After a crushing week for the Miami Dolphins, they get to “host” the New Orleans Saints in London at Wembley Stadium. This has been a bizarre season already, with Hurricane Irma postponing Game 1 against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, then flying to Los Angeles to play the Chargers in the Stub Hub Center, in which the capacity is just a little bigger than the Dolphins practice bubble (30,000 capacity). We come out of Los Angeles with a victory by the skin of our teeth as Chargers kicker Younghoe Koo goes wide right attempting the game winning 44 yard FG. Then we travel to New Jersey to face what everyone thought was the “tanking” NY Jets, the team seeking to get the 1st pick in the 2019 NFL Draft. Well, surprise-surprise! These NY Jets came to play, and though the Dolphins fanbase was present, with Dolfans NYC representing well with over a 1000 screaming Dolfans, along with the many other Dolphins fans that went on their own, they were all soon drowned out by a throaty NY crowd that smelled Dolphins blood in the water. Attendance at Met Life was 77,562, and it was reportedly quite loud, especially compared to the paltry capacity of the Stub Hub Center in Cali.
The Dolphins offense was completely over matched in all facets against the jets this past weekend. We tried to run the ball, but there was no room anywhere, as the jets made it a priority to shut down Ajayi. When we gave up on the run game, and became one dimensional, neither jay Cutler, nor the O-line were up to the task, and the Jets defense that had previously swarmed Ajayi on every run was now all over Jay Cutler. Cutler was sacked 3 times, but he was hit at least 3-4 times that during the game. It was a bad game for Cutler, a bad game for the O-line, and a bad game for the defense, so basically, we got whipped in every area we could. The Saints are coming off a blowout 34-13 win against the Carolina Panthers. Cam Newton was worse than jay Cutler, throwing 3 INT’s and zero TD’s and our old Friend Ted Ginn Jr. caught a 40 YD TD for the Saints.
What can we expect from our team, who has had the strangest beginning to the 2017 NFL season? I haven’t any idea. Thankfully, the Saints don’t possess the defensive talent the NY Jets have. They’re not horrendous, but they don’t have quite the talent of the Jets front 7. The Saints play the 4-3 defense, led by LDE Cameron Jordan, 2nd year and former 1st RD pick (#12) DT Sheldon Rankins at DT, along with Tyeler Davidson and RDE Alex Okafor. The Saints do have a quality LB in rookie Alex Anzalone (WLB), and fill it out with AJ Klein (SLB) and Craig Robertson (MLB). Klein was picked up as a FA from Carolina, and Robertson picked up as a FA from Cleveland, so like Miami, they’re trying to throw pieces together to make it work. Incidentally, as you all know, Stephone Anthony who the Dolphins traded for last week for a 2018 5th RD draft pick will get a chance to face his former team, as will WR Ted Ginn Jr. The Saints have a decent secondary with corners Marshon Lattimore and PJ Williams, along with safeties Kenny Vaccaro and Marcus Williams.
The Saints offense is the strength of their team, led by QB Drew Brees, a fine young WR in Michael Thomas, the aforementioned WR Ted Ginn Jr., a good TE in Coby Fleener (AKA FleenAH), and a stable of capable RB’s including Mark Ingram, former Vikes great Adrian Peterson, and promising rookie Alvin Kamara. The Saints so far are averaging 24.3 PPG, and are 3rd in the NFL in passing yards averaging 378.3 YPG. See a problem there? We just made an all-pro out of Josh McCown, so what will Drew Brees and the Saints offense do to us? First of all, we have to have significantly better balance on offense. Actually, forget balance, we just need to run the ball down their throats the entire game. Ajayi is hurting, but he only had 11 carries this week, and I’d bet he’s hungry to have a big game. I would also guess that we don’t want to put the game squarely on Jay Cutler’s severely diminished arm (Ha!), so this beleaguered O-line gets a shot at redemption by pushing the Saints defense all over the field. This a “home” game, so hopefully we take advantage of that. On defense, we get a boost from the return of LB Lawrence Timmons from suspension, so hopefully his presence gives us a jolt. The Saints packed up and left for London Sunday night after a celebratory dinner. The Dolphins will be traveling to London on Friday. We’ll see which strategy pays off.
GO DOLPHINS! Zero in!
I know UK Fin Fan will be in attendance this Sunday, so let’s hope for his sake the Dolphins give him and us a great football Sunday! We need it!
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D says:
September 27, 2017 at 6:24 pm
Piggy the Clintons reaped the initial benefit from it. Are they racist? Donald Trump did pick it up again, and used it to rally support for him from the people that hated Obama. It doesnt mean though those people were racist, there were people that hated Obama and had nothing to do with him being black, especially after the second term. I do agree with you though, your argument is pretty sound, like a proof by associated truths, that if he knew he would be rallying racists, you could consider it a racist move.
Likewise for the statement about Mexico sending criminals. If he knew he was rallying racists, it would be a racist move, but there were also a lot of people who just feel illegal immigration is wrong and its not on a racial level, some are fearful for their safety from some, not all illegals, because whether or not ALL illegals were criminals, some were so maybe he struck a cord of fear for their support and not racism.
I understand your perspective and i admit i didn’t see your angle to start with at all. Still i convinced myself through taking your perspective and looking at it that this can be considered a lock down argument. Its a good one, but its not logically infallible. You have to see that a lot of the reasons your calling it that is because you believe him to be a racist to start with. I lean that way myself, but Tim is right here. There isn’t definite proof of it, and like i said before you have an ever increasing proof of unfit to be president, which IMO is good enough.
I humbly submit that if you’ve taken any stance on Trumps remarks you are ill equipped to argue “get back to football!”
This IS topical. Every bit as topical as “Simmons is back at practice”….
Maybe I have strayed at times as to why he is doing it, but my main theme on Trump all along has been “keep politics out of my football.” So maybe not a virgin on such, but least am chaste on such.
All good Stanger. I respect you and I appreciate your take.
STICK TO FOOTBALL
Talk about what I like thanks. I do it respectfully too.
Did Hillary actually promote the birther argument? I was not aware of that. If she benefited off it is of little importance. Trump benefited from Russian interference in the election, but it doesn’t mean he was party to it.
I just don’t recall that, but if I’m wrong I really want to know.
Hillary never supported it directly, but her backers did, Trump being one. It would be hard if not impossible to prove if they ever directly approve the backser usingit, but its hard to believe that your backers would do something that benefitted you without you having some knowledge of it and if you were in opposition to it, you would have thought that she would have exposed them and refused support from them afterward, which she did not.
I didn’t realize Trump was one of her backers tbh. One thing I really respected about McCain in 2008 was when he held a town hall and one of his supporters said that Obama was an “Arab” and he took the mike from her and set the record straight. Takes guts to do that…
“Numerous fact checks, reports and interviews — in 2008 and 2011, when Trump revived the controversy — revealed that although some Clinton supporters circulated rumors about Obama’s citizenship, the campaign and Clinton herself never trafficked in it.
“There has never been evidence that Clinton or her campaign started the birther rumors,” said Ben Smith, editor in chief of BuzzFeed, who as a POLITICO reporter in 2011 linked the origin of the “birther” movement to a fringe politician in Illinois. Some hardcore Clinton backers circulated the rumors in 2008, but the campaign itself steered clear.”
Jahn, Trump was one of the largest contributors of Hillary’s campaign. He was a hardcore democrat until she lost that election. He is or at least was one a close friend of both Bill and Hillary. This was something a lot of the Republicans brought up when questioning his devotion to actually running for president or supporting conservative ideals.
^ Still, to your point if she had an opportunity to stifle it, she should have done it.
Yeah, dont be so worried you will lose backers, be a man…..err a pants suit wearing woman and shut that shit down, shows integrity.
The Clinton’s were at Trump’s wedding to Melania. Not that means anything. I think that’s just celebs inviting other big names to an event. Then the big names go to the event to show how cool they were to be invited.
Anybody care to talk about some football? Any takers?
Remember when I said other subjects could work so long as it did not include politics? Thinking I jinxed it.
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So long as you realize that I can debunk any and every lie being spewed on this board today. Yet, I’m staying silent on these very divisive and abusive political statements coming from the radicalized leftists.
Which ones are the radicalized leftist eh? If you think it, and make sure everyone knows what you think, you may as well say it. There’s not much left to hide behind.
Am sure you can debunk every thing M13, but then politics used to be my day job. Come here for football, not that other stuff coming in is not par for the course with a group of buds either. Seems Dolphins should be the main theme though.
Who’s lying Stanger? What’s to debunk? I hate this dancing around and backhanded insult stuff. This is a problem, not the topic of discussion.
Jahn — was trying to get M13 not to try to debunk anything and get him and everyone talking football. If you saw dancing around….can only say it is a football board for the 20th time. If you see bacjkhanded insult stuff….well it was both not about you and if it is in there was not intended. Or were you saying others were doing that? Cause I only say what I mean.
You didn’t make any comments about radical leftist lies…so…..
…so….you asked me a Q and got an answer. And answer is when it comes to politics every one sees lies and every passionate person thinks they can debunk the arguments of others. Not sure if you remember but I was a DC lobbyist. Lots of passion and relativity involved in such.
Im sorry guys, i dont mean to stay on the subject, but as much as i love football im more pissed at the state of the United States, which doesnt seem very “united” these days.
It just goes to show you that during election time and even after, pols and their campaigns will say whatever they feel will help them win. Doesn’t have to be true, as long as it helps discredit the opposition even during primaries. And people wonder why people are sick and tired of so many politicians and the process. They lie and cheat and then deny even when they said it and did it.
BOTH parties always have, and probably always will, make up the swamp……and yes my friend, you can BOTH love your country and NOT trust your government…..trust me, that’s where i’m at……I love the constitution and took an oath to protect it against all enemies foreign and domestic….and I will til death.
no matter who the president of the United States is…….not standing and honoring the national anthem, it’s colors (flag), and the millions of people who fought and/or died for it…..is very selfish and totally disloyal to America….period,…no matter what your beef is, showing disrespect to the nation will win you no favors to a vast majority of the patriotic country…..yes, you’ll find a very select few of people who have served or lost love ones serving that will back theses sons of bitches up and take side with them…..but of course, it’s their right to do so.
Ill stand by the fact that it could have been handled different, and without doubt the guy that started it has shown the least interest in doing something past just kneeling, so i think it was started poorly by a man who doesnt have an activist bone in his body. Had people with a real concern for how the protest would be received, to how they could turn it into a growth point, i think with better leadership they could have chosen a better way. I think they could have done something more like what the Cowboys are doing now, with it not being at the Anthem but before or after.
I think they could have also all done what Stills and Thomas did and moved the Monday practice back (they only get 1 full pads practice each week, the other days are walk through and film study) and spend the first part of the engaging the community and the police. Im really hoping this part becomes more prevalent than the protest part.
I do wonder thought Top, are you against the arm locking while standing for the Anthem, are you that restrictive, or do you just not want to see the kneeling. The kneeling to me doesn’t bother me either, as long as thy are reverent. If they are chatting about what ingredients you use in Taco Soup while they are kneeling, or even standing for that matter, that pisses me off more than any of the kneeling/standing.
sorry, to expect these poor millionaires to be able to take a moment to show respect and reflect during the national anthem is probably asking too much.
I think the term politics gets used too loosely in discussion just so they don’t have to face issues of society.
That being said. “This team needs an enema!”
I will gladly discuss football when people stop popping on here and proudly stating untruths in order to justify oppression.
With all due respect to you, SB7… you are one of those who are proudly stating untruths.
Who’s justifying oppression?
As long as people aren’t insulting and accusing people of this and that and having a civil discussion, it shouldn’t be an issue. It’s when the my side your side shit happens and the insults start that it gets ugly. I don’t see that happening here. Not sure those of us discussing it even have a side, seems we’re all more moderate and discussing the state of the union.
Shhh everyone be quiet Rock is trying to read or get drunk not sure which
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#multitasking
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Very classy of @deshaunwatson to give his first game check to 3 women who work in the team cafeteria and lost everything in the flood.
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Hello, Brian!!! 😀
Hillary and Bill seem very appalled by Trump and vice versa wouldn’t you say? No it’s not a game they play. Don’t be silly. LOL
As long as the other is lining the others pockets, they love each other
exactly
Trump donated a ton of $$$ to the Clintons
FEST — The Revenge Match
Game is Sun, Oct 22 at one against the JETS. Seats will be $65 each for real cheap nosebleeds.
Reserved for D&B’s in Hollywood Sat night. Will be deja vu from last year. 6-10 in the pool table private area. Same food and drinks are on you.
Chef Warren tailgate as always.
CONFIRMED
Pig
PhinDog +2 (plane and hotel done)
Mike E +1 (plane and hotel done)
Son +1 (hotel done)
Chef Warren +1 (will be there before you)
Stanger + 2
Toba +1 (plane and hotel done)
OD (+1?)….sitting with the crew.
Brian in NY + son for his first game (in OD’s seats)
Ken (not 100% sure but in for ticket)
Krishna +1 (has own seats)
POSSIBLE
Howie
Getterdone
Now is last chance to either get in, add an extra plus or back out……time to buy the tickets.
La Quinta is out…but everyone so far is setting up in a small area around Hollywood Beach. You guys can blow it out Fri Nite and everyone gets to walk home.
stangerx says:
September 27, 2017 at 7:15 pm
Am sure you can debunk every thing M13, but then politics used to be my day job. Come here for football, not that other stuff coming in is not par for the course with a group of buds either. Seems Dolphins should be the main theme though.
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Right! Seems both of us should do some more to quell the BS political talk here on this board, friend.
Just a rumor (sorta), but a guy told me that Rey Maualuga was out partying again. And that backs up how long he has been out. Maybe he gets through the year, but that is a maybe.
Tim: I had just posted this up the page about the Clinton’s being at Trump’s wedding.
herdfan says:
September 27, 2017 at 7:09 pm (Edit)
The Clinton’s were at Trump’s wedding to Melania. Not that means anything. I think that’s just celebs inviting other big names to an event. Then the big names go to the event to show how cool they were to be invited.
yep,
Reply for you above Top and i really am interested in your perspective on what is the disrespectful part, is it any form of protesting during the anthem, even standing (ie standing and locking arms) or is it specific to kneeling, ie standing is the only way to be reverent.
I did reply 🙂
Fair enough, i don’t see that the protests can be stopped without it being more disrespectful to freedom than what they are doing, though i completely agree with the fact that they are not looking at it with fully open eyes, they aren’t seeing the hurt it causes.
Part of it is how the people who are pissed at it are reacting, it kind makes them lock in. Stills and Thomas stopped kneeling once they started talking with the community and cops, they both stated that they didn’t think it would have the effect on people that it did and even though they felt like they should continue to bring attention that way, they stopped because it was more negative to continue than positive and they were making positive strides in a new way.
I think some learned from the experience, but i also think they had the gauntlet thrown down to them by Trump, which is why they responded by going back to kneeling. Im hoping they come back around again. I tweeted to Stllls to not let Trump reset their progress as a way to hopefully let them see he wins if they change their direction because he got under their skin. They are kids after all with no real wisdom to judge how to make the best decisions to situations like that.
I know, that’s what prompted it and I had seen this pic before. 🙂
They look like they might be headed for a foursome. LOL
dude, gross……do cankles?……lol.
Im pretty close to what Popovic said about the uncomfortable nature of these kids of discussions. He says they need to be uncomfortable, but my take is it, they are and always will be uncomfortable UNTIL you talk them through enough that you stop being afraid 1) to talk about it, and 2) to listen. As you continue to do those thing, you become less uncomfortable and once you reach the point you are completely comfortable in it, you probably have grown as a person and as one less contributor to the problem. Trust me, im not saying that everyone will come to one side or the other, im not even insinuating what side that will be or be closer to. In fact i believe its WAY more likely if all people truly commit to this, that we all pile up in the middle.
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Did anyone else realize before today that multitasking has “tit” in the middle? I’m fascinated by this
I look at tit’s all day, mostly its old lady tits though.
Some of my employees are tit bags, does that count too?
Ohh Melania
That’s what Bill was thinking . . .
Eh, Hillary was probably thinking that too . . .
Soooo, a long long day. I had to take my son to Shriners in Lexington, Ky today for a follow up. Contemplating another surgery and he’s now old enough to be part of that discussion. So I get home, was unpacking from this overnight trip. Open my closet door. The closet bar on one side had pulled out of the wall and there’s a huge pile of herdfan clothes stretching about 7 feet from the door to the back wall. Closed the door and now sitting on my deck into my second cocktail.
How was your day?
Probably not as bad as the moment you found your closet like that after that day with your Son, but wose than yourse is now with that drink in your hand lol.
LOL
Herd, I don’t know what’s going on with your Son. I wish him the best.
He had club feet when he was born. No secret, I think I’ve mentioned it before. And not complaining, if your child is going to have a birth defect, that’s the one to have. It’s fixable for the most part. He’s had multiple surgeries on both feet already. His Achilles has contracted again so it’s a live with it and hope it doesn’t get worse or cause more damage over time. Or bite the bullet and have it now because they heal better and have better outcomes the younger you do it. Sigh.
Aww at least you have your priorities straight. The clothes aren’t going anywhere. Wish I was near you I could fix that no problem.
Do your clothes all have an “H” on them like Laverne had an “L”?
LOL
People have different perspectives because we are free to think and say what we want in this country. It doesn’t mean it won’t be challenged, but you don’t have to be a jerk about it. 🙂
I feel if more people had more civil discussions a lot of the BS would go away because you learn by listening, not by yelling and being overly bias.
many discussions are only a waste of time….when sides will never budge…just saying.
They don’t budge because people give up on them. Maybe you cant push it yourself, but just maybe if someone passes by and you are sweating your ass off trying to move it, they will lend you a hand.
How can Hillary and Donald talk about each other the way they did after seeing the pic I posted, and now this. Come on man! LOL
Lol
Constitution has tit too MikeE
The dude that made up all the words loved tits, man. Like tell me that the name Mike Hunt didn’t have a subliminal message in it, dude.
Fun fact, Parker Posey who was Darla, is a family friend to my Wife. Posey was a few years (maybe 5-6) ahead of her in school.
Cool, I like her. She was great in “For Your Consideration”. Funny movie.
Herd, all the best to your son. He’s in good hands with Shriners. God bless him.
Big 2nd on that….some things are bigger than football.
Thanks. I explained more about it in a reply to Tim up the page. It’s just a tough decision to make at that age. I don’t even know which way I think it should go. But not complaining. That’s one thing when I’m there with him. I see how much worse things can be.
And the Shriners are great. Can’t say enough about that.
^^^ All the best Herd – Like Sonny said, he’s in good hands with Shriners
Herd, i know enough to know Shriners Hospital, especially for children is not always a great topic, but i do hope your child is ok and that what he is going to Shriners for is not overly critical. I hope all is well with him and that whatever his prognosis, he will fully recover.
I just saw your reply above, hard to call it a blessing but under the circumstances, and from the perspective that you alluded to, it most definitely is. Im glad to know they expect the best, and yes Son Shriners is a very awesome place..
Still awaiting to talk about foosball instead of politically edged swords.
Maybe when you just hit rock bottom after losing to the Jets, football is harder to talk about than politics lol.
That doesn’t make it correct, my friend. I’m seeing so much HATE on this board for mere political rationale. The NFL is going to perish for as much… as will this board if we keep HATE going on.
Not seeing the hate.
It’s really more discussion and asking questions than anything out of control. I’ve said many times, I think it’s healthy when it’s civil. FB shows you the divide clearly. I don’t see much of a great divide and pissy attitudes here.
Start a football discussion, I’m game. 🙂
Willing to talk foosball always…..here’s my favorite player.
FUCK GUYS! I didn’t think it would be such a big deal! I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to spout untruths.
Ok, full disclosure. I CAN drink like I used to and often do!
And didn’t intend to be Debbie Downer. Just a stressful day, get back and drop him off at his dads and get home to this huge mess. It’s kind of funny except for the having to clear it out part . Time for number 3. Lol 🍸
Herd
Enjoy the cocktail, get some rest
its only a couple of days away from Dolphins football to enjoy (I hope we enjoy it this week)
In terms of football talk – I hope we are better this week than last
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That’s where I’m at. I need another game to revive my spirits.
I don’t really want to be too critical in our 3rd game
I’m glad Timmons is back but my only desire is to make smart ass remarks about him showing up…lol
I do really want to see Timmons, Anthony and Alonso together though
Wouldn’t be surprised if Timmons, Anthony and Alonso are the starters at some point.
Tim Knight says:
September 27, 2017 at 8:06 pm
It’s really more discussion and asking questions than anything out of control. I’ve said many times, I think it’s healthy when it’s civil. FB shows you the divide clearly. I don’t see much of a great divide and pissy attitudes here.
Start a football discussion, I’m game. 🙂
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I’ve been trying, Bro.
I’ve just seen you post some grades and a cool report on Watson donating money. No Dolphins stuff.
That’s better than political vitriol, IMO.
And I KNOW you’re joking! I’ve been the only one posting Phins reports all day.
sometimes you lead the blog
sometimes the blog leads you
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Deep Purple
The people in that video seem much more well behaved than any concert I ever attended.
Its funny isn’t it
I feel like they don’t know what to do….lol
Because it’s on a show, not a concert. Great stuff though.
LMAO…..even if I prefer this version.
I love it
but it would really be fun, just once, to run out on to the field to a 10 minute Deep Purple song….lol
LOL….they start to do that and at least know when it is time to get a chili cheese dog. 🙂
LOL @ Stanger
D, There ain’t no-one, I mean NO ONE “hittin’ my bottom”
just want to get that straight.
I know a LOT of people have claimed to.
Right? POST SOMETHING “FOOTBALLY” MF13ss
The human head weights 8 lbs, but in a football helmet its 12……..now go!
The Flying Pig says:
September 27, 2017 at 8:07 pm
Herd
Enjoy the cocktail, get some rest
its only a couple of days away from Dolphins football to enjoy (I hope we enjoy it this week)
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Its been a long day for me too, i literally though i read you say Get some cocktail and then get some rest so you can enjoy the Dolphins game. I was like whats a threesome going to do for her to make the game better, she’s going to have to kick two people out on Saturday that way instead of just one, and early at that since the game will be at like 8-9am.
Lmao
If i post Ross’ letter in response to Trump, does that mean we can still talk politics, since we would be at that time still technically doing a tangent off a football discussion?
You can talk politics all you want, but I’d encourage you not to do so being this is a football blog. I’ve learned my lesson.
I was being a smart ass, sorry lol
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If it is a new letter then it is news. If it his statement from Sat….then it is just an already out there point, but first amendment runs strong in this place. So up to you.
I just made a fantastic dinner! Only problem is, I’m slow as all hell. My family now calls me Chef Crock Pot. lol
I’m so bad at prep, and this one was a difficult recipe, it was stuffed chicken breasts wrapped in prosciutto. Stuffing the chicken breasts was much harder than I expected, and the prep work (All the chopping) takes me a long time, I fear losing a digit very much! On the other hand, it was absolutely delicious!
LOL, awesome!
I bet you due, that’s some serious loss of revenue if you put that magical hand out of business.
do not due….wtf really….
LOL – Didn’t think of it that way, but . . .
chicken breasts wrapped in what?
I don’t speak Italian – what is that?
Its HAM!
So are you like the ex, uses every damn bowl, pot, pan etc in the kitchen?
Herd – Oh yeah, but I washed every one of them, so nothing to complain about. It’s kind of silly how many bowls, stones, platters and frying pans I use when I cook, it’s mainly because I have poor organizational skills.
M13, I’ve talked about the team as well and replied to football comments. The political stuff is because it has hit the NFL and it’s current events just like the hurricanes and earthquakes etc. To ignore it is kind of like pretending it doesn’t exist.
I have been ill since Sunday morning. I had a 103 fever during the game and really can’t remember very many details. I am just today starting to feel better and today is the first day without a fever. The Dolphins losing to the Jets and in the way they did makes me more sick that the Flu did. (I not feeling better about the Dolphins yet)
What are you talking about we won the game bro! That Flu musta really been bad….see all this week you have been miserable for nothing. Shoulda let me known you had the flu and dont really remember much before i would have gladly told you this on Monday or even Sunday night.
Damn Rock, feel better soon bud!
The Flying Pig says:
September 27, 2017 at 8:24 pm
sometimes you lead the blog
sometimes the blog leads you
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Sometimes you blog
Sometimes you get BLOGGERATED!!!!!
you can fix that with a colonoscopy though…
I wrote a nice article today, I gave you all something to talk about.
There’s just a lot going on with the NFL, the President and the players. It’s become a political issue whether we wanted it to or not
There was an article today…..are you sure? It could have just been one of my posts….
Piggy – Ask Mustachio, he’ll know
every time I ask him he just stares and me and licks his lips
must be good…
LOL
I’m still going to call the players SOBs if they play like they did last week. Just going to think it to myself. Not because of any political thing. Just because they sucked.
The way Gase was talking in the pressers he was ready to fire those sons of bitches for bad performance, which….is actually his right, no controversy there.
I’m not convinced he isn’t part of it too so I might be calling him one as well.
IMO he was definately part of it last game. I think he might have been directing the “changes” part at one of his coaches, not sure but t kinda felt that way.
OOOOH Herd is sneaky she pull the political stuff back around to football…….
Top
Sir … and everyone,
I am a Patriot. (proof omitted due to it being boring and verbose). I love my country.
But the “tradition” of NFL players standing for the anthem is less than ten years old.
There is some strong evidence that the government paid the NFL to start doing this
(and several other “patriotic” pregame rituals such as bringing out that huge flag, having servicemen and women in uniform on camera on the sidelines, etc.)
These staged displays were devised to help recruit young people to join up, to galvanize support for a long, losing war in Afghanistan, and other similar agenda items.
I always stand when i am at a game with hand over heart during the anthem or whenever i hear the pledge, such as at my sons’ college graduations, etc.
But when i have done these things, it was never my understanding that i was honoring fallen soldiers or supporting the military (not that i don’t) but that i am pledging my allegiance and love for my country and the ideals of freedom and justice and equality and opportunity it gives us.
So if I were to take a knee (I wouldn’t, but if i did) it would symbolize that I thought something was wrong in America that was compromising those ideals. This is what the original protesters were saying. They never said anything against the soldiers, the dead heroes, or the military per se.
I think you and i are in a similar spot.
Good post.
Remember Kaepernick did what he did when Obama was president not Trump. The social injustice he claims was on Obama’s watch and not Trump’s. I see people saying stuff on social media as if Trump started this. Neither president is to blame. Once again the people are responsible and won’t own their shit.
That’s a good point Tim
Like I’ve said many times, you could just post an article that says “Miami Dolphins Today” and D would write the article for you. You silly people. LOL
If not 4-5 of them lol
Tim Knight says:
September 27, 2017 at 8:30 pm
M13, I’ve talked about the team as well and replied to football comments. The political stuff is because it has hit the NFL and it’s current events just like the hurricanes and earthquakes etc. To ignore it is kind of like pretending it doesn’t exist.
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That doesn’t give radicalized leftists a free-pass for their unwarranted attacks on our country. As I stated earlier, everything they are charging President Trump with is EXACTLY the same thing Obama had done. Doesn’t make it correct on President Trump’s part, but it exposes the hypocrisy of the radical/indoctrinated/communistic/Russian-loving leftists. And neither Obama or Trump broke the law.
I’d rather talk about football than argue with radicalized, leftist pea-brains. Leave them to explain their “Utopian” Venezuela before they –so-called AMERICANS — DARE to remark on OUR FLAG.
Yessir… let’s keep it football. The radicals have already been exposed.
“exposes the hypocrisy of the radical/indoctrinated/communistic/Russian-loving leftists”
LOL M13…not the best way to turn it to football talk. 🙂
Yet, that’s what HAS been going on here, no? And I see the few that understand the Constitution being shouted down and attacked, no?
Yes… let’s keep it football. I’m not taking sides when I say KEEP IT FOOTBALL.
My personal opinion as to what we are talking about re the NFL is that the Constitution has absolutely nothing to do with it. But that just me I guess. Only going off what they taught me in school.
I don’t feel that was directed at me, not fully at least. I do still assert, while Trump didn’t “break the law”, he overstepped his boundary.
No, sir. I’m not directing anything at you at all. I just think we should keep it football.
Bro, not everything left is wrong nor is everything right wrong. But there are people who can’t roll with this or that. That is freedom. The problem is not enough people talk it out in a civil manner and I think this blog was good about that today. In the media and the more broad social media world, not so much.
“It’s very frustrating for myself, the running back room and the offense itself…..Physicality, they brought it and we didn’t.”
— J-Train, and yeah the dots leave out where he says how good the folks we have are on O but message was clear.
btw I caught a whiff of a fact on here the other day that was challenged and not verified.
The Pledge of Allegiance was written by an educator, made popular by his colleagues (teachers), and raised to its current significance by support from the teacher unions, whose leadership and membership insisted that all children recite the pledge every day in school.
i have been associated with many schools, and all of them have honored the teachers’ demands that the pledge be recited, and the teachers enforce that the kids stand up and place hand over heart. The only ones i know of who are allowed to not participate are the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who are a type of Christian that does not believe in patriotism.
So to blame teachers for raising children to be unpatriotic, at least about the pledge and the anthem, is directly in contradiction to known and verifiable fact.
The other thing that bothers me is the specious reasoning that anyone who notices anything wrong in America is unpatriotic. Everyone should try at all times to make everything better: America, cars, football, TV, everything. That way our grandchildren will live in a better world. That is why we live in a better world (if we do, and I believe we do) than our grandparents did.
The idea that criticizing what is wrong in America is un-American is backwards. Bowing down to a King without criticizing is un American. Striving to improve our country is what has made this the best country in the world.
Finally, the arrogant concept that only conservatives are “Good Americans” and liberals don’t love this country is also flat out wrong and is merely a cheap way of refusing to engage in self-improvement of our wonderful country. This includes hiding behind name calling such as the silly and juvenile new insulting use of “snowflake,”
People who use that term to bully, intimidate, or shame others so they don’t need to think or engage in critical thinking are cowards hiding behind their insults.
The Pledge of Allegiance, which conservatives love so much. is also loved by liberals.
In fact it was written by a Socialist. A Socialist who loved America.
Another example. Every liberal i know, and i know a lot of liberals, hates terrorists. Every liberal i know hates Putin. Every liberal I know hates that evil Dictator in Venezuela.
Why? Because liberals favor peace, love, brotherhood, justice, freedom, fun, and opportunity and power to the people. That is the opposite of dictators and those who wish to maintain the concentration of power in the elitist oligarchy.
since you know so many liberals……ask them WHY they have no problem killing a baby fetus that has done zero wrong……but won’t kill a mass murderer?…….abortion vs. capital punishment?….what, is it just a timing thing?…….lol….just joking…..love how the liberal mind works.
Bullshit. Pure bullshit.
Preach on Naples
What’s with Ajayi’s knee? Anyone know about him DNP and if its serious?
I think it’s kind of a weekly management thing
I don’t know that it’s serious
I hope it’s not
He got a heavy Load in front of him
I sort of suspect they are letting him rest a lot during the week to rely on him on game day
Old Dolphan wrote a very good post a few days ago making an analogy that resonated with me, as i am also very old. I was a cadet in ROTC while in college. But i was also against the Viet Nam War as it was being planned and executed by both a democrat LBJ and a Republican Dick Nixon.
I had friends who died in that war, and some who fought over there and survived. i supported them while they were over there and honored them when they returned and helped them re acclimate to civilian life over the decade of the 70s and beyond. I and hundreds of my hippie friends did all this for our soldiers while marching against the war.
Because our men, our fighters, were our heroes. The politicians were to blame for the failure in Nam.
When i read twisted revisions of what happened back then, i am outraged. i never once saw or even heard of anyone spitting on a returning soldier, for example. We immediately enfolded them into our teams and towns and classes and healed them as best we could. That is the fact of what happened, not some sensationalized account of what some lone deranged idiot may have done.
For every fool who burned a flag, there were thousands of us working hard to honor and nurture our wounded, traumatized soldiers upon their return. I lived then. I know what happened then.
One thing that I realize, and I’m not liking it, is we need to respect one another here, whether your political views are liberal or conservative. There is no need to disrespect anyone because of the political views or ideology. Let’s please try to stay in those boundaries. Thank you . . .
I say that to BOTH sides, not just one or the other, so I’m not calling any one particular person or side out here, before anyone loses their shit over this. Just be respectful, discuss your viewpoint with respect.
Good series of posts Naples
It’s nice to see posters opinions on subjects
I know we went off the rails today in terms of politics
But these days – things are complicated
If people respect one another – well we need more of that
Sorry Top.
I do know many Liberals who are for selective capital punishment, and almost always it’s in the case of mass murderers, serial killers, terrorists, child rapists, torturers, cannibals, and other heinous criminals.
When liberals are against capital punishment it is because they are shown through facts that a horrendous disproportion of those sentenced to capital punishment are African Americans. There is ample evidence that juries more often convict and judges more often sentence black men than they do white men.
The other reason some liberals give for being against capital punishment is that it sometimes kills innocent people who were wrongly convicted. With the new forensics including DNA evidence, we will be able to ascertain guilt or innocence with far more certainty. I myself am in favor of capital punishment for murderers who are witnessed by multiple bystanders and / or who are linked unequivocally by DNA evidence.
I happen to be a liberal that’s okay with capital punishment
When I left law school I did an interview with the Miami DA
And they specially asked me that at the interview
And I said I’m fine with it
I’ve always seen it as a prosecutorial leverage tool
dude, I was joking…..making light of liberal talking points and some hypocrisy…..I know that not all liberals believe everything the same…..nor do conservatives.
I apologized to you,
but I just can’t joke about abortion.
Did Timmons get an “ankle bracelet” as a welcome back gift?
They installed LoJack in his helmet
Good for him
I wonder what’s with Phillips
badly turned his ankle, think he stepped on the top of somebody’s foot and at 333 lbs, that is a lot of weight coming down on that ankle.
I wonder how that foot is doing
The easy open and closable bag that Twizzlers has is really an amazing thing
It’s even easier to swallow the whole bag
Trust me…
Pig
I can’t help myself
https://twitter.com/MDCheer/status/913131149479653376
I love London.
Top — I do not think abortion is on a spectrum with capital punishment.
One is a medical necessity or a psychosocial choice…. the other is part of our criminal justice system.
Abortion is one of the most unpleasant topics i can think of. I wish it had never happened even one time. But I still do not think the government should say what women can do about this issue, up to a point. I do think that no mother should be allowed to murder a new-born baby, for example, or to terminate a full-term pregnancy.
I am so sickened by the entire issue that i refuse to discuss the particulars of viability of a fetus versus the needs of a woman who discovers that she is pregnant by a man she hates.
I am totally against abortion as a means of birth control, although i am totally in favor of birth control pills. however, in the case of rape, incest, or a pregnancy that will cause death to the woman, i think it’s an option of last resort that no law should deny,
On this issue i will speak only for myself and not “liberals” because i do not discuss this with anyone so i don’t know what any other individual or group thinks. I have never heard of anyone who is ‘pro” abortion. Some people are pro choice. At that point it’s a matter of whether it’s a good choice or not.
dude…I get that….again…..just joking at some talking points….and laughing at how some kills are good and some are bad.
I’m sorry he went AWOL too
He looks remorseful in that picture
He’s playing or they would have left him suspended.
I agree – No point
I think we will see a lot of Timmons
I’m just not over the whole AWOL thing
Son
M&M’s come in a giant resealable bag too. Life is good!
I struggle with zipper bags but the ones that just stick together are nice. Zipper bags make me insane, the ones that stuff is sold in. I don’t need that I have bags all you sold me is aggravation not convenience.
But why is the question. 😉
cause now they’re talking about abortion?
Damn it’s late – Goodnight all!
Hull and whatever the other guys name is filled in admirably
But I gotta beleive they looked at the tape and were like
“Man we need Timmons”
Yeah, the whole off season was with Timmons in. They’re betting he doesn’t know his way around London too well
If he goes AWOL in London chances are he is easily found circling Big Ben
Our off season additions, both free agents and draft picks, have NOT performed up to my expectations (taken as a whole). MIKE E. or PIGGY, what’s your view on these players??
If I may, not yet as a whole but I have my eye on LB Chase Allen. 3 solo tackles with just 13 plays in week one followed by 7 solo tackles in week two with I’m not sure how many snaps, more than 13. LOL
We might have found a sleeper LB. Allen, Alonzo, Anthony, Hull, Maualuga and Timmons are a lot different than what we knew or thought after FA and the draft. Crazy how it works.
Oh yeah, 2nd rd pick McMillan will be back next year to challenge the group. It’s on the upside even if not fast enough. Some unfortunate stuff has gone on.
🖒🖒
CT? ……
Bummer!
https://twitter.com/TwitterMoments/status/913241278527135745
Take the quiz, man. It’s fuckin groovy!!!
Simple but finds your principles. I got Centrist with Libertarian leanings.
http://www.libertarianism.com/
Dude…… Trump and shit!!! Fuck that man, Twizzler bags suck ass. LOL
I can’t get left, kids… Big Ben, Parliament! LOL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt_5uNPWiQQ
Question –
Now that Hugh is dead does (Can) he go to a better place? 😉
Lol, that’s a really good question.
FIRST REPORTS indicate Hefner died with a smile on his face.
Tim Knight says
Take the quiz, man. It’s fuckin groovy!!!
Simple but finds your principles. I got Centrist with Libertarian leanings.
http://www.libertarianism.com/
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I’m not sure how unbiased the libertarianism.com website is, but it said I was full on libertarian.
90% personal
70% economic
According to Finsmobunleashed.com though I’m a radicalized leftist.
Hmmmmm I always considered myself a fiscally conservative social liberal or a socially liberal fiscal conservative, but according to this I am just a plain old liberal.
I think you broke the website
The Flying Pig says:
September 27, 2017 at 10:41 pm
If he goes AWOL in London chances are he is easily found circling Big Ben
LOL I see what you did there. Clever.
I just read that Brandon Fields retired.
Stanger, my thought and prayers are with you at this difficult time.
Fields got put out to pasture?
46.7 yard career average is stellar, but 604 career punts with 209 inside the 20……hard to do better than that.
RIP Hef…..and you need the rest anyhow. 🙂
Herd
Fields didn’t play last year. Did it say what caused him to retire? Was It an injury, or has he just had enough?
He’s going to open a brewery!
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-brandon-fields-retiring-20170928-story.html
Pretty cool, I would imagine playing in the NFL for 9 years has enabled to gather the necessary startup capital to do it.
And gotta love the name, “Inside The Five Brewing”
Tim,
You shouldn’t have to see a video of Trump carrying a swastika flag to know that he’s sympathetic to white supremacist. Everything he’s done and so far is to stop the flow of brown people into this country. He’s butler of 30 years was/is a known racist. Who would keep a blatantly racist butler for 30 years if they didn’t at least agree with some the things they believed in. The whole make America Great slogan is really Make America White again in his mind IMO.
I’m not gonna say another word about it because I really don’t like talking politics on this blog.
I would think it’s very possible that Trump might not have been aware that his butler was a racist. That’s not something you can find out in an interview. There are millions of employers who have racists working for them, and I’m sure are unaware of it, unless they work at the KKK, which in that case it would be a prerequisite.
Or maybe he really doesn’t care, if the butler was a racist. Did he do his job well and keep his racism to himself? I like how the left only sees racism as white against whatever, but has no problem with black, hispanic…racists.
agreed and agreed with Mike E too about not knowing employees POV
But let’s skip the politics today if possible
Mike E. says:
September 28, 2017 at 10:20 am
Herd
Fields didn’t play last year. Did it say what caused him to retire? Was It an injury, or has he just had enough?
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With guys like Fields, they have been in the league so long, you eventually hit a point where you age and veteran status (ie higher minimum required pay) that all that happens to you is being bounced around team to team each year because people use you as a stop gap until they can get a younger guy who might settle in with the team for the long term. Im sure its a rough life to each year have to have a temporary home in another town away from your family most of the season, or drag them around with you every where you go. Hard to have a family (an most the older guys do) and live that life.
It happens to most players, very common story unfortunately.
Salary at least had something to do with it when he got cut the year after making the Pro Bowl.
Good point D – That’s an unfortunate reality of playing in the NFL
The Diarrhea bomb the Dolphins blew all over us this past weekend makes it very hard to even smell koolaid without retching right now, but here is something positive about the team / and or Miami Player to try and brighten your day.
From PFF
Miami Dolphins: While defensive end William Hayes has primarily been used as a run defender, when he has rushed the passer he’s been effective. He’s gotten pressure on one in every 4.2 pass-rushes which is the fourth-best rate for edge rushers in the league.
FYI guys
I’ve made an effort to separate politics from dolphins since November (but the last few days are an exception)
on twitter I try to separate the two as well
My Piggy account on twitter is just sports but @Mustchio441 is my political twitter account – and I let loose on that one – Affanculo! So feel free to check me out there
I get why everyone needs to put in their .02
I need to as well – and the last week has really blended those 2 things more than others. We are all human/pig and we falter a bit – but it is worthwhile to try keep those things separate if possible IMO
It’s going to be very weird watching the Dolphins play football at 9:30AM (In shitty video quality), and I can’t even imagine doing at 6:30AM, that’s absurd.
Basically going to get up and get coffee and start watching football….so weird
My family and I have a huge breakfast every Sunday, usually around 12, but the game will still be on at that point. How inconvenient!!
Hopefully the Dolphins play well and you won’t be vomitting
mf13ss says:
September 27, 2017 at 8:07 pm
That doesn’t make it correct, my friend. I’m seeing so much HATE on this board for mere political rationale. The NFL is going to perish for as much… as will this board if we keep HATE going on.
The hate, originated from the fortunate one draft dodger calling blacks sons of bitches.
I hate dictators that dodged the draft, making up lies that hurt the NFL, 7 days counting now.
No one can list a player that says they are kneeling to disrespect the flag or military.
It’s easy to see the lifetime conman, conning us again!
He lied about the protests, because ignoring the social problems of blacks is what a white supremacist would do.
It’s not the flag anthem, or military anthem, it’s the national anthem, and all citizens are nationals.
If the president could once, just once discuss the REAL reason for the protests, and give us a solution, then everything would work out.
Trump dog whistles to white supremacists, because they are very important to him, much more so than the black people getting murdered by cops.
Calling players sons of bitches is needlessly spreading hate, standing up to the lies and charades, isn’t hate, what the president is doing is hate
Still unhinged.
Insert Trump’s military record here or the dodging thereof.
Mike E. says:
September 28, 2017 at 11:37 am
My family and I have a huge breakfast every Sunday, usually around 12, but the game will still be on at that point. How inconvenient!!
12pm? That is called lunch. LOL
And lastly, if we had a president that was a problem solver, instead of a problem maker, this one could have been solved already, but it’s not.
And yet you have no problem with the left doing everything they can to make it as hard as possible for him to get anything done.
Not to keep the ball rolling on the political discussion, but I just don’t see any “hate” being spewed anywhere on this board.
We know where it’s coming from , daily twitter.
That’s what I said yesterday.
Definitely not
It was a great exchange of ideas and thoughts
I really took some positive things away from the posts
but at the end of the day we need to clearly define what we are here – and its football. I’m not suggesting a clear rule or anything that doesn’t permit politics
I’m just suggesting we all try to stay aware of limiting the political talk bc if its goes unchecked – it will drive us all crazy
Hefner was such a smooth operator. So confidant and comfortable in his own kin, charming, gave you a sense of being powerful and having influence, but never seemed abusive of either. Made nudity tasteful, where as his copy cats couldn’t pull that off well enough to compete so they went cheap and sleazy. The magazine itself had great editorials just a solid magazine, that also had naked pictures of women.
I had maybe 2 of them in my whole life, one was given as a gag gift and the other i bought myself because it had Erika Eleniak who i, at the time thought was one of the hottest women on TV.
If nothing else, Hefner was a very forward thinking man, who had a vision that was realized and created a franchise that has lasted for almost 65 years. He lived a long life, and seemed to have done it on his own terms, which is probably more than a lot of us will have to say for ourselves when we die.
Agreed. RIP Hugh.
whats the point of daily bashing the NFL, ignoring the real issue, and not coming up with a viable solution to blacks and police brutality?
Divide us, and it’s working, he gets his cheap wins at others demise, SMH
The NFL isnt ignoring an issue, that’s a societal issue not and NFL issue, The NFL also isnt responsible to fix that problem, they couldn’t if they wanted to. The NFL at best can put resources to help out, but that problem has the needs of concerned citizens and governmental agencies to come together and work things out.
He’s referring to Trump.
Ok i see now, it didnt read that way to me the first time i read it. Sorry David.
So everyone a protest is done Trump should put other issues aside and get down to business with the protesters? You act like police brutality is his fault. The real divide is coming from the left.
sb7mvp says:
September 28, 2017 at 9:30 am
Fields got put out to pasture?
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I think Stanger might say, its not so much that fields was “put out to pasture”, is that that phrase should now be changed to “put out to Fields” in his honor.
…He says coyly as he massages his own feet.
LOL
The videos of people burning their own property in protest of the NFL is entertaining.
Just like people like to point out about rioting and burning and destroying your own community’s stuff is stupid, this too ranks right up there. Its like watching Tennessee fans bust their TV’s after every loss to the Gators, entertaining, but more in a “i like to laugh at stupid people” kind of way.
I get your point, but at least with burning their own NFL gear that they already paid, it’s not hurting anyone but themselves. Rioting and Looting, however, affects other people negatively.
lol
i don’t hate anyone here, we are all American victims under oppressive leadership, some more than others
I think we all have an angle where we are the some more than others.
Your hate though comes out in every post you write about Trump. Walk a mile in his shoes, then if you feel the same way by all means continue on with your hate.