The Dolphins went into their 3rd home game of the season with a pitiful 1-4 record.
But that hasn’t stopped many Dolfans from supporting their team including the Little Prawn – But you know…
I haven’t seen Prawny since the Tennessee loss.
I hope he didn’t take that loss so badly
What?!?!
NO PRAWNY DON’T DO IT!
Oh My….
Well after throwing himself into a whale’s mouth, I guess Prawny can still watch the game…
That’s a loyal little shellfish
And what a game it was
Where to start?
Oh Yeah…On the obvious!
Jay Ajayi had 204 rushing yards on 25 carries. What a day!
In this photo a Happy Prawny guides Ajayi to the end zone on a long TD run.
Ajayi’s day was one of the the best rushing days in Dolphins history. It reminded a lot of us of the days of Ricky Williams.
Ajayi actually had over 8 yards a carry – and he just kept going and going!
Here Prawny points out what a great job the Offensive Line did for Ayaji.
Albert – Tunsil – Pouncey – Bushrod – James
That was the vision in the offseason and Sunday was the first time we saw it and it worked!
It wasn’t just the ground game – the Dolphins did not give up a sack on Sunday
WTF!
I didn’t know that was possible.
And that helped Ryan Tannehill a lot.
Tannehill did not have a spectacular day.
He didn’t throw a TD or break 300 yards. But he was solid.
Escaping pressure, hitting tight ends you didn’t even know were on the roster, and he didn’t turn the ball over once.
Tannehill’s day could have looked statistically better but for some drops.
But the formula on Sunday worked
RUN THE BALL!
The Dolphins on the other hand did have a few sacks.
In fact, Rothlisberger had to leave the game in the 2nd quarter
But he returned….to throw some interceptions
I would not call it a dominant performance on defense, but considering the Steelers have one of the NFL’s top offenses, holding the Steelers to under 300 yards was quite an achievement.
Antonio Brown was held to under 40 yards receiving.
The Steelers passed for under 200 yards on that day.
And despite missing some opportunities to score, the Dolphins won!
Finsmob Unleashed 
DOLPHINS-BILLS
GO PHINS!!!
Howie Miami Dolphins blew their wad yesterday and we all crash back down to earth next week
31-17 BUF
It’s a strong possibility. Bills always play us tough and to win this game we’re going to need to play even better than we did against Pitt. Plus, BUF gives us fits on defense with Taylor and the matchup issues at wr and their D is very good at getting pressure on the qb.
If they blitz the shit out of us like they normally do it could be another long day unless we can find a way to continue to run the ball successfully for a 2nd straight game. Having the o-line intact may help but you just never know.
After yesterday’s performance vs Pittsburgh Jay Ajayi is tied for 3rd among rb’s with 4 rushing td’s. Lamar Miller has 1.
what’s even more significant about that stat is Miller has rushed the ball 69x more than Ajayi this season.
Bills are on a tear. 4-0 since promoting Anthony Lynn to OC. In their last 4 they beat ARI 33-18, shut out NE 16-0, beat LA 30-19 and then trounced SF 45-16. So, BUF is on a significant roll right now playing very good football where we’ve been extremely inconsistent.
If we win this next game it could signal somewhat of a turnaround for us in our season. But, that’s a big if with the way the Bills are playing.
They are 1st in the league in rushing yards averaging 166 yds per game. However, they are only 31st in passing averaging only 177 yds per game. Their defense is 5th in scoring giving up just 17.2 ppg and they are 15th vs the rush and 14th vs the pass.
With our troubles stopping the run on D it could be a long day for us if our D doesn’t find a way to get off the field and stop the run. We’re going to need a huge game from the d-line and the LB’s and going to need another big day from our cb’s vs Watkins.
YET ANOTHER FINE EFFORT,PIGGY!! – – I think the REAL Dolphin team is somewhere between the sad sack goofballs we witnessed the first 5 games and the Super Bowl contenders we saw yesterday. I credit GASE with the removal of 5 horrid players from the roster!! – – Seems as though the remaining O-Line members “got the message” loud and clear, didn’t they?? – – Don Shula, according to legend, “would have cut his own mother from the team” if he could find an upgrade. And, in fact, those guys who were cut DID PLAY like someone’s mom and deserved to be cut!
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HOWIE — HOWIE– HOWIE!!
23-20 BUF
Buffalo may be the best team in the NFL right now. Beating the Pats 16-0 in Foxboro was a “SHOW ME” moment for the Bills. I think Miami will give another strong performance, now that some of the “dead wood” has been removed from the roster. An upset win by the Fins is possible, But I just can’t quite see them beating a team that has had their number over the last several years.
I’m hoping that after the BUF game the conversation is more about MarQueis Gray than it is about Charles Clay and the team not only continues to have the commitment to the run but the success they had running the ball vs Pittsburgh.
I realize Ajayi isn’t going to put up another 200 yds but on Saturday Pouncey said “let’s go for 150 yds rushing” and someone else chimed in and said “let’s do 200” and they got it.
But, it’s imperative they run the ball and have success doing it vs the Bills because the pass rush of the Bills just gives us fits.
Hopefully this isn’t a short-lived thing as a result of the cuts like last year when we have two big wins over HOU and TEN after Campbell took over. Hopefully this is going to have a long lasting effect that carries thru the season.
Miami 24
Bills 23
Howie,
I am going to go opposite again, hoping for the same result
Bills 38 Miami 13
Seems the only player to come out of the game with any ?? is Dion Sims who was being evaluated for a concussion. Gase may have found something yesterday with his two tight end package and if Sims can’t go that gets us down to Gray and Jones and while Gray is a very good blocker and plays st’s like a LB and also is probably the best receiving TE on the team at this time Jones is a big ??? at this time.
One thing is for sure, if we’re going to have any success vs BUF on offense we’ve got to run the ball and again keep the pocket clean and that means keeping extra guys in to block on passing downs, picking up those blitzes and we’ve got to recognize when BUF is bringing the pressure which is something we’ve not done a good job of in the past.
Tannehill did not have a spectacular day.
He didn’t throw a TD or break 300 yards. But he was solid.
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Actually, he threw 2 TD’s, neither one of them were actually caught. That point needs to be stressed, because he did play very well, it just doesn’t show up on the stat sheet
Didn’t Sims catch one that was called back on an illegal procedure penalty?
That would make 3 then, because Parker dropped one, and Sims dropped one. I don’t recall a TD being brought back though Bri.
o-line had a great day pass blocking and run blocking, Ajayi has a spectacular day running the ball and the D did it’s job shutting down Pitts offense but somehow it always has to be about the mediocre qb
To me, the statement “Tannehill didn’t have a spectacular day” infers that he didn’t play well, and that wasn’t the case at all. I have made it clear post after post during and after the game how the O-line got us started, and played fantastic and how every unit took advantage of their great play. Just keeping the commentary on the level because you’re sure to drag it down with your anti-Tannehill commentary over and over and over again.
Great job Prawny/Piggy!
Nice job Piggy. Let’s hope for another winning post next week!
Thought for sure another Maxwell benching was coming after the way he played early on but he redeemed himself very well
I think what the team found out yesterday is if they run block and pass block effectively and play good, solid D they can win without having to pay a franchise qb the amount of money they’re going to be paying Tannehill.
I think the team found out if they play complimentary football they can play with anyone, and there’s no need to rely solely on the QB. You have to have balance, and committing to the run accomplished that yesterday.
true. so why pay someone like him all that money? doesn’t make any sense. he doesn’t make the offense any better.
Lou, we already paid him, and I assure you, I had nothing to do with the contract. Let’s see what he can do the rest of the year, and then the FO can make an informed decision.
Two TE and double backfield is tge way to go for rest of the season. I was talking about both earlier this year. It’s something you generally do for a new QB to make it easy for him, but if it works it works and you don’t need to think limitations, just confuse people by running multiple plays turn the shade formation and you can still discussed things. Best bet moving forward us keep these formations, hammer the run until they have no choice but to fully commit to stopping it, THEN start to punish them with the intermediate pass just behind the LBs, and when they finally cheat us with the safety, burn the cover 1 with double deep routes
Turn the shade = from the same
And disguise not discussed
I also like Tannehill under center much more. I think the run game works much better from that formation.
It’s definitely nice to see him under center more instead of in the shotgun all the time but I wish he’d stop extending his arm out all the way on run plays as soon as he gets the snap letting the D KNOW it’s a run play.
yeah, that 2 TE formation is something they could possibly get a lot of mileage from. but I think the biggest difference in the game may have come from the fact that Gase is making it HIS team early on and setting the tone and sending a message to players that if they don’t do their jobs they’re going to either be sitting or looking for a job elsewhere.
that SHOULD translate into a longer lasting effect on the overall performance of the team than when Campbell had the guys practicing harder and we took out HOU and TEN.
Hopefully they continue to get that message and the effects of the benching and cuts aren’t short lived. Sometimes players tend to have a short memory.
Maxwell looked really crappy probably full first half, but def full first quarter. He has flashed ability in every game, I think his issue is effort, as in desire to put forth it
Great Write Pig. And who knew that Little Prawn was just his screen handle and that his real name was Jonah……real apt analogy.
Bills vs Dolphins … McCoy vs Ajayi (and healthy o-line). I hope our team finally has the guts to “stick to the run”… especially in the second half. Def wears out, and good things happen (like the 60 yarder).
I agree. we need to stick to the run. Early on in yesterday’s game we came out and passed on 1st down and I thought that was it but we stuck with it throughout the game.
Said last week when Ajayi had 42 yds that if we stuck with the run he probably would have had 100 yd day but we went away from it too early and started passing too much again.
We may not need another 200 yd performance vs BUF to defeat them but we’ll need similar success in order to win the game. If we can get around 125 or so I think we should be okay.
What we saw yesterday was what we’ve been hoping/dreaming/begging for … a dominant offensive line.
We know Ajayi had the instincts … college stats and film show that… without knee concerns he probably would have been 2nd rounder.
Nevertheless, lots of talented runners can be great behind a dominant o-line. Ezekiel Elliot is showing what a dominant RB can do behind a dominant o-line. lol 700+ yards after 6 games!
Ajayi now leads the NFL in yds/attempt at 5.7 😉
LOL @ Piggy
It really was a game we fans needed to feel good at least for a week. It was a complete game win. We did miss a FG and got one blocked and we dropped two TD passes. This game could have been over so much earlier but Ajayi’s great performance put it away when we needed it. I’m sure most of us were a bit shocked yesterday, I know I was. 🙂
no shit, Tim! we really, really did need that game. That Tenn. game was one of the lowest points of morale I’ve had since we drafted Ted Ginn. lol (the ONLY time I turned off the draft and refused to watch the rest of it).
LOL
I thought it may have been Tannehill’s best game as a pro stats be damned. He was poised in the pocket. He used his mobility to make plays. He threw the deep ball extremely well and didn’t turn it over. Also he showed to read the D and make good audibles.
What Tannehill needs to do now is string a few of these games together
I’m perfectly happy for Tannehill to stay in mid-200’s in yardage with an occassional TD as long as we run the ball that way. 🙂 Man, it just transforms both sides of the ball. Our defense got rest and played with great energy except for Pitt’s first TD ‘drive’.
That wasn’t really a drive, they got us on one play. We also had them off the field with a sack but the Jones penalty gave them a 1st down and 15 yards then Heyward-Bey had that end around for a 60 yard TD.
I’m probably talking to myself, but need to get comments in before my day gets super busy:
Tunsil and James becoming what first rounders should become is CRITICAL to the longevity of our o-line. When Albert crumples to the turf one last time, Tunsil to LT and James at RT (needs emoticon for praying hands)… we have our bookends for several years to come.
FEST IS HERE
Is the Bills game on Oct 23 at one.
We’ll get together the Sat night before and Chef Warren tailgate as usghe.
We have a three-row block in Sec 315 on the aisle towards the 50. That’s on the 15 on the visitors side. They are just like last year’s ‘cept other end of the field.
IN
The Flying Pig
Hulk
Brian NY
OD (+1)
stanger (+1)
Chef Warren (+1)
Son (+3)
Rock
Mike E (+1)
markeyh
Al in MIA (+1)
Toba (+1)
Phindog (+2)
Bookman
Night before the Fest game is all set up.
Same Bat time, Channel and Set-up..
Saturday, October 22 from 6-10 at
Dave & Busters
3000 Oakwood Blvd.
Hollywood, FL 33020
954-923-5505
http://www.daveandbusters.com/fl-hollywood
Walk in the door and go past the front desk (don’t go into the main bar). We’ll be set up with some substantial nibbles (same ones as last year) and cash drink service down the short stairs on the right to the pool table — just across from the small bar to the left.
Manitoba is setting up a Fest Bus (or maybe van) from La Quinta in Hollywood (where a bunch of folks are staying) to the game. Cost will be about $20 per person. Even if you aren’t staying there, you could park at the hotel and have your ride to the game. If you want in he needs to know how big a vehicle to reserve…..so let him know even if you don’t want a seat.
I hope the team gives you guys going to the fest another great game.
We ran over the #5 rated run D yesterday. We stopped the hottest QB in the league with all of his weapons available. We overcame our typical errors and bad RZ play.
We can definitely beat the Bills but we have to stop that running game. They give us fits but they aren’t really that good. They have optimized a really weak portion of their schedule but Taylor can be as inconsistent as Tanny and their offense is a one trick pony. I don’t know if we can repeat being injury free mostly and can correct the guaranteed mistakes but the ball we played yesterday will beat the Bills and handily.
New Age,
agreed… and, just as yesterday, OUR run game will be key to fresh defensive legs to stop their run game.
Truth be told imo the Steelers D is vastly overrated. It is not that good and they have some major flaws. They have been good on points allowed but that D is not all that. That said it was still great to see us move the ball like that against any D.
I don’t think you can discount what the Bills have done over the past four games. First of all, they won four in a row and 2 of those were on the road vs LA and also shut out NE on their home field.
So, the Bills are playing some of the better football in the league at this time. True, Taylor isn’t doing much from a passing perspective but their run offense is one of the best in the league and has traditionally given us fits. Their D is also top five in scoring. So, they don’t give up a lot of points.
would also be a different story if they were barely pulling out those games but they beat everyone of those four opponents pretty handily. so, it by no means will be a walk in the park.
Hope the Fest becomes a religious experience like the one where Fins trounced Tenn. !!! cuz it would be against Buff. lol
Tim,
to tell you how bad it was before this Pitt game… I spent the week contemplating a “suck for (fill in blank)” mentality. 1 minute before kickoff I was even looking for excuses to be “too busy”.
Then I saw the uniforms on the field and 43 years of muscle memory kicked in.
I will admit, however, that with the elation of a truly “beautiful” game (Run and D, where Tanny isn’t the story)… a voice in the back of my head said “yeah, but they’ll probably get crushed by Buffalo and make you feel like shit again). This is a ‘new’ muscle memory that I can’t wait to get rid of.
LOL
I think we saw how effective our offense can be with good OL play. I thought the missed opportunities, the dropped TD passes that ended up FGs and the missed FGs would haunt us and the Steelers would make a comeback in a game they had no business winning because we kicked their ass all day. But the team was having none of that and finished them off. Now I hope they know how to handle a big win the following week. Enjoy this win for a few days then forget it and get back to work and do it again.
Kiko Alonso 5th in tackles in NFL.
He will get better about being in position… but I’d say he is doing exactly what we hoped he would.
Jarvis Landry: 2nd in receptions, 8th in yards.
The Bills just beat the worst football team in the NFL with a guy who hasn’t even played in a while. They beat a bad Arizona squad. They beat NE with a 3rd string QB who was playing injured. They beat an average at best Rams team without much offense and with Fisher being above .500 and needing a loss. They are not that good but they do have some very good parts.
They always play us well but let’s not get carried away here. If we find a way to stop that running game, and keep our key players intact the entire game, they could be in trouble. Their front 7 is awesome but their DBs have some weaknesses. Their QB is bad unless he finds a running lane or has all day. If we weren’t the Dolphins and found ways to suck, I would be confident in the game. I’m not but we actually have a chance to win which is far more than I thought a week ago.
dude, we barely beat the Browns and the Bills won four in a row, two of them on the road and beat NE at home. Who cares if NE had their 3rd string qb in there. We couldn’t beat them and they shut them out 16-0.
And? We barely beat the Browns without a starting quality OL. Did they beat any good TEAMS outside of the one without most of their weapons and a hurt 3rd string QB?
How cool is it to see us line up under center at least half the time as opposed to shotgun 90+% of the time in the past?
What’s weird is our Defense is 4th in sacks (17), but we don’t have a single individual in the top 40.
Suh 2.5
Branch 2.5
J. Jones 1.5
Wake 1.5
1, 1, 1, and then 12 guys with 1/2 sack each.
I’ll take the gang sacking. 🙂
that’s because we have 12
Rhino
We have 12 sacks total, and we’re tied for 16th. I heard the announcers say we’re 2nd in sacks yesterday, and that’s way off. We have TWELVE sacks, that’s all folks
Bills are actually 2nd with 20 sacks
Your right MikeE. When I went to espn defensive stats… started at total defense, then started clicking on different columns and such. Ended up with Fins at 17
The reason I searched is because I thought the lack of sacks was kind of a glaring need and was very surprised to see “17” and couldn’t figure out how.
Yeah we’ve allowed 17 sacks.
DAMN. that’s the wrong button I clicked LOL (see above response to MikeE)
That throw RT made where he was almost sacked but bounced off the guy, ran to his weak side and made that throw across his body down the field was a thing of beauty. We’ve seen him make that throw before in his career and it’s not easy to do.
What a rhino does when he “lays an egg” (statistically) LOL
The bills are a good team. I hope we can beat them but it’ll be tough
Yeah it will be a tough game. Always is.
I’m open to thoughts on this, but right now am thinking of aiming to set the tailgate up where we did for the first one……..West 23 in Orange. It is a nice compromise btwn being near the home side stuff and shop, keeping the walk for he Toba Bus folks short, our seats just around the corner on the visitors side, and getting out.
Check out the parking map.
And forgot to add that the big lots across the way that used to be orange pass are now cash for folks that drive if they don’t get on the Toba bus. Here is the current map that shows that (even if it does not include the parking section numbers).
http://hardrockstadium.com/parking-transportation/
Stanger,
I trust you handling the logistics
Well this one impacts you more than most folks. Far as I know the only ones who will have Orange passes are Chef Wa, me, OD and you, but then you are pretty much in the same boat as me overall except I will be there early to set-up (not that you can’t).
But keep in mind there is no caravan these days with the van, which won’t be able to get in the gates like you can even if you follow it. Ken will be texting or calling where we set up (can’t know exactly where before). Unless someone has a better plan, only thing can guarantee is will be going in gate 5 before ten when they start directing traffic.
McCoy is hurt isnt he?
Enjoy post-win Monday. See you all on Sunday.
Rhino says:
October 17, 2016 at 10:06 am
Kiko Alonso 5th in tackles in NFL.
He will get better about being in position… but I’d say he is doing exactly what we hoped he would.
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This is a somewhat misleading stat, because he makes the tackles either dragged for 5 extra yars or downfield as he get sealed out but has the speed to catch back up. He is improving but there is still a long way to go with him. I remember Wheeler having really good tackle numbers too.
His coverage has been off and on too, sometimes really impressive, sometimes not so much. Again, its about him getting there, but ultimately i think he is a better candidate for an OLB spot with us if we can get amore true MLB to man the middle.
I agree. I think he’d make a great OLB but a poor MLB. We get that one guy next year…and this defense could be ….solid lol.
Tanny looked more comfortable because he wasnt having try and carry the team and he didnt have OL issues that made it almost impossible to do that. You could see it, this offense works as Gase wants it to, have a lead keep a lead, and the defense plays better like that as well.
Think I’d be a lot more comfortable if Turner wasn’t at LT or Steen at Center too.
Obviously loved the game, but not like all of a sudden Tanny was different. He is what he is…..maybe if he doesn’t have to worry about getting pounded into the ground he will become something else.
This is what I said before the game yesterday and bam!!!! It was really more hope than optimism but they did it.
“I don’t think he’s a carry the team type of QB who just throws all day. I think he’d be very efficient with a balanced offense and solid pass pro. That’s been my view of him since his 2nd season.
Let’s hope we see that type of game today. We have to run the ball today or I don’t think we can match the Steelers offense.”
I thought the Steelers would move the ball better than they did as well. Good job defense. Really good win.
When they use tanny’s legs he plays better in general. It seems like the last few games he didn’t have any designed runs or roll outs. Yesterday he did and he played better.
The running game opens up play-action, bootlegs and roll-outs.
D,
having the whole oline in there helps a lot. When albert is playing, tanny plays better.
I really think it was Pouncey… i know a lot of people here dont care a lot for him, but he obviously brings a lot to that unit. BA is a beast, but even when BA was healthy, and Steen was in there, the OL lacked a little something.
Still dont get the Suh is overrated thing you guys keep going off of. 30 tackles, and 2.5 sacks 1/4 through the year. Thats on pace for 120 tackles and 10 sacks….thats just absolutely brutal for a DT. Therre would be 0 chance i would trade away that, especially at the HUGE cap hit it would be for us to do it. Thats the kind of guy you build around not send packing.
Not sure about overrated, but have come to my own conclusion on Suh. He absolutely disrupts pass protection schemes. Just a force busting the middle of the pocket, but part of that is cause he busts forward like the Tasmanian Devill.
Teams take advantage of that when it comes to run game scheming…..sorta like a screen where you let the DL line rush forward till the QB throws it to the RB over their heads.
You can be too aggressive but i really dont see that from him. DL, cant affect screens, teir job is to push the OL back and get to RB/QB, they can spot screen and slide out, but the responsibility on a Screen play is for them to disrupt the passing lane, make him arc the ball to get to the Rb , same for DE, though DE’s can literally slide out and potentially make a play on the ball. LB’s, S and CB’s are the ones responsible for busting up screen plays. Sweeps too, not DT’s responsibility. Clog and penetrate the middle, which is what he does.
Not as much this year, but last year saw teams design a lot of slant run plays meant to go where a normal DT would be but Suh was not.
Turner, obviously not even worth a backup spot, unreliable, horrible player, Thomas, and Douglas too. Its hard to ignore Pouncey’s worth now, because Steen played well, but he obviously didnt bring the leadership in calling out the blocks like Pouncey, i think thats the hidden value of Pouncey, and this game exposed that.
Steen probably would be better moved back to OG, back up Tunsil for now but be prepared to move into that spot when Tunsil eventually moves to LT. Also at end of the season get a true OG in FA, and move Bushrod back to be a backup LT or RT. I bet the quality of him at the OT position will give us a solid depth guy there as well.
Draft a couple guys who can be eyes to the future, but current depth players and then we dont have these worries about oh shit this is a house of cards and one dude drops we are completely fucked. Steen was a good OC but being a first timer there, the lack of leadership from that position on the OL was noticeable.
Running the ball well is good for the whole team. I hope they do the same against the Bills. Make the bills puke!!
From Mando
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And the defense — under siege the past few weeks — seemed to get stronger instead of wilting later in the game because they weren’t constantly on the field.
One more thing: The onslaught from Miami’s offense, led by the line charge, literally made the Steelers sick in the heat and humidity of an overcast day.
“It’s big whenever you can put those long drives together (and) keep pushing the ball down the field,” Tannehill said. “I think right at the end of the half, we were on the goal line after the big play to Jarvis (Landry) and I saw a couple of their linebackers puking on the field.”
To give credit to Gase, he said this a few games back. This defense is not meant for offense to put them back on the field so fast. Its a pin your ears back kinda D when means they are going to burn themselves out if they have too many snaps out there.
This D is most definitely one that hinges off the O play. It can be said, help yourself and get off the field by stopping them but its kinda a gamble based defense, not conservative, which means there could be a series or two that the amble doeskin pay off and we get burned.The end around play was one of them, but it could have been kept to a minimal burn IF Reshad makes wraps up making the tackle instead of trying to just throw his body at him. We also still do not have the perfect parts for this D, so the gambles have a better chance of burning us.
This defense has a lot of potential with a little more development from certain players in this system, replacing some of the not so perfect fits, and continuing to have the offense give them a little more time off the field. Nice long sustained drives.
You cant affect what a tram does to eliminate or use a players abilities to their advantage, its actually beneficial to have them do something like that because if you are a smart DC, you then scheme for them to scheme that way.
I am just checking in today to see what we are bitching about
Your pathetic ass avatar.
Rock — You getting a room at La Quinta with the crew? Even if not Toba is setting up transport in the TobaFestBus from there. Like $20, versus parking that costs more.
Stanger
Gotcha about the caravan. I’ll do what’s best for everyone when it comes to the tailgate. If you do need help setting up, I’m more than willing to help, just let me know.
Maybe FFR can put his tent outside and it will blow away to you guys at the tailgate. LOL
Don’t need help setting up. Chef Warren has it down to a science. Just pointing out your options. You get there before ten and guaranteed you can park right near where we set up. After ten you may or may not be able to (and possibly could be a fair bit away, even if not other end of the stadium or anything).
stangerx says:
October 17, 2016 at 11:50 am
Not as much this year, but last year saw teams design a lot of slant run plays meant to go where a normal DT would be but Suh was not.
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Last year they did what im honestly surprised we havent seen much from teams this year. They just cut his legs out from under him. Constantly cut block after cut block. He still had a beastly year, wasn’t a sexy on like this one is shaping up to be but it was pretty good, arguably one of his best.
DT really isnt a sexy position, its a power strggle, its not fun to watch unles you are in to that kind of thing, just like OL isnt sexy and you rarely see the subtle things that made one play pretty solid and another really good even if the outcomes of that play dont say the same thing. He was good last year if you look at what he was being asked to do for the majority of it.
Watch him on any given play, he has not one but two guy stood up, bent back and he is driving them back. Thats hella impressive.That means he won on so many levels its not funny. His punch is excellent, his speed off the ball is great, his technique getting leverage is excellent, his power is ungodly. Thats the plays where he doesnt get in on the tackle or pressure, but as you can see from his stats, he’s even getting more of that this year on top of performing the other duties that arent as flashy.
I wouldnt mind having Pouncey’s bro here, as an OG, his contract is a little high, and i personally think Mike is becoming the better OC with Maurkice having the better build and strength for OG, but those guys play pretty seamlessly together.They won 3 HS state championships in Florida for 5A schools and were ranked as the top 5A team in the nation 2 years in a row while they were there, they won a national championship at UF together, and both had All SEC and first teal All American honors while they were playing together.
Down side is it would really tie up a lot of money on the OL, but so will getting Zeitler in FA, which is another direction i wouldn’t mind us going. Having James and Tunsil on rookie contracts with 5 year options helps us do this though, and by time BA’s contract is over one of those guys should be ready to get their pay day so it would be kinda exchanging one big one for another.
I took the “Tannehill didn’t have a spectacular day” as he had a good day, but it wasn’t spectacular . He had a good to very good game. That throw to the end zone to Sims (?) that was called back because of a procedure penalty was one of the best throws I’ve seen him make. Fired it in between two defenders.
He played very well. This is the balance I’ve been hoping for where he doesn’t have to save the team and pass all day because it’s not his strength to just sit back there and throw all day. This was the model of the offense I hope we see moving forward. Of course we won’t rush for over 200 yards every week, but the balance that helps everyone including the defense.
The oline being there helps with that balance. If you can’t rush for more than 3 yards its hard to keep it balanced.
From Ajayi:
“It was funny because the running backs were just pushing me like, you’re not done, keep pushing, keep working.” “My boy Drake, he kept telling me, go get 200 if you can, go get it, you’re not done with it.”
Thats some good teammate stuff there, and im really glad he got it too.
I think there was a lot to it, OL was a good chunk, i think Gase finally got the play calling where it needs to be to work with what we have, i think the RB got a chance to really show they can do this (even though i really think both Ajayi and Drake both showed the potential for it before) and the game kinda fell in the mold of what our team is going to be able to do best. Lots of things went our way and it wasnt any one thing in particular. I think that Tanny also didnt hurt us, and the OL allowed him to help. it was truly a team game thing, lots of one hand rubbing the other…..dont get too excited by that Mike.
Defense made the biggest leap forward IMO, thats a tough offense to shut down and they pretty much did it, outside of a couple gamble type plays that went badly for us.
I really hope we stick with the run against the bills.
Incidentally i was watching Texas A&M the other day and Myles Garrett is much bigger than i remember him being. That dude is so flipping fast an powerful its almost scary.
Wow. Just about everything that needed to be fixed was (except the shooting ourselves in the foot a little, but hey, no team is perfect).
What a game you got to see Brian. Made up for you man! Sports is special when something like that is served up.
Good to see a British running back smoking the Stealers. Too big a score differential at the end for even the refs to swing this one away from us!
Goi Fins and I hope all you fest f-ers see something equally enjoyable next weekend!
Absolutely! JayTrain went from doghouse to working his way back to a great performance. I love his running style. He doesn’t waste a lot of steps, he takes it an goes, he has great balance and has a nice combo of power and speed. He ran through guys and beat them to the edge all day. I’m so happy for him because he’s a very likeable guy, and we need him. 🙂
He’s an Arsenal fan (soccer) but I can forgive him that. He’s exactly what we need – a back who will fight for extra yards, cos sure as eggs is eggs, teams will start to shut him down if we keep running like we did Sunday. Then it’s down to Tanny, and the way he found open receivers deep down the field Sunday gives me a little more confidence we might just be able to exploit 8 men in the box. He has to keep the safeties honest at the very least.
Gase is an offense guy but I love that he believes offense helps the defense and it’s not just all about my offense blah blah blah like some other offensive minded coaches are. He really believes it’s all connected and the fact of the matter is that it is.
stangerx says:
October 17, 2016 at 11:55 am
Rock — You getting a room at La Quinta with the crew? Even if not Toba is setting up transport in the TobaFestBus from there. Like $20, versus parking that costs more.
No, I am coming to the Saturday night FESTivities and then going to go home to Boynton and then meet you guys at the tailgate Sunday morning. I’ve been dumping cash into my Rockledge property like I have it. (I don’t) so far I’m up to $20K fixing it after my renters bailed on the lease and destroyed the place, (to be fair $13K was for the roof and exterior an not the damage, but the rest was!), and with no renters I am having to cover the $1,800 a month in mortgage and utilities. Just not enough room in the budget to spend an additional $140.00 to sleep one night 1/2 way to the stadium. (well 2/3rd the way) I’ll be parking in one of the cash lots and then looking for you guys.
Sorry you are having to put that our Rock, but let Toba know you ain’t in for the TobaFestBus when you see him.
Will give it a last shot though…….$20 for that and least for the Browns game cash parking was $40. Plus get to hang with the crew and no worries about the PoPO on the way out. A certain flexible freedom in that.
D says:
October 17, 2016 at 11:54 am
Your pathetic ass avatar.
Reply
Well you can bitch to “someone” else about that. I don’t want to be the reason “someone” is blocked from this site…..
I was joking lol….
Well this is encouraging
Omar Kelly
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@OmarKelly
#Dolphins play 2 TEAMS that presently have a winning – Bills & Pats – record the rest of the season. Miami’s remaining opponents = 21-25
4m
We ran a very basic gameplan. The question is how it translates going forward. Teams will adjust. Can we adjust along with them and continue to grow as an offense? I’d love to see us lining up in a 2 TE set 70% of the time and grinding it out, but that won’t work in today’s NFL long term…especially once teams game plan to stop it. Yesterday was a decent mix of quick, short passes and misdirection runs…with just enough big plays mixed in. But, can the passing game make plays when teams stop the run and force us to pass? That’ll be the question moving ahead.
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Plus, we saw the impact on the defensive performance when TOP was more equitable. No defense can hold up when they’re playing 40 minutes a game.
Randy, great minds think alike (see comments above)! We also won’t be playing against a crocked starting QB every week. Although we are 3-3 this year in knocking the starting QB out if the game for at least part if not most of the game!
It was winning one on one matchups. The OL actually pushed the Steelers defense off the LOS and created a lot of lanes and options for the running game. They also did a great job giving RT a pocket to go through his reads.
We started off early trying to establish the running game and throwing quick passes as you said. Then as the running game started to take off it opened up everything else and the big plays were there for the taking.
Like Gase said, the defense only playing 53 snaps as opposed to 76 is a big difference.
D says:
October 17, 2016 at 1:08 pm
Incidentally i was watching Texas A&M the other day and Myles Garrett is much bigger than i remember him being. That dude is so flipping fast an powerful its almost scary.
Randy i think it can work, you just have to have complex plays coming out of basic formations, and in fact i think thats much harder for defense to plan against, since everything looks pretty much the same so its hard to know what you are about to be hit with,
NE does this all the time, they have like 4 formation total, but like 30 plays from those 4 formations.
(Singing)
Monday after a Dolphins win is like Candy
Doooo dooooo doooo
I wrote that^
It’s kind of catchy!!
Like syphilis
I hope going forward we will see more Ajayi + Drake as the 1 – 2 punch
Wasn’t really impressed with Foster yesterday
To give some props to the opponent, #93 Daniel McCullers is a really good D-lineman and he’s friggin huge. I saw him active quite a bit despite stats. He was disruptive and I believe he also blocked the FG?
^blaspehy
They are all fucknuts
(Singing)
Tuesday after a Dolphins win is also pretty good…I think
Doooooo doooooo dooooo
Mike E. says:
October 17, 2016 at 8:59 am
Tannehill did not have a spectacular day.
He didn’t throw a TD or break 300 yards. But he was solid.
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Actually, he threw 2 TD’s, neither one of them were actually caught. That point needs to be stressed, because he did play very well, it just doesn’t show up on the stat sheet
doesnt work that way mike. unless you discount all the great catches made on inaccurate pass which he gets credit for. just like some like to blame sacks on him but never give him credit for escaping sacks that would have been on the olinemen. unless you go back and make changes on every play as to ‘here is what might of happened had this come true’ one can only go by the final stats.
Two FGs should have been two TDs. Instead of 16-8, it should have been 24-8.
McCullers is huge, i saw him at Senior bowl a couple years back, maybe 3, and remember watching him while at UTenn. He is getting there, i mean he has all the physical gifts but he is so big that he had a tendency to get too tall out of the snap which meant, even though people struggled to move him he didnt affect plays. As a pure NT he is solid.
He’s like 6’8 360….cant miss him on the field.
I felt like I kept seeing his # in the mix. Nothing amazing, just being around the play. I even saw him following the play from behind for such a big guy.
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
October 17, 2016 at 9:38 am
true. so why pay someone like him all that money? doesn’t make any sense. he doesn’t make the offense any better.
that has nothing to do with the miami dolphins that is an nfl wide problem. look at the houston situation. it is like that all over the nfl……..overpaid qb’s
Its only going to get worse. College coaches aren’t coaching the type of player that the NFL wants/needs, they are doing what they need to to win at their level and spread offense, is what works when you have limited talent all over the field but a couple really strong athletes. The defenses are in similar position so spread works really well in colege ranks. Problem is this is the feeder system to the NFL so they have to spend several years getting QB’s to a very basic level.
By time they get even close enough to make a keep them or let them walk decision, they still aren’t really close enough to make that call but they gotta do what they gotta do to keep that guy with hope he will finish working out. Its rough place for a tam to be in, and it doesn’t look to be getting better.
Thats one of the reason im in favor of a minor leagues in football.
Speaking of big dudes, anyone see that DT Missouri put in to run the football, he is 6’4 360 and whenhe tried to jump over the pile for the TD he didn’t get a lot of air so it was more like going up to your tip toes and then falling over like a tree being felled.
New avatar?
I was just sitting at my desk reading the blog when the office manager walked into my office to ask me something and stopped and squealed. Then she called me an asshole. I was like “What? Why am I an asshole now?” — “Because you put that big old fake lizard on your floor there to scare me.” I got up and walked around my desk and this fat fucker was just sitting there on the carpet sunning himself in the little strip of sun that came through the levelors. The biggest one I’ve ever seen. I had to use two hands to catch him and the fucker bit me and got away once. (before he ran out of my office an into the women’s restroom) I said “Ok, not my problem anymore” LOL she was about in tears begging me to catch him. “Martin, I REALLY have to go. PLEASE catch it”
I said how about that vacation day I lost when I had to come in to finish that report?? LOL
Wash your hands Rock and get some antiseptic. And check the internet to see if you need more than that after the bite unless you know more about them.
That’s a problem we don’t have in colorado. wild lizards 🙂
That would be an interesting worker’s compensation claim but I am betting it would be covered. The office manager instructed you to catch him. Any med treatment and any permanent injury to the hand should be compensible. I could see the comp commissioner now: How did you get hurt? I was bit by a lizard. What’s you job title?
just like some like to blame sacks on him but never give him credit for escaping sacks that would have been on the olinemen.
Because that has never happened! (I’m just filling if for someone here)
Tim Knight says:
October 17, 2016 at 1:40 pm
Two FGs should have been two TDs. Instead of 16-8, it should have been 24-8.
again, it doesnt work that way. how many plays did pitt miss? doubt you know that. you are just picking out two plays and saying what if. if you are gonna do that you have to do it with every play of the game
I know what you mean. But those plays were there. I don’t remember the Steelers missing on any TDs. They barely moved the ball all day.
Wow… SoCal Weather. We get 1/4″ inch of light rain and lose power and they call it a storm !!!
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Cause you are all Wimps.. like to see ya get an inch of snow and see what happens.. LOL
tim,
if you dont understand playing the what if games works for everything not sure what to tell you.
what if instead of thill escaping that one sack and completing the pass to the 3 they got the sack. what if on the one drive where pitt punted rapeburger completed that pass and they got a first down.
see you can do it all game long
I don’t want to harp on this all day but when the ball hits a receiver in the hands it should be caught. Especially in the endzone.
We definately had a lot of missed opportunities
And stat wise, it hurt Tannehill more than anyone else
Bc those should have been TDs
I actually thought Gray could have had a TD on that play that ended on the 1 or 2
Shuttle ride sir ??
I’m going to be staying at the la Quinta Saturday night
Is that the plan from the Laquinta
If so the answer is Yes
But I need to make sure Son, Brian, Ken and Bookman all have a ride too (I think they are all stung at la Quinta too)
Did I miss anyone?
Anyone know what Markeyhs plan is?
LMAO at Rocks Lizard.. that sounds weird ?!
Stanger thanks for bringing up the shuttabus.. I am reading, just cant predict how much “Real time” I will have to post during the week..
Shuttle Please advise …
Bookman CHECK
Toba CHECK X2
Rockphin (not yet)
Brian ??
Piggy ??
Son (yes/No and How many)
any one I Missed mentioning..
will keep my eyes peeled and email is
drp667@hotmail.com
Yes Shuttle for Porkster
I pretty much think Brian is a safe assumption as well
I don’t know what Ken’s plan is though
Tim Knight says:
October 17, 2016 at 2:08 pm
I don’t want to harp on this all day but when the ball hits a receiver in the hands it should be caught. Especially in the endzone.
has nothing to do with what i said.
We missed two FGs and missed on two TDs that became FGs instead. The Steelers didn’t miss on anything like that. It has a lot to do with how the game went down.
The drop by Sims im 60/40 on if i think that should have been a catch, the defensive player made a good play on the ball and hacked him in such a way that was not a gimme catch. Parker’s miss n the other hand was more like 80/20 should have been a catch. It wasnt a perfect catch scenario but you could see he alligator armed that catch.
Rock, that lizard didnt break the skin when he bit ya did he? Those guys usually arent going to break the skin on a full grown male’s hands, unless you have those delicate hand modeling hands that Mike E has.
I just got a standing ovation for my parallel parking skills. Never mind it was from the derelicts that sit on the wall across the street from the vital statistics office downtown. I had just watched this guy attempt to park in the same spot while I was stopped at the red light. My light turned green, he gave up and I parked the first try…didn’t even have to adjust any.
And I had to go there to get a copy of my birth certificate because my license is expiring at the end of the month and apparently you need a gazillion proofs of identity to renew.
Thats because you are on the terrorist watch list, like all other people that live in WV. Everyone knows that WV is where you go to hide from the government.
Oh and nice blending learning all that old school American stuff like parallel parking.
FFR is talking about the butterfly effect.
manitobafinfan says:
October 17, 2016 at 2:07 pm
LMAO at Rocks Lizard.. that sounds weird ?
toba, here in the states a man never laughs at another mans lizard
Oh yes they do if its really tiny…………
Or scaly…… though that probably just gets people to move away from you….
Here’s another thing about JayTrain, that was his 2nd big run to win a game. His 11 yard TD run to win it in OT against CLE and then the 62 yard TD run yesterday to seal the game. That’s a playmaking trait not everyone has. Props to him.
I think both or RBs have that trait. I get more and more convinced we dont need any high level of investment in the RB position every game i watch those two.
Adam Beasley @AdamHBeasley
Doesn’t sound like Dion Jordan is going to be activated any time soon. He had a second knee procedure a few weeks back.
Oh geez! This fucking guy.
Cant cut him then, injury settlement, will have to let him heal just to cut him, but this should be last straw for him
tim,
just forget it. you dont get it. go ahead and just replace the plays you want if that makes you feel better
Right, I’m having a hard time getting missed opportunities that many others have also said. Our coaches will point those plays out in meetings, be sure of that. The Steelers coaches won’t point that out because there were none. They know they could have gotten blown out earlier.
toba,
forget what i said. what i meant is here in the states a man never laughs at another mans lizard unless you are a big D
🙂 FFR did your ex laugh at your lizard…is this what this is all about?
But he saves 15 % … 🙂
Tim Knight says:
October 17, 2016 at 2:29 pm
Right, I’m having a hard time getting missed opportunities that many others have also said.
cause all you can see is the missed scoring opportunities. i am sure there were several other types of missed opportunities thru out the game that are plays that could have changed how things went. but i get it, your limit is just missed scoring opportunities that count
D,
every one hears laughter differently. to most it may of sounded like laughter to me it sounded like get that thing over here and do me
LOL, well ya know they say ignorance is bliss. Good for you!
D,
lol, well there was a lot of ignorance but will admit very little bliss
Think at some point i most of our lives, this is a relatable statement.
The Flying Pig says:
October 17, 2016 at 2:46 pm
I’m going to be staying at the la Quinta Saturday night
Is that the plan from the Laquinta
If so the answer is Yes
But I need to make sure Son (waiting word), Brian,(waiting word) Ken (riding with Stanger) and Bookman (confirmed to Shuttle) all have a ride too (I think they are all stung at la Quinta too)
Mike E and Phindogs riding to game together
Did I miss anyone?
Anyone know what Markeyhs plan is? I do not..
stangerx says:
October 17, 2016 at 1:43 pm
Wash your hands Rock and get some antiseptic. And check the internet to see if you need more than that after the bite unless you know more about them.
He didn’t break the skin Stanger. He just clamped on. I had to wash my hands anyway because he shat on me when I caught him (her?) the second time! Ewwww
Yeah by far the worst thing about grabbing a lizard, they will shit and piss on ya guaranteed
D, just want to say sorry for getting annoyed with you yesterday. I really wanted to enjoy the game because I felt it was going to be a good game, not that I thought we’d win the way we did, but it would be competitive, and didn’t want to get into blog arguments.
Sometimes all of us lose communication and it gets a bit out of control with nobody understanding each other. We’ve all been through it. I’ve always liked you and your insight so I don’t want it to linger. I hope we’re cool.
We are cool, i was being sensitive, text doesn’t always come off as it should. It rubbed me the wrong way and instead of defusing it, i accelerated it. Apologies from me as well.
Cool! The written word can be dangerous. Been there done that so many times and you have to spend a lot of time re-explaining yourself. Not just here but in emails and on FB etc.
Thanks, man.
Send in your questions for ASK MIKE
I’ll be running it Thursday as per usghe, but I have to write by tomorrow, because I’m traveling to FLA Wednesday. It will be nice to write after a win for a change!
ASK MIKE
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Thanks!
Shuttle Please advise …
Bookman CHECK
Toba CHECK X2
Rockphin (not yet)
Thanks guys but I am going to drive from home to the game that morning.
Toba:
Confirmed that Stanger has got me covered for transportation.
Thank you Rock and Hulk..
look forward to seeing ya Saturday..