By Dr. Bruce Banner
Someone tell Hulk The Never Ending Story was children’s fantasy literature book first published in 1979. It was then later made into a movie a few years later. Hulk know whoever told him that is wrong. The Never Ending Story came to be in 1999 and it stars the Miami Dolphins. It is not a children’s fantasy story but rather it is a horror story that once again we Dolphin fans watch unfold this past Sunday in Seattle.
We Dolphin fans have seen the same story game after game and year after year. The defense plays lights out except when you need it to make a stop it fails. The offense never gets going and fails to explode like you always think it should. It always seems to be on the verge of a big play but just when you think it is about to happen the big play slips away through your fingertips. When the offense finally does get a drive a gives us the lead, the defense the fails to make the stop. There is the constant stream of 2 yard dink and dunk routes. The talk of committing to a running game then to see that go by the wayside. There is ill timed penalty or the inexplicable time out. There is the steady stream of moral victories without actually winning a game. There is a quarterback that is running for his life. There is the kicker with the crucial miss when you could least afford it. Then there is the obligatory roughing the passer penalty that seems to come up at the worst possible time. We have petulant sulking players not suiting up for games.
We saw all these same things last Sunday in Seattle just as we have seen them time and time again. How many times have we watched a pass slip through the hands of James McKnight, Mike Wallace and now Kenny Stills? Do we remember Dan Carpenter missing too many field goals and being run out of town? Or the drafting of Caleb Sturgis who did no better? Now we have Franks who seems to miss when they matter most. Did the ghost of Joe Philbin appear on the sideline to call that mysterious timeout when the Seahawks were faced with a crucial fourth down and the play clock about to expire? Did Olivier Vernon suddenly channel into Cam Wake who then committed one of the dumbest roughing the passer penalties Hulk ever saw? Is Jay Ajayi the next version of Jonathan Martin minus the lunch tray, not suiting up because he is too busy sulking?
What make Hulk angry is that this year was supposed to be different. This year we got the most sought after coaching candidate. This year he was supposed to turn the offense around. This year we were supposed to see the difference good coaching makes and get rid of the stink of the Wanstedt, Cameron, Sporano and Philbin taint that has fouled our franchise. However, so far Hulk see nothing different and this make Hulk wonder when will this story end?
Finsmob Unleashed 
That Rams game looks like an easy one. Boy do they look bad. Did you see Gabbert pile up the points on them?
Good job Sulk, I mean Hulk
MiamiDolphinsTopNews @MiamiDolphinsTp 5h5 hours ago
Dolphins To Work Out A.J. Hawk http://gettopical.com/miami-dolphins/36dbff44d514cedf8c307b8b740f35e0?src=twitter … via @pfrumors
Howie,
38-13 Miami
That’s like a months worth of scoring. I hope you’re right.
Good stuff Sulkie
LOL Hulk – Take a Zoloft bud, it’s a long season!
Great job though, I enjoyed the article, even if I don’t necessarily agree that it’s the same ole same ole.
I agree Sulk! I am at least glad we had a solid game but the constant mistakes to take away great wins just frustrates.me. We had them!
Howie,
28-20 NE
Until this team shows they can win big games, gotta give them the L.
Son
Neither Cam or your other love Cousins won this week, so . . . .
So…what?
Cam should have won. Stupid kicker
LOL!
And Cousins sabotaged my FF team this week . . .
He had a rough night
Howie
MIA 20 – NE 10
That’s how we’ll win but I don’t see us limiting them that much and I have a hard believing we can win a shoot out. Tough call this week b
Someone’s gotta ring Edelman’s bell. That will quiet them down some
IS Gronkowski going to play next week? If he is, my prediction has to change.
Someone tell Tannehill it’s a division game please
Wait, the Patriots are in the AFC East?
RGIII on IR
Call it a career?
Damn, not necessarily, but it’s getting close to that point.
Poor Cleveland
Son
So . . . Don’t be so upset w/Tannehill. Sometimes you get your team in position to win, but they don’t
Gonna ride him like Herds daughter is riding Blinky
LMAO
I wonder if Super Mario plays against NE. It’s out of his hands, w/concussion protocol
As long as he studies his flash cards he should be alright. I hope he plays he looked good and we need him but don’t rush back either it’s a long season.
I don’t even know what the protocol is
Piggy
An NFL appointed “independent” doctor has to decide he’s free of any concussion symptoms.
I can’t believe they didn’t put Cam on concussion protocol. He got rocked and many of those hits would have been called for other QBs.
I think the issue they have with Cam is he’s a guy that delivers punishment when he runs, he doesn’t run to escape, he runs like a TE, so it’s tough when he’s in the open field running physically to expect players not to tee off on him to bring him down.
I agree but a few of those were behind the LoS.
I’m not confident in the Fins offense going up against NE but I will say that the defensive line must be excited to face Jimmy Garoppolo after facing a slick skilled QB such as Russell Wilson. Fuck Jimmy. That pussy is going to get chomped on.
He played pretty well in Arizona.
herd,
I had 4 wrong but I picked urlick twice (even though he didn’t make the team). So I was disqualified ;-(
I think the winner is between Rock and Son because they each missed 5. Since Son was the closest to the phins score in 3rd preseason game (tie breaker) I think the winner should be SON.
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HYb9B1KHDXFHIfyAkIX-vaqSl8uCF7Zu7xsGsGspBpc/edit#gid=0
nice job hulk. YOu captured my feelings pretty well.
I guess I feel better than the rams fans in LA right now. They probably want to send them back to ST Louis.
LOL. I guess this guy is not a dolphins fan
“Miami Marlins outfielder Christian Yelich retweeted Dolphins receiver Kenny Stills’ drop of a deep pass Sunday because he was unhappy with Stills for protesting during the national anthem.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/#storylink=cpy
I thought he IS a Dolphins fan, he was just pissed at Stills.
BTW – I completely agree with Yelich on everything he said.
I think he is a Dolphins fan and a south fla native
As is Kate Upton
Mike then you’ll agree with this from Kate Upton to the Fins players who knelt
Kate UptonVerified account
@KateUpton Kate Upton Retweeted SportsCenter
This is unacceptable. You should be proud to be an American. Especially on 9/11 when we should support each other.
Yes, I agree with Kate Upton, it’s easier to understand her in print.
Kate’s Uptons can be very distracting
Exactly! 🙂
mike,
so you think stills drop was karma?
Sure, why not. That and he sucks. lol
I agree with option #2. Guy thought he was going to have a jump ball, was shocked he was all alone, etc, etc, etc. Maybe he should pay attention to his job instead of imaginary outcomes. Be prepared. Even Omar, who was riding his train all offseason, said he disappeared once real football began.
lmao.
I guess it was karma when Arian Foster ripped off a 50 yarder on a swing pass.
Did Foster score a TD? If he didn’t kneel, he would have, it’s obvious! lol
Kate Upton doesn’t get it but I expect that from her 🙂
I want to get her
Sounds like she understand’s perfectly
She got it just fine!
That’s just her opinion!
She can have it just as much as the commies can kneel!
I like Ken better than the Hulk. LOL
How about Sulk?
Sulk is the best. Just look at that face.
not sure how you can be a dolphins fan and be happy about stills drop. I don’t care if stills kneels, stands, or goes to the bathroom during the anthem. That’s his choice. But I want him to catch the fucking ball when its right there or go find another job.
Who’s happy about him dropping a long TD? LOL
Who was happy?
the marlins guy. It seems to me he wanted to say karma is a bitch and seemed happy he dropped the ball so he can say that.
Oh I’m just catching up. LOL
For those of you craving orange
Is that a real uniform we’ll be using?
The Thursday night color game
Every NFL team will be dressed in bright colors
I think same pants and jersey colors
Oh that’s right, forgot about that.
And to be clear, Christian Yeulich is not from South Florida. He grew up in Los Angeles area in the afluent community of Thousand Oaks (just west of Calabasas where annoying people such as the Kardashians live). So his opinion stems probably from his upbringing and that one of his brothers is a US Marine.
While we are on the subject, he does have connections to football both collegiate and NFL but way up the family tree.
From a random article:
“His uncle, Chris Yelich, was an offensive lineman at UCLA. His great grandfather on his mother’s side was Fred Gehrke, who appeared in seven seasons as an NFL halfback between 1940-’50.
Gehrke was a first-team All-Pro in 1945 as a member of the Los Angeles Rams, but his stats didn’t get him to the Pro Football Hall of Fame.”
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Apparently Fred Gehrke also was the one who came up with the Rams helmet design according to various articles I read
Mike E. says:
September 13, 2016 at 11:28 am
Did Foster score a TD? If he didn’t kneel, he would have, it’s obvious! lol
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Lmao…
Frank didn’t kneel and he got stuffed Mutombo style.
Ryan Tannehill didn’t kneel and he couldn’t find the endzone with his arm on various trips or do much but throw 5 yard passes to Landry
Tannehill had a tough day against a very solid defense, but if karma boy held on, we could have won. Franks just blew that kick.
son of a son of a shula says:
September 13, 2016 at 11:29 am
Sounds like she understand’s perfectly
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lol
Wtf ?
BoulderPhinfan says:
September 13, 2016 at 11:34 am
not sure how you can be a dolphins fan and be happy about stills drop. I don’t care if stills kneels, stands, or goes to the bathroom during the anthem. That’s his choice. But I want him to catch the fucking ball when its right there or go find another job.
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He did the same thing in NE last year, remember? Stills has a case of the dropsies unfortunately 😦
Mr T is getting close to being called Mr Ireland with these acorns that he’s finding for us.
Boulder
I don’t think so at all. He was pissed that those guys kneeled, and then the big drop pissed him off even more, so he lashed out at Stills. It happens in the heat of the moment.
The Flying Pig says:
September 13, 2016 at 11:26 am
I think he is a Dolphins fan and a south fla native
As is Kate Upton
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Upton went to HS in Melbourne (FL) which isn’t South Florida as you know.
She’s originally from Michigan and comes from an affluent family (no surprise on her opinions).
Well I’ve been in NYC a long time
I don’t remember who is from where anymore
LOL @ Karma boy
Lol the youngins are gonna tell us what’s what now. LMFAO
Learn common decency and respect then call thanks
Al
Are you insinuating rich people are conservative?
I’m insinuating that some of their children are spoiled brats 🙂
OK, but spoiled doesn’t = conservative or patriotic, does it?
Mike E,
Karma boy drop is one out of 80 plays. RT definitely left more on the field than Stills.
He probably left some brain stem on the field after the vicious hit that snapped his head back into the turf.
A lot more is expected out of Tannehill. The only jobs Stills has are to get open and catch footballs. He caught one out of six. I disagree.
Awesome job by the Hulk — who is learning to write real good. 🙂
And can’t argue with the theme — it was the same old story, but at least the context was different. Hate to say but was looking for the D to tire out at the end, but man they had a right to be tired, which might mean the real same old story was on our other side of the ball.
I agree. ToP was very different. To expect a defense that held Seattle to lowest points, etc since the 2012 season to do more is kinda ridiculous. Held them to 12 points. That’s all you can expect from a modern D. More actually.
What I liked most was that was the D Line we expected to see last year……apparently it just got delivered late.
Mike E. says:
September 13, 2016 at 11:54 am
OK, but spoiled doesn’t = conservative or patriotic, does it?
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Nope. Patriotic and Conservative are independent of each other.
I agree, but Yelich seems like a pretty hard worker, he’s not a spoiled lazy ballplayer. I have no idea if Upton is really spoiled or not, but she independently makes more $$$ than all of us on the blog put together, except Jahn, who’s now a gazillionaire. lol
He’s very good at his craft. You can’t make it to the majors being lazy (you can be spoiled and still be good at something).
Besides, Yeulich being stuck on a team such as the Marlins is punishment enough lol.
Sounds like a cheesy election slogan when put together. I am running as a patriotic conservative! Vote for your rights! Vote Dobo!
I don’t think Tannehill left a lot of plays on the field, there weren’t many to be made. The SEA DEF was all over us just like ours was against their offense. Then when plays were there to be made we had drops. Can’t waste opportunities like that.
The drop sucked for sure but it happened early in the game.
I’m just throwing RT a little under the bus for no reason other than to argue with Mike E but anyway a team wins/losses as a team. It was a good effort in Seattle but just fell short unfortunately and now its on to NE. Hopefully the team comes out with the same effort vs NE because that’s enough to win I think against NE minus a few execution problems.
there were a couple of times in the redzone the receiver was open and tanny missed them. But in general I thought he played well and wasn’t the reason we lost.
Agreed.
New Age
The defense played great, but I need to address a double standard here. Say Tannehill threw 2 TD’s, and we were down 20-17 with 4 minutes left, but he didn’t score on that last possession, everyone would be killing him for not coming through in the 4th QTR. The defense played well all day until crunch time, which obviously wasn’t enough.
When that hypothetical happens
We can debate
He ran for 1 TD – and that’s what we are left with for now
NE Oline is better than Seattle’s so not sure how the DL will perform against the Pats this week. However, the QB is not as good as Wilson so perhaps there will be more turnovers/sacks 🙂
He looked pretty good to me against the cards. I think this game will be similar to our other games up there the last few years. The refs will give the pats the win.
I expect a better performance from the offense but I was impressed with the Pats DEF against ARZ. It’s not going to be an easy game but it is one I think we can win.
Cameron also dropped a big gain. He’s been very disappointing. I thought he’d be better than this as a receiver.
we should have kept clay.
Awesome!
http://nypost.com/2016/09/11/sniper-takes-out-isis-executioner-from-a-mile-away/
I saw that yesterday. Talk about karma. LOL
LOL. true.
That’s fantastic! WOW!
Tim
I specifically pointed out Stills and Cameron a long time ago. That being said, they have plenty of time to make it right and help this team.
I know you have and they both had big drops right out of the gate. Hopefully they play better moving forward.
The front office did draft his replacement in Carroo.
Boulder, that’s the thing with these Jihadists, it’s not just a political or religious thing with them, they get off on torturing and murdering people in hideous ways. They’re fucking sick in the head. I love when they get it right back.
agreed. I can’t understand how you can get your jollies by applying pain to someone else.
Al in MIA knows what’s up.
Cameron has been horrible
I don’t know what his story is
He ain’t farty enough.
He can use some beans IMO
He just seems slow to me … takes forever to hit top speed then even to reach for the ball
And he can’t catch
Mike E,
I agree that would probably happen but a winning team usually scores more than 21 points a game. His tools need to work a whole lot better but so does he. 1-2 TDs a game just isn’t good enough especially from a guy on year 5. It may not be fair but neither is the NFL.
I can’t justify watching Winston in just his 17th game dropping 4 TDs on a team and then expect Tannehill to just do 1-2 TDs. Hopefully, he gets the help he needs but this offense has to start producing something. He’s the leader of it so it does fall on him no matter how fair.
You have to look at the opponent though. SEA has a top defense. You’re not going to have big statistical games against them especially in their building. When you think about it, RT did get the big score late to take a 4 pt lead and then what happened?
Including run TDs, Tannehill has 93 TDs over 65 games. That’s not even averaging 2 a game. This is something that didn’t just happen in a Seattle game, or against the Pats, or any other excuse. He has to start putting more offense on the board.
Yes but I wouldn’t use the SEA game as an example.
Literally we would have won the game if the stats in the hypothetical he posed happened
Well he hit Stills for a would be long TD but…
That is true
And that should have been enough
https://twitter.com/notthedolphins/status/775344466039308288
LOL
Top Samurais
Tannehill, 93 total TDs in 65 games. That’s a pretty good sample size and his average TD per game is less than 1.5. He didn’t play the Pats, Seattle, or Denver for 65 straight game guys. Let’s actually expect him to up his game now in Year 5.
Nobody is denying that but this is coming off a low scoring defensive game we just played. We’ll see how it goes during the season. It’s also not just on him, our offense as a whole hasn’t been very good in a lot of areas. Hopefully that starts to turn around soon. We do have weapons. I still think we have to run the ball better to open some things up.
I agree completely but he will get the blame because he’s the leader. He has to step up this year and I hope he does.
Piggy is right though. In the games our defense can hold the other team to low scores, we have a solid chance to win, thus the 7-9 results on average. Sometimes, there are outliers and Tannehill lights it up or the defense is truly awful. On average though, we have not had a real offense during his time(and before). It needs to change if we will ever get in the playoffs.
If the defense gives away 35 points
Everyone says
“Defense played bad”
We don’t debate it vs other people that were bad
I agree
He didn’t play bad IMO
He actually played well
But still not good enough to win
And he’s not alone on the Dolphins in that regard
But when we say stills and Cameron played played poorly we don’t end up discussing what would people say if they each caught 1-2 TDs
Yeah, he could definitely use better weapons. Im not really impressed with how any of them played this week.
I thought our special teams was the worst unit on the field and that’s the one coach holdover from philbin era. Too many flags and mistakes from special teams and they basically costs us the game. Although the tipped extra point by jones was sweet. That guy has some hops.
I don’t remember them being bad
But I don’t think they were good either
I barely noticed ST
With the exception of the FG block
I think we had 3 illegal block in the back penalties after a good run.
Funny how everyone on our team seems to “play well” and “he wasn’t the reason we lost”, but we still keep losing. You guys need to pull your heads from the sand. These players need to start performing better, or we’re looking at another 6-8 win season.
You can play well and lose. It happens. You can’t do that too often though, or you’re right, you’re going to have a losing record.
I think 6 – 8 wins is pretty accurate.
I agree. I’m just not concerned about it from the SEA game. But if we’re regularly around 10 points then nobody is playing well enough.
Howie,
NE 34 MIA 17
Garoppolo gets rid of it too fast, we don’t have anyone to cover Edelman, and their defense looked really good at AZ.
That’s pretty Realistic. lol
I hope we play better and win it.
55.2% completion…..16 of 29 for 186 yards and a QB rating of 74.8
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Yeah, that playing good. My god.
Context please. What was Wilson’s QB rating?
I don’t think he had a great game or anything. But it wasn’t the kind of game for either side to have great stats. We still need to average in that 24 pt range or we’ll struggle to win enough games. You also can’t leave the opportunities that were there on the field. The Stills drop wasn’t just a 10 yarder for a 1st down or something, it was a 71 yard TD he dropped. That’s a huge miss.
MikeE,
Who cares? Why does what Wilson did mean anything with respect to how Tannehill played? You know what Wilson did? He drove his team down the field on two gimpy ankles for the winning TD. You know what tannehilldid with 41 seconds left? Absolutely nothing.
Wilson won the game, so you can say he played well, right?
Tim,
And Tannehill had several huge misses that you and nobody else seems to want to acknowledge. How is that any different than Stills’ huge drop? Which, by the way, was very early in the game, and we had plenty of time to come back from it. I can’t believe the rope this kid gets for being completely average and NOT a winner….in his 5th year of ineptitude.
Sorry, I’m gonna piss everybody off and depopulate the blog. Anybody wanna talk about how Asian lives matter? Lol
^ depopulator
you just increased the population of the blog by 1 billion
we are about to get a ton of posts from China
New Age
I think the weapon s are fine
albeit I am having second thoughts about my previous evaluation of the TEs
I just think the weapons need to do their jobs
Stills dropping that pass
I think and hope that is an anomaly
we will see
Parker needs to get on the filed
I can’t imagine asking more from Landry
I thought Foster looked good
Simms doe Simms job IMO
I hope to start tseeing players like Drake, Carroo, Grant, Ajayi and Parker contributing
if they do, what looks like mediocre weapons now turns into a bunch
Randy, I don’t think Tannehill will become “elite” nor do I think he has to. He’s not like Big Ben or Luck who throw the ball all over the place and a lot of TDs. Actually Big Ben wasn’t that either early in his career. Tannehill is not a gunslinger. I still say he’s the type of QB you want to have a solid running game for, then use play-action and the occasional bootlegs which he runs well. He doesn’t need “a great” team around him, he needs balance on offense. I’ve never thought he was a shotgun throw all day guy.
Keep defenses honest so they have to respect your run game, then you can set them up where they don’t know if it’s a run or pass. Then utilize the short and medium passing game, and take some shots down the field. Yes he has to make a few big throws in games, all QBs do or you’re not going to win.
MikeE,
I never claimed Wilson played well. But, how he played isn’t relevant in a discussion about how our QB performed. You’re pulling the old “white lives matter too” misdirection! Lol
White Lives DO matter! lol
Randy
It was a defensive game, so the context is important. Some games just work that way. It wasn’t a free and easy shootout, both defenses were hitting all day. He didn’t turn it over, and he could have had a TD and a lead if Stills made that catch. Not sure which misses you’re referring too, but I don’t remember them, except for the other long pass to Stills he overthrew at the end.
Tim,
I think the constant losing for 20 years is starting to get to me! I know it’s not all on Tannehill. Win or lose, you do it as a team. I was just hoping we’d see more out of him this season. It’s only one game. I hope he proves me wrong, but I don’t think he’s the QB that is going to get this team to the playoffs or do much if we do get there. It’s just hard to win in this league with an average, limited QB. Yes, I know you CAN win, but it’s much harder. He’s just too easy to defend, and he makes it harder on everyone else.
Until that front 5 does a better job moving people so we can get 3-5 on more runs, it’s going to continue to look like that. We’re always in 3rd and long because of it.
Look at the way the 49ers kept pounding it last night with Hyde. It made Gabbert look good in an efficient way because he doesn’t have to carry the team and do too much. The Rams couldn’t pressure him much because the run game kept the dogs off. No sacks and that’s something the Rams are good at.
We need to be a team that can get about 125 on the ground and then pass off of that IMO.
Then play good defense and you’ll see more wins.
AL
You are correct about Christian Yelich and his family ties to the Rams. I watch the Marlins religiously and have heard the story many times.
WE SUCK!
Randy
I just saw your epiphany post from the last blog
and it actually is the exact same thing IMO
MikeE,
It was not a defensive game. It was a sloppy game. Our defense played good….Seattle’s defense did not. In fact, their defensive backfield had one of the worst games I’ve ever seen them play. Our offense didn’t play good. Too many unforced errors that had nothing to do with what Seattle’s defense did. Just because a game is a low scoring game, doesn’t mean it’s a defensive game. It can also be a shitty offensive game, which this was.
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He also missed Stills in the end zone for a TD. There was another play where he had a receiver wide open deep in the red zone and didn’t even look at him. I can’t remember who. That miss to Stills late was a huge miss. It could have changed the whole complexion of the game. He missed a wide open receiver with time to make an accurate throw. I don’t care what anybody says. He still can’t hit deep throws consistently. Those are the sorts of plays late in games at crunch time we’ve been talking about this team needing to make if they are going to improve, but all anybody wants to do is rip Stills for a drop early in the first quarter. There were a lot more plays left on the field. Several of them by Tannehill.
Seattle’s front 7 is an excellent group and they played really well. Not sure how you can even say that they didn’t. Their secondary is a little overrated to begin with. They make a lot of big plays but they also give them up at times. It was a defensive game from what I saw, I didn’t think it was all that sloppy, just tough.
Piggy,
I know, right? Lol
Tim,
I agree. Our OL needs to play better. The difference for me is that I definitely saw improvement out of that unit in this game. No, they weren’t great, but they weren’t bad either. They were inconsistent. I did not see anything new or better from Tannehill. He needs to get better just as much as the OL does. He had plenty of time to make the throws I’ve mentioned and missed them. That’s on him. It was his fault…no one else’s. If the protection is there…and the receiver is open….the throw needs to be there. Hopefully, we’ll see improvement from everyone on offense next week.
The run game has to get better. That is also the one common issue that has existed since Tannehill has been here. When we run well, he plays well. We don’t run well consistently at all. Then add in some good defense and STs and you win games. It’s a really good formula. 🙂
So let me get this straight when we keep Seattle to 12 points it’s because our D played well. When Seattle keeps us to 10 points it had nothing to do with their D but all because Tannehill sucks? SMH.
Not exactly
But Seattle won’t be very good if they score 12 pts a game easier
I think most of us don’t really care of Seattle offense is good or bad
Tim,
So was it that Seattle’s front 7 played really well, or our OL played poorly? They’re front 7 is not excellent. Lol They’re good though. I agree their front 7 played okay, but they weren’t playing great as a defense overall. Not to the level of holding us to one TD. A lot of it was self-inflicted. Missed throws, dropped passes, missed blocking assignments. It was not a good performance by our offense. I don’t know how anyone could say that it was.
Both. Our OL struggles against good front 7s – Jets and Bills etc. and they even make average defenses look really good. I still see too many jail breaks into our backfield.
I never said our offense played well by the way. Actually we struggled for the reasons I’ve mentioned quite a few times.
Randy:
Every QB misses a couple of throws a game. I also don’t recall anyone really being open in the redzone as you say. In fact the announcers kept showing the replays of how no one was open in the redzone. The play in the endzone where you say Tannehill missed Stills was not an exactly an easy throw. There was DB in a trail position. The ball had to be up over the top and dropped in a bucket. Not an easy throw. He did miss Stills on the final possession on a 50 plus yarder. Stills was open but the ball was long.
We didn’t lose that game because of tanny.
that throw Randy is referring to was a hard to throw to make and an understandable miss IMO
A TD could have been there
provided Still catches it….lol
Ken,
Every WR drops passes too but yet Stills is vilified and blamed for the loss. What’s your point…that it’s okay for Tannehill to suck but everyone else needs to be perfect? Rhetorical. Lol
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I need to run. Have a great day everyone.
Randy,
What is the alternative we have to tanny. Like it or not he’s the best QB we’ve had here since marino (maybe pennington was better in 08). As parcells said once they don’t grow on tree. We have to figure out a way to win with this guy. I bet belicheat would still win 11 games with tanny as his QB. A good coach and FO can win with tanny.
A WR is expected to catch more passes than a QB misses. Also a WR is expected to catch that ball that Tanny dropped onto Stills every time. It’s not the same and you know it.
The ball Stills dropped should never happen
Its probably the worst one I can remember
The misses by Tannehill are kind of ….meh
not even in the same class IMO
Its not a perfect game by Tannehill
but Stills played like trash, mostly based on that one drop that should never happen
Ken,
I think Seattle’s O intentionally played conservatively with Miami and didn’t try to push the ball aggressively unless they had to. It reminded me of what the Bills have done in the past and that is, dare Miami’s offense to beat you. I think Carroll expected Miami’s O to implode in their environment and with their kind of D but that didn’t exactly happen.
Same here, when were all these open red zone opportunities? That’s why I’ve been saying there really wasn’t anything there most of the day and I credited Seattle’s defense and accepted it was a defensive game which it was. But I guess it’s much easier to just keep harping on the same one guy.
I did some research last year and came up with stats that shows when Tannehill throws 36 or 37+ times per game and the run/pass ratio is like 65%+ pass to run we’re like 2-14. That number could be different now I don’t have it in front of me. When he throws less than that and the run/pass ratio is more balanced and we run it better, we have a winning record. I wish I could tell Gase that info. LOL
Yeah so it breaks down like this. Since Tannehill has been the QB, we’re 29-35 – 7-9, 8-8, 8-8 and 6-10. In the games with more balance we’re 27-21, and the games heavy pass we’re 2-14. That’s very telling. We’re not built to just throw it all over the place all day, not on the OL or at QB or at TE and WR. Maybe that changes this year if Parker can add a new dimension for most of the season, but we should be striving for more balance which also helps the defense because you can control the TOP more often. It’s not surprising to me that we win more in that scenario.
We need to get a lot more out of the TE position. It’s been pathetic for NFL standards. I don’t have numbers in front of me, but we have to be the worst at TE in the NFL
Yeah it hasn’t been good. I really believe we have to start getting into that area of 30 rush/35 pass and be consistent in that range. Sometimes 35/30 and sometimes it will be 23/37, but the 40 and 50+ PA has to stop. That’s not who Tannehill is or who we are. At least not at this time.
Can any of you daytime peeps tell me who won the contest?
Boulder seems to think that Son won
I don’t think it was Kramer, he was the first to go out.
herd,
See my post above to you. I think Son won.
Anyone here think Ajayi comes back strong from last week? I do
He should be running with reckless abandon. Nothing wrong with Gase challenging his mindset. I liked it.
I agree. Make him hungry, and not to take anything for granted.
Ajayi can play, he showed it last year. I don’t care if we’re a 3 headed monster at RB with Foster/Ajayi/Drake and then Williams for STs and depth. Pead is on the outside looking in right now. The run game has to get better. But it starts up front.
I also get that our OL is still not set yet. Lots of changes from last year and Pouncey is out again. Guys playing new positions and previous starters are now backups. They’re still a work in progress and I hope after a few games they start gelling and building chemistry. I think we have the talent, we need to find the right mix and some consistency.
Yes it’s highlights but it shows what a guy is capable of doing. He has really quick feet and good balance.
I think Ajayi will be the next to throw down his lunch tray.
But I do like the fact that Gase is challenging him instead of coddling him.
I’m not getting into this argument, I remember all too well what happened the last time. lol
Randy i wouldn’t try defending that one BIG Stills drop. I went back and watched it and it was perfectly catch-able. It wasn’t a wobbler, it was on target, it was somewhat in stride (he had to take a little off the run, but not much) it hit him perfectly in the hands and they guy just missed it. Some of the latter misses, were catch-able but not perfect, you could argue those sorta, but that deep one….all Stills.
Mikey, Hunter Henry, 2 targets, 1 reception 20 yards. Decent for a guy who is playing behind a future hall of famer.
That’s cool, already he’s better than Cameron. Once Gates moves on, he should open it up.
So now that throw to Stills in the end zone was a hard throw? Holy cow. Come on. I bet you even Tannehill would say he should have completed it. What was so hard about it? The one he missed to Stills late in the game was an even bigger miss. I guess he just can’t be expected to make anything but the easy plays. Great….there’s nothing but easy plays in the NFL! Lol
D says:
September 13, 2016 at 4:58 pm
Randy i wouldn’t try defending that one BIG Stills drop. I went back and watched it and it was perfectly catch-able. It wasn’t a wobbler, it was on target, it was somewhat in stride (he had to take a little off the run, but not much) it hit him perfectly in the hands and they guy just missed it. Some of the latter misses, were catch-able but not perfect, you could argue those sorta, but that deep one….all Stills.
Uh, I never, ever tried to defend the Stills drop. That wasn’t the point, but I know folks like to change the dialogue when Tanny comes up. Lol
Randy
You know I think PFF is Pfffffffft, but read this just for fun.
The highest graded Dolphins offensive player on Sunday was … Ryan Tannehill. That’s interesting considering he was under pressure on 48.5 percent of his dropbacks — the highest rate for all QBs in Week One through Sunday.
Lots of times you end up running more because you are winning. It’s not always that you ran the ball a lot which led to a win. Teams just run more late when they’re winning. The opposite for throwing, typically. You want to be able to run when you need to run…which means winning the battle at the LOS…which we don’t do often.
MikeE,
Yep, hence the reason I have said a dozen times that I cannot say our OL had a good game. Teams blitz/rush us for a reason. I told you guys they would. Still, plays were there to be made by this offense….just like last year….and they weren’t. It cost us the game. It needs to get better. I’m tired of the Tanny talk. It’s pointless. I’m just tried of all the excuses. Go make a play to win the damn game once in awhile. I’m a beaten man. It’s lonely in Loserville.
Not to belabor the argument, but I’d bet when he scored with a little under 4 minutes left, he thought he did make the play that won the game.
Make that a little over 4 minutes.
MikeE,
See, you just won’t let it go! Lol
Like a pit bull on the bottom of a pair of pants.
MikeE,
The offense as a whole needs to play better, or we’re looking at another shitty year. Hopefully next week will be better.
Bingo!
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Dolphins’ Earl Mitchell headed to injured reserve, but could return
Evening Update
DOLPHINS-PATRIOTS
BriNY 27-21 MIA
Piggy24-14 MIA
Howie 24-8 NE*
B’man 38-13MIA
N/A 28-20 NE*
MikeE20-10MIA
Real 34-17 NE*
GO PHINS!!!
for randy 🙂
Omar Kelly @OmarKelly 11m11 minutes ago
While Tannehill wasn’t good on Sunday – still needs to work on his third down and red zone throws – anyone blaming loss on him is delusional
Armando Salguero @ArmandoSalguero
Miami Dolphins signing LB Donald Butler:
Hopefully he’s got something left
He should. He isnt ancient. I would have rather traded for maybe Anthony Barr, Minnesota is probably looking to recomp a 1st round pick.
He’s 27 years old.
Again, ill say that wasnt OL, not completely. You cant block everyone when they are sending to LB’s, at least, on every play. That said i did see a few breakdowns on Bushrod, especially between he and James. Wagner easily one of the best LB’s to play in the NFL over past decade or so. Keuchkley might be one of the more pure MLB’s, but Wagoner is aggressive and smart and extremely athletic. Maybe next year we can land a guy who will bring that level play to our unit, though Alonzo wasnt horrible this last game, he was nothing near that level. We also werent nearly as agressive on defense as they were. I expected a lot more blitzes. We do have a nice front 4 but come on give them a change to make some plays, send those LB’ers on some A gaps.
I never claimed this loss was on Tanny. Wait…was that an Omar post? Lol
I know. I was surprised to see that from Omar
If tanny can do this I don’t understand why the coaches never have him do a QB sneak like brady does all the time and gets a 1st down. I don’t think brady can hurdle over a table like this.
http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-game-highlights/0ap3000000700528/Ryan-Tannehill-gets-pushed-out-of-bounds-hurdles-bench
He’s an exceptional athlete.
Who they can’t trust to fall forward for three inches.
Didn’t he score the go ahead TD like that?
No Tim. That was a 4 yard run. I was making a dig at the coaching staff, not him. Don’t get so defensive! Lol!
I never said Butler was old. Just said I hope he has something left.
I thought someone said he’s ancient.
Boulder:
I saw your first post FINALLY! I don’t think picking the same person twice would disqualify you but it would make you missing on 5 instead of 4 which would put you tied with Son and Rock. Since Son got the tiebreaker, he wins. Is everyone in agreement with this? I’m not going to get in touch with Jahndoh to make arrangements until we have consensus. Or should that be sonsensus? lol
I agree.Son is the winner.
Festers if I win you get to have some of Jahn’s brew just sayin
You make Hulk feel better
Alrighty then, we have a winner! CONGRATS TO SON!!!! Son, I’ll be in touch via email after I get in touch with Jahn. He initially mentioned that the winner could pick the type, I was thinking more a sampler. It’s up to you. I’ll find out what the choices are and let you know.
Sampler is perfect but whatever is easiest for Jahn