It’s been such a long time, so much has happened, so many things have changed since we last saw the no. 3 overall pick from the 2013 Draft. But alas, Dion Jordan has been reinstated on a conditional basis to begin his comeback with the Miami Dolphins.
Jeff Ireland, the guy who drafted him, thankfully is long gone. Joe Philbin, his first NFL head coach is gone. 
Dennis Hickey the GM who managed to add enough talent to almost make him forgotten is also gone. However, one guy who wasn’t here is now here and it may make all the difference in the world. Kiko Alonzo his former team mate and room mate in college at Oregon. Alonzo has proclaimed Jordan to be healthy and focused. Time will tell, and tell quickly as Jordan must prove during this training camp that he is ready to continue his NFL career without incident.
New Dolphin head coach Adam Gase has said Jordan will be evaluated by his performance and that Gase has no prior familiarity with the player. For Jordan’s sake that’s a good thing. The only thing Dolphin fans can hope for is that Jordan passes his upcoming tests with flying colors and becomes a force on a defense everyone feels has made some improvements as we head into the 2016 season.
Best of luck Dion Jordan
Finsmob Unleashed 
Wow you a long way from home..
how’s the boat ??
Good… Almost done…
awesome then ya can continue on the Rod.. never a dull moment for you..
Football Outsiders still gives Ajayi a high value in Fantasy Football, even with the additions of Foster and Drake.
Well once Parker got rolling down the stretch the last 6 games he had 22-445 and 3 TDs and averaged 20.3 YPC so I’d say he and Tannehill hit it off pretty well.
looking forward to a lot more of that this year..
GO FINS !!!
Big time!!! Parker could have a big year.
Just throwing numbers out there doesn’t cut it, as the same could be said for RT. Parker had numbers against SD, but not until the game was out of reach, but against the Cheats he made big plays when it mattered. I give Parker a pass on last year, because of the coaching mess. We still need to see big plays on 3rd down in the 4th.
Toba,
The Rod will be a take a little more time.. We have back 2 back vaca’s planned. Going to St. Thomas V.Island in Sept to celebrate our 30th anniversary then the Fest in Oct. One day that car will get done.
at least ya have yer priorities straight..
looking forward to yer homeraid again sir..
LOL @ Toba, I will not be bringing homeraid this year. That shit is poison! As I told Stanger, this year I am going to be a sober, well behaved individual and will SIT in my seat all game. You guys won’t even know I am there…….
No drinking, no screaming at fat ugly bills fans, no screaming at Dolphins fans to “Stand the F UP”, no smoking pot on the ramps, Just meek quiet Rockphin sitting and watching the game….
um yeah okay Sure… 🙂
I turned over a new leaf…but the leaf had 5 points and a bud under it. DAMN!
LOL
so ya had to smoke that bitch !!! I hear ya..
manitobafinfan says:
August 2, 2016 at 3:12 pm
at least ya have yer priorities straight..
Toba,
I think it had more to do with the wife having my priorities straight. LOL
Bookman, this is it.
Rock you can say no drinking, no smoking, but you sure as hell can’t sit there and be quite. As soon as something happens good or bad you’ll be all over it.
I couldn’t find a pic of the game I had, but it was pretty cool.
What’s up Doggie, Toba?
Quick fly by – was it this?
http://www.retroland.com/foto-electric-football/
UK – Unfortunately, that’s not it. It looked like a box with a clear plastic top, and there was a light inside the box that showed the offensive and defensive formation each team chose. Kind of like those old overhead projectors they used in school when I was a young pup.
The plays were clear plastic sheets with the x’s and o’s diagrammed with arrows showing the play direction and such. It was fun.
UK – Thanks for the effort though .
Mike E, you mean like this one?
From when you were a young pup…..back in the flintstone days.
All is Good Mike E.. Hope all is well with you and the family.
Yeah Doggie, all is well. Looking forward to meeting you at the Fest!
Here is the one they used in Mike E’s senior year. It was cutting edge tech at the time.
How goes it Mr Mike…
LOL Rock
Found it Mike …… same year as you were born too!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-1946-Foto-Electric-Football-Game-Board-by-Cadaco-Ellis-/172292521910
On that note, I’m logging off. Have a good one y’all.
Go Fins
LOL UK, I think you meant 46 B.C., right?
Doing good Toba, also looking forward to meeting you as well
Likewise sounds like it shall be a well attended event..
Yep, should be quite the party!
Check out this link – it must be on here!
https://www.google.co.uk/search?biw=1280&bih=876&tbm=isch&sa=1&q=%22foto+electric+football%22&oq=%22foto+electric+football%22&gs_l=img.3..0i30j0i24l3.480648.490373.0.490811.26.25.1.0.0.0.140.1485.15j4.19.0….0…1c.1.64.img..6.19.1433…0j0i10i30j0i8i30j0i5i10i30.pVtVkRRwpco
Alternatively, just google “foto electric football” in quotes and hit the images tab.
I’m glad you are a good sport Mike. LOL Well, of course I could still get a punch in the nose when i show up for the fest…..but there is always a chance of that.
here is the only football game that was around when I was a kid.
The grass is going in at Dolphins’ stadium!
I have this urge to scream at the top of my lungs at someone….
Man I am just hoping we dismember the Bills at the Fest like we did the Texans. That is, bar none, my favorite football memory. The first half was crazy. “what do you mean we just scored again, I just finished high-fiving everyone from the last score!”
surprised you remember that much.. 🙂
Me too, but I’d settle for a win however it happens
Rock
I’m too old to punch you out man, my arthritis will really flare up. lol
doggie: v Islands look pretty sweet, ya just going to fly back into Miami and hang out until the Fest ?
Adam Schefter @AdamSchefter 2h2 hours ago
Ravens waived RB Trent Richardson.
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ICYMI, Matt Moore was traded Monday … that would be left-handed pitcher Matt Moore, traded from Tampa Bay to the San Francisco Giants.
Got My attention for a second..
Toba,
We are spending a week at both places so no I have to return to work in between dates. A 4 week vacation would be cool though.
3 weeks in FL, hanging with Stanger and Rock may be a little too much on the Liver..
Practice tonight has been moved inside due to lightning, no fans, media is there. Jay Ayaji (knee), Devante Parker (hamstring), Isaiah Pead (Hamstring), Tyler Murphy (Knee) are not practicing today.
Love the 360 view of the stadium. Place looks good.
I’m anxious to see how much louder it will be with the stands covered.
It will only be louder, if the team is relevant.
Got my attention too with the Matt Moore tweet. I immediately thought wow Doughty has really impressed rather quickly. He is doing well though from what I can tell.
My initial thought was exactly the same until I finished reading the tweet
Mike E, I am no spring chicken either. I can imagine it now, it would be like a scene out of Rocky IX
Rockphin says:
August 1, 2016 at 7:08 pm
“If it doesn’t suck, we ain’t doing it.”
– Adam Gase
Reply
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steveccnv says:
August 1, 2016 at 8:49 pm
What is that supposed to mean?
Reply
steveccnv says:
August 1, 2016 at 8:54 pm
I googled it, and it means if it isn’t hard why bother doing it. Make practice hard so games will seem fun, not as hard as practice. From Navy Seal training.
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At first i scan read it and had already moved on to steves reply before Rock’s statement sunk in and my mind combined it into if it isnt hard, we aint sucking it…. just goes to show you two things can mean the same thing but if you combine them…..big time different meaning.
Steve, even if the team is only as relevant as last year it will be appreciably louder down on the field. I read that they hired an acoustic engineer when they were designing the roof structure and that it is designed to fucus the noise that in the past went up into the sky back towards the field and that each successive panel in the roof is angled a little more than the last one to focus the noise to the field like a big parabolic lens.
Someone is actually getting a clue. Thanks for the info Rock, good to know.
I like seeing McPain showing some flash again in camp….but this time I think he has a chance as a legit reserve DE in rotation with the Wide-9 DL schemes. It’s well suited for his speed & quickness to drive around the slower RT’s in the game as well as pulling the lone back outside to block, freeing up the middle for LB’s etc.
This also is a great scheme for Dion FF for the same reasons. VJ’s unit will be able to attack from different angles along the line getting the OT’s out of position into uncomfortable territory, & same with the backs that stay in to pick up the blitzes. This will allow for someone else to exploit free runs at the QB’s.
Tom Lady better be glad he doesn’t have to face us at least one game this year!
We should be able to keep everyone fresh with such a deep rotation. This DL should be great.
Toba.. You seem to get 12 weeks of vacation a year. You got plans late Sept ? 😎
My new doctors name is Grayson Atomme, I walked out.
Dog, yes on being a deep rotation along the DE’s, but most importantly, we need 1 of those youngin pass rushers to develop enough to adequately fill the starting shoes of Wake n Williams soon.
Branch, Fede and McPain.. Maybe DJ if he passes all protocols.. I’d say that’s pretty deep.
Phindog says:
August 2, 2016 at 2:39 pm (Edit)
Toba,
All is good.. Just been cruising around with a friend of mine who cant drive.
http://abc7.com/pets/dogs-crash-car-into-walmart-after-owner-leaves-them-inside/1453120/
That happened not far from where I live. Saw it on local news the other night. lol
Herd..
Thought of you when I read that story..
Son.. Make sure your next DR is not Hugh Johnson. 😳
That is the most annoying picture, made worse by no one posting after it.
Dwight Freeney signed for $2M + $2M in incentives based on sacks. You have a DE that doesn’t play the run well, so give him Carte Blanche to disregard it. Unless they plan on playing him as passrush specialist this is a bad contract.
There, now I don’t have to look at that ugly picture😉
Here’s a less than ugly picture for you to look at Steve
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/A7ETiccCIAAYzlF.jpg:large
Don’t want to leave Herd out!
UK while I am not necessarily opposed to hot chicks wearing Dolphins body paint it is frowned upon on here.
No it’s not!
FU Rock….While I’m not thrilled with it, the one he posted is nothing like the one you did. I think that’s obvious. It amazes me that you can’t go 1 minute without a bare ass or boobs to look at. Buy hey no problem. I said it then, I’ll say it again. Post whatever the hell you want, I don’t have to be here. Enjoy the blog guys.
Apologies, I didn’t mean to cause offence or indeed ructions. Imho, the image of the body paint is no less or more revealing than the guys in the budgie rustlers and neither are offensive, but to remove any doubt, I’ll refrain from such future postings.
Uk, I’ll answer this here, and the last of my comments on this or any subject. First of all, I wasn’t referring to anything you posted. It was Rock, once again, pointing out that I am apparently stopping all the fun here. The pic he posted last year wasn’t the same as this at all, since in the one you posted the girl isn’t explicitly fucking a football.
I’m not here to be a censor or the police. Post what you want. I won’t be seeing it.
Is that the Papa Johns pizza guy?
There have been many times when I’ve said I’ve had enough of fucking football . . .
https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-percentage-of-snaps-lost-for-each-afc-east-team/
When did Jason Fox play OG for us? As far as I remember, he was the revolving door on the outside at RT, and maybe a snap or 2 at LT too.
Pfffffffft! PFF sucks as usual!
Yeah, I think he played a bit when some were injured, but I don’t remember it being that often.
He certainly played the majority of the time at T, mostly RT, yet they classify and rate him as a G
We always thought PFF wasn’t very accurate, but this is pretty bad. When you sucked one year, you should have a high replacement the next. None of the guys we lost will hurt, everyone has been replaced with at least as good. We all hate on miko, but she helped get rid of Brent.
Here we go again…
I know that Rock and Herd will be sitting together at the fest, but have the rest of the seating assignments been determined?
Fest’s cure all. No need to worry
Suspect everyone will be sitting together
Weeeeeeeeee
Barry Jackson (@flasportsbuzz) | Twitter
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Fins linebacker depth a question. Hull, Hewitt, Paysinger running with 2nd team. Vigil (back) out for now.
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Former #Patriots and #Bills LB Brandon Spikes had his first workout after a year out of football today with the #Dolphins, source said.7:34 AM – 3 Aug 2016
I saw that we’re working out Spikes. Interesting
I’ve never been a big fan on him as a player but if he signs with us and makes the team I’ll surely root for him.
August 2, 2016 12:13 PM
Dolphins install rare (and expensive) strain of grass in stadium
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article93234482.html#storylink=cpy
I bet Boulder smokes some rare and expensive grass out in Coly-rado. lol
lol
Armando Salguero (@ArmandoSalguero) | Twitter
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The Dolphins brought in three linebackers for workouts this morning…
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One of the other LBs the Dolphins worked out today is Jerry Franklin, per an NFL source. Franklin formerly of the Lions.
Would have been nice to draft 1 or 2
🙁
How would that have helped this year?
Hull, Hewitt, and Vigil are better than what we could’ve gotten after rd3.
Okay guys
I’ve been slacking in writing a new Oddyssey
Just busy with the new firm
But would you like a new one?
I have a story in mind
A sad story about a guy who was once great but has become mediocre – like our Dolphins
A new character to join the team I guess
Protecting Russell Wilson is the Seahawks biggest question 😀
ESPN
In the last 4 years the Seahawks are 39-13 from week 14 on, WTF. Carroll said they used to practice 3 times a day, what were we thinking.
ESPN same article.
This plays well into our hands, playing them week 1. Like the Cheats they dont peak early in the season.
Mike E. says:
August 3, 2016 at 11:56 am
I bet Boulder smokes some rare and expensive grass out in Coly-rado. lol
You better believe it. I actually have 2 separate dishes I keep it in. One for Sativa strain and the other Indica. Indica is for going to sleep. Sativa is for going out.
Neither is good for playing football on 🙂
Steve
I think if the Dolphins are placing faith in undrafted free agents from a year ago, you take a serious risk. If their is a weak place on our roster right now it’s LB (although some would argue its CB)
a LB in the first couple days of the draft probably would have helped
I guess we will have to see how much Howard and Drake contribute
The Tunsil pick was a nobrainer IMO, so no matter what happens I don’t fault the FO for not taking a LB in the 1st
but if the dat 2 guys they contributing in 2016, which is possible, I think drafting a LB might have made a bigger difference to us now
We will never know
On the other hand drafting Phillips instead of a LB in 2015 seems to have worked well for us
but I have to admit, as much as I like Phillips, seeing a player like Perryman on our roster might change how I feel about our Lbs going into the season
I don’t get why we are ignoring the LB position especially given the investment on Suh
We had bigger needs than LB, and Tunsil pushed things back a round. We had to go CB in the 2nd, but LB could’ve gone in the 3rd. I don’t think we needed another LB unless it was in the first. Only 2 play most of the time anyways.
Piggy
We needed a starter at CB, so that was necessity. The Tunsil pick probably would have been a CB if he didn’t fall to us. The 3rd RD was really the first opportunity to take a LB
It wasn’t a deep draft for LBs. A lot of guys talked about went pretty late.
and what if Howard doesn’t start?
the needs of the team are a result of all the moves
One of the reasons we got the point where we needed CBs was bc we decided to go in a direction looking for big CBs
its not just the draft
its the other moves that created the need at CB
at the end of the day we find ourselves with question marks in both units
but LB is one that was neglected
based on the LB play last year – I’m not sure we can say that CB was a greater need than LB.
I guess neither was good last year
I don’t want to talk about offseason moves anymore
I know how defensive people are
It was a benign statement about drafting LBs after neglecting to do so with a need for a couple of years and I responded to Steve
Its not intended to be taken as doomsday
I’m no going to paint a dark cloud over the team before we have a single snap
Lets leave it at me being upset that we haven’t drafted a LB early in some time
I don’t understand why the FO doesn’t value that position a little more
I spent years arguing the same thing about WRs before we changed that recently
I’m just taking about what we needed to do in the draft. We do have 3 starters at LB, not that I think they’re great. At CB we had nothing but Maxwell, McCain in the slot, and hopefully Lippett. I think CB was clearly a bigger need going into the draft.
Mike
if you factor in the trade up for Carroo
and the trade up to get Howard
the Dolphins had a lot of opportunities to address both LB and CB before day 3 was over
There was room to address both
even room to address LB. CB and RB
and I’m under the impression Howard would have been available a little later in the draft
I think the move was made when it was made was bc Howard was a big CB and that was our new direction. He fit need and style for the Dolphins, which is a good thing, but if need was the only issue I’m not sure we focus on Howard and instead wait to see the talent of who falls
I certainly wanted a CB
But I did not fathom that would have costed us a LB in the draft
and I’m not sure it should have
I’m not sure that we don’t end up leaving day 2 with Drake, Howard and a LB with different moves
maybe even Drake, Howard, a LB and Carroo
but we will never know
I do think we know that when the team made those moves they were giving up the chance to draft a LB early though
So I see that the team made a choice and didn’t necessarily have to make the moves they made based on need
You really only need one great to very good LB, the rest can be average or slightly above. I believe they intended to take one early, when the top 2 had injury concerns it, along, with Tunsil changed things. I think we have that in Alonso, if not LB for sure is the top priority next year.
Looks good
https://twitter.com/tomgarfinkel/status/760903761221017601
Carrooooooo!!!!! Will make you forget about LB’s!
Let’s not forget that a healthy Jenkins and the addition of Alonso makes a big difference at LB.
I like Hewitt, but not really enough of a sample size on him. Alonso so far seems to be the right guy in the middle, he gets to the play quicker than anyone else we have. Then there’s the wildcard with Jordan, but I’m thinking he’s not playing LB at 275, but it might make sense. Vance might just get creative owith him.
I can see Jordan being used as a wide 9 DE but also as a LB at times though not exclusively. We may want to pressure opposing O-lines with 5 up front with say Jenkins and Alonso as two ILBs with Jordan as a hybrid rush/drop guy.
Tim you should create a clothing line called let’s not forget…😉
LOL
With Spikes coming in for a visit it sure seems like the FO isn’t taking any chances this year with depth issues that have plagued us in the past. I expect a vet CB to be looked at next.
Let’s not forget Carroooooooooo!
Who?????
C-A-R-R-O-O-O-O-O-O-O-O !-!-!-!-!-!
What we might be hearing and the media probably makes it out to be more than it should be – is not that the coaches aren’t happy with Alonso, Jenkins and Misi as starters and maybe not even Hewitt, Vigil (back issue) and Hull as depth, but maybe the other 5 or so guys are not really showing enough so they want to make sure throughout camp they have as much depth as they can find. Though I did hear James Burgess blew up Williams on one play that was impressive.
What I’m saying is this could be more about that 5-7 roster spot at LB on the 53 not the top 4.
I think you can take it to the bank, that it’s about the 5-7 roster spot. Now if one of our starters falters all bets are off, but at this stage yes I agree.
It’s all going to hinge on Alonso. We know what we have with the other LB’s- average talent and production. Hopefully Jenkins can stay healthy and take the next step. If he and Alonso can get back to where they were, then we may have something. I always worry about the “what if” scenario’s because the seldomly work out.
They seldom work, because we look at the team success to determine them, unless the situation turns into what Grimes gave us his first 2 years.
Health is always important. The Cowboys can never replace Sean Lee because he’s really good and teams are not loaded with guys like that. We’re no different than other teams. If we get back a 2014 Jenkins (who was really good) and a healthy Alonso then we’re better at LB than in previous years regardless of what Misi does. As long as Misi is healthy he always gives you a hard days work. Let’s see who settles in that first guy off the bench, role player or hybrid etc.
Remember most times only two LBs will be on the field with all the sub packages being played these days due to the spread. That’s why DB was more important to this staff than adding multiple high commodity LBs.
VJ said he believes the key to good defense is pass rush and outside coverage. Not that nothing else is important but if you don’t that, you’re toast.
True Tim, but LB killed us last year, we must get good LB play from at least one of them. Spikes was brought in for a look, as insurance.
Sheppard at MLB was a big part of the problem. That and Jenkins playing less than at full strength and then Misi getting banged up. Injuries to your starters always hurts. We were too green in the depth dept. last year. Now we have some guys with some experience under their belts.
The defense is going to be very different regardless of whether they are good or not, but it won’t be the same with the exception of a handful of players – the core rotations will be very different. Let’s hope they got it right! 🙂
If you’re going to play the wide 9 you better be able to tackle, and the LB are a big part of that.
I agree and I don’t see that being a problem as Sheppard was a big reason for missed tackles in the middle of the field. He let too many plays come to him rather than sniff it out and blow it up. He got ran over multiple times much like Ellerbe did. Our DL also struggled to not contain the run so if that improves the LB play should as well.
The wide 9 creates free gaps for the LBs to exploit. If they don’t react quick enough we’ll struggle against the run again. However I do feel Alonso and Jenkins will do that. Not to leave Misi out of it but I can see him being used as a 2-down LB/blitzer which he’s pretty good at – he’s physical and better at the POA than in space.
I don’t know how, but it keeps slipping my mind that we are @Seattle week one. That’s a very tough draw. I guess the postive is we go cross country Week One. which will probably cut down on the normal fatigue of a long flight.
Seattle week 1 is actually a good thing. They lost week 1 to the Rams last year, not sure where it was played, but as I posted this morning they’re geared towards finishing strong not starting strong, so they’re beatable week 1. Not saying we will or it will be easy, just that they may not be at their best
Let’s hope so, and that we are at our best!
We won’t be at our best, but Seattle won’t have tape on us, so we may not have to be.
Seattle seems like they have a weak OL, but put Wilson behind any line and he can make enough plays with his feet to negate that weakness.
It’s a legitimate concern Steve. We usually have trouble with those types of QB’s. Hopefully Vance will remedy that.
What’s worse is, going to the press coverage the CBs will not be looking at the QB most of the time, so more susceptible to him running.
Going on vacation Saturday, and I picked up a virus from my wife that she has had for 10 days. I’m really hoping i can make a speedy recovery. The DR with a fever and headache inducing cough is not what I’d like to brig with me. That said, as long as the kids don’t get it I’ll gladly take the hit.
That bites… Hope ya get better quick..
In other News..
Spikes left Miami without a contract; instead, the ‘Fins signed linebacker Danny Lansanah, a five-year veteran who mostly recently spent three years in Tampa Bay, Ben Volin of The Boston Globe reported.
Spikes was cut from his last 2 stops for a reason, I thought he might have had something left, but whatever let the young 2015 UDFAs play.
SMH, you guys go on and on about shoulda coulda woulda with our draft & offseason. I get the reasons to analyze it. But let’s face it. Every sub .500 team has 1-2 units/positions that get neglected or not able to address in the draft or offseason.
When you’re sub .500, and one of the youngest teams in the league, there’s only so many moves at your disposal in 1 offseason.
Bear in mind that some of these young guys will develop too. Why hold them back just to keep drafting rookies ahead of them early & then being forced to put those also developing rooks on the field too soon???
Let’s see where this new coaching staff & new systems, schemes, & play calling takes us first.
I have confidence that will be heads & tails above what we were exposed to under the Bazooka Joe and his staff’s era.
I agree with you. LOL @ heads and tails.
Thanks Boulder. Good to see we agree on something. 😉
Yep, such is life of a fan from a bad team.
If I don’t like or understand some moves the FO makes
I see no reason to never discuss it…lol
I’m not sure why some of you are so sensitive about it
We don’t know how it will work out
But do we have to wait until it fails to think about it
I don’t think so
By now we should all know that we get tired of hearing about it when it fails
If you went back and time and you saw yourself say “let’s see how jeff Ireland does first”
You would punch your pat self in the face
He didn’t say you couldn’t discuss it, he said some people go on and on…
I’ve got training in Wisconsin all week and they sat me at a table with a die hard Bills fan.
Consider it idiot tolerance training
Lol! What are the odds! Better than an obnoxious Pats fan though…
While in Tahoe I worked with 3 Bills fans, right out of college, they grew up in Buffalo. I watched NFL games with them every Sunday. The playoffs that year was the Bills come from behind by 31 against Houston. We left at halftime.
Gase recently said Parker doesn’t run great routes, because he rounds them off. WTF is that, and NFL WR rounding off routes. Just watched Ajayi planting his foot and making a hard cut on a route. How FN hard is it to run a route without rounding it off? Lazy.
I heard Parker saying Gase doesn’t coach great routes, so there’s that . . . . lol
Because Gase needs to show him how to plant? Is he a baby?
I’m just kidding . . .
Glfor the record, he’s a decent guy. Just has poor choice in football teams. Just thought it was funny that I was in a room full of cheese heads and here’s this guy at my table.
Son
Jay Bruce has caught Met fever! He’s hitting just like the rest of the team!
Piggy I agree….it is a blog right…lol
I didn’t mean it like that. Was just throwing my weight around, err counterpoint. 😉
Ezekiel Elliott will miss “some time” with a right hamstring injury.
Lots of problems in big “D”ump. 4 suspensions, Romo’s fat, injuries…
FU Rock….While I’m not thrilled with it, the one he posted is nothing like the one you did. I think that’s obvious. It amazes me that you can’t go 1 minute without a bare ass or boobs to look at.
I’ll answer this here, and the last of my comments on this or any subject.
I’m not here to be a censor or the police. Post what you want. I won’t be seeing it.
Wow, over react much? ( rhetorical question since it’s obvious I’ve made your experience here so unpleasant that you will never come back)
For the record I haven’t posted anything on here that is even questionable since that episode happened so obviously I can’t go more than 2 minutes. Secondly I’ve made maybe two comments in the year since it happened regarding other people’s questionable posts.
I am sorry that I have single-handedly ruined your blogging experience.
Sorry I ruined your black panther party
http://dailydolphin.blog.palmbeachpost.com/2016/08/02/ex-miami-dolphin-keith-sims-i-expect-laremy-tunsil-to-start-season-as-backup/
I expect Keith Sims is WRONG!
He said he wouldn’t be surprised. I see his point, but there would be so much backlash from this, that I don’t think they want to start the Gase Era this way. I don’t think the light has come on for Dallas, he looked good last year in camp too.
Steve
He basically said Dallas Thomas’ experience makes him better equipped to handle the job. I disagree. I haven’t seen Dallas Thomas show he can handle anything yet.
Not true, Dallas plays good for most of the game, then has those screw ups at the most inopportune times. You think Tunsil’s experience makes him better equipped to handle the job? Its all BS any ways, because you play a rookie with the hope he does well, but know he’s going to have rookie moments. I think Tunsil is the better option.
Would be different if Tunsil was drafted as the tackle of the future and we had a vet guard who had been starting and playing at least average for a while.
Even then it would be a longshot. How many non-QB overall 13 picks do you think haven’t line-ed up on opening day for reasons other than injury? My guess is very few…..and you can find the word “bust” included in their NFL internet bios.
I was actually going to say if Bushrod was a natural OG, I could understand if he said Bushrod would start, but Thomas?
Or possibly Kraig Urbik, who has played OG.
Tanny must be thrilled to have thomas as starting LG for another season. 🙂
Boulder
Thankfully, Keith Sims isn’t our Head Coach
It’s nice to see positive comments coming from camp regarding the play of AJ Hendy.
Good sign…….except maybe if you are Matt Moore.
Long way to go though…..he’s playing against a bunch of guys who won’t be in the NFL come opening day.
Some of O and Perkins’ comments on practice today.
Starting to sound like Gase is a Forster fan.
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— Top performers of Day 6: 1. Branden Albert (solid work) 2. Brandon Doughty (2 TDs in limited work) 3. K Marshall Koehn (6-for-6).
— Adam Gase described Shawn Jefferson’s coaching style as “psychotic.” “He is constantly pushing his guys to not take one second off.”
— “He is not falling behind mentally. The sooner we can get him back the better. But it’s so day-to-day,” Gase on Jay Ajayi.
— “His ability to feel holes in the run game, and how smooth he is in the pass game,” Gase on Foster, whom he compared to Matt Forte.
— “Everyday is a new day for him. We see how he feels that morning….whatever we suggested he’s been on board,” Gase on Arian Foster.
— “I feel great with where he is at right now. He’s really trying to expand what he can do at the line of scrimmage,” Gase on Tannehill.
— Dolphins practicing in shorts and shoulder pads today.
— 1st team OL unchanged in drills: C Pouncey, LG Thomas, RG Turner, LT Albert, RT James
— CB Tony Lippett with starters in DB-only drill. We’ll see if that translates to 11 on 11.
— Three receivers are working with Jakeem Grant, trying to get him to catch contested passes better.
— Starting weakside linebacker Jelani Jenkins is getting his right hamstring looked at by a trainer.
— WR DeVante Parker (hamstring), RB jay Ajayi (knee), RB Isaiah Pead (hamstring) not practicing.
— Watching DeVante Parker run his sprints and that hamstring injury doesn’t look good. Might take some time.
— Jay Ajayi looks like he might be back in the next few practices. He’s running well.
More at http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/sfl-practice-report-live-updates-from-dolphins-training-camp-day-6-20160804-story.html
Stanger:
You need to get some press credentials and be our eyes and ears
lol……..I only did that cause was thinking “where is Boulder”? Not an X and O guy. Might be able to pick up some TMZ stuff. My only trip to Phin’s camp made me 100% I spotted Home.
What do you mean Gase is starting to be a Foster fan? He’s been praising him since we signed him.
Hmmmm, seems I compared Foster to Forte on here last week😉
steve — hit the link….the article has a footnote for that crediting you. Put in by Perkins of course. O knew that before either of them got drafted.
Check out the comments. Sorry, didnt know it was going to post the whole page
Some good ones though…..and it is a roast after all.
“Dolphins fans are browsing this thread in incognito mode so they don’t have to deal with the bullying”
And I’ll change up “The best quarterback after Marino retired was Ronnie Brown.”
Make that Brandon Fields. What could have been.
Spikes if healthy is a beast of a run stopper at LB, he is however a liability in coverage so he would be a two down thumper/situational rotation guy.
TBH if our defense is successful in funneling their game plan to the middle, Spikes would then be a better option on run downs than Kiko. Could give Kiko a break on run downs. If they start moving back to bouncing it outside on a consistent basis, Kiko stays in on runs downs as well. Spikes is a better LB for up the middle rushes.
Kiko wouldn’t go out, he’d move over, but Spikes left without a contract offer.
Gase seems to really like Damien, and O says he blocks like a man, so I’ll give him another shot, but I still don’t like him running the ball or on KO returns. He’s good catching the ball though, and good after the catch.
He had that wrist injury last year that caused him to drop returns and some deep passes. Hopefully that is passed him.
The LB unit like the CB unit is a bit banged up at the moment.
The team needs active LB out there performing against the O so they had to sign a warm body I guess. Hopefully the guys heal up fast and start to make an impact closer to when the season is about to begin.
“— Three receivers are working with Jakeem Grant, trying to get him to catch contested passes better. ” — Sun Sentinel
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It’s definitely a drill for Grant to partake in but in reality, most DB probably won’t get much of a chance to contest a pass on him if it’s thrown right. He is going to smoke the field.
Nothing like working on stuff, And for sure not like anyone is expecting Grant to be the next Brandon Marshall.
Grant has big time dropitis, he had it at TT too, so anything they can do to help.
I don’t know much about A.J. Hendy. Anyone have any insight?
He has deep thoughts.
LOL
He may come in Hendy if Jones gets hurt
Especially if Shamiel is shlamozzling
No one has thught yet to say “Instantly Mike’s favorite player”?
“No one has thught yet to say “Instantly Mike’s favorite player”?”
Crossed my mind, but maybe he doesn’t want the competition. Even if you are best at what you do……not like you praise the up n’comers looking for your spot on top of the mountain either..