What a miserable end to the Dolphins season! Actually what a miserable season. Hmmm…Let’s see if I can line up Buffalo in my sights….
Ehhh…Whats the point? It’s already a dump! There is nothing this astro cannon can do that they can’t do to themselves or haven’t done to themselves…
May as well start thinking about the NFL draft and get ready for 2018. And let’s start with the top – let’s start with the Heisman Trophy winner, Baker Mayfield.
Okay, settle down Tannehill lovers. I’m just looking at all options. Besides….we never draft the guys I look at anyway…so this is probably a blessing.
The Positives: If you don’t know about Mayfield by now – WAKE UP. There is a reason he won the the Heisman Trophy. He’s been dominating College Football this year and has Oklahoma competing for a National Championship (at the time this is written).
Just look at his numbers. Over 14,000 yards in four years (including his first year at Texas Tech), 129 Touchdowns and only 29 interceptions with a career passer rating of 176.00. Mayfield had 40 touchdowns in 2016 and 41 in 2017. Mayfield is probably the best Oklahoma QB since Sam Bradford and some experts since he is a better pro prospect.
He is 8th on NCAA all time passing yards and 6th in touchdowns. His 2017 QB rating is first in NCAA history surpassing his 2016 QB rating which is 2nd all-time.
We can go on forever about his stats – they are impressive. But beyond the numbers, Mayfield is confident and competitive and loved by his teammates.
Weaknesses: Okay…I know he’s smallish. He’s listed at 6’1 and might be even smaller. Although he has been durable at Oklahoma, some question whether at that size he can be that durable in the pros.
He’s not a great athlete either. He’s not a bad one – he’s just not going to make heads turn if/when he runs the 40 at the combine.
Oh – and then there is the attitude. He’s a crotch grabber…I guess Mayfield comes off a bit cocky. I’ve even seen him compared to Johnny Manziel. YUK!
The Alien Dust: He’s a gamble. What front office will take that gamble? There are many great college quarterbacks that don’t produce in the NFL. Mayfield is smallish and has that personality that gets under some human’s skin. But not this alien.
I actually love him. I think h has a chance of being a great NFL QB. His consistency in college should not be ignored. He’s a natural passer with great pocket presence and does a great job of improving when a play breaks down.
That confidence doesn’t bother me. This alien thinks a lot of humans may regret passing on Mayfie;ld. Currently I’m hearing he is the 4th ranked QB behind Rosen, Darnold and Allen – but this is a weird draft, and a QB like Mayfield of Jackson (Louisville) may not get selected as high as the other quarterbacks – but still have a better career. The QB prospect analysis always has had inconsistent results.
But the inability to predict success won’t stop this alien from comparing Mayfield to an alien weapon of destruction. Mayfield is the lethal Astro Cannon!
You can see his highlights here
Finsmob Unleashed 
Did you post this as he was throwing that pick?
Lol. – the piggy kiss of death
He looks like he’s going to be Matt Moore at the next level.
Tebow
Piggy, I heard someone saw Lou piss on the bumper of your Jeep.
don’t drag me into your twisted fantasy world
That was me Tim
Sorry Pigsgerald
🐖💨
Is that 2 fingers up a pigs butt emoji?
I don’t even want to know what you guys were discussing…
Don’t think his skills translate well to the next level
I like his moxy
But he lacks the physical size and arm strength of a Cam Newton or the speed of a Michael Vick to play the kind of game that he does
He doesn’t really run that much Ken
Barely over 1000 yards in a 4 year career
And I think his arm is strong
His arm is average it’s not exceptional
His oinks are off the chart
I like him
There’s my boy!!!!!!!!!!
That was fast
He’s really a Drew Bree’s clone in a lot of ways. Emotional leader, football smart, good athlete and experienced.
He doesn’t have Brees’s arm
Sure he does
He is a better athlete than Manziel but his game is a lot like Manziel
Almost 7 minutes left!
we can have 3 more TD’s
If it goes to overtime I wonder if the scoreboard can go triple digets?
I don’t agree with you about his arm strength at all Ken
He looks like he can make any throw and most of what I hear from scouts is pretty positive about his arm strength
It may not be Joe Flacco but I think it’s oorblabky on par with many nfl qbs like Brees
He can make all the throws but is not an elite arm. It’s average for an NFL QB
Get the papers, get the papers
Some in the media have said they think Mayfield will be a first-round pick in the 2018 NFL Draft. I reached out to some team sources, and they said that could be possible given the way quarterbacks rise. Mayfield is undersized for the NFL with just average arm strength, however. He can have issues reading defenses, too. One big area of improvement for Mayfield is his footwork as he gets happy feet in the pocket. One college scouting director told me that Mayfield’s feet are terrible. In speaking to multiple teams, they had second-day grades on Mayfield, but that doesn’t mean he won’t go in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft.
Read more: http://walterfootball.com/draft2018QB.php#ixzz52zHTcOkQ
That is pretty much my assessment of him
I guess Mayfield is this years big controversy
I keep reading a lot of very strong opinions about who he will be
Chubb is next weeks scouting report btw
It looks like you posted it already
I deleted it though
I can’t figure out how to calendar things in the new format
So it’s saved as a draft for next week
Weird call
Weird throw
Good coverage
bad read –
One defensive guy who has impressed in this game is Roquan Smith. I think he is now on my man crush list
He’s been on mine!
But to tell you the truth I’ve been a little disipointed?
Fun game to watch.
This is what the nfl wants
Ken,
I was thinking Raquon Smith has been a disappointment this game.
Did you see him cover the back on the last 3rd down play or the goal line tackle he made on Anderson earlier in the game especially the way he covered him all the way to the sideline
And then there is that tackle
I think they’ve had Smith spying on Mayfield most of the game though?
It’s not exactly a great defensive game
I love the way we could not get the NCAA to allow college playoffs for decades and now they have 2 games at the same time
Jerks
Were you @Slatterys Sunday?
No
I was so sick yesterday
I heard there was only like half a dozen people there
That tackle alone was enough to get Smith drafted high
Ken,
Yes, he’s made a few plays….like that last hit just now, but I was expecting more from the Butkus winner.
I think he has played well in this game especially the 2nd half
Oklahoma is going to lose this game
Smith is a beast
Ok, Ken. So, now he gets highlights. Lol
Don’t doubt me. LOL
Pigs
Seen a bald headed, bearded guy in the pics and thought it might be you?
Nope
There a lot of those guys drinking at bars in nyc
Ken,
His first half was forgettable, but he’s picked it up.
Well I’ll say one thing if the next one is as entertaining it will have been a great day!
Smith was a major factor for Georgia’s win.
I think he was the biggest factor
Agree they only allowed 1 offensive TD since half time and he was the difference
Clelin Ferrell (Clemson DE) is a player to watch in this game
Roquan and Raekwon. I can dig it
Ken,
No defensive player contributed in a game where 80 points were scored. Lol Entertaining game to watch though.
He was huge. Only one offensive TD for Oklahoma in 2nd half so I disagree and have seen enough to lead me to believe that Smith will be a stud at the next level.
Smith was an animal in the 2nd half. he can’t make every play just like the $120 million man
LOL
Smith is a playmaker on defense. Great range with his speed, smart player and great tackler
I want to see if linebacker Dorian O’Daniel can cover a TE
Who at TE?
I’m not picky! Anybody!
It would have to be from Alabama tonight though! 😉
Ken,
I have no clue what sort of player he is. This is the only time I’ve seen him play. He definitely picked it up in the second half and made some nice plays. Georgia’s whole team did. He looks kinda small. Is he NFL MLB size?
he wouldn’t play the middle. McMillan is the man in the middle.
He was going sideline to sideline like it was nothing. He is big enough. He will be a prototypical MLB
He’s 6’0″, 225.
Zach Thomas was considered undersized
Roquan Smith has 0 INTs and 3 PDs in 33 career starts. That screams 2-down LB if I’ve ever seen it. You don’t take 2-down LBs in the 1st Round. This guy is the next Benardrick McKinney/Reggie Ragland… only McKinney had 7 PDs and Ragland had 1 INT and 10 PDs in college… and Roquan is 15 pounds lighter than BOTH McKinney and Ragland were in college.
Now if Roquan’s game was getting the QB, that would be a little different… but Roquan has a mere 5.5 career sacks. What’s more, he’s not even in the top-20 for total tackles, tackles for loss, sacks, forced fumbles, fumbles recovered, or INTs.
Like most of the rest of y’all, I think Roquan is EXTREMELY over-rated. I’d consider converting him to S at his size and speed, but he’s got no ball skills! PASS on him.
if he’s there at #11 you take him. he’s a playmaker; something we lack on defense. stats don’t mean a lot. take a look at some of those te’s you have rated so high. where’s their td’s at?
it all depends on how a guy is being used in the defense.
Roquan isn’t a “play-maker”, he just runs and hits.
Mike Gesicki? 9 TDs this year alone? What are you talking about?
playmaker, as in he makes the stops when needed. he gets to the ball quick and makes the tackle for a loss or no gain on screens or sweeps. plus, he’s a sure tackler. something we lack on defense.
downplay him as much as you want but this guy should be our pick at #11
* sorry, 25 pounds lighter than BOTH McKinney and Ragland… not 15.
doesn’t matter. he shows he can get it done. that’s all that matters
he’s 6’1″ 225 lbs. Telvin Smith is 6’3″ 215lbs
So you’re going to plug a 225 pound player into the SAM position? This is madness!
Why are you comparing him to McKinney and Ragland. They didn’t have his skill
At this point I would be ecstatic with either Benardrick McKinney/Reggie Ragland
Alright back to work tomorrow so I am turning in early
I’m not sure college production means that much anymore. Look at the matchups. Do these prospects translate to the NFL? Target NFL prospects, not college wonders.
Smith is a bona fide NFL prospect. You want a guy who has range and can tackle at LB. He’s taking on players who are bigger than him running with the ball and has no difficulty taking them down and he doesn’t move. Perfect tackling technique.
Exactly Tim. It’s about projection of their skills at the next level and not their college stats or achievements. With that I am out. Peace
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
January 1, 2018 at 9:50 pm
Why are you comparing him to McKinney and Ragland. They didn’t have his skill
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They’re 2-down backers with no ball skills.
they aren’t even two down linebackers.
they are big, slow linebackers with no ball skills. Smith is a fast guy with range who can get to the ball fast and prevent a play going wide from turning into a huge play.
I’ve gotta turn in as well: Happy New Year! I’ll leave y’all with my annual 1/1 mock:
My Second 2018 Mock Draft (1/1/2018)
R1- Quenton Nelson, G, Notre Dame
R2- Mike Gesicke, TE, PSU
R3- Frank Ragnow, C/G, Arkansas
R4a- Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio
R4b- Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon
R5- STEPHONE ANTHONY
R6- Skai Moore, OLB, South Carolina
R7a- Logan Woodside, QB, Toledo
R7b- (from Tampa Bay)- Christian Campbell, CB, PSU
FA: Tahir Whitehead, SAM, Detroit, OR Nigel Bradham, WILL, Philadelphia
Ouch!
Let’s just say first-pick was not very complimentary of your draft? 😉
Your score is: 12592 (GRADE: F)
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 11: Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (B+)
Round 2 Pick 11: Mike Gesicki, TE, Penn State (C)
Round 3 Pick 11: Frank Ragnow, C/OG, Arkansas (B)
Round 4 Pick 11: Marcus Davenport, DE, Texas-San Antonio (B+)
Round 4 Pick 32: Royce Freeman, RB, Oregon (B+)
Round 6 Pick 11: Skai Moore, OLB, South Carolina (B-)
Round 7 Pick 7: Logan Woodside, QB, Toledo (C)
Round 7 Pick 11: Christian Campbell, CB, Penn State (B-)
Opinions are like assholes, as they say. Lol
I didn’t want smith to take on the lead blocker and stuff the middle!
I wanted to know if he can cover the back on the wheel route! (check that one)
And cover the TE! Georgia had someone else on Andrews didn’t see smith in coverage
Your Picks:
Round 1 Pick 14 (G.B.): Quenton Nelson, OG, Notre Dame (A-)
Round 2 Pick 11: Will Clapp, C/OG, LSU (B+)
Round 2 Pick 14 (G.B.): Mark Andrews, TE, Oklahoma (A-)
Round 3 Pick 11: Luke Falk, QB, Washington State (B+)
Round 4 Pick 11: Uchenna Nwosu, OLB, Southern California (A-)
Round 4 Pick 32: Quin Blanding, FS, Virginia (A+)
Round 6 Pick 11: Dimitri Flowers, FB, Oklahoma (A+)
Round 7 Pick 7: Cole Madison, OT, Washington State (A-)
Round 7 Pick 11: Shaun Dion Hamilton, ILB, Alabama (C+)
Without speculating too much on some older players, UDFAs, maybe a trade, bottom depth or some players off of injury.
These are players I expect to be on the team competing for the 2018 season.
Offense:
OL Tunsil, Pouncey, Davis, Larsen, Asiata, Smith
TE Gray
WR Stills, Parker, Grant
QB Tannehill
RB Drake
Defense:
DL Suh, Wake, Branch, Harris, Phillips, Godchaux, Taylor, Malveaux
LB Alonso, McMillan, Anthony, Allen
DB Howard, Tankersley, McCain, Lippett, Jones, McDonald
Special Teams:
K Parkey
That’s 31 players to start with based on status and contract. There will be that other 30 players already in the house competing for spots, and then 29 new additions = 53 and PS. So much has to happen before we know what this team looks like in 2018.
There is a core to build on. Laugh all you want. There are some good players here. 🙂
I think one of the major problems with this team is they look at this the same way and then they just say ” all we need to do is fill in some holes and we’re set” and we see the results.
They need to be in a team-building mode right now and for the next three years at least. They need to bring in talent thru the draft and only sign a few key free agents who can help them out not only immediately but for the long-term rather than just be short-term, stop-gap type players.
They haven’t been doing that. Like I said, I want to see what happens in free agency and the draft and if there’s any changes on the coaching staff and then we’ll have a better idea what kind of mentality they have about how they think things should be done.
LOW TEMPS near or BELOW FREEZING this week in Tampa Bay?!?! COLDEST cold spell here in over a decade. Some areas in the panhandle may see snowflakes. 2018 off to a horrid start weather wise in the Sunshine State.
Gotta blame ROSS for the shitty weather, too!!
we here in PA like to share. lol
it’s 7 degrees here now. high on Friday will be 11. but, nothing to worry about. it’s going up to 24 today and we’ll see some warm weather next MON and TUE with high’s of 39 and 35.
Someone made a point on a social media site that Gase kind of got lucky that Foster went down and Gase was forced to use Ajayi because if that didn’t happen we probably would have never seen Ajayi and it’s possible this team doesn’t win 10 games last season.
Agree or disagree? I know some will give me hell for this but I actually agree with this. Gase got lucky. There was no genius behind what he did last season. So, what are we looking at here?
I agree with this, absolutely.
And I still can’t believe he traded Ajayi… and for a 4th rounder, no less. SMH
No I don’t agree
That theory depends on the belief that Gase thought a 30 something Foster with a history of injuries would play 16 games
I doubt he believed that
He set Ajayi as the 2 on the depth chart and left him off plane in game 1 only to elevate him to the starter when Foster went down
I don’t think it was luck that Ajayi was the starter
M
Just curious, would you rather have had Gase cut Ajayi?
I think Ajayi is lucky that Foster went down. With his shitty attitude, he probably wouldn’t have played much at all if Foster was healthy and productive.
You mean Blount?
No, Foster, last year. See the above comment that Gase was lucky Foster got hurt and Ajayi saved the season
Oh, nm you meant last year with us
Yep
Without looking, tell me how many carries, and even total touches Ajayi has with Philadelphia this season? I get the impression people think Ajayi has had like 200 carries and close to 1000 yards with Philly
None of that has anything to do with last season and Ajayi doesn’t get the carries in Philly because they’re not a one back offense
According to this article, the cuts are a coming . . .
https://www.thephinsider.com/2018/1/1/16839276/dolphins-likely-to-cut-ties-with-three-starting-players-lawrence-timmons-julius-thomas-jawuan-james
It seems like they might re-sign James though – or at least that is the plan
Most of the cuts were expected, except they might leave Pouncey out
I hope that’s the plan. I don’t see why we should just jettison James, he played well for us for quite some time. I think we should re-sign him to long deal. We don’t need to add another need on the O-line
This is my think with Mayfield. He is a gamer, he has a lot of the Deshaun Watson like stuff in him, making things happen when things seem to be breaking down, doing what he needs to extend a play, etc. He has a competative fire to him that you just cannot find in all players.
Unlike Watson though, he isnt just about letting his play speak for him. Watson is more humble and though i think both have some player characteristics that draw people to follow their lead, i think Watson makes people want to follow him but how he holds himself. I dont see that characteristic in Mayfield and in fact im afraid that the grandiose personality traits he shows might devour the rest of the positive leadership characteristics he has. People will tired of dealing withhim as a teammate if he continues as he is headed currently.
The obvious limitations is his height, taller than Brees and Wilson, but only marginally. I say this because those two are examples of being able to overcome it, but its like a rucksack of rocks, you can still walk around with it on ya,but you have to have exceptional character to day in and day out overcome that extra baggage. His arm strenth is pretty decent, i wouldn’t say great, but decent. An offense would definitely have to be tailored to fit him, as part of his strengths is an unorthodox style.
All in all, ill stick with a previous evaluation of him, not someone id take as a first choice, not someone id take in a round im sure someone will select him in, but someone that i would take if the value was there. Im not going to risk big with this guy, he has too much “fail to get out of his own way” for me to think he has starter written all over him, but he does warrant some consideration because of the gamer intangibles he brings. Maybe the rest comes with maturity, but there have been too many recent examples of others who have failed to reach maturity to hold your breath on that.
This is exactly my take on Mayfield.
He is not as big of an A-hole as Manziel, more the level of Cam Newton, without the style and transcendent talent to make up for it.
It’s hard to overlook the sheer magnificence of his level of production, but as much as half of that won’t translate to the NFL … either because it was system stuff or trickeration or against inferior talent.
If he had a rocket arm, which he definitely does not, then maybe … but why would you risk your season on him as your starter? I would not and he is too wild to be a back-up.
Your opinion D is pretty much spot on with mine
LOL @ Jettison James. Sounds like a gunslinger
After watching Alabama C Bozeman last night, he will no longer be on my mocks as a late round center. He is big, but fat big. Slow and I saw him whiff on quite a few blocks. Doesn’t look very athletic.
agreed … also I was not impressed at all and in the same way by Andrews the OK-TE.
I barely noticed Andrews
professorloumiamidolphinsblog says:
January 2, 2018 at 5:04 am (Edit)
Someone made a point on a social media site that Gase kind of got lucky that Foster went down and Gase was forced to use Ajayi because if that didn’t happen we probably would have never seen Ajayi and it’s possible this team doesn’t win 10 games last season.
Agree or disagree? I know some will give me hell for this but I actually agree with this. Gase got lucky. There was no genius behind what he did last season. So, what are we looking at here?
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Agree and disagree. There is always a degree of luck with every great coaching job. Was Bellichek lucky Bledsoe got hurt or is he a great coach? The answer is yes to both. We won 10 games last year. Tannehill was playing his best ball last year the coach had something to do with it. Yes we only won 6 this year and yes the coach had something to do with that too.
Yeah but we didn’t win games because of Tannehill
That doesn’t even merit a response
It’s the truth
100% troll post
So Ajayi was lucky Foster got hurt and we would have just as successful with Foster running the ball.
Ajayi will be lucky if he has anything close to the career Foster had
It’s not about Ajayi. It’s about whether he would have seen the field if Foster doesn’t get hurt and if he doesn’t we probably don’t have the same season. Gase got lucky
Lou
Do you think Gase wants a 1 back offense?
I can’t tell what he wants. There’s college teams with better offensive schemes than this team
He’s made it clear that he doesn’t, and every stop he had in the NFL, he had multiple backs. Ajayi wasn’t happy with the amount of carries he was getting as the feature back, he would have flipped his shit if he had to split carries. Now in Philly, he has no choice whatsoever, because he’s just a little fish in a big pond. Saying we don’t win because of Tannehill is just a blinded, ignorant statement Lou.
It’s not ignorant. You just refuse to want to see it. He had a run game that produced 13 rushing tds last yr. We didn’t win games because of his pedestrian 16 td passes
it was 19 TD’s but a pointless discussion really . . .
I’m pretty sure leaving him off the trip in game 1 and moving him to 2 in the depth chart by game 2 means that’s gase valued Ajayi and was trying to get him on board with his vision
I think that theory is really a stretch.
Drake was on the roster too. If gase didn’t know what he had in Ajayi but for an injury wouldn’t he have went from Foster to Drake after Ajayi and him already butted heads to start the season. It’s kind of a silly theory given that Ajayi started game 5 if 2016 and fosters game 4 theory and the Dolphins has other options
I’m not sure why people are inclined to manufacture reasons to criticize Gase. I think there are reasons in front of us that aren’t so attenuated like the “gase was lucky Foster, a theory something RB with a history of injuries, was hurt last year”.
Also the notion that Ajayi was the sole reason we won 10 games last year needs to stop. It’s simplistic. And when you contrast it to the predictions that we would struggle with a harder schedule, we lost our starting qb in preseason and how our OL digressed there should be a lot of obvious other reasons we are a 6 win team in 17 and a 10 win team in ‘16
If Foster was the back for most of the season the season doesn’t happen. Gase fell into shit
That is a silly theory. I’m not sure why its not sinking in with you.
You don’t know if Gase benches Foster by mid season.
You do know Drake and williams were behind Ajayi which demonstrates that the coaches had him higher on the depth chart and higher than a couple of guys that the coaches value
Looking up the stats I can see myself that Ajayi had 18 carries in games 2, 3 and 4 so it was obvious the coaches were working him in to the gameplan in 16
Its reasonable to expect that Foster wasn’t going to play 16 games given his age and his injury history. Actually its reasonable to expect that of any player in the NFL and this theory is not applicable to anyone when it comes down to it – but for Foster and aging vet on the verge of retirement, its even less believable
That theory is evidence of people being desperate to criticize coaches and come up with something no one else has said before. The reality is the reason no one is saying it is because its far fetched
Foster was not some kind of magic top hat causing Ajayi to disappear unless he was injured. The coaches knew who ajayi was and they still know who he is. He was the next man up if Foster goes down – which happens all the time in the NFL. why are we criticzing the coaches for having good backups exactly?
I’m more likely to criticize the coaches for trading him than the fact that he only played last year out of dumb luck. That wasn’t luck – he was a good pick and a valuable player. I still don’t like the trade even given Drake’s success but this argument is still out of left field for my taste
Gase sucks, Tannehill sucks, because Lou says so. End of story, since professorloumiamidolphinsblog states it. professorlouphiladelphiaeaglesblog seems to make more sense. Think about it
There’s nitrogen in the air too Lou, and we don’t need it to breathe, but if we take out the nitrogen, then air is water, and we all drown.
That’s deep Naples. 😀
This is kind of the reason why I am happy Ross said right away “no changes”
so we as fans don’t go crazy with a discussion about whether its right or wrong to fire Gase
The decision is made
And while I think its valid to criticize Gase for a lot of reasons – we don’t have to come up with new ones do we?
^^^^post of the day, week, month and season ^^^^
Yeah that makes sense
On things we can build off of
After barely touching the ball for the first 6 weeks Drake finished the season with 8824 yards. I would like to see is bring in another RB to help carry the load but those are very good numbers for 10 games – and he didn’t start for a few of those games
Actually didn’t break 10 carries until the last 5 weeks if the season
Indeed they are! Holy cow!
: )
So Drake broke the single season rushing record?
lol
New NFL rules allow the drive home after the game to be counted
Couldn’t catch the Bills game, but just reading that Cutler was pulled after the first series. Know it is old news for you guys by now — but what was up with that? Unless he was injured, gotta think that means no reason to talk about Cutler in any way as far as the future goes.
Drake will probably shatter the record books at that pace. WOW!
If I keep making typos we will own all the record books
Did you know the 72 Dolphins went 1700-0?
Impressive record
Naples, yeah, Andrews was a non factor. That may have been GA’s game plan to take eliminate him as a go to guy for Mayfield. I saw him double a few times. That may be why GA struggled defending the run/jet sweep in the first half. It did bother me though that every time I saw Andrews he was lined up outside and not much in line to block.
Stanger, yeah, Gase wanted to see Fales with the one’s in this game. It just happened much sooner than anyone thought.
Why even play Cutler for the first series though? Not exactly a graceful out. Last I checked the story was Adam and Jay are best buds…..but maybe not any more.
Lol at 8000+ yards
Drake finished with 823 yards
Mayfield is a talented football player and a gamer but something just bothers me about him as much in a way that I would be disappointed if we drafted him in the first 4 rounds. Maybe if we nailed our 1st 4 picks, I would be ok with it with our last pick in the 4th. I mean, it would be nice to have a fearless, self motivating gamer to come off the bench as your #2.
Stanger, after going 3 and out on the first series with an almost Cutler INT, Gase must havesaid F-it.
Was looking at it from Gase’s standpoint, but that is possible. Once Cutler took a snap they couldn’t take his game check away. Maybe he decided he’d prefer never taking another hit.
Drake definitely proved he’s got more than enough talent to be the main back, even in a 3 back situation. What he hasn’t proven yet, through no fault of his own, whether he can handle 16 games of getting 15-20 touches a game
His 8000 yard game went unnoticed
He was playing as if Tannehill was the QB that day, because Tannehill doesn’t help you win at all.
Some good emerging finds this season….Drake and Howard at the top of list, but would add in Jessie Davis and TJ as well.
Stanger
Cutler threw a hideous pass that should have been intercepted, but the Bills DB dropped it. I think Gase saw enough. lol I mean, it was only his 2nd pass, and it could have been a pick 6
But you don’t pull your starter after one bad pass early, especially if Fales is your back-up. But that assumes you are interested in winning…..
Think of it from this perspective. He probably only planned to give Cutler a couple of series, but after that awful pass, he decided to cut it back to just one series.
BBM – Owe ya a beer
Ajayi definitely helped us last year, but we also succeeded even when he wasn’t helping us. He had the three 200 yard games, and that’s a pretty remarkable feat, but he only had one 100 yard game outside of that. The stretch of games we went on he had 2, 200 yard games early in that stretch, and then one very late, and all the games in the middle we won in spite of him a lot as he had several games he averaged below 3 yards per carry. Also people are so quick to give him credit for it, but they revile the OL, which had to have been producing the opportunities for him to get those yards.
The reason we were winning then was because we played complimentary football, we were helping each other out, ST’s were also really good that year. We simply played as a team better and part of that was being led by the same guy who we always looked to as our leader, instead of having to insert a new guy into that role and try to make 4 years happen in one. For all i may point out about Tanny’s +’s or -‘s, i pretty much felt like we were headed for a 8-8, 7-9 at best season the minute he went down, because even if we had good Cutler most games, the chemistry was just not going to be there. I got overly excited by preseason with Cutler and dared to dream, but it came back down to reality pretty quickly.
What RT17 a leader? Ya don’t say……
I just don’t understand how that gets lost. I said before….. when he went out in the AZ game, the looks on the faces on the sideline said it all…..
So when he comes back and goes down again……..
I read somewhere that Cutler was gone from the locker room before they even let the first reporter in there.
Yep. See ya!
Gase had already told Cutler that Fales was gonna play. Cutler told Gase just let the kid play….. that was that.
I get it….. knew he wss done, season done……
Well one person was auditioning for a job next year, the other one either already knows he has one or he already knows he doesn’t, so it wouldn’t do any good to play him that last game no matter what that decision is.
naplesfan2010 says:
January 2, 2018 at 11:09 am
If he had a rocket arm, which he definitely does not, then maybe … but why would you risk your season on him as your starter? I would not and he is too wild to be a back-up.
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Yeah he isnt a guy you take with the idea of you shooting for a backup role, or really even a “settle on him as the backup if he doesnt work out as a starter” thats just not who he is. This is a guy you commit to as a starter and you risk it our you pass on him. Id also say you would start him right off ideally, he is the type guy i think could respond to that kind of situation, but i also think he isnt good enough to do that and has a lot to learn and a good bit of maturity to really warrant being tapped as your guy. Again, if he is floating around later in the draft and we still haven’t taken a QB, i roll the dice i’m just not sacrificing a pick we could have much better value with, to take him because another team might reach to take him.
So Cutler was talking post-game, just not to reporters.
Baller
Mike i dont think it was anything like that, at that point in the year throwing and errant pass is a “oh well”. He also wouldn’t have put Fales as a replacement in a benching move. He didnt bench him all season so why would that game, a game that did not count make him finally do it. Fales needed an evaluation, and that’s what they got. It means Moore stands a good chance of not returning, or at the very least they are looking to move on, because they evaluated a potential replacement for him. They also got to see if they would need to invest stronger in a backup replacement, because if they want to move on from Moore and Fales isnt going to be that guy, then they got to get prepped up for FA or draft to take a guy that can do it.
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ElephantRider says:
January 2, 2018 at 2:32 pm
What RT17 a leader? Ya don’t say……
I just don’t understand how that gets lost. I said before….. when he went out in the AZ game, the looks on the faces on the sideline said it all…..
So when he comes back and goes down again……..
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he doesn’t ooze it, but he has an air about him that i think commands a good bit. He remains positive in adverse situations and that keeps you in games sometimes, it lets you be able to turn the tide, even if he isnt carrying the team, it definitely feels like he helps others rally around the team and find an extra gear.
And he takes big hits and gets up, runs without fear for important first downs, and doesn’t call out his teammates on camera. When you’re a white guy that the Bennett brothers like, you know you aren’t racist and you have a ton of street cred.
With the Bills getting in…..9 of our 16 games were against playoff teams. Yeah our schedule was tough.
Let’s see if he got a bionic knee too?
BTW i just saw that Taven Bryan from UF declared for the draft. That dude is going to be a beast, he really came on this last year and he just is brutish strong, blows people back off the line. He is probably suited best for 3-4 DE, but he could play as a 4-3 DE, or even 4-3 DT, maybe a hybrid role. Most people i have heard make comparisons of him its to JJ Watt because of the motor and strength. If we decide to move on from Phillips because we feel he didnt make the necessary progress this year, id be all over taking Bryan as his replacement. We would have exactly the opposite as far as motor, effort and conditioning out of him than we do Phillips as he is a gym rat. Another guy out of Ole Miss, Breeland Speaks is another guy to look at for similar role, can slide out and play DE, but can also be a pass rush specialist from the DT position.
Have you ever just had “one of those days”?
To me, that was the 2017 season for the Dolphins. It was like
We overslept, missed breakfast, cut ourselves shaving, had a flat tire when we went out to get in the car so our coffee got cold, Triple A got lost and then they didn’t have our tire size, and when we finally hit the highway, we got rear-ended on the way to work by an illegal immigrant with no insurance.
When we finally made it to work, the big boss had moved our office to the basement and canceled our vaca till next year. Our best account ditched us for a $30 theatre ticket, and the company cut our territory in half and hired a young sexy chick to compete with us on volume. We forgot our lunch and had to settle for a stale sandwich from the vending machine, had to walk in sleet to a crummy pub for a $25 lunch and drank 3 martinis we were so pissed off.
Got back to work, late again and feisty from the cheap gin, argued with co-workers, dropped our phone and cracked the screen, crashed our database and lost our spreadsheet, got a moldy Uber home with Roseanne Barr driving and found out from our wife when we got there that it was our night to host Senior Ladies Yoga, our internet was down, our best friend moved to Oregon, a meth-head rock-star rented the apartment across from our daughter’s, and a family of nine ISIS sympathizers from Yemen moved in next door. (That would be the Buffalo Bills; the rest you can figure out.)
Stanger says>>
With the Bills getting in…..9 of our 16 games were against playoff teams. Yeah our schedule was tough.>>>
Including both teams from last year’s Super Bowl and 8 out of the last 12 Super Bowl contestants.
Draftek has immediately installed Taven Bryan as the 4th rated 5 technique DL with a draft number of 94, which means we could take him with our early 4th and still get the 3 guys we need first (OG, TE, RB).
Good call D.
Naples,
Its kind of like the scene in Office Space where the guy is waiting in trafic and frustrated and finally sees a break in the line that is moving only to find as soon as he gets over there, that line has now stopped and the one he was in is now moving. Thats kind of how our season went, we would have brief moments where it looked like we might be jumping into that fast lane finally just to be reminded, “Sorry, the fast lane is for winners.”
We had a bad season. It doesn’t mean everyone sucks and we can’t be good in 2018.
I was pretty impressed with Jonathan Ledbetter last night for UGA. I expected him to declare for the draft and be a mid round selection, or maybe even rise a little on the draft boards with a good combine, 3rd round maybe. I thought he would declare IF they won the championship, but looks like he is also going to return for his senior year.
Wyoming should like Bryan as well, he’s a Wyoming native and developed most of his musculature working a farm/range out there. His nickname at UF was the Wyoming Wildman. He works out with 600lbs on squats and and benches over 500. I saw a video once of him benching 450 multiple reps. He hasnt been playing football his whole life so he kinda had to mature into playing well but this last year he was dominant, got better every game and was one of the few brights spots for us for the year.
I could see us sticking with Phillips for his last year on his 2nd rd contract. Still a cheap big man in the rotation.
Didn’t we have Bryan Daboll here as an assistant coach for a little while?
OC for one year I believe.
We don’t really need another DT, but if he could spell Wake on obvious running downs, that would be good. Is Taylor the back-up for Suh?
I think we move our DTs around.
Suh doesn’t come out much. I saw Gabe Wright in there a good bit for him this last game though
Bryan has the speed to play on the outside even at 290.
How does he play the run?
We went 6-10. Yeah, the head coach of this team is a frickin genius.
Who said that?
Belichick was 41-55 in his first 6 seasons as a Head Coach. Is he any less a genius?
well, we see how he compares to the other guys if he makes it that far.
Piggy:
Please don’t take this personally…I hate Wedge and his scouting reports. It means it’s the off-season and a long time til the next game. Hopefully better ones than this past year. This season literally and figuratively was a disaster from the beginning.
Talk like that will get Wedge to turn his space cannon towards West Virginia…lol
Does wedge need a permit for his space cannon? How many rounds does the magazine hold? How many rounds per minute? lol
Does it have an illegal bump stock?
You guys would be the worst people to watch the destruction of Alderaan with