With the 237th pick in the 7th RD, the Dolphins selected their 2nd player on the offensive side of the ball, and a pretty good one too, in WR Isaiah Ford. The 6’2″ 195 Ford was a very productive receiver at Virginia Tech. a 3 YR starter, Ford twice went over 1000 yards receiving, and over his 3 YR career at VaTech, he caught 24 TD’s, his best being his Sophomore year, where he had 75 receptions, 1166 yards and 11 TD’s.
Ford brings to the Dolphins the skills to compete for those 50/50 balls, and the size to do it. He is more of a possession receiver than a deep ball threat, running a 4.61 40 at the combine. He does run good routes, and has learned how to vary his speed and use short burst quickness to get open.
Isaiah Ford had somewhat of a disappointing mini camp, and finds himself kind of buried on a deep depth chart of WR’s, including Jarvis Landry, Devante Parker, Kenny Stills, Leonte Carroo, Rashawn Scott, and this year’s undrafted free agents Damore’ea Stringfellow, Drew Morgan, Malcolm Lewis and Francis Owusu as well as FA pickup Mitch Matthews. Obviously, Ford has his work cut out for him, and being drafted won’t put him ahead of any of the guys he’s competing against, only strong performances will.
So that’s it for the 2017 draft class. We focused on defense, taking 5 of 7 on D, and improved the depth of our defense significantly, but one more good draft on defense could put us over the top. On offense, we brought in an OG and a WR later in the draft, and Asiata has a shot at starting this season, despite being a 5th RD pick. Overall I think we did well, and the team should be better with the help of our ’17 draft class.
GO DOLPHINS! Zero in!
Finsmob Unleashed 
With all the depth we have at WR it’s really getting harder to justify giving Landry $12+M.
We have depth, but none of them have half the heart Landry has. He’s a guy you know will always give max effort, and has a desire to succeed that’s through the roof. He’s worth it.
I give Landry whatever he wants
depth is n o substitute for greatness
He’s probably the best player on our roster
Agreed Mr Pig, for the same reason I don’t care what Suh costs I’m keeping Landry here and happy. No “depth” guy is going to bring to this team what Landry brings.
Its not about a depth guy bringing what Landry brings, it’s about the drop off between Landry and his replacement vs what you can do at another position with the saves $.
Let’s say Morgan pans out, or Grant becomes the slot WR we think he can be, then what? Landry is very good, but he isn’t a game changer, because he doesn’t get into the end zone enough.
I’m not counting on anything from Grant, and someone has to be a go to guy, and Landry is that guy. No offense to Tannehill, but he hasn’t thrown a lot of TD’s to anyone, and in general, is down at least 10 TD’s or more each year to the best QB’s. If Tannehill can get himself to the next level, all the receivers, including TE’s will benefit.
You don’t have to count on Grant yet, just wait a year on Landry, then use the franchise tag, giving us 2 years to find a replacement. What about Carroo?
Let’s compare slot WR to a singles hitter in baseball, do you give the singles hitter $20+M?
Maybe Landry compares to Tony Gwynn and you pay him.
Charlie Hustle?
Him too. I don’t know the answer to what to pay Landry, but I don’t think we can pay him big $, and Stills and Parker.
Coo Coo Carroo! Carroo ain’t shown nuthin’ yet. Dat boy better show up, or he gonna get cut!
Let’s say he plays this year like he did at Rutgers, then What? What I’m getting at is at what point do you say we have a replacement and move on? Or do you hope he takes like $10M and sign him?
We’ve already shown we value our own talent. He knows this offense, he IS this offense. I hope Carroo does play like he did at Rutgers. That’s a good problem to have. Why can’t we have 4 really good WR’s like the Packers used to have, and maybe still have?
Too much money into one position?
Landry will get taken care of. He is a top talent and that is what you try to keep.
I am hoping he sticks, even if am less sure that will happen after they re-signed Stills.
The problem might the price tag his agent wants for the intangibles…..but seems Gase values those in his players as well.
I think Landry is the only guy we have on offense that actually makes other players better. He’s probably never gone be a 10 TD a year guy because we don’t use him that way….5-7 a year is probably more realistic. I think he can be a Hines Ward sort of player, and it’s really up to Gase to figure out how to use him best. Tannehill is never gonna throw a ton of TDs, so that plays into it too. When your QB only throws 25 TDs a year, nobody is getting a ton. 7 for one guy…especially a possession receiver…is a lot.
I agree – Pretty much said that earlier
So you’re locking RTs TDs into what it’s been? Nevermind Parker’s improvement, and Thomas acquisition…and RT himself supposedly having the game slow down for him.
MikeE,
Well yeah…I only plagiarize the smart people! Lol
MEDICAL UPDATES:
It’s been said “bad things come in groups of 3,” or something like that. Tru Dat in my family.
#1) Daughter needs brain surgery to combat Grand Mal siezures. That occurred about 10 or so days ago. SO FAR, NO MORE SEIZURES!!! But we’ll need many more seizure free weeks before the surgery can be called a success..Keeepin’ our fingers crossed!
#2) The beautiful Mrs. OD badly needs foot surgery to, among other things, remove spurs coming out of the bottom and top of her foot. These spurs are wrecking havoc with her tendons in her foot. Surgery is set for next Wednesday. The huge post-op wrapping around her foot will keep her from driving for about 6 WEEKS!! – – THAT’s gonna be a challenge!
#3) Your’s truly messed up his back a few weeks ago. I had an MRI today. Will meet with the surgeon on Monday. He’ll let me know what king of “repairs” I’m going to need. I’ve spent the last 7 days on a walker AND I’ve needed to make TWO trips to the ER. Mrs. OD and ME can’t BOTH be on injured reserve AT THE SAME TIME (This according to our greyhound and our other 2 dogs who require several walks each day.) I’ve been forced to miss two conventions already. A third one is coming up in 2 weeks, which I need to attend because I’m president of the organization that sponsors this show.
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I guess I’ve got my work cut out for me. But as long as this walker keeps working, I’ll be trying to do what I need to do to keep things going (somewhat). Walking 3 dogs in a walker is a challenge.
Trust me. As is helping the wife. But no one said life is easy. I find I’m a much better person when I complain less and work harder. And that is just what I intend to do. Wish me luck!
OD — absolutely great news about your daughter. And sorry as I am about the other two in the three…..that is the most the important one in the long-term.
But man not a good time to mess up your back with your lucky one’s surgery coming up. Find some kid in the neighborhood to walk the dogs though. I can barely walk two without a walker involved.
OD, wishing you and the family all the best.
Goo job Mike wrapping up our draft picks. This is another reason I like our roster this year more than in year’s past, the competition for the 4-6 WR spots should be good.
LOL @ goo job.
It may not be erroneous to say that to Mike😉
OD – Hoping for the best for you and your fam!
That’s a tough stretch OD, hope all’s well soon.
Randy, you make players better around you by commanding a double team, Parker gets doubles at times too. As for the unconventional version of making players around you better, yeah Landry sets the tone.
Double team is what gets you the big money. And that includes 8 in the box, A TE always in to block a DE, a G helping the C on a DT, a RB not in a route, a spy on the QB and — flip side — the before known Revis Island on their top WR or a LT that lets the TE loose on a route.
When the game is on the line you need guys with the Landry attitude, we don’t have anyone else on O, that can do that.
Ajayi
Yeah him too.
When we have Ajayi, Landry, Parker, Stills and Thomas on the field who are teams going to focus on or double? Teams will have to look run first and then react if it’s a pass. If they are playing 8 in the box it’s going to be hard to double anyone. If they do double someone, that leaves multiple guys in single coverage. It should be fun. 🙂
Key one in that mix for me is Thomas if he works out. And not that he will get doubled outside rezone (even if he might take the deep safeties eyes away from what is going on with Stills )…..but simply cause he will be a TE who does get covered. I liked Simms, but he was an after thought in mid to deep routes. The threat of Thomas going deep might make going 8 in the box against Ajayi more of a problem too.
A couple of things could derail the offense.
1) The O-line isn’t great due to Pouncey being out, or both OG’s not playing well.
2) Julius Thomas doesn’t play like the guy in Denver, and is more like the dud in JAX, and then our depth at TE is exposed.
Lots of reasons for Thomas not being as good in JAX – not as good of a team as Denver, he had some injuries and they didn’t use him as often in the red zone which is absurd. He still caught 9 TDs in two years there in 21 games.
I don’t agree Mike, key word derail. We had 2 OL out at times last year and still got it done, and that was with a 3rd Steen banged up. We dont have Colonblow issues. Thomas cant be any worse than anyone we had at TE last year, and the O didn’t really suffer from it.
Stanger, that’s what I mean. If you stack the box for Ajayi you’re leaving a lot of guys in single coverage. If they back off and play straight up they’re going to get a lot of Ajayi. Gase said if teams stack the box Thomas is going to see a lot of balls come his way.
But other side of that is that Thomas is not a good blocker. So am guessing next season you won’t see them stack the box unless Fasano is lined up. But that might have been exactly the threat Gase is putting out in terms of dictating to DCs based on who he lines up.
Well the way we run out of shotgun with zone blocking, all Thomas needs to do is get in the way of a guy for a second or two. When we run from under center and want to pound it, you’ll likely see more Fasano and maybe even Thomas or Gray as well in 2-TE sets. But that’s a different mindset because we’re saying we’re going to run and then doing it even if the opponent knows it.
Tim
I hope he leaves every reason he was bad in JAX In JAX. We need him to be a receiving threat. Well, not just a threat, a weapon. lol
Agreed. He said he has no lingering or chronic injuries just some misfortune that’s he’s trying to eliminate by taking care of his body differently. Hopefully it works.
Based on what I read……JAX wanted him to be some kinda of catch and run threat (including wide option screens). Injuries aside (or maybe that is how they happened)….not his style. He’s a long strider get up to speed guy.
Yeah he wasn’t used to his strengths in JAX but in Denver he ran all kinds of routes. The red zone is where he’s most effective although he can make plays all over the field. I’ve seen him score in a bunch of different ways including on a pitch out of the backfield.
Ajayi improving as a receiver which he’s worked on in the offseason could be another element we didn’t have last year. Drake taking his game to another level as well.
Thanks for the wrap up Mike E
Gase is the only must keep…..he is building a plug and play system. Wont need a $14M slot WR
I think that number is very high for Landry. I doubt that’s what it’s going to be. I’m not going to worry about what we pay him but I don’t think it will be in that range. I’d say more like $10M per, 5 years $50M something like that.
They can also structure the deal where the biggest hits come down the road when other high salaries come off the books including even a guy like Suh. Guaranteed money is really what matters.
I’m ok with $10M, higher and I start getting worried.
“plug and play” is what I am seeing too, but more towards an objective on D at this point. Doesn’t mean O is not next though. Up to Gase on whether he ponies up for Landry, but my best guess is he does……and thinking less than $14 mil, but only cause they lock him up before he hits FA. He will want that lifetime contract.
Thursday Trivia Question
Dating back to our inception in 1966, the Miami Dolphins have a winning career regular season record against every team in the NFL but for four teams. This isn’t a trick question (ie: Baltimore Colts or Indianapolis Colts… this accounts for the Colts as team, regardless of the city they played in).
Which 4 teams have a winning career regular season record against us?
Without researching it I’m going to say Jets, Texans, Ravens and Cowboys. Not totally confident in that, just what came to mind.
All very good guesses! See my reply to Steve below.
Giants, Texans, jets?, Dallas
VERY GOOD on the Giants, stej, and Texans!!! You’ve got 3 of the 4!!!
Damn, forgot the Giants which I should have known and I’m even wearing a Giants t-shirt right now. LOL
TRAITOR!!! LOL 😀
LOL… got it free from my wife and her brother being season ticket holders. They are my 2nd team I root for. 🙂
All good, Bro. Truth be told, I was wearing my Champ Bailey Redskins jersey yesterday.
I just looked it up and it shows 6 teams, but not sure if it includes playoffs.
https://youtu.be/5fkOiB4CTJU
So we’ve got the Giants, the stej, and the Texans as 3 of the 4 teams who own us in the regular season. Who is the 4th team?
We have a winning record against the Ravens? I wouldn’t have thought that. Raiders?
Nay on the Ravens… who are 1 of 3 teams we’ve split with.
AND the Raiders as well, that would be the 2nd of 3 teams we’ve split with.
Knew the Texans…..and am crushed the Yets were in there. Steelers as the 4th?
So now the question becomes…
Who is the 4th team that owns us in the regular season, and who is the 3rd team that we’ve split with in the regular season?
Apologies… there are 4 teams we’ve split with.
Hint 1 on the 4th team that owns us: we blew them out last year in Miami.
stangerx says:
June 22, 2017 at 4:19 pm
Knew the Texans…..and am crushed the Yets were in there. Steelers as the 4th?
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BOOM!!! Well done, Mr. Stanger!!! Yup, the Stealers* are the 4th team that owns us in the regular season.
Only 4 teams have owned us in the regular season: the Texans, Giants, Jets, and Stealers*.
And WELL DONE to Steve, for getting 3 of the 4 correct on his very first guess!!!
So we’ve split with 4 teams in the regular season. We’ve got the Ravens and Raiders. Who are the other 2 teams?
Hint #1: Pittsburgh Stealers* = Pittsburgh Pirates. What’s another term for a Stealer* or a Pirate (sea-faring version)?
Steelers would have been my next guess.
Buccaneers?
Correct!
So that’s now 3 of 4 teams we’ve identified as teams we’ve split with. Who is the 4th?
Hint: their HC was just signed to a contract extension today…
ARRRRRGGGGG There are Two pirate teams. The Steelers are not named for steeling.
I know, I know, LOL 😉
But that’s why I always put an asterisk next to the Stealers* name. 🙂
M13 — just laughing that your trivia quiz came with eight different answers…….but still proud I got one of them. 🙂
Yeah… I prematurely went with only 4 teams that owned us without considering the split-factor. All good! At least I’m making adjustments in real-time! 🙂
MY POINT is what should truly matter: we only have a losing record to a mere FOUR teams in the NFL. If that doesn’t make a Phin fan proud, I don’t know what else to say! 🙂
I get who you are today…..he liked multiple answers as well.
RICHARD DAWSON!!! RIP
Damn, I missed Trivia Thursday! 😦
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/877888929344634881
I didn’t miss Wyo’s hot cheerleader pics though! 🙂
OD I’m very sorry to here the troubles you are having.
I’ll keep you and your family in my prayers!
100% echoed towards Mr. Campbell and his family. Get well soon, ALL of you. Thoughts and prayers are headed your way, Old Dolfan.
M13, by the way thanks for hijacking a nice discussion about our offense and potential with your silly trivia nonsense. LOL JK/BB
LOL! 😀 😉
The Chefs* are the 4th of 4 teams we’ve split with since 1966 in the regular season.
The Ravens, Raiders, Buccaneers, and Chiefs.
They were another team I was going to say the first time.
They’re historically a tough team to play at Arrowhead, regardless of generation: their fans are AMPED. And we’re beginning to see our fans become equally energized under Adam Gase and his vision.
GRAND time to be a Phin fan right now, truly!
I swear, I haven’t seen our home crowd as ENERGIZED as it was last year in a VERY long time. And I’m talking as watching it on TV… I’m sure those in attendance have attested to as much!
We’re only 1 game down on the Steelers, and if you count the Gene Steratore game, we should be up 1!
Hence… the Stealers*. 🙂
M13, this is the best roster we’ve had in quite some time. For me it’s all about durability.
I think it’s the best roster for sure, as long as the guys we’re counting on are actually the ones playing, especially on the O-line and at LB
We also lost our two starting safeties for most of the year then down the stretch, corners too.
True, losing Reshad really hurts, he’s so valuable. Losing both safeties can do in most teams
ER
Thanks man! Missed your post earlier. I was crazy busy with patients this afternoon.
And with posts to your page on our 7th rounder…..100+ already in the off season. You should get paid by the click.
50 of them are me. lol
Hardly…..more like this.
Anyone care about the NBA draft? I’m just curious to see how much more the Knicks can ruin this franchise
Yeah, I thought it started at 7 ET.
Well, the Lakers won’t be tanking this year, like they did last year, because they don’t have their own 1st rounder.
Fultz and Ball went 1 and 2
I’ll be at the LV Summer League games in a couple of weeks. It gets pretty mobbed with Laker fans.
I can imagine
Top 5 picks in the NBA draft are all one year frosh and into the prime time. My team (the Celts) picked Jaylen Brown at #3 last year. He was a bit role player who they are hoping will develop. But then he is who should be a college soph playing with men.
Imagine in the NFL if you said that about a top 10 pick last year.
Knicks go int’l once again. I’d like to think they know what they’re doing, but alas, I think they are killing this once proud franchise.
Phil does seem to be clueless, because he doesn’t put in the time.
ESPN’s website has awful coverage of the draft, they use a tiny little team logo to show who picked. Half of them aren’t readable, including the Heat and Celtics.
I’m not predicting that these trends will continue, but with Reshad healthy again we have three guys on defense that totaled 364 combined tackles in their last full / healthy year in Jones135, Timmons & 114 Alonzo 115
that is equal to 1/3 of of defensive snaps we played last year.
We played the forth most defensive snaps last year at 1088 (49’rs were #1 at 1102)
sorry we were second behind the 49’rs
…and we have Suh!!
mf13ss says:
June 22, 2017 at 5:11 pm (Edit)
The Chefs* are the 4th of 4 teams we’ve split with since 1966 in the regular season.
The Ravens, Raiders, Buccaneers, and Chiefs.
We play all of these teams this year. All look like wins.
steve,
There are lots of ways to make your teammates better other than just drawing double coverage.
Emotion and competitiveness can be addictive.
but not at 638 am.
Let’s go youngins!!!
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/nfl/miami-dolphins/article157644714.html
Apparently a lot of people who were calling into NFL radio this morning, along with host Ross Tucker think the Dolphins take a step back this season. I disagree.
I’m not sure where that thought process comes from. The roster is better than last year and guys are buying in to Gase’s culture. What is their reasoning?
Tougher schedule mostly, and they don’t think we can win 10 games. One Dolphins fan said the O-line
yeah, I guess they are not HOMER’S like some people.
We were 10-6 with an awful lot of injuries last year. If we were 7-9, no one would have been surprised. We have to keep that winning mentality.
Go Phins!!!!
We are a better team
We had a good offseason
I really think our D will be much better this year
People put a lot of weight in strength of schedule
But I really think the vast majority of NFL teams have similar talent
I’m a little worried about 3 cold weather games in our last 6 games
But other than that I don’t think the schedule is that bad a
Injuries will be the biggest factor for us this season
As long as our O-line is healthy, and Ajayi is healthy, we’re more equipped to play in cold weather than we’ve been in a long time.
Agreed.
NE in late November is not a big deal.
I wish some of these pundits or trolls would tell me which other team in the NFL could have beaten Pittsburgh at home in the playoffs without their two starting safeties and their starting CB and 2 of their 3 starting LBs? YIKES can anyone see Big Ben’s eyes light up on that one?
OR
let’s hear which other team could have won a road playoff game without their starting QB, Center, and TE?
We had that happen to us on BOTH sides of the ball!!!
Name ONE NFL team that could’ve overcome that?
I have not been aware that the Dolphins have traditionally or recently been a bad weather team. That seems like an easy hindrance to cite, but as one who has lived all my life in the Deep South, I can say only from personal experience that aside from brittle fingers for the skill players on certain types of plays, there is really not much downside to playing football in the cold and almost no homefield advantage to it beyond having experience with gloves and scarfs and such.
We beat KC in our coldest game ever, and we beat Pitt in the snow. The snow plow game does not count against us, and the Denver disadvantage is more the altitude than the cold.
Buffalo might be our only real historical weather issue, but Buffalo fans pulling fire alarms at night in our hotel and other unfair crap has been just as big a factor.
It’s a stereotype, because we play in the heat in FLA. If you can run the ball consistently, and play a little defense, you’re a cold weather team. Unless we’re talking about extreme weather, like zero with wind, we can play in the cold weather as well as any northern team can. On the flip side, I think our heat advantage is a little overrated too, because most teams play in warm weather in September and October, so it’s not a huge difference playing the Jets or Patriots in September in MIA, when they’re coming from 70-80 degrees in the NE.
Co.e on man😉
Come
It’s the humidity in FLA.
Wow! I don’t think the cold weather games will bother us this year, but hard to say it hasn’t affected us in the past. When you have a bad team and everything needs to go right to win, the cold comesinto play more.
Well yeah, if you’re going to run 10 times, and then give up, you can’t win in the cold weather
Which plays into what I said about having a bad team.
“President Donald Trump named New York Jets owner Woody Johnson to serve as U.S. ambassador to the U.K.”
Not sure if giving Woody something else to concentrate on other than his team is good for us…..but for sure say send the Yets over their each year while he is there so he can catch a game.
Friday Morning Trivia
We’ve had a total of 32 QBs start for our Miami Dolphins since debuting in 1966. Which one of these QBs — who have started for our Phins at one time or another — has had the highest completion percentage in a single season (minimum of 8 starts) over the course of their NFL (not strictly Dolphins) career?
I thought I knew the answer: Daunte Culpepper, 2004 Minnesota Vikings, 69.2%… I was wrong. Who is it?
Pennington
Excellent guess, but even Mr. Pennington couldn’t surpass Culpepper’s 69.2%. Mr. Pennington TWICE put up a 68.9%… once with the stej and once with us.
Awesome interview with Jim Langer (check out the whole thing), but man have times changed. His comment on his favorite memory from the Orange Bowl.
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It was a great atmosphere, and I think one of the big differences between the game back then and the game today was the closeness we had to our fans. It made the whole experience of playing at the Orange Bowl so special. We would get done playing a game and would go out of the locker room to meet our wives at the south end of the field. Once we got to the parking lot we’d go and sit down with the fans who were tailgating there and have sandwiches and beer with them. We’d sit there and celebrate with them for several hours. We didn’t make much money back in those days — I was making about $15,000 back then, and many of our fans were making more money than I was.
http://www.miamidolphins.com/news/article-1/ALUMNI-5-Five-Questions-With-Jim-Langer/09a878ef-2f8e-4dad-8bee-2a283cc66993
Here’s a hint: when Daunte Culpepper put up that ASTOUNDING 69.3% in 2004, he didn’t even lead the league!
*69.2%
The leader had a 69.3%, beating Pep by .1%
I found it online, so I won’t post it.
Are you as surprised as I am?!!
Guess you set the time frame……Brian Greise.
I may as well let the cat out of the bag being I gave up too much data. BRIAN GRIESE (son of Bob) put up a stellar 69.3% in 2004 for the Tampa Bay Bucs… the year after we released him (oh, the irony).
We’ve employed some VERY accurate QBs in the recent past. Some we gave up on too early, some we got past their expiration dates, and some just didn’t click. The greatest irony is we went with Culpepper (knee) over Brees (passing shoulder)… we all know how that turned out. We made the logical ‘no-brainer’ decision, but Brees beat the odds while Pep flamed out.
All-Time CAREER Completion %s
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#1: Brees (66.6)
#2: Mr. Pennington (66.0)
#16: Daunte Culpepper (63.0)
#17: Ryan Tannehill & Brian Griese (62.7)
#27: David Garrard (61.6)
#33: Trent Green (60.6)
#49: Dan The Man (59.4)
#51: Chad Henne (59.3)
Consider there are 32 starting QBs in the NFL today. Then consider how many QBs have played the game over the years (100s) Tannehill is #17 ALL-TIME in completion percentage. He’s in good company with the above names (minus the “Robot”, LOL).
Consider the rules were changed, not allowing the DBs to mug receivers, and you can see why RT is 17. Even Brady’s is affected by the old rule.
Too right, Steve. The rule changes certainly have had an affect, especially when comparing different generations of players. Nevertheless, Tannehill is doing alright in terms of completion percentage.
Hopefully, Julius Thomas and DeVante become those sorely needed redzone targets that Tanny has lacked since 2012. There are NO MORE EXCUSES for Tannehill not to become a top-10 QB. He even has the support of a running game (finally!) with Ajayi and a potentially very good O-Line (contingent upon Pouncey’s health).
Also comp% is a strength of his, and can be one of the most misleading stats, so take his ranking with a grain of salt.
“Also comp% is a strength of his, and can be one of the most misleading stats, so take his ranking with a grain of salt.”
Yeah, the accepted line was that he completed a lot of passes because they were dump offs or short passes, but that has not been accurate for the past few years. Tanny was #8 in the league last year in yard per pass average at 7.70
AND
Tannehill’s overall accuracy of 64.1% was 4th in 2016, and his accuracy on throws of 20+ was 61.0%, The 2nd highest (only behind Derek Carr). So it isn’t what the narrative says it is.
I was talking about in general.
I have a trivia question for you guys. Who set the NFL record for the most consecutive completed passes in NFL history?
Hint: It occurred in 2105.
Hint #2 The record was set AGAINST the Texans.
Hint #3 Rockphin was at the game and cried during the fist half.
You sure the world will still be here in 2105?
You must be Nostradamus
clumsy finger error Mike. I think you could have figured it out if you weren’t so intent on bustin my balls. 😉
But busting your balls is so fun……you know what other Jet Fan will be at the Fest? Who knows Favre might show up as well.
Just threw up in my mouth again.
I can smell the petroleum / urine mixed scent just looking at that picture.
In case you don’t get the reference. that is the smell of NY in the summer time. Urine and petroleum byproducts.
Might explain why the Pig has wings.
how bout those Chad Henne numbers…
☹️
LOL @ Rock – I have to get a little bustin’ in every now and again, I’m usually the bustee. 🙂
My brother says I’m his favorite target because I make it sooooooo easy. LOL
Mike’s avatar in my phone for his contact ^^^
Mike E. says:
June 23, 2017 at 4:19 pm
You sure the world will still be here in 2105?
You are probably the only one on there that will be able to answer that. I mean, you have already lived since the stone age, what is another 88 years to Methuselah?
Ok, I’m sneaking out of the office to try and get a jump on rush hour traffic.
NOGTIH ALL!
Nogtih Rock!
ok just finished moving … ugh … 6-pack to follow.
3 times in 3 straight summers … down-sizing … something you young guys will learn about some day. My last kid has finally graduated college now… no need for so much space.
I’m not sure I want to downsize, but I can’t say for sure. I have one out of college, and the other has 3 years left, and at least at the moment, I don’t see myself downsizing in 3 years. I understand that 3 years is a long time, and reserve the right to change my mind. lol
I am certainly not advocating for doing it. We just knew it was time.
There is a certain sadness to it. We have been going down in stages so it would not be such a jolt and so we could go through all the memorabilia of raising 3 sons.
What to throw away and what to keep?
We were really into our kids so it’s rough on us to not have them with us anymore.
Just wait to when you have all the grandkids running around. Your older and you have to do what you could do 25-30 yrs ago. Plus, they have laws now from choking the crap out of them when they don’t listen what you are telling them to do. The grandkids would think my foot was connected to their azz and would fail school anatomy every year. Just wait and enjoy your peace and quiet.
naples- I think sling 2 tier is the way to go.It’s 5 bucks more than basic but it carries more local sports. In my case sunshine, fox and others so I can watch marlins, heat and hockey. I don’t like hockey but it’s available. My last directv bill is next week ending my 2 yr mistake. They have a promotion this month of 2 months free HBO
Interesting!
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article157999004.html
LOL — Dad’s do have a way of spilling stuff you don’t want out, but guess the dream still lived longer than I though.
James Walker’s predictions for our big 3 wideouts next year.
DeVante Parker — 70 receptions, 980 yards, 7 TDs
Jarvis Landry — 90 receptions, 1,110 yards, 5 TDs
Kenny Stills — 35 receptions, 575 yards,6 TDs
http://www.espn.com/blog/miami-dolphins/post/_/id/25539/miami-dolphins-wide-receiver-fantasy-projections
That’s such a shot in the dark. I guess that’s what they do this time of year. LOL
What we do as well though….so can’t blame Walker. Does show where his thoughts are going still. And who knows, but this idiot is at least thinking that Stills is going to be catching a lot of deep passes next year……so thinking his average per catch is going to be off the charts (even if think his TD number will be down…he got a little lucky on the 9 last year).
To me the stats in the passing game all depend on how we run the ball. If we’re a top rushing team we might see higher YPCA and big plays then high catch totals.
Absolutely…..and particularly about Stills. The better the running game is going the more chances he will get over the top. The more say 3rd and fives we get, the more Landry’s stats will go up, least his total yards and receptions.
Stanger, exactly! The goal of the offense this season is to stay on the field longer sustaining drives and the running game is key to that. I don’t want Landry getting 100 or more catches. I’d be happier if he was around 80. 3rd and 5 or more too often is what hurt us last year.
I’d have no problem with Landry getting 100 catches if the reason is cause Parker demands all the attention. So many factors involved……part of why I like how Gase considers them, even if the way he does makes me think the Phins players will not be good FF studs. Tanny is hot…..here is more Ajayi, etc.
I’m just saying It’s not all about Landry having crazy catch totals which is something he prides himself on. You have the other WRs, the TEs lead by Thomas and then the RBs. Spread it around while pounding the rock.
Completely agree with you on that. Guess was just would could happen if all Landry saw was single coverage, which would pretty much mean Parker is a force, Thomas is looking great and/or Ajayi and the guys up front are having a great year. Have a feeling Gase will exploit whatever he can on O.
Stanger, yeah Gase is trying to create a balanced mismatch offense that could change from week to week. That’s why I’ve been saying I haven’t seen this much talent and/or options at the skill positions on this team in a long time.
The goal of the offense:
Score
And score and score
And oink
And score and score
Not just that, TOP and penalties hurting our down and distance. I’m glad the coaches are all over those stats.
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/877541655842136064
Gase on Misi below — bottom line seems to be don’t hold your breathe, But guess we already knew that when he restructured for the real low contract.
“I don’t know. We’re not there yet. When you see him start running around or something, then I’d say we’re close…..We’ve gotta make some adjustments there. The fact is that the guy wants to be here and we’re gonna give him an opportunity to compete for a spot. I don’t see any harm in that. He’s a guy I like being around.”
Everything with Misi is different now, since his salary is that of a backup, if he just plays special teams and backup LB were good. He’s certainly better than anyone we’ve had in a while at backup LB. People always try to make it more than it is.
Reporters ask Gase questions way before its time to talk about something, then try to read something into it.
Right with you on that. Dude just had neck fusion surgery. Don’t know what that means for an NFL player…..but even that would leave me wondering when I can go to the store again.
Well today is my favorite day of the year. It’s my Wedding Anniversary.
I’ve had such a great life with her, because she is the best wife in the history of the Universe.
40 years today. Here’s hoping for 40 more just like those first 40.
Congrats to you and the special lady who has put up with you for that long.
Thank you Sir.
Happy Anniversary to you and your wife Naples!
t/y v/m
ok so here’s one of those Dolphins trivia questions like the ones from MF13 (which stands for Marino Fan 13 [as in Dan’s #]).
I know SteveCCNV loves these. I went to church this morning … ok so it was only the contemporary Rock Music service, but still I went…I always go when my anniversary falls on a Sunday. (wink).
So here’s the question. When did my church (North Naples Methodist) start being a church?
(no googling … you know this … I already gave you a hint.)
Obviously the answer is 1962, 🙂
You and your lovely have to venture over Alligator Alley for a Fest some year. So happy for you guys…….if I hit 40 years the new Willard Scott will be talking about my age too.
LOL
It is so close to drive over; now that all my sons are finished school, maybe we can make it to a Fest.
Less subtle hint: my church and the Miami Dolphins are the same exact age.
Things like that amaze me. Back then North Naples was a new term and it was about 15 miles south of where most people think it is now. There is now a solid city from Marco Island to Cape Coral with over a million people. Back when the Dolphins team started, Naples had about 7000 people.
Happy Anniversary Naples!
Thank you Sir!
Happy anniversary to Naples. I am just checking in to see what is going on
Thanks …well we tried to go to the beach to catch some live music but hoo boy another tropical thundershower swamped the venue. Everybody was soaked to the skin before they could get under cover. Big resort umbrellas blowing around like beach towels..
About 3 inches of water in a solid sheet flooding across the deck right towards the beach. So much for a romantic Gulf Sunset for us to celebrate with.
oh you meant football.
Go Dolphins.
I was thinking about this lineup option. Once we’re inside the 20 we could easily go with 3 TEs – Fasano and Gray with Thomas serving as a big possession WR along with Landry and Ajayi in the backfield. We can pound the rock with a bigger lineup but still have receiving options.
This offense has a chance to be very versatile and dangerous. Tannehill is always a threat to run as well.
and after chipping both the blocking TEs could flare out and you have 5 receivers at 3 levels.
Great idea Tim.
Happy Anniversary, Naples. Enjoy!
Thanks…it’s been a great day. Last Saturday night we went to a cool night club to dance to a Funk band. So much fun. (Whisky helps me dance … or maybe it makes me not care.)
Nice! You probably know I’m addicted to funk music. If funk can’t make one dance, I don’t know what can. And of course, I’m sure the whiskey helps! 🙂
It’s such a cool vibe in there even the waiters and waitresses dance from table to table. Many people are seen dancing while sitting on their stools right at the hightop tables.
This is why it’s so important to have our O-Line fixed, at least in terms of pass-protection. Scroll down to the final chart if you aren’t interested in reading the whole article…
https://www.footballoutsiders.com/stat-analysis/2017/quarterbacks-and-pressure-2016
I thought one of the comments was good that this statistical analysis might bridge the gap between Tannehill haters and supporters. During his whole career he is the 8th best NFL QB with no pressure, but he has the worst difference between success against pressure and vs a clean pocket.
Partly that was because of only 17 starts in college and partly from running for his life all the time with the putrid line play he has had and partly it was taught to him by overly conservative OCs and HC. And partly it is Ryan’s weakness for real.
Here’s hoping Gase continues to teach Tannehill how to handle pressure by quicker throws and sliding up or to his right in the pocket.
Spot-on comment right there… ALL of it. Well stated!
I saw an interesting article on Aaron Rodgers that could be useful for Gase in tutoring Tannehill just in case any of you guys can get this info to Coach.
Rodgers appears to have an extraordinary success rate when scrambling. However come to find out, a large portion of those plays that look like total improvisation by Rogers are actually scripted and practiced.
His tackles are taught to influence the pass rushers to the inside which makes them feel like they have a more direct route to Aaron, but it’s all part of the play and as soon as he sees a DE trapped inside, he steps outside the tackle box to that side and basically has a clear throwing lane downfield.
Of course the WR is also in on the play and has the choice of either breaking off the pattern and coming back for the ball or decoying till the last second and then looking for the extreme back-shoulder throw. On some plays the video showed the WR lazing out in a shallow arc and then slashing inside which put his body in front of the DB and gave Aaron a good look at his numbers.
They thus reduce the target area to half the field or even a third of the field with receivers coming into it, accelerating out of it downfield or just floating into dead space and signalling Aaron to throw it. All designed and not really a scramble at all. This has the added benefit of his passes being 90% length and very little wasted distance across the field, thereby the ball gets there in a hurry and he can appear to throw a lot farther because he is so often throwing in a straight line.
Interesting, but no need to worry about Gase getting it, I’m sure he already knows.
LOL
j/k of course
Here ya go, Naples. This is from one of my favorite funk bands [S.O.S. Band (the greats Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on the production)].
I’d say that you and the Mrs. took your time and did it right… just like this song states…
http://www.nbcnews.com/video/genetic-engineering-has-created-disease-resistant-pigs-891087939717
Gase says things to the media and people seem to take it as fact. I’m included in that. 2 examples are RT having the game slow down for him in the game he got hurt and Bushrod being rated the 2nd best OL by the team. I’m not so sure this isn’t a smokescreen.
Observation:
As I peer over last year’s numbers (situational and extensive statistics) and coupled with the collective injuries we sustained, it’s actually AMAZING we finished 10-6. At least to me, it’s CLEAR that Gase ‘miracled’ us to success despite the inconsistencies.
Gase is out there playing a game of chess while most others are playing checkers. THAT is what good coaching can do for your team. And while I’m not quite ready to predict our final record for ’17, I’m exceptionally confident that major strides are going to be made in year 2 of Gase’s system.
Growth success for ’17…
-Tannehill taking the next step under Gase
-Ensure that the O-Line is primed for pass-protection
-‘500 year leap’ for both DeVante and Jordan Phillips (it’s gon’ happen for both!!!)
-One of our young CBs opposite Maxwell emerging
What Gase was able to do was get everyone on the same page, which allowed us a chance to win some close games. Kiko’s game winner in SD was my play of the year, I think preparation allowed that play to happen, it was very Belicheatesque.
HELL YEAH!!!
100% with ya on Kiko having the PLAY OF THE YEAR in ’16! And certainly preparation allowed it to occur. Kiko’s a student of the game and he’s a PERFECT fit on an Adam Gase-coached team.
No question 10-6 was a miracle given the injuries. In years past we won when everything went right, last year we overcame a lot of issues during the game.
Gase got everyone to buy in and keep fighting. The players don’t want to let the coaches or their teammates down. He’s built a family culture in a very short period of time and it’s still growing.
Thats an aspect of what he’s done, and its allowed to happen, because the players believe in him/system. With that said we should be better this year, yet the media just focuses on a difficult schedule and lucky wins last year.
Agreed.
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No wide receiver in the AFC forced more missed tackles as a receiver than Jarvis Landry.
Not counting last year, I’ve noticed a lot of AFC playoff games won on YAC, so if we can get into a close playoff game we have guys that can get it done, and Juice is at the top of the list.
Absolutely. And with DeVante, Stills, and Landry, all Tannehill needs to do is hit them in-stride and allow them to do the rest in the form of YAC. Tanny is getting much better in that regard.
Is that all😉
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We seem to have the big plays, what we need is to make more 3rd down conversions, keeping drives alive.
And in order to make more 3rd Down conversions, we’ve got to start executing on 1st Down and cut out the mental lapses that lead to penalties (ie: 1st and 20).
continuing on with what steve said above–
it just came out that 70% of Ajayi’s yards came on yds after first contact. (2nd in NFL)
It’s my understanding that Ajayi was #1 in that department, Naples. Regardless, it’s MOST IMPRESSIVE.
“According to Pro Football Focus, 70.7 percent of Ajayi’s rushing yards came after he generated contact. That means nearly 900 of his 1,272 rushing yards in 2016 came after first contact. According to PFF, the 70.7 percentage after first contact was the second best in the league last season.”
Yards after catch, or contact when running is basically the same thing, desire, will, toughness. We had that last year, the fight in our dogs was good. We need to stop the stupid shit, see any TD Landry scored…
in answer to “last yr’s schedule was easy” let’s not use how it turned out to judge, because part of what made those other teams look bad was the Miami Dolphins beating their asses. (twice each in the case of the jests and jills)
Let’s go back to how the season looked before last season started.
We had to open with 2 on the road. Every team hates that and they were at Seattle and at NE which are 2 notoriously hard places to win at.
We had to play Buffalo and NY Jets and both of them swept the Dolphins the year before.
We had a back to back West Coast road trip which is usually deadly for an east coast team.
We had 2 games against the perennial Super Bowl dynasty.
We had to play Pittsburgh and Baltimore, two of our frequent nemeses, and we had to play the Cardinals and Bengals, two playoff teams from the year before. We did have SF and the Browns.
ALSO
We had lost two of our best young studs to FA (Miller and Vernon)
We had a first year GM,
a first year HC,
and a first year DC.
I already listed the multiple injuries above.
That’s pretty much how I see it too, and say so every year. Last year they said our schedule was harder than the year before too, but didn’t turn out that way.
Naples — did like seeing how on some of those games we treated them like we used to be. It was take no chances as far as mistakes knowing that you could turn it on if needed at the end. And even if we were only better cause who we were playing was not…..smart moves by Gase.
M13, check your email.
Sporting New named Suh the fifth-most hated player in the National Football League. I don’t have a problem with that, even if think the reason is from when he was with Detroit.
yeah and Tom Brady was #1.
I read that article and there was no certain rationale or formula or even a poll cited as source or support for the listing. I do not consider it “scientific” therefore and feel it is based on past penalties and suspensions as you say.
He did interview an OL who called Suh a psychopath and then clarified that as being a good thing.
If it means OL hate to have to line up against Suh, then that is fine with me.
“Tom Brady was #1.”….well that was scientifically-based, well-researched and completely deserved. 🙂