from Piggy
Q – So our leading rusher through 3 games is our QB. That’s not good. But do you think the RB rotation is also affecting those numbers? Seems to me that no one is going to get 15+ carries this year.
Oinks
Pigsgerald
There’s no question that the RB rotation has a huge effect on those stats, but so did Gase’s decision to leave a healthy Jay Ajayi home the first week of the season. I think he’s giving all these guys a shot, and why not do it early on? It’s so hard to really gauge what they can do in practice and in the pre season, especially with fewer practices, and the fact that so many of our RB’s weren’t healthy before the season, and we didn’t have Foster, who of course went down himself after game 1.
I don’t have any problem at all how he’s handling the RB’s so far, and I think once he finds the 2 or 3 guys he’s comfortable with, we’ll be seeing lots more of those guys and not much of the others. I do think once he arrives at that decision, which may still be 2-3 games out, whoever those 2 main guys are will see at least 15 carries, or at least one of them will.
My guess is if Foster can’t stay or get healthy, Drake and Ajayi will be the 2 main guys and Pead will be the next guy up. Of course, those 3 guys have to stay healthy in their own right.
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from OD
Q -Now that you’ve seen 3 games, what’s your updated prediction for Miami’s won-lost record this season? Thank you, again, for all you do for this site.–OD
Call me crazy, and I know you will OD, I’m sticking with my 10-6. We will get things straight, we will improve, and we will play better as a result. Gase, as opposed to the udder guys will not settle for less, and will find the players that will get it done. Most likely, it will be most of the players that are starting right now, but putting them on notice is an intelligent way to let them know they’re accountable for their play, and poor play will not be tolerated.
While watching them struggle against the Browns was as enjoyable as peeling off my eyelids, pouring kosher salt in my eyes, and then staring at the sun for 3 hours straight, I still believe we can be winners. I think Tannehill is going to have a big year, and not just be a stat padder. I think he’s going to help us win games this season, and I think 9 more wins are coming.
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from drg
Q -Mike,
Sorry it’s not email, but here’s my question:
Give us a good 3 year plan to build a perennial playoff team from what Miami has right now.
One thing for sure is we have to stick with a Head Coach, and give him a chance. I can’t be 100% positive, but I think Adam Gase is the right guy. We need to give him an opportunity to continue with his vision, and allow things to come together. That’s easier said than done, but we can’t continue to purge both the coaching staff and the roster every 2-3 years, it’s like treading water, you spend lots of energy, but you don’t get anywhere.
The next thing we need to do is improve the roster on the defensive side of the ball. We need more talent at CB, find a partner for Xavien Howard to make a solid young CB tandem. We need talent at LB, sure tacklers, smart players that put themselves in the right position to make plays, and ones that can actually make the tackle when they’re there. I think we can upgrade all 3 spots at LB, but that’s hard to do in one draft, but we might be able to find 1 or 2 in the draft.
The next thing I think we should do is think long term, maybe 3 years down the line. Stop trying to find the one player that will put us over the top, because that doesn’t happen in football. We’re far away from just needing one way, I’d rather have 4 talented players than 1 great player. Let’s draft that player, but stop overspending for that player in FA. That’s where I think we’ve gone wrong year after year, always making that one big splash, but as you can see, that hasn’t paid dividends here. Oh, and can we finally draft a really good TE!!!! That’s more than 3, but I had to throw it in there.
Gase is in his place
Draft better, especially on defense
No excessive spending in FA, more specifically, on one player
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from Stanger
Q – What are the three best units on this team?
And when I ask that thinking LBs, DEs, DTs, Safeties, Corners, OL (but you can break up), WRs, RBs, TEs, QBs and kickers are units.
stanger
I think right now our safeties, WR’s and DT’s, although the depth is definitely best at WR, with Parker, Landry, Stills, Carroo and Grant. Can’t remember where we’ve had this much talent, and YOUNG talent. Carroo is the youngest at 22, and Stills the oldest at 24. This unit will hopefully grow into something like what the Packers had years ago, when Greg Jennings, Jordy Nelson, Donald Driver and James Jones. It would be nice if Ryan Tannehill also became Aaron Rodgers too, but we can dream, right? I think our ST’s unit is also great, with the exception of K Andrew Franks. He’s not bad necessarily, but I think Darr looks much better than average, and I think Landry and Grant can be the best in the business.
Love the duo of Jones and Abdul-Quddus, Isa has impressed me, and Jones has been for years now. We have to keep these guys together for a while too, so we can get some consistency back there. Draft another stud CB, and we can have a shot at becoming one of the better secondaries in the NFL.
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from David
Q – my Question to You is,
How can We stop the run? and When?
We get gashed by RB, over and over and over, even when we KNOW the other team is going to run. I feel like We cant turn the corner until we can stop the run.
Thanks, David
Unfortunately, the answer isn’t good. I would say 2017, when we start drafting some LB’s, and maybe pick another one up in FA. I think we have the pieces on the D-line to be stout against the run, but DT’s and DE’s don’t usually make the tackles, it’s the other 3 guys of the front 7 that have clean it up, and between Alonso, Misi and Jenkins, they just aren’t getting it done, and are definitely not making the tackles in their gap assignments, rather 5-10 yards down field. That’s just not doing your job correctly, and sometimes when they’re in the right gap, they just aren’t wrapping up. I don’t expect a lot of improvement this year, but it’s possible. Jenkins can’t seem to stay healthy, and Misi either, but maybe 2 other guys step up and start getting it done. Not likely though.
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And now for the babe of the week . . .
Finsmob Unleashed 
Woohoo a drop
AGAIN
ME & my Booby McCain
I don’t want to see Pead anymore!
Don’t drink so much water
Bice
I’m on Beer and I will see Pee’d again soon! 🙂
Nice
3 and Tannehill again
whisper away Gase whisper away
Watch us go empty backfield again.
Not empty!
Full of Bengals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Our RB’s & OL seem soooo out of any kinda sync….smh
Take him out.
Well he stepped up
Right side of OL is a turnstile.
3 & poop
What kind of play call is that
We have 5 first downs to Cincy’s 15 yikes
We just dont do anything right
Go ahead D play some more snaps
La de da de da
Gase doesn’t seem to have these guys fundamentally sound yet.
They are fundamentally suck
fundamentals start in junior high. LOL
ok, so a 4th qtr comeback begins with knocking out the opposing QB. watch out Dalton… here comes the Miami “Squeeze Box” cuz “We Won’t Be Fooled Again”
(yup, I’m bored)
Doooo doooo doooo
Bobby!!!
#20 Jones is fundamentally & assignment sound!
big return
What an absolute fucking joke.
had to be pushed into him.. kicker was in a crowd as it was
oh, there it is. 😦
OMG you fucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Stupid
Better send Fede home right now
Wtf the fuck was that
That was sheer stupidity
We can’t even do the 3 and out correct
so late on that unnecessary hit you fuck FEDE!
They looked like a poorly coached team tonight
This thing is unravelling … so many mental mistakes
Just pack it up and go home boys. You just can’t get anything right tonight.
undisciplined team, over & over.
It’s not Dalton, so we don’t care who it is who got hurt. lol
orange uni’s look like Cleveland Clowns out there, play like it too.
Tennessee!
Beer me
I just Pee’d out my last one!
Sorry
There is a real chance we could be 1-5 and out of the playoffs going into the fest game.
Don’t say it
We are out of the playoffs now never mind by the fest
Crap
Rhino,
Have you seen what back up QBs have done to us this year? It wouldn’t matter if it was Dalton!
LOL (cuz it hides the tears)
This game will be over before 11….lolo
darn. I was enjoying the break from politics.
I’m so sick of it
Granted, 3 of 4 games on road against teams favored to go deep in playoffs.
But can this team NOT let it impact them psychologically.
They don’t care they’re just whistling the Andy Griffith theme and smiling
La de da de da
I knew the beginning of the season schedule was going to doom our season but it still sucks watching it happen
Anybody got Cincy kicker in FFB? damn!!
Wang Dang Sweet Pootang!
I missed most of the first half….so I’m wondering how this team scored 7?
Blown coverage on Cincy
LOL. I missed it too, but apparently Stills caught the only pass Tanny threw in the first half.
This is how it looks when they make every FG
fe-duk off
gave up his body for that first down. nice effort
What are you doing Ioloka
Head hunting but he only grazed ours and destroyed his own
We were looking at him in the offseason before he re signed with Cincy and we signed Kazoo.
LOL @ concussing his own player.
Sorry I ruined Your brain Shaw
Come on Tann-a-donuthin
Herd:
74 yard TD pass to Stills on 2nd play from scrimmage
Oy
What the fuck
Tanny step up in the poc…..oh wait.
He had chances to do that earlier and he didn’t
We are horrible
Yes we are Ken
Woo hoo we git one
bengal doctors have determined that Shaw’s brain is syrup
Good tackling
Followed by that smh
Tanny can’t tackle for shit….c’mon
Paysinger with yet another missed tackle
D is tired
Oh yeah. Starting to show for sure
Whole team stinks, offense, defense, St’s, coaching, the trainers, everybody….
Agreed. It’s a total team suckfest
D played pretty well tonight
All the footballs bounce right back too them
2 score game but we have Tannehill
can’t catch a break on the bouncing balls or deflected ones….smh
This guy should have kept him boat and threw his TV out.
Lol
We have them at 22. If we could score the 24.5 we need then we’re good.
But we have Tannehill
Fuck you ref
Of course we hold on a first down play
The worst
Lucky to hold onto that one
That’s what a 3rd down conversion looks like
OL can’t even double team a guy w/o being a turnstile.
Move move move
Oh yeah we have Parker
La de da
Keep moving with quick throws Tanny
good idea… down by 15… work on the run game while they are expecting a pass. lol
This is shaping up for another fantastic moral victory….oops
Great pass Tannehill
I quit
Bench this shit
If some one says his arm was hit…
Chump
Tanny sucked big time there….smh
Fucking Chump
Well I am turning in. I have to be in court early and I have had enough of this shit fest
4-12 this year….
Fucking Chump Asshole Pussy
later taters
Fuck you Ireland
Turnoverhill
Wow nice sack bushrod
Now that just embarassing
Sigh….I don’t know what it is. We can’t score. I’m not blaming Tanny entirely, it’s a team. I get that. But he is the QB…it starts with him. He has ‘skills’. But I don’t think he has an ounce of instinct or awareness. Frustrating to watch for sure.
He’s no Chad
That’s for sure
I got us right where we want to be 2-17 watch I’ll throw it for 3 yards now
They don’t care
I’m getting a banner!