Like most of you Prawny just didn’t handle the last two weeks very well.
So we had to change this week’s format based on his…eh..absence
So let’s talk about 4 miserable points!
Point I: Adam Gase is Not Immune to Dolfan Hate
In his first season as Dolphins head coach, Adam Gase brought the Dolphins from the dead all the way to their first playoff birth since ’08.
So everyone loves Gase right? NOPE! Gase, the offensive guru (cough cough) is under fire from the media and the fans. Shutout by the Saints after almost being shut out by the Jests is no way to get in the good graces of this fan base.
The Dolphins offense is absolutely horrible this season. The Dolphins have only scored 25 points this season. The offense looks bland and predictable despite quite a number of playmakers on offense.
Don’t get me wrong. It would be silly to call for his head this early in his career but it would be just as silly to give him a pass.
Last week after losing to the Jests, Gase felt the need to get more of his talent involved. Julius Thomas and Kenyon Drake looked like the two beneficiaries of that change. Drake had a big run….called back for holding and finished the game with one carry. Thomas caught an important first down catch on 3rd down. Then, in what looked like a forced attempt to get Thomas involved, the ball was intercepted in the endzone. Thomas finished with two catches and has been pretty much useless in 2017.
Let’s hope Adam Gase has a better solution after the Saints loss.
Point 2. The Dolphins have an Unavoidable Controversy at QB
This is not your Dad’s QB controversy. This isn’t Phil Simms vs Jeff Hostetller. This is Dolfans and the media’s endless discussion about the position. It is impossible to be a happy about the position for Dolfans.
Part of this controversy is not the fault of the Dolphins. As soon as Ryan Tannehill went down for the season it was inevitable. We all know there are Tannehill loyalists and Tannehill haters – and they don’t stop arguing. So when Tannehill went down, whomever started in his place would be compared to Tannehill. What would Tannehill do? Is _____ better than Tannehill? What happens in 2018 with Tannehill?
Enter Jay Cutler. Like a fart you tried to hold in on a date – “The Dolphins sign Jay Cutler” is the last thing you wanted to hear. But we all hoped for the best. We all hoped we would have a problem at QB. A simple QB controversy like the Giants had once upon a time.
NO – that doesn’t happen to the Dolphins. Jay Cutler has arguably been the worst player on the field the last three Sundays. Cutler looked like a QB who should stay retired against the Saints. If we get lucky, a comet will hit the Earth and we won’t hear a thing about our QB controversy…but we are never that lucky.
Gase seems committed to Cutler for now. But there are murmurs of “Play Matt Moore”. And why shouldn’t there be? Moore wasn’t great for us last year – but he did help us get into the postseason. And Cutler has been so bad that well…
But the controversy doesn’t end with 3 QBs for the Dolphins. Look at that 4th guy. Think people aren’t calling for the Dolphins to sign him? Imagine if we do. Imagine if we don’t and the QB play stays this bad. The Dolphins are in the direct line of fire for the Kaepernick backlash, one way or another.
Point 3: Special Teams…When Foot Meets Suck
What is going on with the field goal attempts against the Dolphins. The Dolphins have benefited from several missed field goals this season. For whatever reason – there have been a on of missed field goals in three games.
Here is why that drives me crazy: The gods will rob us of a missed field goal when it really means something. I’m superstitious. If you are too, you know, all the missed field goals we will get in 2017 have been used.
Oh…and don’t get me started about the punting game. Matt Haack hasn’t been great this season and he is on pace for 85 punts. Weeeeeeeeeeeeee!
Point 4: Hope is for Suckers
It’s really not that dire right now. And how do I know this? By focusing on some meaningless stats of course!
Jarvis Landry is on pace to catch more than 130 passes this year. DeVante Parker is on pace for over 90 and over 1200 yards. Kenny Stills is on pace for close to 50 catches and over 500 yards. There aren’t a lot of NFL teams that get that much production out of their receivers, but we do…and we get a grand total of 25 points in 3 games out of it…WTF!
Add Jay Ajayi to that mix. He is on pace for just under 1,000 yards – but I find it hard to believe, barring injury, he won’t have more than 1000 yards. I don’t think there are a of NFL teams getting that much production from four players on offense. Inexplicably, it means nothing in terms of scoring. Do you have hope about the 2017 season now?
Think about this: The Dolphins, Patriots and Jests all have 2 losses each. The Bills are in first place at 3-1. Do you think the Bills will finish over .500. I don’t. I expect the Bills and Jests to have some low points in 2017 when it’s said and done. So naturally, this gives me hope about the 2017 Dolphins. And hope is for suckers when you are a Dolfan!
So bring on The Titans. I’m so excited!
Finsmob Unleashed 
Nice work Piggy. I mentioned Haack’s incompetence yesterday during the game. I really didn’t understand the move when we cut Darr, but they should admit their mistake and cut Hack and bring back Darr before someone else picks him up.
Nice write up MikeE
Thoughts and prayers to the victims of the Las Vegas shootings.
Yep. All of this.
I saw a headline this morning that said, “Jay Cutler Makes The Statue of Liberty Cry”
Lol
Rock – This was Piggy’s article
OD, you posted on the old blog when the new was available. A couple of things about that post.
NO TEAM in the NFL has 40+ “BIG TIME” players.
“only” 50 or so dead in the vegas shooting. still the worst shooting in American history and a terrible tragedy, but not “over 200 dead”
oooops Sorry Piggy. I hadn’t had my coffee yet, but that’s no excuse. I know who Little Prawn works for.
Good job Piggy.
Who are these “Buffalo Bills” that are on top of the AFCE division? Are they an expansion team or something? I’ve never seen them at the top of the division listing before……
The Vegas thing is horrible. Is this what we have come to? It’s to the point going places and just living your life puts you at risk.
Oh man, I just feel awful about the Las Vegas shooting. Lord, that is horrible.
The Steeler’s and Bengal’s fans here at work are annoying. They seem so happy and carefree. 😠
The Bengals are 1-3. What are their fans so happy about?
They won.
Eh, we’ll win again some time this year too. lol
If you say so. I’m starting to wonder.
According to Pro Football Focus, all but two of Ajayi’s yards Sunday came after contact — and 148 of his 184 on the season have come after he’s been hit. That means he’s getting hit, on average, just two feet beyond the line of scrimmage when he carries the ball.
Sounds like a scheme problem to me.
Running out of shot gun “to the weak side” with trips WR on the other side is just Stupid. It’s not “creative or unpredictable”
I said that to Randy yesterday when he said the O-line hasn’t been bad. The run blocking has been atrocious
Julius Thomas is terrible. He can’t block, can’t run, and should be cut
Prayers and well wishes to the Families in Vegas in that brutal terrorist attack. SMH it’s so disgustingly coward to murder innocents
I’m dissapointed in Julius Thomas as well. He Seems past his prime
My biggest disappointment in the Dolphins is our offensive line. For how many years now our OL has underperformed?
Ajayi reminds me of Barry Sanders in the sense almost everything he does is self generated, OL does very little.
My thoughts go out to all the people and families affected by the Vegas shootings. WTF?!!!!
olddolphan says:
October 2, 2017 at 8:12 am
YES Mr. SPIKES; YOU & I DID WARN about the overwhelming need to upgrade the O-Line. WHEN THAT did NOT occur, our season was doomed!!!…
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INDEED! People are just NOW catching on to what we warned about all offseason. And sadly now, we don’t even have the cap space to sign a FA upgrade… at ANY position.
Mr. Campbell, did you read the report that Mike Pouncey will need hip replacement surgery in 5-10 years, if not sooner? I highly doubt he makes it through this season as I’ve indicated for many moons now. We should have drafted PAT ELFLEIN!
Re-post from last night
mf13ss says:
October 1, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Quick-hit observations on Offense…
1) Our O-Line is pathetic in pass-pro: we’re on track for 48 sacks over 16 games WITH Cutler’s superior pocket-presence.
2) Our O-Line is pathetic in run-blocking: 3.2 YPC through 3 games with 0 TD runs.
3) While Cutler’s CMP% is nice (67% through 3 games), his YDS/ATT are WAY down (nearly 2 yards per attempt): WHY are we playing ‘dink-and-dunk’ with his cannon arm?
4) Ajayi’s 3.8 YPC today are NOT for a lack of trying very hard in front of his fellow Londoners. This O-Line is pathetic and Pouncey isn’t looking good (doubt he’s going to make it through this season, as I’ve predicted).
5) Kenny Stills is averaging 5 Yds/reception LESS this year (11.2) than his career average (16.6).
6) Julius Thomas is averaging nearly 2 Yds/reception LESS this year (8.9) than his career average (10.8) and his 2-year average in JAX (9.7).
7) Jarvis Landry is averaging nearly 4 Yds/reception LESS this year (6.7) than his career average (10.3)
8) I saw a stat citing that the 3-game Offensive scoring output this year is lesser than ANY 3-game stretch of Joe Philbin’s tenure here… OUCH.
9) The play-calling is absolutely horrific from Adam Gase… it’s as though Dan Henning has taken over his brain and we even saw the ‘Wildcat’ today (where Cutler took the play off while on the field).
— I stand by Adam Gase keeping Cutler as the starter into next week, but I’d keep Cutler on a very short leash. What does that mean? If Cutler isn’t the answer after 4 games (1/4 of the season), it’s time to start Matt Moore, JMO.
— At his current rate of play, Ja’Wuan James won’t be here next year to collect his roughly scheduled $9.3M, after exercising his 5th-year option this past off-season.
— Jarvis Landry and his agent are not going to be able to capitalize on a new contract at his current production… not Jarvis’ fault, either.
— Has Adam Gase intentionally ‘dumbed-down’ the Offense to gain Cutler more familiarity with his new teammates in order to avoid early-season turnovers? If so, when do the training wheels come off? It’s time to let Cutler air it out… he looked good in the preseason, IMO.
How on EARTH do we only have 4 sacks over the course of 3 games? That’s 1.3 sacks per game (21 over 16 games) and it’s futile.
How on EARTH do we have ZERO INTs over the course of 3 games?
We have 2 FFs and 1 FR over the course of 3 games on Defense… repulsive.
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#Vikings coach Mike Zimmer confirms: RB Dalvin Cook is done for the season with a torn ACL. He’ll have surgery.
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That sucks.
That really sucks for the young man.
Saquon waves his hand at the defender…
*I’m not the droid you’re looking for*
The only way he hasnt scored so far this year is 2pt conversion, PAT and field goal. If i were their coach, id let him try to get him those scoring chances in games that were already out of control.
You know the last game went bad when the The Flying Pig has to step in with reason and common sense rather than let his buddies do the talking. 🙂
The good news is
The game was so early yesterday I’m almost over it
I was so glad it was over early. I was able to rage clean most of my house and go to the grocery store.
Usually I’ll watch other games after ours and Sunday night too. Didn’t even have it on. Music was my background yesterday. It may be all week.
I went grocery shopping, did my laundry and cleaned my apt
I might be willing to go 1-15 if I get that much done on my Sundays
D says:
October 2, 2017 at 12:20 pm
The only way he hasnt scored so far this year is 2pt conversion, PAT and field goal. If i were their coach, id let him try to get him those scoring chances in games that were already out of control.
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Now that ya mention as much, Saquon is a bigger body that reminds me of the versatility of Ronnie Brown… who went R1P2 in the 2005 Draft. Only thing is, Saquon is like Ronnie x2 in speed, strength, and agility.
It’s VERY possible that Saquon is a top-3 pick in the ’18 Draft, barring injury from now to Draft Day. And as I look to the future (PSU is ranked #4 right now): does Saquon sit out his bowl game as several have in the recent past to preserve his draft status? Something to watch…
I think it really only matters if they are in the championship hunt. If PSU is one of the 4 teams in the Bowl Championship Playoffs he should play. If they aren’t then i wouldn’t blame him if he didn’t. They are only playing for pride if they arent in one of the playoff bowl games. I had 0 problems with McCaffery, Fournette, and i think one other person, doing that last year.
LOL at Rage cleaning. My laundry took a beating. I snapped those wrinkles out until the fabric began to fray.
You gave yourself a handy with your underwear still on ?
Nobody on this team is doing anything. No impact plays anywhere. They shoud be 0-3
McCain had a 38.9 grade overall for the game (91st among corners). Wrote PFF: “He was targeted just 1 time in the first two weeks of the season, but was picked apart all day by Drew Brees, allowing all 10 targets thrown his way to be caught for 97 yards. 7 different Saints caught a pass with McCain in coverage on the day.”
Yeah but i guess i was blind pointing out the same thing yesterday…..
He is a complete liability to those teams that know how to work the slot receivers, and we have 2 games this year where we will be playing the guy who is the best at it.
The Dolphins finished with 186 yards against a defense (saints) that had been giving up an average of 437.7. unacceptable.
They were fully healthy on their DL for just the second game this year. Their DL and LB unit isnt bad at all. I think this is a defense that’s just now starting to put things together. They held the Panthers to 13 the week before.
Most their yardage given up was in pass defense, and mostly because they haven’t gotten much pressure on the QB until the last two games, specifically the last one.
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The @MiamiDolphins are just 21.2 percent on third-down conversions this season, including 2-for-20 in the past two games.
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That is killer. Just completely ineffective on offense
We are doing the same things we have in the past, both execution and play calling. We call a stupid play or fail to execute on 1st down and put ourselves in a hole. Id be our net yards on 1st down are fairly close to 0. We have also been getting penalties that negate the times we actually do do something on 1st.
I slept my pain away today, called in sick, just woke up, and read about the Las Vegas thing. My thoughts and feelings go out to the people and families impacted by the douchebag with a gun.
This is the world we live in now. Even if we destroy ISIS, the Taliban, whatever or whomever, with technology, and industrialization, weapons capable of killing lots of people are too readily accessible to wackos (and don’t misunderstand, I’m not talking about guns or gun control). It can be a car, a plane, guns, chemicals, some thing I haven’t thought of. A sick moron can find a way.
Many of us disagree on this board quite often. I read stuff daily that I disagree with. But for the most part we stay together as a group. I truly believe every regular on here is a good person. I just wanted to say I’m thankful to ‘know’ everybody here, even if just online.
We’re all here on this planet together. We all have the same journey with many different paths. Enjoy a drink, enjoy your spouse, enjoy your kids, enjoy watching the Dolphins suck week after week. Just revel in whatever is that is important to YOU.
I don’t know that i have heard anything about his motives, ie why he did this, he definitely had some because he apparently had a big ass arsenal with him.
He could be connected to a terrorist group or acting alone. I’ve read they think he wasn’t connected to anything. IMO it doesn’t matter.
I agree it doesn’t matter, ie it doesn’t change anything for this event, but i would like to know if it was something more sinister. The event that occurred, if isolated is a tragic event, the event that occurred if part of a terrorist attack could mean there is more to come.
Gotcha. You’re absolutely right, his motives need to be determined for the reasons you give. Also, in most cases, the families of people hurt or killed would probably like to know why this happened to their loved ones.
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Drew Brees has been picking apart defenders for over a decade. I’ve seen him do much worse to teams than he did to us yesterday. We actually kept him in check. If our offense was competitive we wouldn’t even be talking about McCain.
We have the number 8 scoring defense in the NFL, really the only stat that matters for a D. This with an offense that has been a pure liability. If we were putting up points the games would play out differently, but it’s still pretty hard to evaluate the D with as bad as the offense has been.
The defense has kept us in all 3 games. This season is on the offense. It’s pretty obvious. Once again they were on the field the entire 2nd half and still held the Saints to 13 until that last TD. You have to compete in a football game and match scores from time to time. We’re playing with one arm tied behind our back.
By the way, PFF grades mean nothing to me. They don’t know what the game plan is, or who was responsible for what. They just say this guy caught a pass, this guy was the closest so it’s on him. It’s all apples and oranges anyway. You can’t compare players against others against different opponents like that than give them rankings. It’s so silly.
Totally agree.
Nice post Kong – Well said
CavalierKong says:
October 2, 2017 at 2:15 pm
I slept my pain away today, called in sick, just woke up, and read about the Las Vegas thing. My thoughts and feelings go out to the people and families impacted by the douchebag with a gun.
This is the world we live in now. Even if we destroy ISIS, the Taliban, whatever or whomever, with technology, and industrialization, weapons capable of killing lots of people are too readily accessible to wackos (and don’t misunderstand, I’m not talking about guns or gun control). It can be a car, a plane, guns, chemicals, some thing I haven’t thought of. A sick moron can find a way.
Many of us disagree on this board quite often. I read stuff daily that I disagree with. But for the most part we stay together as a group. I truly believe every regular on here is a good person. I just wanted to say I’m thankful to ‘know’ everybody here, even if just online.
We’re all here on this planet together. We all have the same journey with many different paths. Enjoy a drink, enjoy your spouse, enjoy your kids, enjoy watching the Dolphins suck week after week. Just revel in whatever is that is important to YOU.
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STANDING OVATION, my FRIEND!!!
AMEN!!!
“I need sunshine around me… and right now you’re killing me”
Yeah… the song is called “Bite Your Tongue” by Krizz Kaliko.
D says:
October 2, 2017 at 2:07 pm
Yeah but i guess i was blind pointing out the same thing yesterday…..
Who said you were blind?
not you….
We play the Titans at home, and then we travel to ATL. Those are 2 tough teams to beat, but we may catch a break with Mariota, if his hamstring keeps him out. Even without Mariota, Tennessee has a very good O-line, especially run blocking. Between DeMarco Murray and Derrick Henry, they can pound it on the ground.
The Titans are not that good, not that it means anything against us because we lost to an 0-2 and 1-2 team and got embarrassed offensively. Until we start moving the ball and scoring points it doesn’t really matter who the opponent is.
yeah, we will make them one dimensional. We will MAKE them pass on us (with their ball boy at QB if necessary) and they WILL Pass on us and win.
Cheers, guys. I am often flippant and irreverent when I post, (kinda just who I am), but I am glad to have this place.
Cheers to YOU, Cav!!!
D
No question man, I do see similar things to the offensive issues we had the first 4 games last year, and even the couple of years before that. Always in bad 3rd down positions, and unable to convert. Gase has to figure out a way to fix that.
and it is not a bubble screen thrown 5 yards behind the line when you need 12 yards.
Yeah, its bad play calling on 1st down a lot too. You would think it wouldn’t be with a weapon like Ajayi but if they fail on the first drive or maybe first and second drives to get anything wit a run on 1st down they go to passes and hardly even come back to the runs.
We have probably been like this for close to a decade, really bad 1st down play calling, really bad at staying out of 3rd and longs, really poor starts to games or sometimes finishing game, just never putting a whole great game together. We start the seasons bad, and have to bust ass to get it straightened out. 2013 was the only year i can remember where we started out fast, 3-0, and then these same Saints derailed us and then we lost like 4 in a row. So much for the one chance to be excited we have had at the beginning of the season. Since 2012 we have been 1-2, 3-0, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2 and again 1-2 to start the season.
Tim
The Titans beat the Seahawks, and scored 33 points against them. We may not score 33 points total in our first 4 games.
or all year, lol.
They’ve also played like shit and got blown out yesterday. I said it doesn’t matter who our opponent is if we can’t move the ball and score points.
Why are some of you guys focused on the defense? If it wasn’t for them the games would be over at the half with zero support on offense. We kept Brees and the Saints in check all day. The Jets game was there for the taking all day and the offense did nothing. 6 points in 8 quarters. I just find it weird when fans go looking for other stuff to blame when it is so obvious. We can’t score.
Why cant we focus on what we can see isn’t working right? Everyone knows the offense is a dud. We know our defense is decent, and pretty strong up front, but our secondary has been weak, it was the worst rated pass defense in the league last week, it was better this week but mostly on the outside, because Tankersly was an upgrade over Maxwell. That doesn’t mean we dont have any problems there and it surely doesnt mean its off limits to talk about.
The shooter’s brother was at a loss for what his brother did. Not sure we’ll ever know his reasons unless they find stuff on his computer or something.
Tim
Where in my post did I mention the defense? I said we might not score 33 points in our 1st 4 games, and that is a legitimate statement.
Wasnt you he was talking about MIke.
I was addressing Rock’s comments to your post about the Titans, as well as others focused on our secondary. I said some of you guys, not meaning you.
“yeah, we will make them one dimensional. We will MAKE them pass on us (with their ball boy at QB if necessary) and they WILL Pass on us and win.”
I’m not worried about the defense at this point. We’re not competing on offense in any way. It’s been absurd.
Least one Phins player had a good day yesterday…..and looks like we got us a player in the 3rd.
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“Tankersley said he was excited and nervous before the game, knowing Brees would be looking his way. Tankersley allowed 36 yards on seven targets from Brees. He made five tackles and had one pass defensed, playing all but one of the Dolphins’ 74 defensive snaps.
“I was going to talk to (Saints cornerback) Marshon Lattimore. Brees was walking across and he just walked to me and shook my hand and said, ‘You did good. I loved your competitive work’….I talked to Michael Thomas after the game and he just told me he liked my competitiveness, just hearing from those guys gave me a lot of confidence.”
But he allowed a TD. Bad boy! LOL
He was right there though on that play with tight coverage though.
It was a joke, you win some you lose some. That’s competitive sports. I like what I saw out of Tank a lot.
D, I don’t know why Gase doesn’t use more formations that add more blocking to get Ajayi rolling instead of trying to mix it up so much with all these different route combos that go for nothing. The first drive we started out that way and we were hitting Parker and Landry on nice slants and crossing routes. Then after the INT it all changed.
I don’t either. I really think they should consider going with MarQueis Gray and Fasano in a 2 TE set, and get Ajayi some running room.
He needs to do some jumbo formation, double TE sets that he can eventually work play action passes out of. We HAVE to establish the run and i dont care if he has 9 OL out there Ajayi and Cutler, we need to keep at it until they have to respect the run. We cannot play without our running game has teeth to it.
That’s what I was saying yesterday after the game. I’d go more 2-TE to match hats on hats, get Ajayi rolling and then open things up here and there with different looks. Gase’s offense is reminding me too much of Lazor’s and I hate it. He’s turning Ajayi into Lamar Miller. Not a knock on Miller’s skills, but his lack of touches.
MikeE,
I haven’t said the OL isn’t bad! In fact, I think I’ve said they didn’t play good the past couple weeks.
Did I say that you said the O-line was good? Damn, I don’t remember saying that, but maybe I did.
I think they’re playing soft. Ajayi most times is being greeted in the backfield or at the LOS, and it’s hard to get something going like that.
I just think the run plays are overly predictable when we run them. I dont know if one of the OL is lining up with a “tell” and other teams have picked up on it, or if maybe Cutler has a tell, but they know which way its going and they are flowing with the zone blocking and there is no crease for Ajayi to find and make his cut. We need to be running come counter plays out of the same formation.
Have Tunsil and Steen flow to the left and then crack back on the DE, and LB’s and have Ajayi step first towards as if he is taking the handoff to the right and counter left, if they bit on play flow t the right, there should be a nice counter to the left, with Tunsil sealing out the DE Steen releasing on the LB and then Ajayi would be free to the secondary. If the freaking zone blocking isn’t working, stop just running it over and over into a defense thats expecting it. Confused them some, shake things up. Ajayi doesnt need much of a crease and he accelerates to top speed fast so he could be gone. One of those plays and they would have to play us honest.
I’m giving them the next few weeks to get their act together. If it doesn’t change I can’t justify my time spent on such a lousy product.
I might bail too if I see this shit again. What’s the point? It’s not entertaining and it’s really hard to watch.
I’ve been seriously considering turning football Sunday into golf Sunday.
Tim
OK, you replied to my post, so i thought you were talking to me. The defense hasn’t been great, but the offense is clearly the biggest problem for us. I’m just disappointed in what seems to be a defense devoid of playmakers. No one is stepping up and making anything happen. Of course the offense is so inept, and the defense is on the field all day, which doesn’t help.
No the defense isn’t great, but played well enough to win all 3 games. We got one. I think the way our offense is playing the opponent feels like just protect the ball, score some points and we should be okay. Down 10-0 and 3-0 at the half the last 2 weeks. Who knew that’s all it would take. Ugh!
I remember a time last year when the team was misfiring, similar to now.
But then the Steelers were coming to town.
Our creative coach
Gase went with a 3 TE lineup and MADE openings for Ajayi, and softened up the defense of the stealers. Then we controlled the game for an easy win.
I Wish we still had that creative coach, I see Him, but don’t feel Him
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Dolphins HC Adam Gase said rookie CB Cordrea Tankersley is the starter going forward.
So Maxwell will not be here next year. That will clear up 10 Mil in cap space in ’18
Correct, but that was already a foregone conclusion unless Maxwell BALLED this year (ie: contract extension).
Good, I think he and Howard could really develop into a nice duo. Tank also showed no lack of throwing his body around making tackles which was a knock on him in college.
Jones, TJ, Howard, Lippett and Tank….should at least look solid come next camp.
We’ll have to wait and see with Lippett and his Achilles injury. You left out McCain who is our nickel? 🙂
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Message from Gase just now: Mistakes made by everybody. Everybody must do their job.Cutler will remain QB; things not done well around him.
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… Also: Cordrea Tankersley is now the Dolphins full time starter opposite Howard at CB. Doesn’t think Howard’s shoulder injury is serious.
Mike E. says:
October 2, 2017 at 9:11 am
I said that to Randy yesterday when he said the O-line hasn’t been bad. The run blocking has been atrocious
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MikeE,
It’s not a big deal either way. I just didn’t remember praising our OL…this year anyway. Lol
“Lawrence Timmons did exactly what we were all hoping for.”
— Adam Gase
Tom Petty on life support after cardiac arrest
Oh no! 😦
Tim, I am not just focusing on the Defense, the Offense is putrid. But the secondary has me very concerned. Our D seems to be doing better against the run, but it’s hard to tell because the D is allowing nearly 80% of passes to be completed. Wait until we hit the “hard” part of the schedule.
I do not censor what you bitch about. why are you coming at me?
For you:
OMG whoa is me! we are doomed. Our offense sucks. Cutler sucks. The oline sucks. Thomas sucks. The defense if fine, nothing to see here, move along…
Relax man. I was responding to your comments which was pretty silly. The ball boy at QB? That’s what you’ve been seeing? We’re not getting shredded or anything. We can’t score and play a competitive game. 17, 20 and 20 points allowed? I just don’t see the concern. Did we all expect a dominant allow nothing defense? I think we get carried away with everyone has to be great or we need to replace some players on defense. The defense is not the problem, right now.
Watching a cell phone video of a bunch of country music concert goers, many wearing a certain kind of red hat, it finally hit me the whole left and right fighting is wrong. I figured this might be a political thing, or people will use it for that both ways, and spew even more hate. I won’t.
I thought wow, what a horrific tragedy, so much hate in the world, did We all contribute to this? Is this a product of all of our faults?
I refuse to get political over this, those people are innocents, period.
I don’t want to get into political arguments, when political arguments might be denying others the right to breathe air. Why did the people in Vegas suffer so much grief and loss? why did they get gunned down by a spineless asshole?
We may not realize it yet, but The victims in Vegas are American Heroes IMO, and their honor will not be forgotten. They were innocents of this , and paid the ultimate price, so can we take a minute to feel these people, and show fams love and respect, not hate !
The person pulling the trigger is the only one at fault. People continuing to create divide in this nation because not everyone agrees on everything is a problem, not an excuse for mass murder.
You could be right, I don’t have the answers to Vegas, just feel for them, and know it’s the wrong time to pour salt in their wounds
This shouldn’t be about politics. But wait a few more hours before some asshats start up with that BS all over social media. Actually I’m sure it’s already happened. I’m not going there.
I wish we used a fullback on SOME plays at least. 3rd & 1? Lets go trips and try to run between the tackles….
M13,
Why the focus on James? He’s probably been our best OL so far…yeah, that might not be saying much! Pouncey has sucked. Tunsil looks like a 5th rounder, and our guards have been fairly invisible. Somebody will give James a good contract. He’s not gonna break the bank. We need to start keeping some of our OL and stop constantly starting 2-3 new guys every year.
especially with 1st round picks on the Oline.
mf13ss says:
October 2, 2017 at 3:32 pm
Tom Petty on life support after cardiac arrest
Very Sad.. One of my favorite concerts I’ve ever been to. Hope he pulls through.
Damn, sorry to hear about Tom Petty
The defense is not the problem, right now.
You are right, the offense has been the problem. The “Stats” say we are a top 5 defense. But what I see is 112.4 passer rating we have given up at 8.2 yards per play. Teams are passing on us at will.
PA is really all that matters when the other team has the ball 10 more minutes then you do because you struggle to score at all. Maybe the D is a lot better if we were scoring 20+ and had some nice drives. The TOP is the biggest issue besides the scoreboard. That won’t hold up for the defense if this continues. Teams get worn down. It’s happening to the Giants at 0-4. Their defense is now being beat late when they were really tough last year and early on in the season. I thought the Giants offense looked as bad as it gets their first two weeks. Ours the last two weeks, we look worse.
Our OL isn’t getting the job done imo. I don’t remember any successful Dolphins teams that had a poor Offensive Line
I though Tunsil would kick butt at LT, his natural position,
A first round grade OT, and a year under his belt at LG should have been all He and We needed for LT.
I’m certainly not giving up on Tunsil, just thinking He looks behind in where He should be at this point, and it’s costing us dearly on the line.
It feels like We lost a real good LG, and didn’t get a real good LT out of it 🙁
herdfan says:
October 2, 2017 at 3:06 pm (Edit)
I’m giving them the next few weeks to get their act together. If it doesn’t change I can’t justify my time spent on such a lousy product.
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Tim Knight says:
October 2, 2017 at 3:17 pm (Edit)
I might bail too if I see this shit again. What’s the point? It’s not entertaining and it’s really hard to watch.
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CavalierKong says:
October 2, 2017 at 3:20 pm (Edit)
I’ve been seriously considering turning football Sunday into golf Sunday.
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we all know what is going to happen
We are going to get to .500 in the next few weeks
And not be mathematically eliminated going into December
then end up finishing 9-7 or 8-8 and missing the playoffs
You can’t bail out
they pull you in!
I was the one fan during the 1-15 season saying every week, we’ll get them next week.
I do not have the emotional fortitude to be that guy anymore.
I made it until 0-6 before I gave up on the season
I watched a few game – including the Baltimore win
Does it feel weird to anybody else that we’re already a quarter of the way thru the NFL season?
yeah, I feel like I’m still waiting for the season to start…..
I think losing the first game makes me feel like the season just started
Losing two of the next three hasn’t made me feel any better either….
😉
yeah, just 13 short weeks from now we will start talking about the draft again….
One thing that keeps Me going , is realizing football cannot exist without life, but life can exist without football.
I know what it feels like when Miami loses, lol God do I know. But over the years I found out it works better for Me to just try and forget them, turn the pain OFF intentionally, and DONT let the negativity cross over into Your family and personal life.
It sure Would be easier if we were undefeated every year, lol
I think the worst call by the refs yesterday was the phantom holding call on godshow. How can a Dlinemen get called for holding on a run play?? I remember seeing Gase with the still photo’s in his had just laying into the refs on the next series.
Oh shit Tom Petty has died…
He was pulled off life support a few minutes ago because He was showing no brain activity.
Damn what a tragic day
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D says:
October 2, 2017 at 4:10 pm
I just think the run plays are overly predictable when we run them. I dont know if one of the OL is lining up with a “tell” and other teams have picked up on it, or if maybe Cutler has a tell, but they know which way its going and they are flowing with the zone blocking and there is no crease for Ajayi to find and make his cut. We need to be running come counter plays out of the same formation.
Have Tunsil and Steen flow to the left and then crack back on the DE, and LB’s and have Ajayi step first towards as if he is taking the handoff to the right and counter left, if they bit on play flow t the right, there should be a nice counter to the left, with Tunsil sealing out the DE Steen releasing on the LB and then Ajayi would be free to the secondary. If the freaking zone blocking isn’t working, stop just running it over and over into a defense thats expecting it. Confused them some, shake things up. Ajayi doesnt need much of a crease and he accelerates to top speed fast so he could be gone. One of those plays and they would have to play us honest.
Totally agreed. I’m not sure what’s up with these new OCs and/or HCs like Gase and McAdoo who fall in love with all these WR groupings. The game is not that difficult if you have talent.
I do not have the emotional fortitude to be that guy anymore.
Shit, now if we punt in the first quarter I start looking for other things to do. LOL
“you can stand Me up at the gates of Hell, but I won’t back down”
“Last Dance with Mary Jane, One more time to kill the pain”
RIP Tom Petty
Another good one down this year
What a shitty Monday. Vegas shooting and Petty dies. Ugh….
Great musician and cool dude. Tons of hits. Americana. RIP Tom
“It don’t make no difference to Me baby, Everybody’s had to fight to be free”
This is from Tom Petty and the heartbreakers Wildflowers Album. In a few of Petty last live performances, he began going back to the wildflowers album. Maybe it was,,
“Time to move on , time to get going, what lies ahead, I have no way of knowing”
Now they are saying Tom Petty isn’t dead, ‘clinging to life’. This is what the damn media does. They rush to be first, doesn’t matter if its accurate. He’s probably not got a good prognosis but they need to wait a second before they rush to release this stuff.
Those reports were true when they were reported, unfortunately things changed, it was time to move on, RIP Tom Petty
Overall James has played well, he just had areally tough assignmnt this week with Jordan, who is a beast. James has to play up to elite DE’s but the rest of his games have been really good.
The flip of James is that Tunsil seems to be settling in and he played a pretty good game against the Saints, but he also had a much less talented guy over him. I think he has been one of our best run blockers all season too, even though his pass pro was pretty bad in the first two.
Steen hasnt been overly great no overly bad.
Pouncey hasnt been himself, i dont think he is fully healed. He has been blow average.
Bushrod has been awful and he even admitted to it. His game against the Jets was really awful. He wasn’t much better against the Saints, though i thought the first game against the Chargers was pretty good.
I think Tunsil is turning the corner. Im not worried about him getting back into the swing of things. He started out a little lost last year too. He has unbelievable footwork skills, he has a leg up on every person he lines up against because of it, he just has to get back into the swing of things.
Ya know with Tom Petty’s passing, its almost a weird feeling. It feels like the day just had the last bit of life in it, sucked out. Was already a kinda dreary, somber, heartbreaking (pun somewhat intended) day, and now it just feels void.
wasnt meant as a reply but i guess its at the bottom anyways.
Yes, Petty was a big part of America,s heart and soul
Herd you may be right, ABC news just posted something 3 minutes ago saying his death still unconfirmed. I hope he pulls through but that not the kind of talk that normally ends up that way.
If we fix the run game the offense will be fixed IMO
to fix the run game, you have to take a few shots down field
Honestly we were successful on the ground in London – we just gave up on it
CBS reported Petty death from info obtained from LAPD, the later said he’s on life support, with no brain activity. We don’t know if police or media screwed up, but life support with no activity is basically dead, just not officially confirmed yet.
Death is rarely black and white, or cut and dry, it can go down ugly and unexpected.
We can blame Media, but We don’t for certain know what’s going on at the moment. It’s all about Tom anyway, hopefully he proves everyone wrong and comes back! But Tom deserves dignity at this time, imo
If it’s time to Move On, He will be the first to know
Frankly, if it’s bothersome media jumps the gun, maybe We shouldn’t either. Just saying
Abc news is saying can’t confirm status, and mentioned that LAPD put out an apology that wrong info was given to media
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/tom-petty-hospitalized-status-unknown/story?id=50238552
This is sad.
Cutler didn’t seem too excited about the wildcat play. Even if you can’t see the number, guess which one he is below….not exactly like finding Waldo. 🙂
I said he was standing there like he was waiting for an elevator.
“How long is this thing going to be on the 3rd floor?!?!”
Carr injured again
2 weeks for a fracture in his back…wtf?!?!
Yesterday and Today can both Fuck Themselves !! Feel really bad for the victims and families in Vegas as well as my man Tom Petty !!
I predict a much better October – December
Phindog is right, yesterday and today should go fuck each other instead of fucking us.
Marilyn Manson was rushed to a hospital last night after a stage prop fell on him during a concert. Ironically the stage prop was 2 very large guns, SMH
Also went to visit a dear friends daughter in the hospital today. She was diagnosed with Leukemia this morning, she’s only 25 years old. But she’s amazing, 9’different meds and started bone marrow treatment, but she’s inspiring everyone else with her positive attitude, and heart full of love.
ROCKPHIN: SAW your correction of my early morning post;
My responses:
1) Local media outlet originally said “200 dead in Las Vegas!” A few minutes later, they changed “dead” to “injured.” Then they said over 400 “injured.” That’ll teach me, eh??
2) NO TEAMS WITH 40 big time players??–Hell, the ’72 Dolphins had that, counting their taxi squad guys!! –And, Pete the Cheat Carroll’s Seahawks, who won a Super Bowl and then blew another one to the Pats also had an overabundance of PED-INDUCED STUDS, er, I mean, well conditioned athletes!
OUR FINS are sadly under talented, both in terms of management and players. Give our head coach about 10 or so more REALLY GOOD PLAYERS (“STUDS”) and we’ll compete for the Super Bowl. But NOT with this motley crew of too many has beens and never weres.. If these guys REALLY WERE “STUDS,” I wouldn’t be saying “SHOW ME” year after year!! Our scouting department needs a complete overhaul. But that’s not likely under the current ownership.
Who really dropped the ball today was social media. They aren’t held acccountable, don’t use or need sources, most have no media training or education, and they photoshop, and make up fake shit for their own agendas. Social Media should be called out when they suck, today they sucked
TONIGHT’s Monday Night game features the ONLY remaining undefeated NFL team this season, the 3-0 Chiefs playing at home in Arrowhead Stadium. “UNDEFEATED”, indeed.
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WHO WON THE FIRST GAME EVER PLAYED AT ARROWHEAD?
LOOK UP “Absolute Perfection, Game #1,” for the answer!
I saw every play of it.
And I wrote a series about it, too!!
TAKE THAT, Chiefs’ fans!–You will never know PERFECTION!!!
Ive been in Mandalay Bay at least 3 times, maybe 4. I always stay in the Luxor which is hooked up to Mandalay next door. Mandalay has a really nice casino, and security cameras EVERYWHERE, not to mention in House hotel and casino security.
I’m wondering how an out of shape 64 year old man, got 20 guns, high capacity mags, and a lot of ammo, up to the 32 floor room all by himself without attracting any attention or needing assistance with his approximately 20-25 bags needed.
Also remember the movie Vegas vacation? Lol when Chevy booked a room the desk clerk says, go all the way down past some elevators to the next ones, go up , down, around, down, etc, lol
The joke being Vegas hotels on the strip are MASSIVE. A lot of walking from front door to desk, and then to elevators, hallways, on and on.
It seems reasonable this guy would have struggled mightily to cover long distances carrying all that stuff , and also tons of chances to get spotted covering that much distance
I think he booked in a couple days before the shooting. He could have done it a little at a time over days.
Just to walk from the parking garage to inside, then to room, He must have passed at least a couple dozen security cams, and likely several guards or baggage handlers.
My only concern is hoping we can prevent more of these attacks, by keeping small military stockpiles out of the rooms
You’re right, he probably passed hundreds of cameras and dozens of people, literally. But if 20 trips to the room are spaced out over 3 days, and the guns are broken down and in luggage, then he just looks like a dude taking luggage to his room.
Rockphin says:
October 2, 2017 at 4:10 pm
I think the worst call by the refs yesterday was the phantom holding call on godshow. How can a Dlinemen get called for holding on a run play?? I remember seeing Gase with the still photo’s in his had just laying into the refs on the next series.
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Sorry, kind of a late response here, Rock. A defensive lineman called for holding is almost always grabbing and pulling a lineman next to the one he is engaging to move him off his spot and prevent him from getting his hands on a different rusher. If I’m the D-lineman holding, it gives my teammate a crease or path to the passer/rusher. Justin Smith of the Niners used to do this regularly without getting flagged, he had a real knack for hiding it.
Giving the refs the benefit of the doubt that it wasn’t just a ‘fix is in’ call. I think what the ref saw was Godchaux engaged by the center, then it appeared Godchaux fell backwards pulling the center AND the guard to him, opening up a path for the Jones to stuff the play, because the guard WOULD have blocked Jones if he didn’t get pulled to the ground by Godchaux.
What really happened was the guard appeared to blow his assignment, or whoever was supposed to pick up Jones didn’t, the guard doubleteamed Godchaux, the center and guard destroyed Godchaux and pancaked him to the ground, and Jones had a free path to the rusher through the space the guard was occupying.
It was a totally egregious call, and a turning point in the game IMO. That ref sucks.
Why can’t we run a bubble screen like KC does?
I’ve got a recurring subscription to PFF that I failed to terminate. I’ve since taken care of it, but I’ve got a year of PFF for the 2017 season, so there’s that. Here’s how they grade our players through game 3…
Cutler: #30 of 32 (Case Keenum is #6 of 32 in a brand new Offense)
Ajayi: #17 of 55
DeVante: #24 of 108
Jarvis: #54 of 108 (BOOOOO! I do NOT agree with this)
Stills: #105 of 108 (BOOOOO! Are you serious, PFF?!!)
Julius: #58 of 66
Tunsil: #40 of 68
Steen: #39 of 74
Pouncey: #24 of 32
Bushrod: #70 of 74
James: #29 of 68
Hayes: #18 of 102; Harris: #48 of 102
Godchaux: #101 of 120
Suh: #5 of 120
Phillips and Taylor: N/A (too few snaps to qualify)
Wake: #20 of 102; Branch: #91 of 102
Kiko: #48 of 82
Hull: #66 of 82
Allen and Timmons: N/A (too few snaps to qualify)
Xavien: #96 of of 111
Maxwell: #101 of 111
McCain: #50 of 111
Reshad: #43 of 82
Allen: #75 of 82
As always, take it for what it’s worth being it’s PFF (or as Mike E would say, PFFffffffffft! 😀 )
SUH, AJAYI and WAKE are the only top 20 rated players at their positions according to PFF. That’s a nice way of saying “NOT enough STUDS at their positions.” WE JUST DON’T HAVE ENOUGH TALENT!!!
William Hayes is top-20 rated too, but your point is WELL TAKEN, Mr. Campbell! It’s not looking very good at the moment, my friend.
Anybody heard from Steve?
DOESN’T he live up the state in Carson City?
Nothing from Steve, man. I hope he’s alright.
Agreed, hope Steve didn’t get caught up in it
CURRENTLY, there are only 4 NFL starting QBs (3 games or more) this year who have yet to throw an INT: Tom Lady*, Drew Brees, Alex Smith… and CASE KEENUM.
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Adam Gase assuredly doesn’t agree with this, but why Jay Cutler needs to have a short leash. Plus, lots more from AM
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article176524436.html
mf13ss says:
October 1, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Quick-hit observations on Offense…
— I stand by Adam Gase keeping Cutler as the starter into next week, but I’d keep Cutler on a very short leash…
If Cutler doesn’t turn it around it isn’t gonna matter. We know what Moore is…..he’s a back-up.
If Gase doesn’t figure out how to run the ball the season is toast anyway.
ElephantRider says:
October 2, 2017 at 11:10 pm
If Cutler doesn’t turn it around it isn’t gonna matter. We know what Moore is…..he’s a back-up.
If Gase doesn’t figure out how to run the ball the season is toast anyway.
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I’m not sure that Moore is a mere back-up being he ROCKED last year (105.6 passer rating) in relief of Tannehill for 3.5 games… he got us into the playoffs. However, I’d question his physical stamina over the course of a 12-game season: he hasn’t had to do that since 2011.
100% AGREED that if Gase can’t figure out how to run the ball, the season is toast anyway.
Why does it seem it’s our lot in life to suffer as fans of our beloved Phins?!! *sigh* 😦
Help us, ‘Gase’ Windu… you’re our only hope…
OH that’s gonna leave a mark!
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BREAKING: Rocker Tom Petty has died at the age of 66, a spokeswoman says
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Official now. RIP, Mr. Tom Petty 😦
David C (@DolphinsSB52) says:
October 2, 2017 at 8:17 pm
Who really dropped the ball today was social media. They aren’t held acccountable, don’t use or need sources, most have no media training or education, and they photoshop, and make up fake shit for their own agendas. Social Media should be called out when they suck, today they sucked
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Late reply to this, so apologies in advance, David.
I think you’re mistaking social media with the Mainstream Media (MSM) radicalized leftist news outlets: ABC, CBS, NBC, MSNBC, CNN, NY Times, LA Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, etc, etc.
They brought the mantra of #FakeNews upon themselves, and that’s why they can no longer be trusted. I’m not even being political here being it’s the TRUTH… and it was on display today before EVERYBODY, as you noted (only confusing liberal news for social media).
And leave it to the MSM to politicize the Vegas shooting before the facts even come out, SMH. Time to turn off the TV and the MSM internet.
Not at all buddy, social media isn’t even close to mainstream media. Social media is user submitted crap on Facebook, instagram, YouTube, and the like. Of course social media is just people doing what people do, and many enjoy trolling, planking, etc, and have no media training , education, accountability, whatsoever..
Anyways, social media on Facebook had field days intentionally making up ridiculous stories with no credibility. That’s what I was referring to earlier as dropping the ball.
That’s unquestionably getting political M13 – let’s not pretend it’s not
As the investigation into the deadliest mass shooting in US history unfolds, trolls have no problem taking advantage of people on social media, whether it’s to spread propaganda or all part of a prank. These hoaxes frequently happen after large tragedies, making them a sad reminder that people should be cautious of what they read online, particularly following this type of event.
Just minutes after the shooting unfolded in Las Vegas, trolls took to Twitter to spread the “Sam Hyde” shooter hoax, a meme where the comedian’s photo is posted online blaming any mass shooting on him. The hoax also popped up after the attacks at UCLA and San Bernardino.