The Ravens came to South Florida on Sunday in a battle of two teams that played the 2015 football season like poop.
The Dolphins would win!
Allright Miami!!!
The first score of the day would come on a Parker leaping catch. Look at that air. Parker started at caught 3 passes for 63 yards.
The Dolphins actually only had 86 yards passing. So there wash;t much of an ariel attack with the exception of this game.
That’s why I am going to give you a second look at the catch.
Here is a pig’s interpretation of the catch
Most of the offense on the day was provided by Lamar Miller who rushed for 113 yards on 20 carries.
Yes 20 carries! That isn’t a typo.
The Dolphins planned to finally have some balance after firing Lazor…but they may have pushed a little too far in the other direction since the only offense on the day was on the ground.
Ryan Tannehill completed 9 of 19 passes for 86 yards. This is the 4th week in a row in which Tannehill failed to throw complete 60%. Given the nature of this offense – that’s a pretty awful stat.
But the defense had a strong game. Two of our defensive ends stood out. Olivier Vernon and Derrick Shelby. Vernon had 2.5 sacks on the day.
Shelby was also hitting Schaub hard all day and he scored the Dolphins only other TD on tip and interception return. It was a terrific play by Shelby.
And when we talk about defense – you can’t leave out Reshad Jones. Jones had 10 tackles and an interception. His interception set up the Parker touchdown.
If Jones doesn’t make the pro bowl this year, the pro bowl should be thrown in a dumpster…
With the win the Dolphins collect their 5th win of the year. And that probably takes them out of the top 5 of the draft. So say goodbye to a top 5 pick.
Finsmob Unleashed 
How about Misi on the coverage; If he dont defend that pass it goes for 35-40yds easily
Misi played well yesterday, the whole defense played really well. Turnovers, sacks, pressure and a fourth qtr shutout with a 2 point lead when our qb failed to lead the team to even a FG attempt in the second half.
Our rookie kicker hasn’t kicked a pressure kick all year, we don’t know what the hell we have with him. I’ve never seen a season where a team’s kicker has been so inconsequential, it’s ‘Frank’ly amazing.
well maybe if there was a 4th qtr drive to set up the FG just once…
The Cheats loss yesterday means that right now they are the #3 in the AFC
and would therefore have to play to road games (most likely) to play in the super bowl
1. Bengals
2. Broncos
3. Cheats
so I’m rooting for the bengals and broncos to win out
and if we can manage to beat the cheats in the final game of the season we can also help the cause to hurt their playoff positioning
It was a strange game but at least we won. That had to be the best game Shepperd has played as a Dolphin.
he looked good last week too
but I still have my eye on drafting LBs this offseason
True and yeah that doesn’t mean we’re not going to target LB in the draft.
the defense played solid. The offense, specially tanny, played like shit but at least we committed to running the ball.
Don’t ignore the fact that our OL struggled basically every time in pass pro. RT was hit constantly.
well he was way off on his outside passes when he had time. I’ve never seen him throw so inaccurate. Maybe it was the wind. But a lot of his passes sailed on him.
Boulder, yeah no doubt RT was off for whatever reason. They did say it was windy, so that along with the shaky pass pro may have had something to do with it, but something doesn’t seem right with RT. Not sure what it is. We’ve seen him play better than this so something must be up. You don’t just forget how to throw this young.
maybe it had to do with him getting more control of the offense. He was nervous.
I really think we need to draft a QB in the later rounds next year.
See below
its 4 games in a row now below 60% which is pretty bad for this offense
It wasn’t just yesterday
I think even if we wanted Tanny as our guy in 2016 we should draft a QB to develop as a backup. before the season started I thought that
A new coach might want his own guy. so to me the question is how high do we draft a qb? Is it our franchise guy or a developmental backup
As critical as I have been about Tanny I would rather we just focus on defense in the draft with the early picks. Maybe a new coaching staff will put Tanny in better position to succeed. But then again…maybe not. I am willing to take that risk
He has been under 60% over the last 4 games
He has been particularly bad in that span
earlier this season he set the franchise record for consecutive completions
I really don’t think its an OL issue
the OL was worse the last 2 years or just as bad (and same goes with early this season)
but he had great short and intermediate passing accuracy
and really its been his strongest quality most of his career
out of the blue he sucks with short and intermediate accuracy
every pass is behind the receiver
people keep talking about separation – but I think that is way off base. The throws allow the dbs to catch the wrs who are underneath. You don’t need lightning speed to get open on those routes.
Its a shame b/c his long ball has really come on this season
I doubt he forgot how to throw
but maybe all the changes to the coaching staff have taken their toll
We may have kept Lazor when we fired Philbin
but everyone wants to do things there own way
He has had a lot of different coaches in his ear
or maybe its because he got his money already.
The worse part of yesterday was the stinking Jets beating the giants in OT. Very disappointed in the way the giants played. SMH. they had that game won.
No they are going to be angry on MNF and kill us
😦
I think the Beckham Jr vs Landry matchup should be fun to watch
Landry has a chance to get noticed byt he national media if he can duel with his former teammate
the one handed catch OD had yesterday was pretty amazing.
BoulderPhinfan says:
December 7, 2015 at 10:28 am (Edit)
or maybe its because he got his money already.
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I don’t think so
in that case, he would not get off the ground after the hits….lol
He just keeps coming back for more punishment
I bet you he is really beat up right now and can’t wait to rest his body this offseason
but if he was a guy who got paid and then loafed around, I don’t think he would be willing to accept so much punishment in a losing season
well something is off with him right now. He’s definitely regressed from last year. The main difference from last year was that he was playing for a contract. His oline was worse last year so that’s not it.
piggy,
I agree with going defense early in the draft next year. TAnny is our QB next year no matter who the coach is. The idiot that gave him the 100 million contract early made sure of that.
we probably won’t be spending much FA $ this offseason
I think our biggest spending will be to keep some of our guys and I don’t think we will spend big to do that
I don’t see miller coming back. I’m hoping whomever the coach is will go with more of a ground and pound offense. I just don’t think miller is that kind of a back.
It really is time to stop spending in FA. Just build through the draft, and keep doing it. We need to hit on more picks in the draft, and just say no to big FA players. You don’t win with that formula.
I think using free agency to supplement talent is okay
but I want to stop relying on it too and draft better
I do think good teams generally keep their draftees
and we have not done that, we have made changes and gone in different directions
I think that needs to stop as well
we need to draft guys and bring them along
a guy like Rishard Matthews is probably only successful in the NFL b/c he was with the same team for so long. That stability makes a difference
Boulder
RBs don’t get huge contracts
Murray and McCoy (who signed big contracts over the last couple of years) were about 8M a year
and they are top notch RBs
I don’t thin k it will cost a lost to keep Miller
but I agree that the decision to keep him will depend on the coach
right now I like the talent at our skill positions with Ajayi, Miller, Landry, Stills, Parker, Cameron and Simms. Personally I would not shake that up too much and just look to add a cheap vet WR for depth purposes
generally I would not tinker too much with the offense, even though its been really bad, with the exception of the OL which needs some work
Cameron has been disappointing. Not sure if it’s Tannehill or him, but he’s hardly been used this year.
He has not been disappointing
his use has been disappointing
they don’t even throw to him!
When they do he makes pretty good catches most of the time
Honestly we are barely in the red zone to really utilize him
Simms too
I see no reason to change the TEs. I think waffling between players is a big problem around this team
Piggy and Boulder, not sure what you guys are watching but the OL is still bad in pass pro. You may not always notice it but RT is on the ground after almost every pass. I’m not blaming them for all of his poor play, but the guards are still getting beat on a regular basis. His sack rate is basically the same as last year.
Also, did anyone notice the defender push RT to the ground well after the pass was off early in the game and no call? The defender pulled his hands back like I didn’t do anything and I was like yeah you did, where’s the flag?
the point was
it was bad last year and it was not a huge factor to the short and intermediate passing game
I think its a little better than last season but the difference is slight
the issues Tanny has this season are new issues
the issue with the OL is an old issue
I did. I told my nephew that would be a penalty if it was Brady, Rodgers, or any of the top QB’s.
I agree with piggy. YEs his oline is bad but it’s been bad for a few years. Tanny is just not as accurate as he was last year. Yesterday was one of the most inaccurate games I’ve seen tanny play and it wasn’t all because of his oline.
Turner was garbage yesterday, and I saw Pouncey beat bad on a couple of plays too. I didn’t see Thomas playing too badly.
That being said, Tanny was garbage too, except that throw to Parker was beautiful, and the one to basically seal the game.
I think trading cameron for clay was a mistake. Tanny had a better connection with clay than cameron.
We weren’t willing to match The Bills offer to Clay which I agreed with and I was a big Clay fan.
Again, I said not blaming the OL for RT’s poor play but our pass pro is still bad and just because it’s and old issue doesn’t make it okay. It’s still an area that keeps this team from becoming a better team.
Also drafting a mid or late rd QB isn’t go to change the QB situation in any kind of big way.
Did anybody else want to reach through the tv and strangle the moron announcers who were doggin our second to last play of the game where we rolled Tanny out and lost some yardage on 3rd down. They were talking about us missing the opportunity for a long FG. How stupid can you be. There was no way we were kicking a 48 or 49 yard FG with like 30 seconds left and risk a missed kick, smh. The play call was fine and Tanny going down and losing yardage was fine, smmfh.
Kong – It may sound horrible, but I don’t give a shit enough about our team to get that upset the rest of this year. I’m totally emotionally detached at this point
I’m pretty emotionally detached as well, but the Bacardi was still pretty strongly into the game, lol.
tim,
we didn’t match the offer to clay because we’d already paid cameron. I think if hadn’t signed cameron we would have kept clay.
No, they signed Cameron knowing they wouldn’t match Clay. They knew what Clay was looking for and they weren’t going there. So they were proactive and signed Cameron.
I don’t know why Tannehill can’t get on the same page with Cameron. It’s puzzling
ouch from mando. Henne reference LOL
“Second thing is Tannehill is starting to frustrate. He can be a good quarterback. I am certain of it. He has a great arm, and if you disagree, please read the first paragraph of this column again because that pass traveled 38 yards as if shot from a laser cannon. He is smart. He works hard. He wants to be good.
But lately, something has been lacking.
(Some people close to Tannehill might argue the right kind of coaching.)
Tannehill would never say that. And indeed, Campbell is trying hard to protect Tannehill and not have him get hit as often. Campbell is not asking Tannehill to carry the team. Campbell is emphasizing the running game.
So Campbell is basically managing Tannehill like Tony Sparano managed Chad Henne after the former coach realized Henne wasn’t very good.”
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/armando-salguero/article48375880.html#storylink=cpy
Enough with the Henne comparisons. They’re completely different players. RT is much better than Henne ever was. Players do have off years and slumps.
Bat called Tanny Hennehill yesterday. lol
I don’t believe that’s accurate, but I was very disappointed with Tanny yesterday
Kong, that catch by Parker is exactly what we need from him, that long range kind of WR we haven’t had in a long time. Parker has flashed some skill the last 2 games that are very encouraging.
Wow, 1 sack allowed, and the OL is still the problem. Lol
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I wonder how Schaub(an older, slower version of Tannehill) managed to have a MUCH better game than Tannehill given the wind, the rain and being sacked 3 times. Funny how he managed to make throws anyway.
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It’s the QB, people! He has no pocket awareness and stands like a statue in the pocket no matter what. Defenders know exactly where to find him. He’s his own worst enemy.
How many hits does he take? We’ve all said RT is playing sub par but the OL still sucks in pass pro. There is no denying it. The announcers even mentioned that RT is picking himself off the ground after every pass. It is possible to have both the OL and QB playing poorly.
You still don’t see this OL allow pressure within 2 seconds then blame pocket presence. You can’t bail the pocket all the time. All defenses know where the QB is going to be when they drop back, especially out of shotgun. LOL
MIKe E, I said the same thing on the late hit on RT. If it was Brady there would no doubt be a call.
tanny has looked a lot like henne the last 4 games
They are nothing alike. People use Henne because he was the last starter. It’s a lame comparison.
49% completion percentage tanny had yesterday is pretty hennesque.
Don’t read too much into the ineffectiveness of the Fins offense vs the the Ravens. They always lure the Fins into an ugly game and this time the Fins stuck to running more which made the difference in the end (clock was rolling).
I for once was happy with the result even if it was ugly. The Fins team needs to get conditioned at getting physical with the run game and shave off the ever important clock. The pass game isn’t always going to be that miserable (it just happened to be that day) so I say keep at it Zac the way you did. Matthews should be coming back soon which will add more speed to the WR unit.
Landry had a pass thrown a bit behind him downfield that was left incomplete; either way he should have had a better attempt as it was in the hip area (he just didn’t turn his head around in time to track it well downfield on a Ravens blitz attempt).
the receivers weren’t the problem yesterday. the balls thrown 10 feet above their head was.
The Ravens Brandon Williams was eating up the Fins interior yesterday; especially in the 2nd half…Pouncey couldn’t hold him.
You didn’t see that, it was a mirage. LOL
He was dominating Pouncey for much of the game. There was a play in the second half where he took on the Pouncey block with one arm, reached out with his other arm, and pretty much single-handedly tackled our RB for a no-gain
Tim,
It was awesome to see Parker make an impact. That throw and catch for a TD was thing of beauty. Hopefully Parker continues to improve and we have that big bodied, skill receiver this team has been missing forever.
He also caught that critical 3rd down square in route in the 4Q on the Fins final offensive drive, no?
Yeppers, I mentioned that one earlier. That was a critical catch. It’s nice to see him getting involved. Hopefully by next season he becomes that dominant force to complement Landry as our possession guy.
I was pleased with the rookies.
Now if only the coaches can get Virgil more snaps 🙂
Sheppard made tackles yesterday but he’s still overrated and has crappy instincts. He makes tackles after the RB has made enough of a gain on the play to push the chains with the next play.
Sheppard isn’t very good but he made a lot of nice plays yesterday. I have to give him credit.
Boulder
I think the plan was to have Cameron and Clay at once
We just didn’t match the Clay contract and that is why he left
it seems like a swap now – but it wasn’t the plan to swap them
with Clay gone Tanny relied on Matthews a lot
I think Tanny probably benefits from time with a receiver
but I don’t think not having Clay has been a huge detriment to our offense
It would be the same short passes underneath on 1st down
Once we knew what Clay was looking for and BUF was willing to pay him, it was over. I think we were hoping Clay wouldn’t get such a big offer and bring him back at whatever is was we offered him. It’s in the past anyway.
BoulderPhinfan says:
December 7, 2015 at 11:30 am
the receivers weren’t the problem yesterday. the balls thrown 10 feet above their head was.
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RT was off but people dropped passes as well.
Landry had one a little behind him but still within his wingspan (he wasnt looking and couldn’t adjust in time as he turned late to track the ball).\
Cameron dropped another easy ass pass.
Also, Parker didn’t have to leap to catch his TD pass but he did so to shield himself from the defender.
He attacks the ball at the highest point, he’s known for that.
I think we are going to have to talk about what a huge disappointment Pouncey has been
He’s always struggled in runblocking against the big NTs, so it isn’t too surprising he wasn’t that good yesterday, but it seems to me he’s been very average this year.
He’s not a power player, he’s an athletic center for the scheme we run. I don’t know why we keep wondering about that. Pouncey is a big reason Miler breaks off chunks of yards. He gets to the 2nd level and opens daylight opportunities.
Ugly is the only way this team can win because it’s the only way they know how to play. Way, way too inconsistent and undisciplined. The LBers stepped up yesterday, but by next game they’ll be missing tackles like they usually do. This whole team plays like that. One decent game…three bad ones…except for maybe Jones and Suh.
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And Henne and Tannehill are similar in that they both led this team to mediocre records. So, who cares about the stats when the result is the same? And, Tannehill has had a much better supporting cast around him than Henne ever did.
Henne had a better OL and commitment to the running game but let’s pretend it wasn’t that way. They are nothing alike but you’re not a fan of RT so no surprise here. LOL
Jay Ajayi only had 4 carries (Miller crossed 20 for the first time since Dec 2013 and it is the 2nd most carries in a game in his career). Zac has to figure out how to get a better mix going.
Randy,
I get the mediocre talk but this crap about RT having much better support around him is BS.
Henne had Brandon Marshall, Ronnie Brown /Ricky Williams tandem, + Fasano and better interior OL.
It’s funny how people forget. He also had Jake Long in his prime before the injuries started.
I’m disappointed in tanny because I’ve been harping how he would do well in an offense that is run heavy. Then we ran that offense yesterday and he stunk in it. I’m out of ideas.
Slumps happen. Why, not sure.
tim,
are you actually blaming the oline yesterday for tanny’s play? He was way way off and it had nothing to do with his oline. His oline has been bad for 3 years. Tanny was just bad yesterday.
No, I already said that twice. But I guess people didn’t read it or just see what they want to see. LOL
Tim,
You’re exaggerating…something you claim I do all the time! Lol. Schaub was under a helluva lot more pressure all day long, but he made throws….about 30 of them.
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Watch other teams….Tannehill isn’t pressured anymore than most other QBs. The difference? Tannehill rarely slides WITHIN the pocket to avoid pressure. How about he learns to take a step in ANY direction to avoid pressure before we crucify the OL? His pocket presence completely sucks, but you seem to be totally oblivious to that reality. So, I guess we’re both missing something.
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Is our OL great? No. But, they were not the problem yesterday. Tannehill was the problem. What’s wrong with expecting him to actually help his OL by avoiding some pressure once in awhile?
Yeah okay. So when I’m watching the game and I say geez guys can you block for more than a second I’m not seeing it. LOL
The OL sucks in pass pro and are pretty good in the run game when we establish it and stick with it. It has nothing to do with fuckin Matt Schaub or RT’s performance. RT isn’t playing well and our OL still can’t pass block. Both are possible. I’m not defending RT, you just want to turn it into that.
By the way Al just called you out on your Henne comparison and supporting cast comment. How quickly you forget. You exaggerated to make your point there too. LOL
Al,
Fasano? Lol
lol. I only mentioned him because he’s better than Sims/Cameron 😦
He was very reliable but how quickly people forget that too. LOL
Tim,
And you’re not a fan of our OL. It’s obvious. Hater! Bad fan! Out of touch out of towner!
Never called you any of those things. I think they suck in pass pro and so do most people.
Mike E, I agree something is off. Tanny has not played up to his potential or to what he’s shown in the past, or even this season when he set an NFL record for consecutive completions.
The announcers said he threw his helmet off and got into Stills face after one series yesterday.
The offense seems confused and the receivers not in sync. Plus remember just because Lazor is gone doesn’t mean his system went completely with him. We can’t expect an offense in week 13 to be able to do a major overhaul.
As we saw, just minor adjustments created some issues & poor execution.
But now is the time to experiment when you’re basically out of contention.
Hope they look crisper on MNF.
we’re stuck with tanny next year so lets hope we get a coach that can get more out of him and the offense specially against AFC east. Tanny’s record against AFC east is terrible.
I don’t consider us stuck with Tanny, I think he’s totally capable of putting together a good season.
HOWIE,
IF YOU ARE OUT THERE.
Put me down for…
27-26 MIAMI
Giants have a nice offense but WORST DEFENSE IN THE NFL!
GO DOLPHINS!
giants defense played better against the jets than ours did the week before.
The Giants are not good on defense at all though.
Doesn’t matter, the FINS D isn’t what limits the Dolphins in games, it’s the O and if the O has an easy D to operate against, it gives Miami a better chance to win 🙂
Okay early lunch today. Continue with the RT bashing and ignoring many other flaws. LOL
I haven’t seen one person say Tanne is a problem who hasn’t also acknowledged other issues.
Boulder,
We aren’t stuck with Tanny. As I’ve said before, everyone is replaceable in the end. As to WHEN that should occur differs between me and others. Teams like Seattle & Denver settled the QB position AFTER they had invested in all other areas.
I just don’t see us drafting a QB in 1st next year because of tanny’s contract. That contract is limiting our options.
Randy,
BTW, looks like Billy Turner is getting more and more COMFY with ZBS as a RG.
Hopefully that trend continues :).
Ju’Wuan James should be getting back to the field soon (vs Giants or the next game).
Tim Knight says:
December 7, 2015 at 11:59 am
I don’t consider us stuck with Tanny, I think he’s totally capable of putting together a good season.
I thought so at one point but after this year, I’m not sure he’s the long term QB for us.
Boulder,
The situation has to present itself…the team has too many deficiencies to worry about the QB position. Especially since this QB class is only 2 deep (to me it’s Jared Goff and Paxton Lynch; both are going top 5 probably if they decide to declare because BOTH are JUNIORS).
Boulder,
I do believe in taking chances at some point in RD 5-7; teams should do that every year considering how much of a crap shoot NFL QB scouting can be.
We should take a late round QB, especially if we get a comp pick somewhere….lol
At some point we have to look at replacing Moore, and if the late round kid becomes the next Brady then so beit…. 😉
Al,
Oh? I thought folks were ripping Turner? He’s okay in run blocking, but he still worries me in pass pro. He gets lost on switches and T/E games.
I guess he struggles when they overload his side but in standard pass rushes yesterday he showed some nice moves pushing his guys out to Fox then staying in his zone to block ppl coming inside (from the LB spot or from outside the DE position).
Turner got blown by on some pass pro, and had a costly holding penalty or was it false start. But he’s pushing the pile and getting out better on runs.
As I mentioned yesterday.
Phins are 5-0 when Miller runs 13x or more.
Phins are 0-7 when Miller runs less that 13 times.
We still got the win with him running over 13x yesterday in a windy, wet, sloppy field game against a well coached team.
Lets see where the offensive adjustments takes us in the coming weeks as they keep committing to running about 20+ times a game. It will begin to soften defenses pass coverages and allow Tanny & the Phins to win some chess matches.
GDP,
Not just Brady but how about Romo who wasn’t even drafted LOL. Too bad Parcells couldn’t pull off that kind of magic in Miami.
Speaking of, it’s funny how things played out with Romo after the draft…Mike Shanahan apparently was hot on him as well but the Cowboys were the bigger show and Romo went that way instead.
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Al 27-26 MIA
WERE STILL BAD!
Tannehill wants to know if Mike E likes apples
sb7
LOLOLOLOL
GDP,
My thoughts exactly. I’d rather see the one constant in the running game and let the passing game go where it goes. It’s more inconsistent than the running game output.
Try Pod says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:16 pm
I haven’t seen one person say Tanne is a problem who hasn’t also acknowledged other issues.
that is cause you skip my post unless i am talking about boobs
Also in the play calling department, yesterday was Zac’s first. Now in terms of run/pass play mix, it certainly was forced more towards running which is a nice fresh start after Lazor was dumped. HOWEVER, the play designs of the pass plays still had elements of Lazor which has TOO much sideline crap and not enough where slot & RB drag horizontally over the middle behind the 3rd down pass rushes.
Has Jahn been MIA?
I only log in here in spots and don’t often read back to see what others have posted between my sessions here.
HOW BOUT THOSE WARRIORS.
22-0!
WOW
Al in MIA says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:14 pm
GDP,
Not just Brady but how about Romo who wasn’t even drafted LOL. Too bad Parcells couldn’t pull off that kind of magic in Miami.
you mean you wish fatcells had signed an often injured undrafted qb that is slightly above average on a team that has the best oline in football and he still chokes at crunch time. yeah me too, i wish fatcels got anything done other then pocket millions
Son,
If you are out there, how about that wild game by Bortles & Marriota yesterday?
ouch now the sanchez comparison LOL. Tanny is on thin ice. From Omar
“There’s nothing special about Ryan Tannehill.
Too many people use the words potential and patience to make excuses for Tannehill, who has started 60 games in his NFL career.
Those two words have bought Tannehill four seasons of unquestioned starter status for the Miami Dolphins. But the putrid offense the Dolphins have displayed all season, the one that again sputtered in Sunday’s 15-13 nail-biting win over the Baltimore Ravens, should make Tannehill’s reign as the unchallenged starting quarterback come to an end.
At his best Tannehill is Alex Smith, the game-managing quarterback for the Kansas City Chiefs.
But more often he’s Mark Sanchez, minus the winning the former New York Jets starter did early in his career.”
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 16h16 hours ago
Omar Kelly Retweeted Orlando Alzugaray
They have been called the Patience Brigade since the Chad Henne era. They just changed QB name
Omar always likes to stir the pot. He’s been wrong on so many players that you can take this analysis with a grain of salt.
James Walker, ESPN Staff Writer
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — When interim head coach Dan Campbell took over the Miami Dolphins in October, he said he wanted to turn them into a physical, gritty football team that found ways to win.
Campbell’s vision finally came to fruition in Sunday’s 15-13 win over the Baltimore Ravens that will easily go down as Miami’s ugliest victory of the season.
The Dolphins plowed straight ahead and committed to the running game. Starting tailback Lamar Miller received a career-high 20 carries to go with his 113 rushing yards and 5.7 yards per carry average. Baltimore entered with the NFL’s No. 8 run defense, but Miami matched — and at times surpassed — its physicality for four quarters.
I guess that is one way to look at it
Al in MIA says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:31 pm
Omar always likes to stir the pot. He’s been wrong on so many players that you can take this analysis with a grain of salt.
the only reason to take omar with a grain of salt is it is fun watching omar trying to see over the top of a grain of salt.
I asked veteran offensive lineman Branden Albert a straightforward question Sunday night that had a complex answer: Why didn’t the Dolphins take this run-first approach a lot of sooner?
“I don’t know,” Albert said. “I’m just a left tackle.”
Tim,
Sorry, I thought it was clear I was busting balls. Forgive the name calling.
I think the big question is if Tannehill can improve when the OL gets better. I think it should be pretty decent next year after Turner gets a year under his belt and if we don’t keep switching players out all the time. Can Tannehill adjust after all these years of bad pass protection? Because he hasn’t adjusted well after getting the running game…or before it.
We have the tools for a solid offense if we don’t dump the receivers again. There is no reason this offense can’t make massive strides but Tannehill has to get better. Those awful 4-6 yard passes have to stop.
Tim,
Al’s argument for Henne’s supporting cast fell on deaf ears after the name Brandon Marshall was uttered. Lol.
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If that and Fasano are the argument that he had better skill position players than Tannehill…well…I don’t even know what to say.
new age,
if they fix the line and the def all tanny needs to do is get back to how he was most of last year. this year he has taken a step back. especially the last 2 games. i know piggy said the last four, but i am too old to remember past the last two games
Lol! You dont want to.
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Bat should copyright “Patience Brigade”
maybe he will stop Omar from using wrongly
Omar is grossly exaggerating
sanchez has 86 TDs and 84 Ints for his career
Tanny has 84 TDs and 53 Ints
Sanchez was actually clutch for the jests when they went to the AFC playoffs and that is what gave people hope he would get better
Tanny hasn’t been clutch but he has not been a TO machine either
alex smith is another bad comparison
but I do remember Smith looking really good for SF one year and excellent in a playoff game with the saints
but Tanny has never really been that type of QB, but Alex Smith has had his moments
when Tanny is good he is usually much better than average Alex Smith
I think good alex smith might be much better than good tanny – there3 is just not a lot of good alex smith
Randy,
he had Fasano and Marshall and that was it. When you look at it, that guy had no chance.
Then he went on to be elite in Jax. 😉
CBS Sports’ Jason La Canfora reports the Saints will not fire Sean Payton, but the team would be open to trading their head coach.
I really don’t want to trade for a HC
But this is Lacanfora and he is full of shit
That’s pretty fucked to put out there. Then when no team trades for him they say hey Sean, your our HC even though we were open to trading you?
Maybe we can trade for Bridgewater?
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LMAO, yeah….Bridgewater is all this team needs in Miami.
ok, who the hell is taking pictures of my sofa with my nlc’s and posting them here
That’s not your sofa. Ken said your sofa is a disgusting mess of holes, deflated love dolls, broken springs, and putrid stains.
Lol!
Randy, I’m just ball busting too. We’re not having a good season at all. RT seems to be in a slump of late after playing some good games earlier this year. I don’t know what it is causing it. I don’t even consider this another mediocre season, I think it’s a bad season. We’ve been blown out a bunch of times and our offense can’t score more than 20 points. When your HC, DC and OC have all been fired, it’s a bad year.
Howie
19-16 Miami
Look at the scores going down now.
Trying to get those low scores in quickly eh? lol
Sadly the Giants can score over 20 fairly easy. It’s their defense that has let them down.
True, the Giants have scored 20 or more in all but two games.
Piggy, I don’t want to trade for a HC either. Especially Payton. But it is a likely scenario that the Saints want to try. Sean has 2 years left on his contract and they’ll play up the Super Bowl win thingy too. 😉
That’s pretty fucked to put out there. Then when no team trades for him they say hey Sean, your our HC even though we were open to trading you?
getterdone says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:52 pm
That’s not your sofa. Ken said your sofa is a disgusting mess of holes, deflated love dolls, broken springs, and putrid stains.
ken exaggerates. but it is a disgusting mess of holes.
LOL
GD, putrid stains is nasty. LOL
Glad I could tickle your senses oh dirty one. 😉
No tickling, more like puking. LOL
Tim,
The $64 million question is really why? Why has this team regressed? Why have they been unable to take that next step? Because we can’t fix something if we don’t know what’s broken. I’m not even sure we have the people in place who can figure it out…let alone fix it.
So the Vikings have a bad game and their fans are looking at trading him? Gotta love sports. LOL
Meaning Bridgewater. I think he’s a good young QB.
The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Kevin Acee reports Mike McCoy will be asked to make changes to his staff on both sides of the ball if he is retained as Chargers head coach.
After another listless loss to the Broncos Sunday, it is far from a given McCoy keeps his job another year, but the fate of some of his staff may already be sealed.
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Hmm, another HC needing better coordinators. Where have I heard that before? 🙄
And he inherited a proven QB.
MCcoy would be a good OC candidate for us.
Randy, I have no idea what’s going on with this team. We may not be as good as we thought we were but I also don’t think we’re playing up to our potential. We shouldn’t be this bad.
The following underclassmen have announced they will forego their collegiate eligibility and enter the 2016 NFL Draft (by position):
Running back
Ezekiel Elliott, Ohio State (6-0, 225, 4.42, #15) Blog
Wide receiver
Corey Coleman, Baylor (5-10, 190, 4.45, #1) Blog
Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (5-11, 208, 4.52, #11) Blog
Linebacker
Myles Jack, UCLA (6-1, 245, 4.56, #30) Blog
Leonard Floyd, Georgia (6-3, 232, 4.73, #84) Blog
Yannick Ngakoue, Maryland (6-2, 250, 4.68, #7) Blog
http://www.cbssports.com/nfl/draft/nfl-draft-scout/25395325/nfl-draft-underclassmen-tracker
Myles Jack is intriguing but Mora is a good defensive coach.
He’s supposedly very good in coverage.
Well as Jahn said, Kendricks is having a pretty good year this year
so its not just the coach for him
Elliot is going to be a stud. Not Gurley level but good.
The Vikings have 3 good LBs.
The Minnesota situation is similar to ours, but they have a much better running game. Bridgewater was getting a lot of positive hype here early, but he’s struggled behind a banged up OL that is not playing great. Teddy is struggling with his downfield passing game. His ball placement hasn’t been great. Fans around here wanted him to be better than he is.
I wish the Fins had their D
Bridgewater had a pretty good deep ball in his Louisville days
Randy says:
December 7, 2015 at 1:03 pm
Tim,
The $64 million question is really why?
randy that is an easy one. here:
oline, wr’s, rb’s, d line, lb’s, d backs, kickers, coordinators, head coaches, GM, anything that starts with tanne, and the owner.
the cheerleaders are at fault too, but being the devoted good fan i am, i’ll take care of their punishment.
The Flying Pig says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:53 pm
I really don’t want to trade for a HC
But this is Lacanfora and he is full of shit
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You should tweet LaCanfora piggy…ask him when he’s going to rehash the Dion Jordan to Philly crap again 🙂
Randy says:
December 7, 2015 at 1:45 pm
The Minnesota situation is similar to ours, but they have a much better running game.
lol ya think. i hear they have a half way decent RB. but what would i know
MLB, WOLB, 1 CB position & FS are the weak links on defense.
FS position blows, nothing else to say about it. Michael Thomas when healthy (seems like an iffy proposition all the time) is serviceable but the position has been ignored for years with only project type guys.
DE could be better as could 1 inside DL in the rotation but they have been suitable. Perhaps with Dion Jordan returning next year (I know LOL but it’s still an option i guess for now); and if Coples can show some serviceable stuff at 4-3 DE then perhaps maybe re-signing on the cheap for competition at DE.
I think the DL gets ripped on often but IMO the LB play have made it easier for QB to make decisions on where to go with the ball by botching coverage assignments which limits the DL pressure.
The LB are subpar at anticipating the RB plays and they almost never attack the backfield consistently. Though Jenkins’s volume of work is very solid he often gets caught guessing and allows a big play via his side of the field. Sheppard has been playing better lately but he doesn’t try to missle his way through blocks and often is late when he does make the tackle. The LB sit back waiting for people to come to them which allows the moving OL to get out in front and create the lanes. They don’t have the strength either to control guys hitting them which would disrupt the RB lanes (Misi is the only one it seems who could).
Now to, CB, Jamar Taylor been subpar, over the top, when his back is to the ball but McCain looks promising as a coverage boundary corner (he slipped up literally vs the Ravens as did Grimes on that soggy field) and him over Taylor is a big improvement in the middle to deep pass defense.
Al, that does lend to why the Phins are 32nd in stopping the run allowing a whopping 138.8 rushing yds per game.
That’ll certainly give away TOP and chances for the offense.
We’re 30th now. 🙂
What’s weird is there are usually teams who allow 150+ and some 140+ YPG every year but the worst run defenses this year are NO 137.8, CLE 136.3 and MIA 134.8.
Randy
Hard to say the Vikings run game is much better, when for the most part, we just don’t run the ball, this week’s game excluded of course. When we do run the ball, we run it pretty damned well.
So true yet Lazor would abandon it so often even when not down by much.
getterdone says:
December 7, 2015 at 2:07 pm
Al, that does lend to why the Phins are 32nd in stopping the run allowing a whopping 138.8 rushing yds per game.
no it doesnt. it has been said that cause tanny (and just him) doesn’t put up 65 points with 19min scoring drives a game the def gets tired and teams run on them.
But then the offense would get tired….lol
James Walker ✔ @JamesWalkerNFL
#Dolphins LT Branden Albert said it was good to see the team stick to the run on Sunday. He said it gives the o-line a certain mentality.
Those big uglies like to get physical going downfield not backing up 🙂
Al in MIA says:
December 7, 2015 at 12:31 pm
Omar always likes to stir the pot. He’s been wrong on so many players that you can take this analysis with a grain of salt.
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Omar’s a tool, but it’s not like the football minds on this blog are so much better at projecting talent (I’m including myself in the sarcasm). How many people here were on the Henne bandwagon? Henne is just one player, there have been plenty of others. It’s not like any of us are great at this, lol.
I think the only person that has been right on every bad player the Fins have picked up is Bat, but it’s easy for him because he hates everyone on the team, lol.
lol on Bat.
getterdone says:
December 7, 2015 at 2:13 pm
But then the offense would get tired….lol
nope, not if tanny was an elite qb. elite qb’s like brady and rodgers always have good supply of 5 hour energy drinks for their teammates. tanny has them but he doesnt know how to move around and get them out of the sack for them to drink
Tim Knight says:
December 7, 2015 at 2:13 pm
We’re 30th now. 🙂
What’s weird is there are usually teams who allow 150+ and some 140+ YPG every year but the worst run defenses this year are NO 137.8, CLE 136.3 and MIA 134.8.
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LOL, ok. I didn’t figure in this week’s games where the Saints & Browns gave out yards like Obama giving out promises….lol
The Phins actually had a better day against the run, 94yds @ 3.6 avg.
kong,
the key to picking a player is you throw out 864 names and then when 1 of the 864 hits you jump up and down and say ‘i knew it, i said that guy was going to be a star.
Kong, most people fans included are usually 50-50 on prospects. But most of the time people leave out their busts while pounding their chests obout the prospects they liked that are doing well. LOL
LOL, Tim, ffr, now I know what I’ve been doing wrong all these years.