harris playing Zachary Bass
Not Hugh Glass! My bad
Al, that’s what I’m thinkin….like I said, get Parker ready by playing him several snaps vs. Houston so we can have him ready to be fully unleashed @ NE & @ BUF.
Evening Update
DOLPHINS-TEXANS
Piggy 28-7 MIA
Howie 27-24 MIA
Springs 21-10MIA
T/Pod 24-17 HOU
ALinMIA23-16MIA
WERE GOOD!!!
anyone going to watch this weekends 1st game hosted by a website Yahoo? 20 million viewers likely. Everyone I talk to with my my former company thinks they are going to have troubles with bandwidth and latency (in and out differences) issues.
getterdone says:
October 19, 2015 at 5:44 pm
We don’t need Hunter….what we need is to start infusing Parker into the game with more snaps against Houston, then really have him ready to break out @ NE, where we’ll really need him so we can score enough.
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I wasnt advocating for us to go get him, but if he got cut i would be all over signing him. The kid has a lot of talent that hasnt been fully realized yet. I was more making an offhand comment about Jennings not really showing anything this year. Getting what we are getting from Jennings id rather have a young guy who costs a lot less and has a potential to be part of our future, but yes Parker is a guy we need to start getting involved.
D, I figured it was more an indictment of Jennings as well…..you’re ok.
Go #11 !
Branden Albert
“I know for me and for the other guys it was kind of direspectful people saying we can’t get the run game going and people calling us out,” Albert said. “I know all of us wanted to get it done, and we got it done.
“I don’t care how good of a pass blocker, I don’t want to sit there and pass-block 40 times. I’d rather have a balanced attack and it helps everybody. It keeps the defense on the field, Ryan (Tannehill) doesn’t have to be back there and taking hits becaue I don’t care who you are, you’re going to get beat if you pass the ball 40 times. It helps everybody out, and it did.”
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-1/Dolphins-Already-Looking-Ahead-To-Texans/ae2a7935-7474-4faf-be2d-dab337d3cd4e?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
glad he is back it helped the running game a lot. I don’t know if he is 100 percent but 50 percent and he is better than the people we put over there while he was out.
Barry Jackson @flasportsbuzz 2m2 minutes ago
Heat/Fins roster moves: Dolphins cut S Jonathan Dowling..
After he was called out in the post game speech? Cruel.
WOW, what the heck happened there…thought he was on the upswing….that’s a stumper unless he’s injured or did something really wrong.
Omar Kelly ✔ @OmarKelly
Why do I want to listen to Bobby Browns’ “I wanna rock with you baby” right now? I’m in a mood!
😯
Cardinals released S Chris Clemons with an injury settlement.
Clemons was placed on I.R. last week with a minor hamstring injury. Now close to full health, Clemons will be able to seek work elsewhere. He just turned 30.
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Surely we don’t go after him after dumping Dowling….lol
The released Dowling? Didn’t he just get bumped up to the 53 man?
Wyo
In response to your 6:11PM post, that’s ANOTHER reason why Joe is gone. He was the HC, and why he allowed that total imbalance between pass and run is beyond me.
Mike E. says:
October 19, 2015 at 6:39 pm
Wyo
In response to your 6:11PM post, that’s ANOTHER reason why Joe is gone. He was the HC, and why he allowed that total imbalance between pass and run is beyond me.
i say it over and over i am just your average football watcher. i dont know more then the people paid to do the job. but that i never got why they didnt give the oline a chance to get into the game with run blocking. listen to any lineman that has played the game and they say they like that cause it gives time a chance to get more physical and go after the defense and not sit back to get attacked by the d linemen. i think that was a big key to yesterdays game, the plan to run the ball and stick with it.
Well it would be OK by me if we got Clemmons back, Kinda feel bad for that young Dowlings kid though.
Maybe we will sign him back later on as guys go down.
and you think they would have reached a deal with Clemmons bore dumping the other kid
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Dolphins have signed tight end Brandon Williams from their practice squad. Waived Jonathan Dowling to make room.
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This means Campbell wants more 2 TE sets like we saw Sunday….and rightly so.
Welcome HC Dan Campbell.
but he went out of the way to give Dowling props in his lockerroom speach
florio trying to say that OV hit was deliberate. I thought it looked accidental.
TE Brandon Williams came from the Carolina Panthers, he’s 6’4 255.
His Pro Day in 2012 he ran a 4.56, had a 36″ vertical, 10’8″ broad jump, 26 reps on bench,
He was an Oregon Duck under Chip Kelly but was let go do to a dangerous spinal condition at the time…He’s over came a lot to get to this point on the Phins roster.
Hope he realizes his dream better than what he fantasized it could be.
Go #88 !
http://www.oregonlive.com/ducks/index.ssf/2014/09/brandon_williams_journey_to_th.html
What about Stoneburner?
Does this mean we have 4 TEs on the 53?
Is our TE coach getting a bit TE happy here?
We need them for the running game and depth is important too.
I think it has 2 do with who we play in 11 days. They use a lot of 4 te packages.
Dan Campbell is a former TE 😀
Besides, I was shocked when our opening roster carried only 3 & we dumped Lynch so quickly in his 2nd year after drafting him.
Plus remember, once when Philbin was in GB, they carried 5 TE’s on the roster….I believe they usually still carry 4.
Well I guess its alright since there are no other areas we need to bolster.
Run blocking is key to success and at 255 he just might get some playing time one day,
Dont expect any passes coming his way but I’ll give the man a chance
He might not even be active this week. We may only take 3 TEs to the game but when Sims went down we were down to 2.
Good chance Dowling gets resigned to PS. I believe they need to waive from 53 before can be put back on PS
Yeah that’s true but he was just promoted to the 53 days before the Titans game so that makes me think something is up with him.
I was surprised on reading itas well. Unless one of the other TE shows up on injury list
What N.E. runs 4 TEs?
I was kind of thinking about them today, Pinning up our WRs’ on theirs
I’ll take Mathews & Landry over Amendolla & Edeleman any day
Its just their QB is a little bit better than ours that gives them the edge
GO PHINS!!!
No but they have in the past used 3 TEs because Gronk is also a weapon as we know. The Pats mix it up much like we did yesterday. They play spread/shotgun, but they also go under center and run it and utilize play-action passing. They try to stay out of one-dimensional football which we have put ourselves in this year too often. Yesterday was a good start at getting away from that.