The 2-2 Dolphins travel to Atlanta to play the 3-1 Falcons. The Falcons are 9.5 point favorites over our Dolphins. Can Jay Cutler and the Dolphins offense finally get on track?
Stay tuned Dolphins fans, 1:00PM on CBS, or your favorite streaming site!
Dolphins beat the home favorite Falcons in a stunning upset as Dolphins drive late in the game to break the 20-20 tie and win it with less than a minute to go with a 48 yard Cody Parkey FG. The Dolphins seal the win with a Cordrea Tankersley INT of Matt Ryan with 33 seconds remaining.
Finsmob Unleashed 
23-22 Miami
Second and Oink
Carrooooooooooo!
jetsssuck – Your boy is going to finally make his impact today!
Probably be Grant again
I figure in this game…..time to unleash Grant.
So sitting at an airport bar yesterday watching college football with a guy. Explain that don’t follow but do the pros. He asks what my team is. After he learns just says….”gonna be a tough day for you guys tmrw.” What could I do but agree?
go hurricanes!
LOL — sorry you can’t make it this year bud. Might mean that OD gets the pocket billiard title though. 🙂
mf13ss says:
October 14, 2017 at 8:11 pm
The Flying Pig says:
October 14, 2017 at 7:48 pm
The yahoo article says ratings of Thursday Night Football are up by 7%
That’s not hurting
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I believe it’s up 7% from last week, which was down 15% from last year.
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so if this is the case with the current salary cap at 167m wouldn’t it stand to reason that the cap would regress from 167m down to 141m, – 15% for 2018?
can you imagine the repercussions of this? those teams with guaranteed contracts would be in deep doo-doo
Is there that tight of a one-to-one correspondence between ratings and salary cap?
It would seem to me that the TV contract is set for however many years, during which, there will always be slight fluctuations of the ratings based on dozens of factors. The cap is probably set in some semi-secret, non-public committee, so the owners can budget ahead of time, and so the players’ agents can’t use a specific number in contract negotiations.
Surely there is some wiggle room built in. I doubt seriously that owners would go into a season thinking OMG we need to max out TV ratings or we will go bankrupt in one year.
FEST
Game is Sun, Oct 22 at one against the JETS. Seats are $65 each. Chef Warren tailgate as always.
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.
And Toba is getting folks together Fri nite in Hollywood.
THE YETS REVENGE CEW
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 (or maybe still Hulk after the Falcons)
Krishna +1 (has own seats)
Has Krishna checked in?
O Rob, Plane, no need, Ticket, who knows? Hotel Done!
I believe the offensive side of the ball’s troubles are the QB and the rest of the offense are having trouble coalescing, let’s hope that in the midst of the games played this team has became better as a unit and are ready to show improvement today.
good point. I actually think so.
I think the various upsetting factors did delay the gelling of the offense. Not making any excuses, but come on. Not since the Saints and Katrina has there been such a non-football disruption. Plus all the other shit like losing your starting QB, your OL coach, and the OG you thought would plug that hole.
Imagine Green Bay’s record without Rodgers or look at the Raiders without Carr. Look at Eli with a trash OL.
ORob
That’s a good point about the cap. But just for clarity keep in mind that the yahoo article only mentions Thursday night football and not everything.
I believe that ratings are generally down in 17
And I know they were down in 16 as compared to 15
so those numbers only present part of the story
However I actually think the salary cap increases are not so dependent on those numbers
The reality is they vote every year on increases
So they can vote to keep cap increases down in the future if the trend continues
But they will look at entire revenue when it’s said and done
A lot of people hate thrusday night football
I think it’s overkill
But the reality is – it increases revenue substantially to add an entire new day of revenue to the tv market
So if ratings go down in general but Thursday night football becomes a staple and revenues increase on that one day – I think it offsets the ratings decrease in a substantially favorable way for the NFL
Because there was no market at all on Thursday
They really just tapped a new pool for $ and it’s working
I guess owners will say to themselves “can we make more $”
But I don’t think the nfls current state is anywhere near dire
I also think when it comes to player’s behavior all these issues concerning $ are way to attenuated for the vast majority of the players who are currently playing to be affected directly.
From what i read The sponsors feel they’re not getting their monies worth advertising NFL games, Their cost is ratings based. are the contracts between the Networks and Sponsors tied to ratings?? I would think so.
with a 9 billion dollar a year company which most of that revenue is paid by the networks If the networks are losing due to a diminished audience there has to be a trickle down effect IMO. so who eats the difference?
there might be a trickle down effec. Time will tell
But I don’t think individual players on 4-5 year contracts will be affected directly in most cases.
I think the loss of ratings is tied to a lot of things the NFL that they might consider changing Like I said it happened in 2016 too.
It’s game time
So we can continue this convo some other time
Go Dolphins !!!
So on my way back from the gym (in queen, ny)
I saw a guy with a Dolphins shirt at Starbucks
I immediately struck up a conversation
And it turns out he was from the same small town (Cooper city) in so Florida where I am from
That hasn’t to be good luck right?
Then on the walk home I stopped by a sports bar (remember I’m not going to slatterys today)
I asked the bartender if they played all the games (I’m not wearing Dolphins gear at this time keep in mind)
And she says “we try to. We always play the jets 😒And the giants but if there are no Dolphins plays, for example, we won’t play that game”.
I laughed and said “that’s the game I want”
And she said – “oh then we will play that game!”
This all happened in a span of 10 minutes or so in my neighborhood
Isn’t that odd
I think it’s good luck
🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬🐬
Buy lottery tickets now
And get the bartenders number
Almost time for the total destruction of the Atlanta Falcons.
stangerx says:
October 15, 2017 at 11:17 am (Edit)
I figure in this game…..time to unleash Grant.
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Sorry but I don’t share the Grant love around here. I think he is not sure handed enough as a returner and lacks the necessary size and hands to be a WR. I just think it says a lot that Carroo can’t beat him out
Tedd Ginn once won a game against the Jets that should have lost. Not saying he is the future answer, but today might just be the day for that kinda thing.
DeVante Parker is inactive for today’s game at Atlanta. The rest of the inactives are safety Maurice Smith, cornerbacks Torry McTyer and Byron Maxwell, linebacker Stephone Anthony, guard Isaac Asiata and offensive tackle Sam Young.
Maxwell still in the doghouse
The Anthony thing is confusing to me, but I guess it’s a numbers formula about what we need active.
Go Phins!!!
I wish Anthony was active but…
NE plays @ Jets so one of them will have 3 losses
Go jest (throwing up in mouth)
1st down my squiggly
Short
Ok here we, lets see some offense
I don’t mind the early falcons fg
Put some pressure on our offense
Come on offense
Oh crap, 3-0. We’re in trouble. Lol.
Need to get ajayi going early
Dasani starting
Double te set
Yeah baby
J-Train!
Go Fins!
Not cutters fault = NCF
NCF
Our offense is so vanilla
Drive started at the 10 yard line offense needs better field position
So did Falcons last drive
Let’s go D
22 yards from Ajayi on the 1st drive and the passing offense cannot match it
That stuff really hurts us
I need to point out that other than Julius Thomas, who defenses don’t seem to respect, our receivers aren’t getting any separation. That has to change
That’s unacceptable. Can’t let them pick that up
Ryan will eat this defense alive if our offense can’t sustain a drive
Ouch
We can’t convert a 3rd down and we can’t stop a 3rd down conversion
10 points allowed. We are done. Our offense can’t score 10
Crap, 10-0.
Atlanta’s plays are so much better than ours.
Branch was successfully blocked by a TE.
no real pass rush on this drive.
go jest
Stop it!
Why stop it? I’m rooting for the Jets too
It’s just ugly to see…lol
We suck much ass
Fuck! Landry needs to make that freaking catch!
It’s now 57 yards on the ground to 17 passing yards
Cutler you fuckwad. Make a play
J Train keeps on Rollin , Proud Adam Refrains from throwing 🎸🎸.
We cannot convert a 3rd down if the Falcons D walked off the field prior to snapping the ball
WR dropping lots of balls still,, Landry not his usual carch machine this year
Anthony is a backup OLB behind Alonso and Timmons. He’s also known to not play STs. Can’t be active if that’s the case.
2 dropped passes today, both by #14. This is damaging his next contract
Need a stop here or it may get outta hand
Julio with a Landry. lol
Wow 14-0 Jets 👍👍
Offense must respond here
Nice job by McCain
Flipped Field position HUGE !!!
Only if we take advantage of it
Git er Dun Cutler 😠
Let’s go offense
Keep the j train going
Drive killer
If we don’t convert we are giving the Falcons another score
Dammit!
Game over we can’t give away field position like this
It is so frustrating. We need a spark from somewhere, and we just can’t get it
Time fir a strip sack
We need to play smart football and realize you can’t give the Falcons that kind of field position
We always do something to push us back.
Good play by Poe … says to Cutler Nevermore
Going for it on 4th down with this passing offense is idiotic desperation
We are really asking for too much from our defense
Bingo
Ouch
If that was Cutler, it would have been picked off
Fuck ! That was close
TD
This is going to be ugly
Actually looks a little short
Once again we have 0 on the board. Can’t keep doing this.
I think my original plan for an all day tailgate might be the best idea. Why ruin the day by attending a shitshow?
Now we have to pass and now the Falcons know we have to pass. This is going to be be brutal
Losing this game doesn’t kill me
But scoring 0 points well into the game
That is fucking ridiculous
Piggy is channeling my thoughts today
Crap, 17-0 in the first half. …but I guess that’s what happens when Miami plays a good team. 🙁
^ Exactly. We beat 2 powder puffs
Drake and Carroo can’t see the field
Wtf was that throw
That pass was as ugly as a pass I’ve seen
Damn, Cutler got smashed
They should penalize us more when cutler gets hit – they are doing us a favor
3rd down fuck
Thank God for the penalty. Keeps us out of 3rd down
No need to hurry Cutler we are only 3 scores down
Our offence is performing like my Dzone streaming service.. clear fir a bit , then buffers stalls and goes black
The offense’s goal is to keep the Falcons from going up by 24 now
That’s how bad it is
Off his back foot again
A3rd down conversion
Fuck
That was insanely bad by cutler
Omg
Shit throw
Get Cutler the fuck out of there. He had so much room to run what a POS!!!!!!!!!!!
He could have run for the 1st down and the receiver was wide open
It’s utterly ridiculous how bad he is
Unbelievable
Pouncey to the locker room……..
This could be a 37-0 game
Can we please see Moore start 2nd 1/2, what do we have to lose .. pouncey headed locker room.
We can’t get any pressure
Again ZERO in the 1st half. I think it’s time to move to Moore. Cutler just can’t get it done