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 
Wow. B huge penLty
Cambicile
Generous refs must play FFB too….lol
Teddy sidelines
He didn’t secure it, but since they gave Denver calls all game…
Fuck
Bad snap
Good game though.
So you guys still got Carolina going to the SB?
Tanny see Cam’s 54% comp 5.9 yd avg 69.5 QBR?
Don’t Do That!
I think Cam winning the MVP of the league was no fluke, he’s the best in the game.
He does well on a team that commits to the run well and plays very good complimentary defense too.
But he moves them when he has to.
His last two games say otherwise.
When you get blitzed like he did in the SB not many would’ve succeeded, Brady didn’t 2 weeks before. He wasn’t great in the SB, but last night even though he had several helmet to helmet hits on him and was most likely concussed, he still brought them back to what should’ve been a win. For the record I hate him, but great QB.
For all the talk about Newton being such a great qb I just don’t see it. He may be a dynamic player when he’s on the field and he’s dangerous because he can make plays with his legs but the one thing this guy is definitely NOT is a leader.
When you’re team is driving down the field to try and take the lead and it’s taking forever to get the offensive line lined up and you, yourself, are moving like a slug throughout the game you deserve to lose.
There was talk among people on Twitter about Franks needing to be replaced after he missed a FG in preseason because he missed 3 during the regular season last year.
Panthers FG kicker had 4 and an extra point blocked last season and then misses the game winner last night.
Be glad we have Franks.
It will be interesting to see how the Seahawks attack us with their offense because Baldwin’s their main guy and then they’ve got the speedy Lockett but Graham, if he plays, will probably be limited to snaps and the remainder of their wr’s aren’t anything special.
No doubt we will need to play a near perfect game Sunday to even have a chance so we need to limit the mistakes we make including penalties. Not having OV around to get the late hits on 3rd and long and Fox getting called for holding on 3rd down should be a plus.
I think it won’t be long before we start seeing X Howard in an X-men superhero costume here and other places.
Hopefully X-men and not X-posed
I didn’t watch the game last night, worked late, and just couldn’t steal the TV from my wife. Sounded like a good game too, oh well. She’ll watch Dolphins games with me, but it’s pushing a bit to ask her to watch 2 different teams.
overall, it was a good game because it came down to the wire but it was a pretty sloppily played game by both sides.
Miami Dolphins 2015: A chest of drawers leads the offense in holding calls.
Miami Dolphins 2016: Furniture ban on the offensive line.
Lou
I heard this morning they were jamming Cam’s head repeatedly. Did it look like it was intentional to you?
^ Cam Jam
Not until the last one, when the DB hit him high and was still going higher at contact.
All the talk about the hits to Cams head, but not much talk about him playing after what clearly looked like a concussion. His clock management and how slow he was leaving the huddle were telling. The rest of the team was lined up and he was still kneeling.
I agree his play was not the same after taking the blow to the head
Steve
They were discussing it on both WFAN in NY and NFL radio. Both felt he was OK and wasn’t concussed, but NFL mentioned that they wondered because Cam is a star if they kind of let him slide.
This kind of stuff bothers me. 4th and 21 and because a DB gets his hands to the face the offense is rewarded a 1st down. Nothing was earned. It should be repeat 4th down 4th and 6.
THat was a ridiculous call. It seems like this is gonna be another year where the refs decide who wins and loses.
That’s what I hate, the refs and penalties moving the ball up and down the field, not anything the offense did.
I was saying it was a bad call, when it happened, but after watching it a couple of times its hard to disagree with the call. Too many games are decided by what the refs let teams get away with on pass coverage. Cheats and Seahawks get away with it far too often, and Revis.
They called PI, or personal foul?
hands to the face.
mike,
Do you know this person? Is it home? look in the comment section
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-dolphins-kelly-column-0909-20160908-story.html
Ugh…
Hey, at least we have a loyal reader . . .
For what’s it’s worth Mike
You can rest assured that most of us don’t care about your life or whether you wear pants or not…lol
That was odd that some one is cutting and pasting here and placing it on the SS
It’s nice to have someone to share life with and care about and be considerate to, I’m certainly not embarrassed or ashamed of that. Let him copy and paste if its therapeutic for him. No skin off my back
No bacon off mine either
The call on the hands to the face on 4th and 21 is fine
The rule is dumb
I would ca E if it was a 5 yard penalty but auto 1st down?
They gotta get rid of some of these auto 1st down penalties
That’s my issue with it.
I posted this last night
Think about those 5 picks in that short Frame
Keuchly
Shaq Thompson
Star Lotulelei
Kawann Short
Kony Ealy
All 1st and 2nd rounders that they filled around charles Johnson and Thomas Davis to long term vets
I wish the Dolphins would have said – hey we have Suh and Wake
Now let’s spend high picks around those 2
We drafted 1 player on the front 7 the last 2 years – Phillips
and he’s not starting bc we were deep at DT when we drafted him
Can’t imagine that next year we don’t invest heavy on defense
Hey if our defense plays well who cares how they were acquired.
If they play well it doesn’t matter
But prioritizing defense is more likely to lead to better play for the defense
If you have a great player (like I think we do in Suh) and you being in a good player – the good player looks great next to the great player
I’m not making any predictions
I just find myself frustrated by the direction they chose
It might work at the end of the day no matter what I think should have been done
And to add to that I’m really happy about the Parker and Tunsil picks
I like both players and think we will be happy about those picks for years
DE will likely be on our radar next year with the age of our DEs and a few of them on 2 and 1 year deals. The same at LB with Jenkins and Alonso as UFAs and Misi’s contract winding down.
They give automatic 1st downs on hands to the face and holding, because the D is possibly preventing a big gain, if there weren’t automatic 1st downs rewarded you could just hold on 3rd and long and force the refs to make a call. The cheats would love it.
Tim
The only time you care where you got the players from is when the cap comes into play. Obviously, better to draft your all-pros than pay for them in FA.
Sure in the perfect world but if they’re really good you have to pay them at some point and it’s no different than signing a UFA to big money. But the benefit is you get a few cap friendly years.
Once they get to their 2nd contract you’re overpaying either way, so you get the bargain early in their career.
The Flying Pig says:
September 8, 2016 at 10:47 pm
Seaman did a good job squirting out of that pocket
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Ya mean semen?
Cam wasnt great and he wasn’t bad if you averaged what he did. Some parts were pretty amazing, some parts weren’t anything special. Denver’s D looked less explosive but they weren’t flat, just probably not what everyone expected them to be. Carolina’s OL also looked improved over the last match-up, so that probably had something to do with it. Miller’s guaranteed money might have had something to do with it.
Benjamin is a younger more athletic Anquan Bolden. Lets see though if he holds up health wise. I do believe to me he was the brightest offensive star of the game, i liked what Anderson showed, and Trevor Siemian showed he can run the offense and has some decent instincts in the are of pocket awareness. Didnt see elite skills but he is better than Peyton was last year, so there is a little more pop to the offense, but only a little.
Benjamin actually surprises me that he’s so productive. He doesn’t move very well but he seems to get it done.
Bolden doesnt either, he out physicals the CB’s, thats why i see him more like Bolden than a Julio Jones for example. Benjamin was just like this in college.
Benjamin and Bolden are alike, because they aren’t burners, but the comparison stops there, he’s more like Brandon Marshall. They made Miller and Co look less impressive, because they adjusted, by moving Cameron up in the pocket, instead of 10 yards back.
Boldin in his early days was pretty explosive though. I just don’t think Benjamin looks athletic, but he makes plays. He reminds me more of Oronde Gadsden another guy who wasn’t particularly fast and didn’t move great but made plays.
This is great. I have Tim explaining what I mean to Steve, and now Steve explaining what I mean to Tim. Love it! 🙂
Someone’s gotta speak for😉
Tim Knight says:
September 9, 2016 at 1:33 pm
DE will likely be on our radar next year with the age of our DEs and a few of them on 2 and 1 year deals. The same at LB with Jenkins and Alonso as UFAs and Misi’s contract winding down.
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If i had to rank things right now, with no assumptions of how well anyone performs, id say LB, DE, CB, TE, RB, S, OL, DT, QB, WR as the order of need. I think though it REALLY hangs on the CB play. We could go from LB to CB being the priority really quick. RB could also really jump up in priority if one of our guys gets “for real” broke this year. I think a lot with the DE priority also hinges on Jordan, i had pretty much resign myself to never thinking of him as a guy who we could even consider on the team much lest a starter/rotational guy at DE, but Gase seems to be entertaining him getting a seocnd chance so ill try to do the same.
I enjoyed the game last night, but these calls/penalties are getting ridiculous. They’re changing the game, fundamentally. As others said, too many auto first downs for penalties that shouldn’t be. It’s just not fair. They want 39-35 games…everything for the offense.
The D does a lot of holding on the WRs, I don’t want go back to the days of what the cheats did to the Colts in that AFC Championship game that resulted in the rule change.
Not saying don’t call a penalty, but automatic 1st downs for doing nothing especially when you’re in long down and distance and you get a freebie 1st down ruins the game to me. It’s just my opinion. I don’t see it changing anytime soon.
The problem isn’t the rule, it’s the idiot grabbing the face mask, he should know the situation, and I’m sure he’s hearing about it today. Ginn after a punt got in the face of a rookie for some extra curricular activity late in the game, that almost cost the Panthers. That’s why discipline is so important.
They can make hands to the face a 10 YD penalty. Many times it’s not even a violent hands to the face, the hands just slip and go to the face.
That’s what I mean.
One of them they called against Phillips in the PS was completely under the face/head. They still called it. The other one was not flagrant, more of a hand battle between he and the OG and the OG’s hand actually pushed his up to the face region where it slipped of and hit the face. Those are kind of ridiculous to call the same as they one one that was more flagrant. Facemask has a flagrant and a incidental version, why not other penalties, although that does open the game up to more ref intervention by way of their opinion in it being flagrant making more of an impact on the game. Its kinda catch 22.
Face mask only carries the 15 yard version, they removed the incidental one several years ago, but I agree the penalty needs to fit the crime. I’d like to see the college rule for PI used, a 50 yard penalty is absurd.
So Pouncey definitely out, and Parker very unlikely to play. Maybe Hunter does get some snaps, and maybe just maybe, he makes the most of them.
Id bet that Hunter does wind up with at very least a role in this game. He might not be a primary target the way that Parker would have been, but he will but utilized in some role, be it deep routes or red zone.
I hope so, we’re going to need diversification. Can’t try to feed it to Landry and Stills all day, we’re going to have utilize a bunch of different players against that defense.
Sign that the Fest is in the air……Just picked up our tix.
And after working it got hard ones. They don’t put pretty pictures on them any more after they went all E on it, but you guys will have some old school ones to stash in your drawer after rather than a computer page.
Sweet! Thanks Jon!
And the Orange passes came in today too.
steveccnv says:
September 9, 2016 at 4:04 pm
Face mask only carries the 15 yard version, they removed the incidental one several years ago, but I agree the penalty needs to fit the crime. I’d like to see the college rule for PI used, a 50 yard penalty is absurd.
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I guess thats why i havent seen the incidental one called recently lol.
Absolutely on the PI rule, i do think that amount of penalty is rediculous, and the receiver uses it. They draw the penalty its same as the completion, which they may or may not have caught.
I do though i do think some players were taking advantage of it when it was only a 15 yarder from the LOS. They would get beat and just flagrantly hack the receiver to prevent the catch of 50 yars and lessen it to 15, so again, there may need to be a way to make it so it still can be a spot of foul penalty in some situations, or better yet, just stop being so quick to flag the incidental type contact.
Another thing is if its going to be a spot of foul for the defense, shouldnt the offensive version reflect the level of severity that the defensive one? Should the defense then be awarded a pick in the situations where they had position on the ball and the receiver ad to push off to prevent the INT and get the catch? I mean if you are assuming that the offensive guy would have caught it, but didnt because the defensive player interfered, then wouldnt the same assumption have to be made when the receiver interferes with the DB?
That’s too blatant, giving the zebras a way of creating a TO.
Was more just using the indocy of the statement to support giving a receiver credit for a catch he didnt make just because of a judgment on interference as being equally stupid to be a spot foul.
idiocy
I agree logically it makes sense.
I wonder what he did?
Chris Perkins @chrisperk 1h1 hour ago
Jay Ajayi was left in Miami due to coaches decision.
That ain’t good no matter what the reason.
I agree, that is very disturbing news.
I just went and searched for other articles.
“Ajayi did not travel with the Dolphins to Seattle. Coach Adam Gase decided he would not be playing this game so Ajayi is a healthy scratch by coach’s decision.
A Dolphins player told The Herald’s Adam Beasley that Ayayi, who lost the No. 1 running back job to Arian Foster, was upset the past week. Ajayi obviously did not react well to being the stating running back most of the offseason and training camp and then losing it the last week of the preseason.
Also hurting Ajayi is that he does not play on special teams so he might have been inactive anyway.
This situation is of Ajayi’s own doing. He should have gotten a clue that coaches needed to see him succeed when he played a half in the final preseason game. And, unfortunately for him, in a game the coaches wanted to see him succeed, he had a fumble and a dropped pass.
After that game, Gase said he was “disappointed” in Ajayi.
And then he sulks when he loses his job?”
TIme to buy Foster in FF…..that’s just sad.
Don’t let the door hit you on the ass Ajayi…He sucks anyways, I just hope they don’t give Williams any real carries, and more carries for Drake.
Oh come on, that’s a little over the top. He did make the team.
Why? Besides drop passes, fumble and rush for nothing what has he done?
FUMBLE & Drop passes!
[Update: The Dolphins list six players as questionable on the injury report and both Pouncey and Ajayi as out. Questionable are Parker, Jenkins, Terrence Fede (knee), Earl Mitchell (calf), Laremy Tunsil (knee) and Isaiah Pead (hamstring) who practiced full. Amazingly, Pead might be active for this game and Jay Ajayi will not.]
Factoid of the day.
Ross and Trump were planning on being co-owners of a pro football team.
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Trump bought the Generals for less than $10 million, and possibly as little as $1 million.
Ross bought the Houston Gamblers, then led by future Buffalo Bills star quarterback Jim Kelly, after the 1985 season. He wanted to relocate the Gamblers to New York’s Shea Stadium, but Trump owned the territorial rights and refused. Instead, Ross worked out a deal to merge the Gamblers and Generals and became co-owner with Trump in August 1985. They would play at the Meadowlands in 1986 as a single team of players and executives culled from the original teams.
The Ross-Trump team never came to be, however. The league suspended play in early 1986, during its court battle with the NFL and amid a madcap scramble to relocate franchises, moves that angered the league’s TV partners.
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article/20160714/BLOG003/160719892/it-was-stephen-ross-who-introduced-donald-trump-to-the-ill-fated-usfl
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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!
27-21 seattle
Booooooo
It’s easy. Don’t fumble the ball and you don’t get demoted. SMH @ ajayi.
Gase obviously sending a message to Ajayi and the rest of the team that it’s team first and if you play poorly he may lose confidence in you and look to someone else. Hopefully this motivates Ajayi.
Yeah, not a great sign that Ajayi was benched for sulking though…
He’ll learn or he better. He doesn’t come off as that type of person though so I was kind of surprised. It may be more about Gase setting the precedent.
D says:
September 9, 2016 at 2:14 pm (Edit)
The Flying Pig says:
September 8, 2016 at 10:47 pm
Seaman did a good job squirting out of that pocket
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Ya mean semen?
*****
Yep
Hey does anyone have a change of pants for me?
So far
No Ajayi
No Pouncey
Maybe no Parker
Am I missing any?
I feel like Gase is doing it to a few of the young players
I think more than anything it’s about the culture he is trying to build
Don’t view it as an indictment of the young players
They can bounce back
Let’s face it
We were soft in 2015
I think he wants to avoid that and he is picking on a few guys to make it clear
Hopefully it works
Agreed.
Yep
Hey does anyone have a change of pants for me?
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Don’t you need to where pants in the first place in order to change them there Porky?
HEY ROCK; A BELATED happy birthday to you! Hope you got something special!!
When did Tunsil become questionable?
Must have been today- he was probable yesterday.
My favorite cheerleader of all time
Anyone know the 46 dressing for the game?
I think the 46th dressing is Russian
Wasn’t it bleu cheese for game 1?
Gronk not expected to play. No Gronk, Brady, or Ninkovich.
It would be nice not to have Gronk week 2- he usually kills us.
I think I’m in denial about how difficult this game is going to be for us. I keep thinking we have a good shot to win, but this game is probably the toughest matchup we could have gotten for week one.
Yeah, if you believe Seattle is all that. They generally start off slow, the OL is green, their RB is hurt, Graham is hurt, and the D is playing tiddly winks with Kaep, so I think it’s the perfect time to play them. We play them week 10 in Seattle and it’s a sure loss, this week maybe, but I think we have a better chance.
Let’s hope that you are correct. I believe Graham is out.
Brian — Seahawks in Seattle? Best we got is the any given Sunaday thing. But who knows….maybe Al Pacino will show up and grab the headphones.
Or maybe Ajayi will fly across the country at his own expense, beg forgiveness of coach Gase, and then score the winning touchdown in the fourth quarter. That would make the decision NOT to lock up Miller Time look a whole lot smarter.
“Inch by inch!”
YOUNG STANGER: Thanks so much for helping so many on this site attend the Fest. The tix, the night before party, the parking, the food, it goes on and on. May the first salute at the party be for YOU!
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I’ll be down in your neck of the woods to see the FAU-U of Miami game at Rock Head Stadium. Just hoping my Owls can cover the 25 point spread in tomorrow’s game, which kicks off at 6 PM.—Also will be watching both QB’s, Brad Kaaya of Miami and Jason Driskel of Florida Atlantic. –At least one, and maybe BOTH of them will be playing in the NFL, barring injury, in my humble opinion. Our old buddy Jeff Ireland studiously avoided games involving both FIU and FAU during his tenure as Fins GM. However, a little bird (an FAU Owl, to be exact) told me that reps of the Dolphins have attended FAU practices and last week’s FAU home game (which they won 38-30).–I fully expect at least ONE FAU player and ONE U. of Miami player to be on the Dolphins’ primo radar screen for the upcoming draft. I’ve listed FAU’s potential pros in an earlier post a few days ago. The “U” also has some future studs, including Mr. Kaaya, who Mel Kiper says is a Top 10 talent. Last season, FAU nearly got a much needed benchmark win before losing in overtime to 9th ranked Florida in Gainesville. Tomorrow, they get another chance to beat a Top 25 team. –The odds say Miami wins by a blowout. We shall see.
Just watch the game. For those of you who don’t think we’re that good to begin with, what are you worried about?
I wouldn’t be surprised at 6-10 record, or a 10-6 record. I really don’t know what to expect form this team.
I don’t either, we’ve never seen this team play or these coaches coach in games.
5 new starters on defense, maybe 6 or 7 this Sunday, 4-5 on offense and a lot of new rotations players and STs guys. This isn’t last year’s team.
Rock
I recently started wearing pants
I just couldn’t handle all the attention the ladies were giving me
But don’t worry it doesn’t change who I am
Check out my new pants
This is defiantly a shrug kinda year for Dolphins expectations
I have no idea what we will be
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
Bold 27-21 SEA
GO PHINS!!!
So I’m not coming to the Fest. Here’s the reason why and I think I made the right decision. She is a Friesian/QH cross. 9 years old and very well trained. Perfect size for my daughter. When you get the chance to make your child’s dreams come true you don’t pass it up!!! 🙂
Pigs are much nicer
Congrats, Herd! You’ve got your priorities in the right order. Got a name for the horse?
Her name is Bridget, the one thing my daughter isn’t crazy about. She may change it, it’s just her ‘Barn name’. She has an official competition name, which I honestly don’t remember. lol
My 51 year old daughter still rides the horses from time to time. She finds it helps her to “smooth out” from a rough day at work.
That’s well worth it Herd! What an amazing gift for you to be able to give to your daughter. I would have loved to meet you, but your daughter’s happiness comes first!
I hope that Vance Joseph help can solve our inexplicable inability to prevent QB’s rushing for huge gains at the most crucial of times. If Wilson continues to get loose on us, we will be in for a long day.
With all of the injuries and Brady’s suspension, I just can’t see any way the Pats win tomorrow night. If we can somehow beat Seattle, we have a good shot at taking early control of the division as we have the Pats next week.
Herd
Much better to spend the money on the horse for your baby, than spend a day or two with a bunch of pigs. lol
I like the name Bridget, but that’s because I like the show Ray Donovan, and that’s his daughter’s name in the show.
Very disappointing about Ajayi. Our RB corps is thin to begin with. We can’t afford healthy scratches because one of them is sulking. Hulk getting angry.
I agree. He needs some growing up to do. He’ll learn a hard lesson when he doesn’t get paid this week.
Herd:
Nice horse. Disappointed we won’t meet at the fest but there is always next year.
Why can’t you just ride the horse to the fest?
Jk, she beautiful.
Dressage?
Herd, nice horse. Is she going to jump her?
You owe me a beer
Where’s UK I want to ask him if Brits are prone to be such pussy little whiners. I wouldn’t have expected this from Ajayi
Herd
A fitting gift for a Marshall Thundering Herd fan to give!!!
PS: My son rides at the Naples Equestrian Center every Saturday Morning @ 9. (Except today as the parking lot is being resurfaced.)
We go watch him put his horse Ted through his paces. They are quite a team!
I see the Ajayi issue a good thing. This could be the incident that takes him to the next level. Surely everyone that’s been good at anything can remember their defining moment, or when the light came. RT took his game to the next level in London against Raiders, after being Philbined.
Get back on the field next week and show why you belong, or go home to mommie. No reason to prolong the ineptitude.
That’s one possible outcome or on the other hand this could be the incident that exposed his immaturity
What I’m saying is fight for your job, and show us who you can be or crawl back into your hole. Either way we’ll know now what he’s made of. No sense in holding a roster spot for him, if he isn’t going to man up.
ESPN has an article of every teams case for winning SB LI, and the comparable team. For Carolina it was the ’72 Dolphins (OD shaking his head).
I think Ajayi is going to go back to soccer. This was very disappointing.
Similar thought that I echoed above
Oops, I guess I owe you a beer
I will take a beer any day
Hopefully, the Ajayi situation is just a young, competitive player learning how to deal with disappointment and be a professional. The healthy scratch would suggest it was more than that, but the leaders in the locker room….whomever that is….need to deal with this so that it doesn’t become anything more.
That is what I think
It’s not the scratch that matters
It’s how he responds to it
from mando
Another player very unlikely to play is receiver DeVante Parker. He practiced in a very limited basis Friday but he is also unlikely to play.
One piece of positive injury news for the Dolphins: Linebacker Jelani Jenkins seems certain to play barring a setback with his surgically repaired knee.
You guys have to consider how soft this team was under Philbin
So far Gase has targeted a couple of 2nd year guys
It’s up to the player to respond
But this is by far not a death sentence for Ajayi (or Parker)
It’s just a coach setting a tone to some guys that only had NFL experience under charminny soft Philbin
So you remember how soft the Dolphins were in 2015
It’s Gase’s biggest challenge
Don’t judge he player, judge the predecessors system
I think Ajayi and Parker may be very big parts of the 2016 Dolphins
Give it time me
These early call outs and disciplinary measures as what a lot of new coaches do
Even Philbin did it – but in his case he insisted players not litter and hold their pee
Gase is setting the tone for a tougher team
A team that act like professionals
I’m not saying we will be a very physical team
But I expect to be tougher than we were last year
The salt in the wounds of all of our losses (and some wins) in 2015 was how soft we looked…remember the London game – yuk
Gase has to take some steps to think about the mental makeup of players especially players that no nothing but Philbin
Agreed.
That’s awesome Herd! Beautiful horse.
Piggy,
I agree with your comments about us being soft. The only thing I would add is that it can’t be just the HC. The leaders on this team have to take that message inside the locker room and demand and cultivate something different from the rest of the players. I think our “leaders” have been woefully inadequate in many areas….this being one of them. That has to change, and it has to come from the inside.
Anyone else think this not standing for the National Anthem thing is totally immature and hypocritical?
What I think is hypocritical is doing it and then backing Clinton, and her same ole. I don’t know who any of them are backing, just saying. P Diddy has unendorsed her, after calling her out, saying what have you done for the black community.
Tim,
I get that we’re a Country of free choice, but it pisses me off.
Right, the same country that offers these idiots the chance to play football for a living and to make a lot of money. How about instead, quit the game, give up your salary and go be a civil rights activist, really get into it and fight for the cause.
Tim,
Yep. Plus, where is all the outrage by these professional athletes when they get preferential treatment from law enforcement? What about when they get caught driving drunk or assaulting someone or strangling their wife? They are putting other people’s lives and health at risk, but I sure don’t see any protests when they get a slap on the wrist. As you said, hypocritical.
Randy, also this protest stuff is once again broad brushing a whole lot of people instead of the few who violate the rights of others. The country as a whole is not the problem, it’s a small percentage of individuals that fuck it up for everyone else.
Oh this is just fucking great. SMH
http://www.palmbeachpost.com/news/sports/football/miami-dolphins-seattle-seahawks-talk-possible-nati/nsT7R/
I was hoping Seattle would have their minds on the protest and we would start off kicking their asses.
I don’t think taking a knee is as disrespectful like sitting on the bench, and it may be more respectful, than standing. I mean when you greet an equal, if you stand up you’re on the same level, you’re equals, when you kneel to greet someone, like a king or queen, you’re showing respect, no?
But we stand for the anthem, been doing it for as long as I remember.
Ok, so that’s tradition. The kneeling really isn’t showing more respect to the flag it’s showing respect to the cause, while not disrespecting the flag.
NV Kaepperless Wolfpack getting ready to stink it up against Notre Dame.
I’m starting to get on board with the cause. I’m not sure the way it’s happening is the right way to do it, but I’m not sure it isn’t. Are people really offended by the kneeling, and if so why? Would you have felt different, if it didn’t start out with a sitting on the bench? This country needs change, enough of the racial BS already.
Totally agree with your last line. But the National Anthem does not stand for the violation of people’s rights. That’s my issue with it.
Standing for your Country’s anthem has always been a very literal thing to me. You’re literally showing that you are willing to stand for your Country. Defend it. Support it. Put it above yourself and actually sacrifice yourself for it.
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I understand Kaep’s message. It’s not new nor has it been swept under the rug. I know there are situations where cops step over the line. No doubt about it. It needs to be addressed….just like many other issues that are just as big or bigger. Child hunger? Child prostitution? The rate our veterans are killing themselves and STILL not getting even remotely close to adequate care? Pick a cause.
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But, I believe you still stand for your Country when called upon. I understand we’re a Country founded on free speech. But when I see somebody who doesn’t, it’s not in any way a positive feeling for me.
Ding!
It’s hard to defeat discrimination with generalizations
And I think not standing for the anthem is a generalization
I don’t care for it – but more bc it misses the mark IMO
However I don’t blame the players so much
If they wore a “black lives matter” patch – the NFL will make them take it off
So I guess this is how they bring attention to that
I just think it takes away from all the good things America stands for
Right and the National Anthem does not stand for the violation of people’s rights. All people’s rights. That’s the issue I have. It doesn’t stand for what they’re protesting so it’s off the mark as you say.
Say what you will about Kaep but he has brought attention to his cause and that is ultimately the point of any protest
And the point is what? Don’t violate The Constitution and The Bill of Rights which is already on the books. Where does it say that minority citizens’ lives don’t matter and white privilege is the law?
It’s a fucked up message Ken. What’s going on in Chicago with record breaking homicides among black folks? This is all going on while we have a president of color in office. Chicago is also the city he represented on many levels for years. Ironic wouldn’t you say?
It just goes to show you that the remedy is not on the national level, but in local communities. Too many people don’t want to really address it though and Obama was one of them. If he did, there should have been progress by now. Those who do speak out about it, people of all races and colors, they get lambasted. We don’t have Apartheid in this country even though that is what is being suggested.
Faux solutions get you faux results.
Here’s an example of a guy who’s had enough in another city.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bngxyaQKsAI
The point is he chose an issue to put a spotlight on. You may not like the issue or the message but he has people talking about it
He reacted to it, he didn’t start it nor is he helping the country unite. Quite the opposite. He’s disrespecting the entire nation that he’s also a part of and doing very well in. All he’s doing is influencing more players to do the same with the same faux results.
Piggy
Black Lives DO matter, but (no offense), Cops as pigs is offensive. Police lives matter too, and I’m damn sure a helluva lot more officers, both white and black, were killed or injured to due to black criminals.
As compared to the unfortunate black people that were killed by the few officers.
I think it was offensive too
It wasn’t part of his protest he wore those socks to practice – so I didn’t mention it
But it’s still the same idea about my point that Kaep made a sweeping generalization. And I don’t approve of that
You shouldn’t fight discrimination/racism with sweeping generalizations – it’s he same type of thinking IMO
It really takes specifI s to address it
But of an NFL player wears a button the NFL makes him take it down and fines the player – so their are limitations on how a player can protest and be more specific about what they are trying to say in the NFL
As it turns out sitting for the anthem is legal
Ken,
It doesn’t feel like he’s brought awareness to the original issue. People aren’t talking about that. It seems like it’s stirred a discussion about patriotism and the original issue is an afterthought. Just my perception of the conversations I hear.
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I just find it distasteful for me. I still support his right to say it. That’s what standing up for your Country means. It doesn’t mean you have to always like it. Healthy debate is a good thing.
I don’t think his message has been well articulated but he is getting attention which is the reason why you protest. To me I just wish they would focus on football.
MikeE,
It’s similar to the crazy attention CTE or injuries with NFL players receives. There are dozens of other professions that have higher death and injury rates and impact way more people, but nobody spends hours discussing them. And those other jobs aren’t usually making millions of dollars.
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It’s not that CTE issues aren’t important, but they aren’t special or more significant. They just get more media attention.
That’s a good point. No one seems to care about how safe it is for a sewer worker, iron worker, coal miner etc . . .
Aren’t they covered by worker’s comp?
This fuggin guy comes up to me in the store this morning, I’m wearing a UCF t-shirt, and he’s got a fucking stej shirt on. He say’s, “excuse me but I hope your team loses, Big Blue is my team”, I just looked at him and said, “well your other team sucks ass I hope they go 0-16”. Then I said “you should be careful who you approach wearing that shirt, I’m sometimes driven to violence at the mere mention of that team”.
Was he unable to tell the difference between a Jets and Giants shirt? Freakin’ New Yawkas. Oh, wait . . . lol
Ditto
Try making millions in a different country as a shitty QB, yeah I didn’t think so. Fuck off.
The D needs to be disciplined and not go for the Wilson pump fakes in the open field.
olddolphan says:
September 9, 2016 at 7:43 pm
HEY ROCK; A BELATED happy birthday to you! Hope you got something special!!
Thanks OD! LOL
(You are only a month and a few days belated.) HA! Appreciated all the same. Unfortunately I didn’t get anything for my birthday. Oh well.
https://twitter.com/theflyingpig44/status/774695043076587520
The platform being used by Kaep is wrong, but the message is getting across, so…nothing is fair. I’m watching ND vs NV, ND gets an additional yard on almost every play, that’s not fair either.
If Trump was paying attention he’d get on board the Kaeppersniffer train😉
son
What you say is: “Can I borrow your shirt? I need to take a shit, and I can’t think of anything else I’d rather wipe my ass with. Besides, it’ll actually be worth more after I give it back to you.” Lol
LOL
steve
No politician is going to stand for insulting the military and disrespecting the United States. Well, maybe Trump would. Lol
That’s not what I’m saying, but yeah I get ya. I’m talking about the issue Kaep is talking about, but yeah, you go there and it could be devastating.
I like this kid Peavy at WR from Wisconsin.