I’d say we had what most of us here at FU believe was a very successful draft, and for those of you have been here a long time, which is most of you, to get any kind of consensus on our drafts is normally impossible. Despite that fact, along with the return of our starting QB, Las Vegas oddsmakers have us winning only 6 games. In Tannehill’s worst season we were 6-10, not coincidentally, that was Joe Philbin’s last year as Head Coach of the Miami Dolphins. I’m sure there are 3 major factors as to why they have us so low, and I believe first and foremost it’s the health of our QB Ryan Tannehill, and how long he’s been away from the game, 19 games to be exact. When we cut Suh, we lost one of our best defensive players. When we chose not to pay Jarvis Landry $15M + per season, we lost one of our most productive offensive players.
We know the losses, but I feel like they don’t consider the gains we’ve made strongly enough. I think we finally got the back end help we’ve been missing here in Miami, and I’m pretty confident that Minkah Fitzpatrick will be playing a lot, right from the start. He will instantly prove he’s better than anyone else we have as a deep safety, or even a LOS cover man on a TE, or bigger slot WR. He will have a ton of opportunities, and will make the best of them. I think Ryan Tannehill is healthy and ready to go, and although there is so much worry his wretched knee can’t hold up, look at Frank Gore who shredded his knees in college at U of Miami, and is still playing in the NFL 14 years later. There was nothing special or unusual about Tannehill’s injury, and I say once again, it wasn’t two separate injuries, he had a slight tear that he tried to rehab without surgery, and then it finally tore later on. Not devastating, it’s like a button on your jacket that’s loose, and then one day it just FALLS OFF! It’s still just one button, and yes it was disheartening when Tannehill went down, it was a run of the mill knee injury,
In addition to Fitzpatrick and Tannehill, we finally drafted that receiving TE that gives all NFL DC’s nightmares. We’ve been terrorized for years by them, but now we have one of our very own. Mike Gesicki will make a difference here from day one. I know they say TE’s historically start slow in the NFL, but if you watch the NY Giants, you’d know that Evan Engram, a smaller version of Gesicki had 64 receptions and 722 yards and 6 TD’s last season. I think Gesicki can easily duplicate that or better that. He will additionally open the offense for everyone else. Once he’s out there tearing up the middle of the field, he will garner more attention, which in turn will open things up for the run game, and our perimeter receivers, Parker and Stills, and also for short passes and screens to Albert Wilson and Jakeem Grant.
We have had lots of problems covering TE’s, and RB’s and we’ve seen LB Kiko Alonso burnt far too often. The addition of Fitzpatrick and also LB Jerome Baker gives us flexibility. I think we’re going to try and figure out who our primary LOS cover guys will be in both nickel and dime formations. It might change a lot, but they have to identify which guys can get it done. Fitzpatrick, Baker, McDonald will all get the chance to be on the field more, since in today’s NFL, offenses operate with 3, 4 and 5 receiver sets so often that teams are in the nickel and dime more than ever. We know what the issue is, and they drafted talent to combat it, in addition to signing T.J. McDonald last year. You could even throw LB Stephone Anthony in the mix, big, fast LB who can cover.
We didn’t replace the huge hole in the DL after releasing Ndamukong Suh. The fact is, even if we took Vita Vea or Da’Ron Payne, we still wouldn’t have filled that hole. Suh was a beast, he played a ridiculous amount of snaps throughout his entire career, and easily led the Dolphins in that category. The philosophy has changed, and we’re going to rotate fresh players in more often from now on. At the moment, that’s Jordan Phillips, Davon Godchaux, Vincent Taylor, Gabe Wright and also DE/DT William Hayes. Also keep in mind the cap money we get after June 1st, and I won’t be surprised in the least if we pick up a DT in FA at that point. After the draft, veterans are often cut, so we’ll have some choices to bolster the DL.
I love the Kalen Ballage pick. I know I’ve said it a bunch of times, but watch the kid play, and he’s a lot like Arizona’s David Johnson. He’s a very reliable receiver, he has some giddyup running a 4.46 40 at 6’2 228. He’s a tough short yardage back, but also one who has the breakaway speed to take it the distance. Ditto on the pick of Durham Smythe, TE. He’s the blocking TE to replace Anthony Fasano, and he’s a decent receiver as well. When we’re running the ball, Smythe will be the in line blocking TE, and I’m sure there will be formations with both Smythe and Gesicki, with Gesicki split out. You can run or pass from that formation, and also keep in mind that although Gesicki wasn’t asked to block much at Penn State, he will block here in the NFL. He won’t be Durham Smythe, but he will block.
We also bolstered special teams in the draft with the selections of LB Jerome Baker, Cornell Armstrong, Quentin Poling, and K Jason Sanders. In addition, I think we also got some help on the offensive line. Acquiring Josh Sitton, one of the best pass blocking OG’s in the NFL, we definitely improved. We got an OC we can count on being there the whole season, and who will be able to practice with his linemates when we traded for Daniel Kilgore. LT Laremy Tunsil will be a better player having LG Josh Sitton next to him, teaching him his responsibilities and of course, having better play next to him. If Ja’Wuan James is healthy, he will be a good player playing for his next contract, a good spot for us to be in. Hopefully we both benefit by that, and we re-sign James after a great season. Right guard is a question mark, but we have promise in up and comer Jesse Davis and veteran Ted Larsen. Between those 2, they should be able to hold down that spot. Also, maybe last year’s draftee OG Isaac Asiata enters the mix and surprises.
6 wins? FU Las Vegas!
Finsmob Unleashed 
YES I Agree Rob, I do see it. We shouldn’t run out of shot gun on first down. Hopefully Gase sees it this season too.
This debate ignores that out OL allowed presence in the backfield too often before our backs got going – Ajayi, Williams and Drake. It wasn’t all on the RBs but they also contributed with some bad decisions at times.
The main problem we had with our running game is we couldn’t lineup and run when we had to. We were good when the playbook was open. Let’s hope we can change that this year.
In order to have success you have to impose your will on the other team, you have to successfully run against the other team when they know you’re going to run. I’m talking 4 to 6 yards, you have to require that other team to add resources to stop you from imposing your will. then you weaken and take advantage of other areas of that team. this also pays dividends for your defense as well in ball control.
that would be a recipe for success in the NFL.
we lack this with Drake in there on first down
The funniest thing about Rob’s argument is he keeps saying well look the team disagrees with you because they went and got two power backs…..
https://youtu.be/EsfphI5xq-0
They got one really.
which RB do you not consider a “power back, Gore or Ballage??
Gore
I watched Gore last season, he can still motor, he’s no doubt a HOFer, i know he’s old but i believe there’s still some left in the tank, there certainly was last year.
Ballage reminds me of a young Gore with those quick adjustments
I think Ballage get’s most of his yards with his eyes.
Mike E; It’s one thing to spend money (see Daniel Snyder & the Redskins). It’s quite another to spend it wisely (see Steve Ross & the Dolphins). I’d be EVEN HAPPIER THAN YOU’D BE if Ross bought the Mets because it might mean he’d first sell the Fins to finance the Mets deal!! It’s taken Ross 9 seasons to register a W-L record 16 games below .500 (65-81). He might fall more than 16 games below .500 IN JUST ONE SEASON AS METS’ OWNER! –AHHH THE POSSIBILITIES!
I think Ballage and Drake have pretty much the same style. They make people miss, but not with jerky jukes.
they are different, Drake out runs people, Ballage runs them over
Gore was very tough between the tackles runner most of his career. I don’t think he can push the pile like he used to, but if he’s used less, he might.
I think Gore will be our starting RB
OK
I am not down on Gore at all. I think he is a very good back and has been, for like 3 or 4 career’s worth. But I disagree strongly with you if you think he could beat out Drake (in 2018). He has been a 3.5 ypc guy the last few years. That’s the thing about averages…..they include the big runs and the negative runs. You think Gore’s 3.5 is because he runs for 3.5 ever time? COME OIN! (for effect not yellin’)
forget the stats, Gore is a better between the tackles RB than Drake will ever be.
ORob, Ballage is nothing like Gore. Gore 5-9 215 is a short, squatty cut and slash back who runs low to the ground and then powers his way for as much as he can get. Ballage is a 6-2 228 upright runner who uses his size to overwhelm at the 2nd level and then outrun the last level. They couldn’t be more opposite. LOL
I was talking about in the video the way he stops and goes, he’s elusive with quick moves like gore.
I hope Gore has a great year. I hope Ballage has a great year and I have a good idea that Drake will to. I wouldn’t want anyone else starting against the Pats in this game last year.
about Drakes stats, he only started like 4 games, that’s not enough touches to rely on, Drake was a 3rd down RB in gases eyes last year, at the start of the season he was behind Ajayi and Williams, when we dumped Ajayi he was still behind Williams until Williams got hurt. add that into the RB acquisitions this year.
This should tell you what Gase thinks about Drakes game. he’s a 3rd down specialist that can take it to the house, he’s not a bell cow
Whoa how did that happen?
The Flying Pig says:
May 7, 2018 at 7:57 pm
I think the first mistake with the X-men movies is the focus in Wolverine
He’s the main character in every one. X-men is a team comic. Some of the ones that didn’t get much attention: iceman, gambit, nightcrawler and colossus are some of my favorites. They really missed the boat in highlighting each of those characters
I hope they do dark Phoenix right
They totally screwed up the age of apolcolypse
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I think the real reason they made Wolverine the focus was because Wolverine was the most marketable character. More people know and care about him than say Gambit or Collossus for instance. It would have been too esoteric for mass appeal. That was the beginning of this age of good comic book hero movies before there was a major audience, and it has evolved since then. For me, it didn’t diminish the good xmen movies though, and they have tried to evolve it to be more team oriented in the last couple with mixed results.
The Marvel MCU has the right blueprint, and has created a market that can sustain heretofore unknown characters. (I actually got to use heretofore in a sentence, woohoo!) NOBODY except true Marvel geeks knew who the Guardians of the Galaxy were before their first movie came out, but there is an audience for it now that was willing to give it a try.
It would be fantastic if Fox would negotiate a deal to give the rights to Disney like Sony did with Spiderman, but I don’t see it happening unless the next Xmen movie or two really bombs.
Apocalypse was terrible. They totally ruined all the best parts of the Age of Apocalypse storyline. I have no hope that Dark Phoenix is going to be any good.
Venom is going to SUCK as well. Sony just doesn’t get it.
Yeah I agree
It would be nice Fox move aside
The age of apocalypse is pretty much the pinnacle of the X-men comics and they made it super corny
Totally with you on Age of Apocalypse. It’s my favorite Xmen story, and he’s my favorite villain (well Magneto is the best, but not always a true villain). They completely ruined it. It didn’t even resemble a fraction of a hint of the original story, apocalypse was totally corny, and the story seemed slapdash and cheap.
Rob I will concede. What ever man. So Gore is the only player in the history of the game that Averages the mean of his runs.
I want you to write 1000 times on the blackboard.
GORE IS THE MAN!!!
I like our RB group. The debate is getting silly. We’re in good shape. So much depends on the efficiency of the entire offense. I like the makeup of our offense this year better than last year. More weapons to choose from. I know at TE we’re relying on rookies, but I see at least 75 catches from them at the minimum between the two.
Cespedes
Centipedes!
ORob, no Drake is not a bell cow, I said when he was last year because we were down to him and Perry at one point. But he was still productive. Gase does not want any of his backs touching the rock 25+ times per game.
Think about this if all goes well.
QB – if Tannehill is good to go and he plays well – not saying amazing. LOL
RB – they all do their job, could be a very productive position.
TE – more of a threat and normalcy at the position than in years.
WR – we have plenty of guys to make plays and score.
OL – the starting 5 and 7 game day is there, it’s all about staying healthy and depth.
Ha! The Mets lead 5-0 early and pulled it out 7-6. That’s what we fans deal with everyday. LOL
Down 2-0 but not playing badly.. puck just bouncing Preds way right now. Lots of time left. Go Jets
Just don’t play him on 1st down. LOL
Drake started the final 6 games of the year and led the NFL. Whatever that means.
Time to trade him LOL.
Damien Willams started the NE game and was injured, Drake started against Denver so he actually started the last 5 games
Good thing he did too, because Drake had a monster game and was a big reason why we won.
Say it with me Rob, come on you can do it, say it.
” Kenyan Drake is a good running back and can run between the tackles. I am happy Kenyan Drake is our starter. Go Drake! Go DOLPHINS!”
I know you can do it
” Kenyan Drake is a good running back and can’t run between the tackles. I am happy Kenyan Drake is our starter. Go Drake! Go DOLPHINS!”
oops made a mistake
” Kenyan Drake is a good running back and can’t run between the tackles. I am happy Kenyan Drake is our 3rd down specialist. Go Drake! Go DOLPHINS!”
there i fixed it
3-0 preds. Not looking good tonight.
Well that sucked. Try again on Thursday
Rock, you’re a good guy however the only thing worse than your RB evaluation is your TE evaluation. 🙂
HULKFEST — Sunday 10/21 vs Lions
Sat eve meet-up as always plus our new to be usgh event — tunes with the Dog on Friday on Hollywood Beach.
No obligation to buy now and you can back out till the seats have to be paid for, but please help me figure out how many to reserve.
IN
Hulk
Mike E (+1 or +2)
Pig
Doggy (+2 or +3)
Son (+1-3)
Rock
stanger (+2-4)
OD (may sit with the crew)
Phelon (+1 and own seats)
Krishna (+1) (sitting with the crew?)
Toba (+1)
POSSIBLE
ElephantRider
Naples (+1)
Bookman (+1)
Seat Draft is scheduled for today. Anyone else? Any firm up on numbers? Helps to have as much info as possible.
Let’s talk about another position, since RB may be our deepest with stars.
What do you guys think of Spence, and a rotation of DTs instead of 1 guy playing 90% of the snaps?
I always thought Suh took plays off when he was doubled, which is a good use of your energy, but wouldn’t it be better to have fresh guys out there all the time?
Do we have enough talent at DT to keep the OL off of the LBs?
I expect another one to be signed after Suh 1st, I mean June 1st.
I think we may keep 4 DTs, I think Phillips, Godcheux and spence are locks, Vincent should be on the 53 as well, not sure there’s room for anyone else unless of course a good one becomes available
Wake and quinn, with Hayes, Branch and Harris, that makes 9 DL, i would assume that’s all we carry onto the 53
So you think our D is complete now?
Going to be some real battles in camp.
Who knows? Branch would be a good trade candidate to dump his salary,
Nick Fairly is available
I don’t know about the Fest. I’ve tried so many times to come and it never works out. This time I’m going in knowing it’s doubtful, but I do have a hotel reservation so far just in case. I’m having major issues with my son, he refuses to spend any time with his dad or speak to him. He’s been with me full time since October. Unless that situation resolves it’s not happening. I can’t just leave him at home for a few days although he assures me it would be fine. 😂
Party at Herd’s, as an alternate to the fest. I’ll be in WV soon, can we move it up😁
herd — anytime you make it to a fest will guarantee there will be a seat for you. You could just show up at the tailgate with no warning and I’d tell Chef Warren “no ticket for you.” 🙂
I want to see how this big WR Owasu does, he was great last year in pre season before he got injured, They thought enough of him to bring him back, he may be one of the surprises this year, Parker better shape up.
I want the 1st round talent to play, not the undrafted guy that got hot when others weren’t giving their all.
You would think that year three of a coach’s tenure we wouldn’t have so many questions regarding the team, but here we are. The good thing is we don’t know what’s going to happen. The bad thing is that we don’t know what’s going to happen. Here’s to things working out for the best.
What question in particular disturbs you?
Worries you might be a better choice of words
Is this an impromptu “Ask Mike”?
LOL – Sure
Why am I picturing him laying down, like you’re his shrink.
We’ve bitched for years about our coach not being smart enough to make changes, and now we’ve got one that has the balls/brains to make them, but aren’t sure. WTF do you guys want, a guarantee everything will be as advertised?
Who cares about it being year 3, if more big changes are needed next year, then clean house again.
What I don’t want is to go down the we suck, but let’s keep it status quo road.
Someone mention change just to change. Does anyone feel we’ve done that? Some guys gave up last year during a possible playoff opportunity.
Herd, I hope it works out. We’d all love to meet you.
Have you checked out the chances of you being +3 versus +1…..and yeah know am a pain in the ass.
Plus 3 as it stands
Stanger – I told me son to let me know by tonight whether he wants to/can go. I’lllet you know when I know
Mike,
It’s multiple questions that’s the concern, not that there’s one question. Like I said, I hope things work out. I hope the light turned on for Gase this offseason. The moves look good on paper. I want to see some execution.
Don’t you think most NFL teams have multiple questions?
The Eagles and Patriots have questions, and they were in the SB
Not what we have. You’re not being honest about the state of our team.
Stanger,
I talked to my Lions fan buddy this weekend and he wants to go.
What hotels are people generally staying at this year?
The Neptune is the most popular one now, but Piggy is staying at the Sheldon, and I’m staying at Margaritaville along with Bri
Awesome — set up yourself up on Hollywood Beach. Son, Dog, Toba and Mike E can help you with the selections. Lots of places there though. And if you don’t want to do Hollywood….I might have some other options.
I forgot the one Son is staying in but that’s worth checking out too. Really if you look at where those hotels are online than any hotel between any pf those works too. Its probably like a mile walk between the Neptune and my hotel on the boardwalk. Its a nice walk. There are a ton of hotels on that strip
SB – I like where we’re at right now. I think we have personnel that can get it done. To me, keeping Tannehill healthy is the biggest thing. I think if he’s good, the team will be competitive this year.
Gase said the plan is to use more of a rotation on the DL this year and to keep their snaps down so they are fresh all game. We might keep 10 DL. We had 10 at times last year.
I see only 9 since Hayes plays both DT and DE. Doesn’t do any good to add another DT unless he’s worthy of a spot in the rotation.
With the 9 guys we have now for DL, they can all play. I’d think we’ll be looking to get guys more PT, instead of less that a 10th DT would bring.
4 DTs and 6 DEs with Hayes playing both DE and DT. We might use more than two DEs at times as well similar to what the Giants did back in the day with their Nascar package. Maybe not all 10 dress for the game, but for depth. Like I said we had 10 on the roster at times last year.
We had 10 on the roster at times last year, but not until injuries came up.
$100 deposits for 50k season seats for the Raiders have been collected, 65k is capacity. The personal seat license BS is $4000 on average per seat. Why would anyone shell out $4k for the right to buy season tickets? Only 43% of the deposits are from NV residents.
I’m not way up or down on this team. They, imo, needed to make some changes and add pieces. I feel they have done both of those things. Will wait and see how it comes together.
That’s where I’m at. I see plenty of potential to be a good team. Gotta go do it now.
It may take time for things to gel, but how can you go wrong when you change a couple if high end players for lots if depth?
This isn’t basketball, where it takes stars to win, football allows, other than QB, you to only be as good as your worse starter. Debatable, but generally speaking.
Mike,
I like where we’re at too, but like I said at this point it only looks good on paper. There isn’t a recent baseline of success for our franchise. We haven’t sniffed a SB in decades and we’ve only made the playoffs twice in like 15 years. I want our team to be at a place where if we don’t make the playoffs it’s a down year. Right now, it’s the other way around.
HULKFEST — Sunday 10/21 vs Lions
Sat eve meet-up as always plus our new to be usgh event — tunes with the Dog on Friday on Hollywood Beach.
No obligation to buy now and you can back out till the seats have to be paid for, but please help me figure out how many to reserve.
IN
Hulk
Mike E (+1 or +2)
Pig
Doggy (+2 or +3)
Son (+1-3)
Rock
stanger (+2-4)
OD (may sit with the crew)
Phelon (+1 and own seats)
Krishna (+1) (sitting with the crew?)
Toba (+1)
Bookman (+1)
POSSIBLE
ElephantRider
Naples (+1)
Herd
Bookman moves up to In and Herd comes in as a most hopeful possible. Fest is getting big.
Seat Draft is scheduled for today. Anyone else? Any firm up on numbers? Helps to have as much info as possible.
I’d rather have 11 good guys out there than 3 superstars and 8 mediocre….
We’re on the same page.
There were some stats posted recently by a site that studied our opening game drives. The bottom line was we were far better to the right side running and passing, yet no one talks about the job James is doing at RT. He’s been hurt some, but when healthy he’s been pretty good.
the highest honor for an OL is not hearing his name
steveccnv says:
May 8, 2018 at 12:17 pm
I want the 1st round talent to play, not the undrafted guy that got hot when others weren’t giving their all.
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It wasn’t how he played vs the competition, it was his body control and the spectacular catches that he made, one was a sideline catch that was spectacular!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jp5-vw8c7XA
steveccnv says:
May 8, 2018 at 1:47 pm
$100 deposits for 50k season seats for the Raiders have been collected, 65k is capacity. The personal seat license BS is $4000 on average per seat. Why would anyone shell out $4k for the right to buy season tickets? Only 43% of the deposits are from NV residents.
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Californians are loaded
I think Gase has done a great job, and with the addition of the RBs we now have i think trhis team will compete
Steve,
I’ve been pimping James as our best OL the past 2 years. nobody cares. it’s more fun… and easier… to rip the OL for everything. lol
Our defense was pretty terrible last year. I think it’s a little pie-in-the-sky to expect that they’re going to be a whole lot better this year. Our offense, even in 2016, was mediocre at best and terrible at worst. Again, it’s a little crazy to think that we’re all the sudden going to become this Powerhouse offensive scores 25 points a game. I see another mediocre year around 8 and 8.
Our D to start the year was pretty good, but our O couldn’t score, as the year went on the no depth D wore out, but they were still pretty good at times.
The O was bad all year with no OL. The 2016 O wasn’t good, but got it done when needed on the most part, after the bad start.
It wouldn’t surprise me, if both the O and D were significantly better. We got rid of the free lancers and replaced them with a lot of depth, and some pretty good players.
The Lakers this year started out with no stars, but had a lot of depth, their bench outscored the opponents by about 20 a game, and generally were +10 – +20. I can see the Fins beating teams in this fashion, because the depth will keep them fresh and able to play harder when on the field.
I can see the defense getting better. Why not? What if McMillan makes a difference? What if Harris, Tankersley, Godchaux and Taylor make that jump from year one to year two when most young players improve? Howard made that jump last year and showed what he can be if he cleans his game up some more. Getting Lippett back who was an ascending corner for us. Minkah and Baker could help the defense be better. Will Anthony who was traded for after game 1 last year be better now that he’s been in the defense and will have the entire offseason working with the team. That’s a lot of young players who could make a difference.
Maybe Quinn has a big year as a pass rusher. The defense being on the same page should help. We went through like 8 LBs last year. There was no cohesion. McDonald missed the first half of the season with a suspension then had to get back up to speed on the fly.
I know that’s a lot of maybes and ifs, but that is what has to happen for the defense to be better. That’s why we drafted and added these players. It won’t be the same defense as last year in a lot of areas.
As for the offense, there are a lot of changes there too. All of a sudden does happen when more players make plays. There is talent there to be very explosive. They have to go out and do it. I for one feel better about the OL this year. It’s all about keeping them on the field and building chemistry as the season goes on. We haven’t been able to do that in quite some time. Keep your fingers crossed. LOL
stangerx says:
May 8, 2018 at 12:32 pm
herd — anytime you make it to a fest will guarantee there will be a seat for you. You could just show up at the tailgate with no warning and I’d tell Chef Warren “no ticket for you.” 🙂
Shit, I’ll buy the kid the plane ticket! (Herd will just have to take care of his room and board!)
Not joking Herd. I would love to meet you face to face and hoist one (or 10) and I will spend 3-4 hundred for a ticket for your boy. (as long as he’s a Dolphins fan, or at least fakes it)
Seat draft is over….and I made an executive decision to get better seats rather than the block we normally have. My choice was section 317 (that’s like the 40) on rows 10, 13 and 15 or setting up way up top in one of the corners (323 or 313) like we had last year at rows 27-29.
Much better seats and at the same $65 price. Much closer to the field and much closer to midfield….and figure we can all move around anyhow.
If you guys want to do the block in the corner instead…..can probably still make that happen as well. But this was our only chance at these seats better than anything we’ve ever had before.
Here’s the stadium chart.
https://www.google.com/search?q=miami+dolphins+stadium+chart&tbm=isch&source=lnms&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjDlsL48vbaAhWm6YMKHV3UC1IQ_AUICigB&biw=1920&bih=949&dpr=1#imgrc=CvRE4DfBk_jrLM:
Sorry — here’s the chart
Nice seats, but anything high is good, low sucks.
WTG Stanger! I’m digging your executive decision. Thanks for taking care of this, and for your wisdom in choosing seats. 🙂
Yeah who are we to say anything when he’s the one doing the work. Much appreciated Stanger.
I like the seats Stanger and $65 is great
Wow $65. Giants tickets in the nose bleed sections are $90-100.
The popular and good traveling teams are always more.
Two years ago we saw Buffalo for about half the price for what the Steelers game was the week before.
For sure that the only reason the seats at this price were there was cause it was the Lions…..guess that is why the wise heads on this board choose that game. 🙂
Our Defense will really benefit from our offense scoring more points. No defense can support an offense that only averages 17 points a game. I think we’ll have a good D if we can actually keep up and and even play with a lead.
That’s true. When either unit is deficient, it puts a huge strain on the other side.
That’s a big part of it. Longer sustained drives that result in points as opposed to turnovers along with too many 3 and outs will put the defense in a better position more often. We hung them out to dry too often last year.
Last year was a clusterfuck on so many levels. Not much went right and we had a lot of injuries. I believe 12 players finished the season on IR.
Even the year before when Tannehill was great we still struggled to score enough points. Consistent play off teams score 25+. That’s a big step we have to take.
Hope you’re doing alright brother D.
I fully expect the Dolphins to disappoint me again this year. I think they will have a losing season, hold on to Gase one more year, have another losing season and then gut/ rebuild again.
Why? because it is the opposite of what I want!
If that’s true it’s totally because of Tannehill.
OK
I thought it would be because we cut Suh, but whatever….
My family’s season tickets are the same $95 I think it is now, regardless of opponent. LOL
Lol @ rock getting defensive about his worst nightmare (in football at least)
Defensive? who’s defensive? I’m certainly not being defensive, why would you attack me like that and accuse me of being defensive? Geez, a guy can’t even agree to a post around hear without being accused of being defensive…….
I find that kind of offensive..
😉
I’m trying hard not to call you Orock
Oops
Shit
I had to do a double take and read this again, especially with all the similar Hulk avi’s
“Even the year before when Tannehill was great..”
Who the hell are you!?!?!? What have you done with our Sonofason?!!
If I said anything else you guys wouldn’t have quit until I said it anyway. More likely I would have been told again how great he was.
Anyone ever see this? LMAO!!!
Lol
I’m just fooling around Orob. Not trying to start anything. Just in fun.
Tim – That was funny
My aunt who is my fathers sister, her husband, is a direct descendant of a Mayflower settler. As has been verified by the Mayflower Society. That’s pretty cool.
Wouldn’t that make him your uncle?
Of course, and he’s a great guy, but I wanted to clear that I’m not that his family is.
Ah, I should have known that’s why you said it that way. Duh!
My mother’s side is direct line.
Mike, Mets traded Matt Harvey to the Reds for catcher Devin Mesoraco.
Watch Harvey pitch in this series and pitch a no-hitter against us. You know how former Mets always come back to haunt us. LOL
Shades of Tom Seaver
Except Seaver was still good. 😉
I said the same thing to my nephew.
So Ross isn’t thrilled with our early draft picks, making me positive we hit a homerun.
That story is so bizarre to me.
Laying the groundwork in case he has to fire the Doofus Brigade after this season
What’s strange is this might be the best draft we’ve had in a long time.
Its honestly perfect
if they don’t work out then he can clean house
if they do – he will just shut up and let them keep making those moves
Who said Ross wasn’t thrilled by our early draft picks other than wanting to trade down instead of taking Minkah that came out before?
son of a son of a shula says:
May 8, 2018 at 5:45 pm
My aunt who is my fathers sister, her husband, is a direct descendant of a Mayflower settler. As has been verified by the Mayflower Society. That’s pretty cool.
My Family (Pare) has been on the continent since 1542
Ross was probably thinking what I was thinking: why are we drafting a S/CB in Minkah when we already have 2 Pro-Bowl caliber Safeties and 2 up-and-coming stud CBs?
And to be clear, this is why I’m of the thinking that we may be moving TJ McDonald to full-time LB or trading him.
Not sure about full time, but could see him as our nickle LB. And Minkah can play whatever you want in the base.
Had the same thought myself….but see the strength and flexibility at the back end as well. And if Ross said something bad about the Gesicki pick….he’s got one unhappy Mike E to deal with. 🙂
When it comes to Gesicki, Mike E will have to fight through Brian, his son, and me to get to Ross first! LOL 🙂
Ross was overheard asking “who? Ghey who? Why did you guys pick another big slow wide receiver who can’t block in the 2nd?”
Maybe you both forgot it’s a passing league and just like pass rushers you can never have enough cover guys. Also 5 and 6 DBs are on the field more often than base, guys get hurt and superior depth is a good thing.
Oh yeah, Minkah was considered one of the top 5-6 prospects in this draft by basically everyone. Taking him at #11 was the right thing to do. 🙂
I’m not dissing the selection of Minkah at all… just trying to add context as to why Ross may have been perturbed by the selection.
Tim — I love the pick. Everything I read about Minkah says he is a special one.
Vargas is throwing BP again tonight. Frazier on the 15 day DL
M13, I think the teams making moves for a QB might have skewed his thinking that maybe we can take a different approach. But when you think about it, having two of the top rookie QBs in our division, the only prescription is more Minkah. LOL
wouldn’t it be great to look back years from now as the beginning of an era where the Dolphins own the division and Minkah having an inordinate amount of interceptions against those two being a big part of it! LOL Nice
Yeah… that! 🙂
https://thechive.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/daily-afternoon-randomness-49-photos-231.jpg?
ROFLMAO!
I wonder if the proofer got fired over this one
KC should be called KY I guess?
Usually you have multiple people proof so I guess none of them knew how to spell. LOL
Oh and the programs that design those posters or banners have spellchecks. They slipped through every crack possible on this one. Badum tish!
Tim,
I hear ya, man. Again, I am NOT dissing the selection of Minkah at ALL. And this is why I’m happy that Steve Ross isn’t trying to be Jerry Jones… LET HIM be unhappy all he wants: he doesn’t know football.
I hear ya, man. Did you miss by Christopher Walken more cowbell joke? 😉
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/more-cowbell-with-will-ferrell-on-snl-video-saturday-night-live-nbc/3506001
I broke up with my ex because I like my women the same way I like my coffee.
without other guy’s dicks in them
LOL… where did that come from?
without other guy’s dicks in themTim Knight says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:10 pm
LOL… where did that come from?
Random Mime i saw on the Chive . com
made me LOL for real so I posted it.
Stanger, it was hinted that Ross was also questioning the Gesicki pick.
I doubt Ross was worried about paying Minkah, he may get a contract some where around 13 mil for 4 seasons, not to mention there’s a cap. it makes no sense of the reports saying Ross wanted to trade down to save $$
5th year option as well. The money part is minimal so I agree it doesn’t jive with his MO.
son of a son of a shula says:
May 8, 2018 at 5:31 pm
I’m just fooling around Orob. Not trying to start anything. Just in fun.
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no problem son of a son of a David
🙂
Ouch
historically every time I see or read something about the owner’s preferences regarding a draft it ends up being a mistake.
Rock, i remember your wife, she was at the fest when we played Green Bay, You’re no longer married to her?
Tim Knight says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:04 pm
I hear ya, man. Did you miss by Christopher Walken more cowbell joke? 😉
https://www.nbc.com/saturday-night-live/video/more-cowbell-with-will-ferrell-on-snl-video-saturday-night-live-nbc/3506001
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LOL, that’s GRAND!!! 😀
I was a HUGE fan of the Sac-town Kings in the early 2000s: Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Peja Stojakovic, Doug Christie, and Mike Bibby (one of my best friends is a first-cousin of Bibby). The theme at Arco Arena in those days? MORE COWBELL! It was a rally cry for the fans to ring as many cowbells as possible.
And “Don’t Fear the Reaper” is one of my faves, for sure! 🙂
Cam Wake Hulk!
WORD UP, my friend!!!
Lol
Lol
I don’t care in the least what Ross thinks about our draft picks now. Who was the source of that story anyway? If he hates the picks 3 years from now, that won’t be good, but now? WTF
If I understand correctly, the story originated from our old friend Ben Volin. Armando (without naming him) ripped him a new one.
Ripped Volin a new one?
Ben Volin was actually the source and then Mando confirmed that Ross admitted it was true except for the part about $$$
Was this posted already? This is the type of thing the great ones do.
https://sports.yahoo.com/secret-life-nfl-scouts-one-photo-sold-dolphins-drafting-alabamas-minkah-fitzpatrick-032057728.html
ocalarob says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:18 pm
Rock, i remember your wife, she was at the fest when we played Green Bay, You’re no longer married to her?
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No, we divorced 3 years ago the coming august. The joke about the ex was just that, a joke. I don’t think she was ever unfaithful to me in DEED while married.
sorry to hear that
The Flying Pig says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:27 pm
Ripped Volin a new one?
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In a manner of speaking, of course. Armando corrected nearly 50% of the BS that Volin wrote. In other words, and if I were Volin, I’d feel like I just got taken out back to the shed.
I didn’t read it that way. I think Mando just said Ross confirmed all of Volin’s story was true except that the intent was financial.
It seemed to me that they were both on the same page and really Ross simply could have been lying about the financial part. The thing is Ross, through mando, confirmed that Ross didn’t want to make the pick and wanted to trade down
And some one leaked that to volin, the only reason Mando new anything about it was based on Volins report and then Mando asked Ross directly
Where do you see a weakness on this team meaning we have nobody who’s good or has potential?
I don’t see weakenesses
But I think there are a lot of possibilities where we might not deliver
OL, QB, WR, RB, DL, LB
I’m probably the most confident in our secondary and TE group – which is odds bc they are our rookies
sorry to hear that
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your sorry to hear she didn’t cheat on me? SMH
LOL!
you’re damn it. Ruins the joke.
Tim Knight says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:26 pm
Was this posted already? This is the type of thing the great ones do.
https://sports.yahoo.com/secret-life-nfl-scouts-one-photo-sold-dolphins-drafting-alabamas-minkah-fitzpatrick-032057728.html
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I don’t believe it was posted here on the F-MU, but I read about this matter last week somewhere else. There’s no way to validate the story one way or the other (that ‘ONE MERE PHOTO SOLD US’), but it didn’t hurt Minkah’s stock, to be sure.
No not that it was the only reason, just the type of student of the game Minkah is. With him you get high character, football intelligence, athlete and playmaking ability. He checks off all the boxes.
I felt this way about him before we drafted him. I never thought he’d be there for us.
RIGHT THERE with ya, man! Just remember that I’M the one who despises Saban-coached DBs… and even I’M good with drafting Minkah! HELL YEAH!!!
There have been some good ones too. To me it’s about the player, not just school or system. Good or great players are self motivated. Nothing else matters, they fit in because they make plays.
People get nuts about Gesicki not being a blocker. We didn’t draft him for that. He is that 6-6 250 receiving TE who can run, jump and catch. The basketball/volley ball history. He’s a mismatch receiver because he’s bigger, faster and more athletic than most covering him. One of those guys we don’t have. Forget the blocking. We drafted Smythe for that and he’s a better receiver than given credit for.
We have more options on offense than we’ve had in years. Enjoy it! 🙂
mf13ss says:
May 8, 2018 at 8:20 pm
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I was a HUGE fan of the Sac-town Kings in the early 2000s: Chris Webber, Vlade Divac, Peja Stojakovic, Doug Christie, and Mike Bibby (one of my best friends is a first-cousin of Bibby). The theme at Arco Arena in those days? MORE COWBELL! It was a rally cry for the fans to ring as many cowbells as possible
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*Sigh* our one real shot to win a championship till the refs jobbed us out of game 6, and then we choked game 7.
I stopped watching the NBA after that year. Game 6 was one of the most blatant ref fixes I’ve ever watched in sports.
We tortured Phil Jackson with those cowbells.
YOU’RE BRINGING UP BAD MEMORIES!!! LMAO!!! 😀 😉
Oh, I’m SO with ya on that, CavKong! The refs were most OBVIOUSLY rooting for the Lakers and it KILLED ME! Yeah, man… shortly thereafter, I fell out of love with the NBA.
I still have my Kings Webber jersey (white), warm-up jersey (black), and a 12″ ceramic bobble-head of Webber. I was totally in LOVE with that team, Brother! VERY glad to know somebody else here who loved that team as well!
Refs or no refs the king’s threw that series
I noticed you didn’t mention all the calls the kings got earlier in that game.
sb7mvp says:
May 8, 2018 at 9:50 pm
Refs or no refs the king’s threw that series
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What makes you think that, SB7? And yes, I’d heard the theories that the Maloof Bros wanted to move the team to Las Vegas. Is that why ya think that?
LOL, the Kings did not throw that series. If Horry doesn’t make an amazing shot that series is over in 5.
Then the Kings had it wrapped up in game 6 after taking the leas with almost no time left on the clock, then on an inbound, Kobe ran through Mike Bibby in a blatant charge for a layup to take the lead. Bibby was left bloodied. If the ref watching that play makes the easy call (there was a great camera angle which showed the ref looking right at it) the Kings win the series right there.
Game 7 was a choke job. You could argue the Kings missed all those FTs on purpose, but that is a stretch since it wasn’t the Kings ‘throwing’ anything to get to that point.
^^^
100% agreed
Bat will hate reading this. LOL
In 2010 NHL playoffs not only were the Flyers down 3-0 to the Bruins in the series but also down in game seven 3-0 and came back to win the series. That’s sports, you never know until it happens.
The Flyers had that happen to them not in as drastic a fashion but lead the Devils 3-1 in the playoffs in 2000 only to lose the series in game seven. It happens.
Sox did it to the Yanks right before they crushed my Cards in the WS not too long back.
Yep! It ain’t over until…
CavKong,
Here ya go…
He was such a smooth player. The Kings franchise changed the second we got him. Vlade was a big piece too, but Webber was the man.
The game 7 choke didn’t surprise me. Peja was a sniper, but he often choked in big moments, and Webber has his own history of choking as we all know from Mich, lol. Like I said, not surprising, but it still tore our hearts out. There really isn’t any question we had the best team in the league that year.
I’ll just leave this here for now!
https://twitter.com/HoustonRockets/status/994037910562394113
Steve,
Ugh, give me a break. You want to go play by play, and say oh, he may have fouled him on that one. The league clearly wanted a game 7, and everybody and their mother except for the occasional Lakers fan saw the same thing (almost every Lakers fan I know says they were given that game).
The Kings did not get an inordinate number of favorable calls at any point in that game. They might have benefited on one or two like any team might. The Lakers benefited from bad calls the entire last quarter which is when it matters and what kept them in the game. And the final series where Kobe trucked over Bibby was egregious. Hell, Donahue came out and admitted the fix was in and gave a break down of exactly how they did it.
The Lakers scored 21 of 31 points in the 4th on FTs, including 11 FT points in the last 2 minutes. Kings got 7 FT points the entire quarter. Lakers shot 34 FTs to 18 for the Kings.
So out of the 9 penalties called against the Lakers, what 2 or 3 earlier in the game might have been bad calls and I’m supposed to mention that because it proves what? That the clear fix wasn’t a fix? Or that the Lakers didn’t benefit because a bad call or two earlier in the game evened it out? Weak.
LMAO, OK clearly I am still bitter about this.
I think this is the most emotion I have ever felt in posting on this board. Think I’ll eat some pizza.
I was screaming for 3 quarters watching that game all the calls the kings were getting, then in the the 4th they got a couple calls, but nothing out of an ordinary game.
JBB
LOL, nice windup.
Cheers 🙂
I think it was entirely about a game 7, not making sure the Lakers won the series. If the Kings hit even half their FTs in game 7, they would have won. And I thought the rest of the series was called even, but Game 6 was pretty indisputable.
Let’s not forget this pick last year. If he’s X2 we win.
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