By Dr. Bruce Banner
So season no start yet and here I am sitting around, breathing becoming more labored, palms getting sweaty, fists pounding table and generally feeling the need to smash something. Hulk already getting angry and we have not played a down of meaningful football yet. Here is what Hulk is already getting angry about:
The schedule. Hulk know no one can control schedule and there is nothing you really can do about it. But that no mean Hulk can’t be angry about it. 3 of first 4 games on road against playoff teams. Hulk knows NFL history that teams that start 0-2 very unlikely to make playoffs. Teams that start 1-3 not much better. Hulk just no want to see Phins season over before September ends. Hulk tired of the year’s football highlight being the draft. Hulk want team to be playing meaningful football in December and even better in January. In order to do that we have to play meaningful football in September. That may be a tall order with rookie head coach and lots of change over in personnel.
Hulk angry that our RB roster looks more like a MASH unit than NFL depth chart at the position. Our starter is Arian Foster who right now is held together by duct tape and safety pins. He had moments in pre-season but definitely looks a step slower than he has been. Our backup is Jay Ajai who has no cartilage in his knee. He also looked very tentative running the ball in pre-season. Behind those two we have Kenyan Drake and Isiah Pead. Both flashed playmaking ability but both also flashed hamstring injuries in pre-season. That leaves only Damien Williams as the only healthy option at RB and he inspires little fear in opposing defenses.
What makes Hulk angriest of all is that after last season’s abysmal linebacker play we are set to be just as bad again this season. Our only move to remedy what was one of the worst linebacker corps in the league was to bring in an oft injured Kiko Alonzo. Watching Alonzo in pre-season he looks undersized and covers the side line to side line with all the speed and grace of a pregnant yak. With the exception of 1 game our linebackers have been exposed all pre-season in both run defense and pass coverage. Unless our defense plays better we could be in for another long season. This make Hulk very angry and season no even start yet.
Kiko Alonzo in coverage
Finsmob Unleashed 
D, we have gone big at CB for years. Just like any other position draft status is not always the key. I also don’t think teams just pick guys with the hope they think they might pan out. They pick them because they see something in them. Then they have to work and prove their worth.
Maxwell and Sherman were the starting CBs for Seattle in the 2013/14 SB when they crushed Denver. Maxwell 6th rd and Sherman 5th rd. It’s not a perfect science.
Pete Carroll kept 15 rookies, so his team has experience and hungry young blood. WTF, I guess it’s a matter of opinion, but with that many rooks you’re going to have lots of inexperienced guys on the field. Even though the OL played good during PS, they’re still inexperienced there.
To win we need to not turn it over, and keep Wilson from going off.
This team sucks, let’s blow it up, we need a new coaches, and players, then when it happens the same people will say they aren’t proven.
It is kind of a crazy thing. During draft time fans view draft picks above and beyond those already on the team. They’re always looking to replace guys. They value mid and late round picks like gold. Then when it’s over those guys are just camp fodder. But if we traded those picks, we gave up gold for shit in the 2nd and 3rd rd. I was exhausted with discussions during the draft this year. LOL
Then when rookies win starting jobs or significant roles, fans and media panic that they’re inexperienced. LOL
I like our team, have no desire to blow anything up, i know its not realistic to keep rebuilding all the time and to expect to get anywhere. That said, we do need to keep adding to the team until we have a solid base and then we can expect to try to maintain.
And we have in recent years.
Offense: James, Landry, Turner, Parker, Ajayi, Douglas (PS)
Defense: Aikens, Fede, Phillips, McCain, Lippett
They all made the team this year under a new regime. Then you have this year’s draft lead by Tunsil and Howard with 7 of 8 making the team and Duarte on the PS.
I made the mistake of leaving Fede off my roster when I actually like him but it became a numbers game. He’s more of a lunch pail guy than a star. But you need guys like that.
I’m expecting our D to look they did in the first scrimmage in pads at camp.
I’m expecting our offense to go three-and-out several times in the first quarter and never really get us into the game
I’m expecting our defense to give up big run after big run up the middle and to the outside and for our defensive backs and linebackers to give up first down after first down in big chunks. That is all I’ve seen this preseason so that is what I am expecting until they show me otherwise
What about the ATL PS game, the 3rd one and dress rehearsal with a lot of starters and significant role players in the lineup into the 3rd qtr – 17-6 win, 15-31 rushing allowed?
I didn’t see that one
I was flying back from Chicago during the game.
Besides Tim, that is what I have seen year after year, so until they show me otherwise that is what I will expect.
All I’m saying is when the 1’s and top 2’s played the majority of snaps we dominated. It wasn’t perfect, we gave up some chunk plays but at the end of the day – ATL couldn’t run or get into the endzone. 🙂
Bagels.
Lox
Onion?
Schmear
Pap?
Tommy Two Fingers
Sometimes I just wonder WTF? There is a girl (at least I think it’s a girl) who works at the Starbucks on my way home from work. Believe it or not it’s nametag says Pat. Anyway it is a fat, unattractive, sexually ambiguous individual. I think it woke up one morning and said “hey, I’m ugly. That’s my thing so I’m going to go with it. All in!”
It has has shaved the perimeter of it’s head and left the hair on top long, but hacked it all over to an uneven chopped up look and died it green (along with the sideburns).
It has pierced it’s lip, nose and both eyebrows and has those “gages” where it’s earlobes used to be.
I wonder why the GM hasn’t said “look we have minimum dress code you need to follow”
Infatuation?
Have to bed a 2 to appreciate a 6…. lol
OMG you’re so fuckin hot compared to that wretched sea-hag I met last night. So what’s your name again? LOl
Damn, making myself hungry.
sb7mvp says:
September 8, 2016 at 4:37 pm
Bagels.
Reply
Is that like a Baygull? The ugly cousin to the seagull or “Seahawk”?
Rockphin says:
September 8, 2016 at 4:27 pm
I was flying back from Chicago during the game.
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And boy your arms are tired?
were
Piggy, I want to be a brain surgeon but I don’t know what a femoral artery is because I don’t give a shit about other parts of the body.
pretty sure to give a shit you have to focus on another end of the body as well…..make up your mind do you care about other parts or not!
I heard today that this is Denver’s 6th consecutive opening day HOME opener.
We have had three years in a row, at least, where we have had a brutal ass schedule. I wonder sometimes how they determine who gets what when where, etc. It doesnt seem to be fair.
Between the 2 conferences there are 8 divisions as we know, I think the first place team in each division should play ALL of the first place teams, all the 2nds the 2nds and so on. Instead they break it up by conference. So the only difference between a first place schedule and a last place schedule is only 3 games when it could be 7.
We’ve been on the road the last 2 yrs to open the season, because Ross asked for it, so it would give them a little extra time with the stadium renovations. I could care less if we have the opener at home, I care more about the Thursday night games that the cheats get at home every year.
Rock, maybe ya should take that lady-man home with ya one night, bang it out, have a scalding hot shower and let that motivate you to get back to dating lol.
oh and a good cry, cause that might also help purge the shame.
Crying wouldn’t even be optional. It’s gonna happen
?!?!!!!!?????!!!!??????????? !
Maybe I should??? No, definitely I shouldn’t! Besides, it would be physically impossible. You can’t push a rope and the amount of Viagra that would be required to achieve an erection with he/she/it would be a lethal does.
31 (Giants/Jets) city facilities over 17 weeks, rotating conference opponents every year, then your division and conference opponents. Play the game well and nobody cares about schedule.
During 1984 were we looking at the schedule? No we were shocked when we lost those 3 games.
Piggy, please watch this….it gets very interesting less than minute in. Only 2:42min
Guess ya got to click on link, but both Johnson & Weld like Hillary….lol
But what’s worse is I’ve seen both touting NAFTA & now the looming TPP, along with merging the US into a NA Union like in Europe with EU…soon to be a full scale NWO….IMO.
Oh boy! LOL
Let me ask a serious question? Do you feel a more prosperous and united world is a bad thing moving forward, or is it better that we kill each other on a daily basis and get nowhere?
Also… say we had to deal with an alien attack, would you rather be a divided planet (world) on so many fronts or more united?
What are you afraid of and where does it come from?
oops, sorry guys…I guess good ol Zuckerberg doesn’t want their quotes to get out…smh
Rock
Does it put the lotion in the basket?
Go Phins! 🙂
Seahawks players considering a ‘big surprise’ during anthem
Good, keep your mind on anything but football 😛
IMO if they can get fined for wearing the wrong color shoes, they should be fined for insulting our country.
GD, this also has nothing to do with the two bozos running for president. It’s about us. What are we doing and trying to accomplish as Americans (the great melting pot) and as earthlings?
I WANT TO thank all of you for your kind words regarding the passing of my special Tampa Bay friend and fellow Dolphin lover, Bill. It really means a lot. As many of you know, this site IS BLOCKED at the place I work at, so I’m limited to roughly 6:30 to 10:30 comments in the evening.
Thanks, again, to all of you.
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Late this morning another friend called me with great news. He said, “The FAU-U of Miami game will not be shown in Florida, right?” I answered “Yes, at least for the Tampa Bay area.” He then told me he obtained a couple of “PRIMO TICKETS” for the game, and one of them had my name on it!!! – – So, I’ll be heading to Rock Head Stadium on Saturday for a game that every “expert” says will be a one-sided blowout! –The Canes are now 25 point favorites over Florida Atlantic. Gosh, for one game, maybe we should change our nicknames to the FAU “Rodney Dangerfields” because we absolutely GET NO RESPECT!! blowout OR no blowout I’m really looking forward to the experience. Expect to see many of my fellow alums in the parking lot getting well lubricated before the 6 O’Clock kickoff. If we get slaughtered, me and my buddy at least want a little less pain and a little more beer! –Seriously, I’ll be on my usual 3 beer game limit, which may drop to one or two if we get our butts kicked in the football game!
You get to check out the stadium early. Can’t call it Sun-Baked anymore. Have fun and good luck to your Owls. You know we’re Deiskel fans here in Oviedo.
Enjoy!
In science class one day my tiny little daughter essentially called Jason a pussy when he got scared of a spider.
My wife just told me her sister was able to get us seats from her company for the Mets vs Twins, Sunday 9/18. Great seats, 5 rows back, a little towards 1st base, but closer to home. Excited!
Maybe Tebow will play!
Have a great time
Ha! No shot! He’s a real longshot to make it, but if he really wants it, it’s a possible. I just hope the Mets are either in as a WC at that point, or close enough to get one.
Oh, thanks!
Awesome Mike!
This is what will happen. Tebow with be another Nieuwenhuis and every time he strikes out and we fans get on him there will be anti-Christianity accusations. It’s how the world rolls these days. LOL
I was listening to WFAN this morning, and they were talking about very similar stuff. Carton was getting on my nerves this morning, he was more annoying than usual.
Didn’t listen today. Carton gets on my nerves regularly. He likes to drag shit through the mud and make you deal with it. I have to turn it off. LOL
SON, that was a neat story about the younger Driskell, who will be FAU’s starting quarterback against “the U.” Young Jason was 23-31 for 287 yards passing and 2 TD’s. He also ran for another TD. I believe Driskell will have to pass for over 300 yards and 3 TD’s if FAU is to be competitive in this game.–And YES, SON, I plan to go over and check out my season ticket location before the game and verify what Young Stanger has said regarding my new seats being in the shade. When I was a very young man I LOVED the heat at the historic Orange Bowl until that infamous game in September of ’73 when a fan a few rows in front of me died from it during the San Francisco game. As I’ve gotten older, the concept of an air conditioned stadium (or, at least one with shading) seems smarter and healthier for both the fans and the players.
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Those prior Driskell numbers (23-31 for 287 yards) were from last week’s FAU game. He’ll need to top those this Saturday.
Tell Mrs OD that she should come to the fest. I can promise you there won’t be any security issues.
Come enjoy – the shade!
Who would play first in San Fran – Jeff Driskell or Colin Kaeper- prick ( as Herman Cain says)?
Peace OD
Thanks so much, Son. –Good luck to your UCF team in the Big House Saturday.
Tim
He was out of control about Tebow this morning. It’s so unimportant except for the name. He was making the Mets organization sound like a bunch of jackasses for this while we’re right in the middle of a playoff chase that’s coming down to the wire. FUCK HIM!
The clips I saw of Tebow during the workout looked promising if I’m being honest. I like his batting stance, stroke and speed. And he throws a baseball much better than a football. Who knows he is very high level athlete I don’t think you can really question that. Good luck to him.
I have nothing against Tebow trying to make it in baseball. But I don’t expect to see him in the majors anytime soon.
So he made it seem like he’ll be in the lineup in a couple of days? LOL
Camolina!!
🐆
MikeE
are your local sports talking about Tebow having no chance to even play Minors due to a contract he has with ESPN? I know down here where he is still a God it was the first thing I heard this evening after 1st hearing of the Mets this morning
If Tebow shows he can hit a curveball and drive the down and in fastball like a power hitting lefties should he’ll be up pretty quick. Otherwise he’s fucked. Lol
YES!
Time for some FOOTBALL even though its not us
Nightly Update
SEASON VIII
DOLPHINS-SEAHAWKS
Piggy 19-14 MIA
MikeE 23-20 MIA
B’man 24-20 MIA
Tim 26-23 MIA
Randy 27-17SEA
Son 13-10 MIA
Howie 20-17MIA
Rock 34-13 SEA
Wyo 24-13 SEA
Cav 17-16 MIA
Naples 16-13MIA
Old 37-17 SEA
N/A 31-21 SEA
Stang 28-7 MIA
G/D 18-17 MIA
GO PHINS!!!
I stand by my pick.
Look at that Dolphin Defense 🐬👍👌
come on Denver!
Break Cam and lose the game!
Get off Cam
You got the wrong guy!
I don’t swing that way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😉
You think I believe you with that big ass grin on your face?
Maybe????????
Major block by Cam on the Ginn run
But it had nothing to do with the play, if he doesn’t make its the same result.
Get off Cam
That’s what we call ballin
Wtf he sealed the edge
Speaking of getting off Cameron have you😉
That’s a taunting penalty?
Why not?
A guy jumping up and down because they scored a touchdown
Puss Ginn do what he do
It wasn’t on Ginn
That’s not quite all he did.
Hey Ryan did you see that you score after the D gets a turnover. Hot damn!
Oh, Son has his Camlotion out huh?
I’m covered in it!
he should be ours
A Fullback TD. Like a solar eclipse.
Lol
So that’s how you use a FB. Somewhere MF 13 is smiling
If you accept the offsides on a PAT can you have it marked off from the 2 to the 1?
Good question
I think so but you can’t line up for a kick
Obviously, since you’d have to move it to the 10, from the 15.
I think they did say that yes
Pretty small looking for a FB though
Cams starting to lose his cool. Not a good sign
Unlike Hulk, he dont do angry well
Bruce Miller was making a nice career as a fullback and fucked it up being an abusive bully asshole.
Shamed the Knights
Yeah that was pretty fucked up
Lol Al just said Michelle will be the surgeon general
Cam makes that throw look effortless
Too bad we don’t have a Fozzie I think Piggy would like that
Fozzy Bear
Cam got nailed
These teams having problems managing their time outs
Cam’so not the smartest guy.
Denver used 2 inexplicably too
Did you fucken see THAT Ryan?
And then that?
Nice play
Cam has looked ok tonight until that play which was amazing
Kaeppersniffer does it all the time, nothing to see there move on 😉
Go suck his dick already
Way earlier than I would have expected to hear that from you.
Cam scores Cam scores
Sets a record
Cam set a record ?? Or…..
First SB losing QB to rush for a TD in game 1 of the following season.
Was his mommy your babysitter
Cam and Suh are my two favorite NFL players. I hope Suh goes off this year oh man it could be a lot of fun to watch
Wow that is crazy.
Breaks Steve Young’s record for games with a passing and rushing TD of 31 -32 for Cam
Crazy especially so early in his career. I did like steve Young until he became a 9er.
The Buc days?
He also set the record for career rushing TDs by a QB.
Denver’s D is worse this year, but they’re better on O, so they’ll go no where.
Keuchley fixing to ride the Sybian
Nothing from anybody?
Ok
What is there to say to that?
There’s being solid and there’s making noise
We need to make noise!!
BYU , i THINK USFL and Yes the Bucs.
Donkies are getting the calls and are still losing.
Benjamin looks like a beast
Yep
Nice drive
Hey Ryan do you see how you get 3 with no timeouts?
Not sure what a Sybian is. I am guessing the Broncs horse ???
Don’t look it up at work
Alrighty then. Or on my work phone tgat i am currently using.
Well it is something of a saddle
Timeless looks like it could be a good show… I Love time travel stuff. Sliders was great
I like Legends of Tomorrow on the CW but then I like a lot of DC comics related stuff
Never watched that one. It looked like ya needed to know too much of ” DC world”. Ido like Gotham.
Does anyone keep them thinking the starters are about to get pulled before the 3rd qt before realizing it’s a reg season game?
Lmao
Lol sorry coach I wasn’t ready for the WHOLE game
I meant to post this before the game started
Piggy’s super bowl pick
Carolina over the bengals
What’s yours?
Caolina Over Pittsburg
I almost went that route
No idea why this is so appealing to the ladies
Lol
And it’s really uncomfortable to ride
Fins over Bucs
I like your thinking 👍👍
Woop woop
I didnit want to use the other P team name
Smart
There would have been some squealing
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/774070112693256194
So far my decision to start Cam and sit the Denver D looks like a good FFB decision
Good choice my daughter had the same quandary. Her other D is the fins. I told her I predicted we only give up 10.
I got Minnesota as my other D
Lol ” I don’t recognize you without a robe”
Peyton was pretty funny at the Rob Lowe roast
Gee you use a FB and you can run the ball
Im rollong out the 9ers vs LA this week then three weeks of the Redskins
PIGGY: I LIKED your comments earlier today about Johnson and Aleppo. Just once I’d like to see one of these news jerks put on a uniform and defend their country in some far off Muslim state. They’re all fuckin’ cowards!! Cheney, Bill Clinton, Mitt Romney—got no patience with big time draft dodgers. During the Vietnam era, we called those guys “CHICKEN HAWKS.” They were ALL FOR THE WAR as long as they didn’t have to fight it!
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OK, no more politics. Gotta say if Cam takes Carolina to a touchdown on the opening drive of the second half, this game will be over!! Y’all have a great evening. Great Grandpa is out.
Sorry about yer buddy OD.
Thanks OD
There are a few, not a lot, politicians that believe strongly in reducing foreign intervention
I would like to see more of it instead of attacking a guy who didn’t know what Aleppo was. That’s just me – I realize politics differ across the board
What the hell is this commercial about ??
Uh oh
Al looks wide
son of a son of a shula says:
September 8, 2016 at 8:41 pm
I stand by my pick.
Look at that Dolphin Defense 🐬👍👌
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Doesnt say much for our offense 😦
I dont usually question scores but I dont have a whole lot of faith either
seven of those 13 will surely be a Reeshad pick6
GO PHINS!!!
Hulk need beauty rest. Peace
Night Ken
3rd and 30 and Denver seems like they’re at a disadvantage.
Seaman did a good job squirting out of that pocket
I don’t care what his real name is
Seamen is his name
Nice
That guy could have been a dolphin
Yeah i know. Hed look good in our colors. Alas
Rut Roe Camista
Go for it at home!
Wishing we didn’t lose out on that CJ Anderson deal….ugh
Think Rb was the big offseason miss
Really the only miss
But it would have been. Ice to have either Miller or Anderson on this team
Need a stop here
Nice
Big mistake giving ball back, Donkies lose.
poor sequence of play calling to try and run clock….I hope Gase does better than that.
Yep especially if this field position holds up
Camisole throws 2nd INT here? 😉
That Carolina OL doesnt look so good
They’ve held off Denver most of the game.
Jax looked awful in PS trying to do it.
I think he is still hurting from last 1/4