Defense? Check! Offense? Check! Now it’s time to take a look at our special teams unit. Returning for his 15th NFL season is long snapper John Denney. As any good Dolphins fan knows, this guy isn’t just hiking the ball, this guy hustles downfield on every punt and makes his shares of tackles too. The Dolphins as per usghe brought in “competition” for Denney, or more like insurance in the form of one LS Lucas Gravelle out of TCU. Gravelle was a 2018 UDFA.
Matt Haack will return as the punter, and just so Stanger knows, Haack will be wearing #2 this season, showing no respect to future ring of honor punter Brandon Fields. Or maybe he wears it out of respect and love for Fields, not sure. In the 7th RD, Miami most likely landed their starting place kicker in Jason Sanders out of New Mexico. Sanders has a very strong leg, and his kickoffs are always deep. His longest college FG was a 53 yarder, but in practice, he’s hit FG’s beyond 60 and close to 70. The Dolphins also brought in UDFA K Greg Joseph from FAU to provide some competition for Sanders. There are however also always a few veteran kickers waiting for a team to lose a K to injury, or just an outright cut due to poor performance. Matt Haack will continue to be the holder on FG’s.
With Jarvis Landry out of the picture, Jakeem Grant will take over the primary return duties on both punts and kickoffs. With all the changes, it’s hard to know whether the new return rules will be advantageous or not for the ultra fast Grant, but it seems to indicate that it might. With the kickoff team unable to get a running start, that should give the receiving team just a little more time to get up some speed after the catch. On the other hand, the new rule is that if the ball touches the end zone on a kickoff it will be ruled as a touchback, so if the ball bounces past the goal line on a kickoff, it is dead, and declared a touchback. Kenyan Drake will join Grant as the other returner on kickoffs, and at least at the moment, Senorise Perry is behind the aforementioned 2 on the return depth chart.
As far as players who will be counted on to be special teams aces is returning veteran CB/S Walt Aikens, LB Chase Allen, LB Mike Hull, veteran LB Terence Garvin who came over from Seattle, rookie LB Quentin Poling, CB Torry McTyer and possibly rookie CB’s Cornell Armstrong and Jalen Davis. I say possible, because we don’t know yet whether they will all be on the roster come final cuts.
Last year, the Dolphins had one of their best kicking performances in a while from veteran K Cody Parkey. The Dolphins chose not to allocate money towards a K and let Parker walk, so we all have to hope that move doesn’t come back to bite us in the ass. Young Jason Sanders has a tough act to follow after the excellence of Parkey. Last year, P Matt Haack had an OK year, he wasn’t great, he wasn’t poor either. Haack averaged 44.5 yards per punt, with a 40.7 net average
The big questions on special teams are as follows. Is Jakeem Grant ready for prime time, without Jarvis Landry to lean on in big spots? Is Jason Sanders going to get the job done well enough to keep his job through the preseason? Will Jason Sanders adequately replace the excellence of Cody Parkey? Will the new kickoff rules help us or hurt us? Stay tuned Dolphins fans, OTA’s are going on as you read this, so keep your eyes on the reports to see what’s happening.
2018 HulkFest Hotels – Hollywood Beach
The Neptune – Doggy, Toba, Son and their crews
Margaritaville – Mike E and Brian in NY and their crews
The Sheldon – Piggy
Finsmob Unleashed 
I once dated a girl with a Brazilian butt lift
the texan girl I spoke of didn’t need it, or may have done it, she was sooooo hot. Sigh.
Do you guys think they make the commercials for “The General” gar insurance so awful on purpose or what?
Yes, they’re so bad they’re amusing
It has to appeal to the lower class, so they dumb it down.
It makes me think there insurance is really bad and really cheap
So I guess some one that doesn’t want to spend a lot of $ on insurance but has to get something goes right to them
So yes – I think there marketing dept designs shit
Go to the general and save some time
I sure hope tannehill is more accurate on his deep throws
he seemed to be trending that way in 2016. He was sitting towards the top of the league in deep pass accuracy before he got hurt.
He needs to be able to process within 2.5 seconds, and get the ball out, if he can do that everything else will fall into place nicely.
I criticized him a lot early on this
But in 2016 he was really good at this
I think it was corrected
I thought he looked like a franchise an in 16 before he was injured and correcting this is one of the reasons why
come on, this freaking rap battle sucks. uhg. Rap sucks when it’s from “professionals” have bad more show hosts try to rap is nonredeemable
morning show hosts
“For a great low rate you can get online, go to the General and drop some dimes!”
THIS MORNING’S TAMPA BAY TIMES has a story about the sad Baker-Acting of former Buffalo & Miami O-Lineman Richie Incognito. He was seen tossing huge weights around and acting in a very belligerent and dangerous manner in Boca Raton, not far from FAU, in a work-out place.
He exhibited many of the classic symptoms of CTE, according to the story. NO DOUBT Jerry Jones believes this is a lie. He still clings to his flat earth point of view that there is no relationship between playing football and CTE. Oddly enough, Jones, himself, is said to display some of those symptoms!! He DID play college football at Arkansas, as many of you may know, with Jimmy Johnson. CTE, not the protests of the national anthem, is the NFL’s biggest black eye. And it won’t go away by just saying it doesn’t exist or that football is not a factor.
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May Richie Incognito get the help he so obviously needs!
Wait what, if you get hit in the head repeatedly it can cause brain damage?
These players, owners, lawyers are all full of shit or dumb as shit, if they didn’t know this.
That’s the thing Steve – Players who play now know the risks, and yet so many of them choose to play anyway.
Exactly my point, and why the lawsuit is BS. I do however think the NFL is responsible for the medical bills, but no monetary compensation.
I was thinking the same thing about Ritchie. I wonder if they can diagnose him living?
Think anyone would notice if they took his brain out?
I suspect his body when it dropped dead and anyone around him at the time would notice. 300lbs of dead meat in a room tends to become noticeable after a few days at least.
I was thinking they would have to look really close to find his brain!
Johnathan Martin would still have his lunch tray 🎨
No, he was a giant little pussy. He would still be out of the league.
jumbo shrimp?
It is “Stand the fuck up and make some noise!!! wooooooooo hooooooooooo GO DOLPHINS!!! DEFENSE! DEFENSE! DEFENSE! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!”
Get it right. 😉
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I dunno if int he case of the guy sitting on a cooler you would tell them to stand up and make some noise, especially bent over and your face pretty even on a vertical level with their ass.
Yes, Mike E, Jumbo Shrimp. Oxymoron
There are 121 quarterbacks listed on NFL depth charts, and Colin Kaepernick is not one of them. Here are all of the QBs who have jobs in the NFL while Kaepernick does not.
DON’T CARE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
PENALTY! You willfully went outside the dialog box!
LOL
Still
Don’t
Care!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1
PENALTY! One more like that and you will be ejected!
the story behind my “get the fuck up” is; for years I had season tickets (7 years straight before I moved to Rockledge in 2005-6 season) and I sat in front of this group that bought tickets IN MY section after me and that would complain when I would stand up and make noise when out defense was on the field. “Being the 12th man” then one game the wife who would always just complain “under her breath”( but loud enough to be heard in a stadium full of 60K screaming fans) tapped me on the back with her cup and told me to sit down……It only took the once.
they moved sections or stopped getting them altogether the next season
oh, Rockpin’s got a suspension and a fine coming now……
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Mike E, I was having problems with my eyes earlier today.
What kind of problems?
I just couldn’t see going into the office today, so I took a vacation day. LOL!!
I’m so not cut out for retail. Sometimes, I want to kill every person that walks through the door, and on holiday weekends like this, especially tomorrow, it’s going to be worse. I hate people walking in wearing shorts, getting ready to go to a party but they come in fucking 5 minutes before I close and expect to be taken care of. FUCK THAT I SAY!!!
Man, I want Andy Cohen’s job with the team. Write feel good puff pieces about the Dolphins. I almost do that now for a much smaller audience now.
I’ve thought the same, well, not you, but ME writing those articles. I’m sure it doesn’t pay a ton, but it has to pay more than I get for writing here. lol
Plus, no one directly engages Cohen with ridicule him on the site.
FUCK THAT I SAY!!!
But tell us how do you FEEL about that? LOL
WTH I swear guys, my phone fucks with me. I type something and it posts stupid mistakes that I didn’t make. My voice text converter is worse It is like a conspiracy. Voice text should be able to know the difference between no and know, there their and they’re etc based upon the context. Damn this took forever to post on my tiny little key board.
I think they can diagnose CTE off symptoms, or a combination of symptoms because a few guy (like Jim McMahon) have been diagnosed with it without an autopsy.
Mike, maybe they are there for the hands on service and they just wanted to make sure there werent too many people around to talk about it and get you in trouble. I mean, maybe its just being considerate…..
Mike E. says:
May 25, 2018 at 11:04 am
I’ve thought the same, well, not you, but ME writing those articles. I’m sure it doesn’t pay a ton, but it has to pay more than I get for writing here. lol
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Come on Mikey you cant be the only jewish representation we have here and start squabbling about money… Rage, rage, against the stereotype!
There’s no money to squabble over
There’s money, it comes in the form of enlightenment! I mean where else are you going to hear the right and wrong of all things in human life, where else are you going to keep up with the youth of america and our opinions as old dudes on those crazy little fuckers! Think of your self paid in golden nuggets of the mind!
Seriously though, you guys (and gal) do put up articles that are significantly better than some of those hacks we have writing for the Phins, and it is very much appreciated. Maybe we should buy you guys some of Jahn’s beers periodically, that way the money stays in the family!
See NOW you’re talking! 🙂
I look forward to this November / December and hearing the national press saying that no-one saw the Dolphins coming. (and then the few liars who will say they saw it all along)
Nobody saw us making the playoffs in 2016 either especially after a 1-4 start.
I don’t think writers should be obviously stating we’re a playoff team, but I do think people are underrating our squad, which is fine with me. Better to be overlooked than to be put on a pedestal and disappoint
Oh yeah I don’t care what anyone thinks. The team has to go out and prove it. I’m not sure what we are as a team yet either because there is so much new. But there is talent on this team to be good.
That will be for you young man, especially if you persist with this childish behavior! lol
I thought i loved the Dylan Thomas poem “Do not go gentle into that goodnight.” about as much as humanly possible and then i heard a few readings of it and man some people can really bring even more emotion to that, and they can pull out different emotions anywhere from angst and rebellion to desperation, to solemn denial. Thats easily my favorite poem, i cant think of any other that hits me as hard as that one, especially recently for me its been running around in my head a lot.
Mike E & Rock — have nothing but respect for Andy Cohen. One of the best Dolphin writers ever. Understand Dolphins Digest sorta got bought by the team, but then maybe the fact that he backed down at that point was just him getting his payday. Still trust the articles that come out in his name though.
“From day one, it was always a competition, Who could run full speed underwater first. Who could get a bigger quad muscle. Just little stupid stuff like that and keep competing with each other.”
— Raekwon on what it was like with his rehab buddy Tanny.
I date a girl with a Brazilian…. but it wasn’t a butt lift.
This kind of shit is just fucked up and so ridiculously avoidable.
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/toddler-dies-day-her-mother-040721125.html
Long shot from good stock.
Mike Matthews daddy played every position on the OL, minimum of a regular season’s worth at every position. I think he is the only OL in the hall of fame to have played at every position.
He’s one of the best to ever play the game. That’s why he was with one franchise his entire career even though they changed cities and names.
Ill be honest. After looking at that picture up there of him now, he looks like he could still put the pad on and play. I bet he’d be better than half the guys out there right now.
Maybe! His brother Clay was an excellent LB as well.
And his nephew Clay
Yep and OT Jake Matthews ATL and TE Troy Niklas ARZ is Bruce’s nephew via his wife’s sister. Talk about a huge football family both in size and numbers. Imagine the amount of food they have to have at family gatherings. LOL
Id make family gatherings a BYOG (Bring Your Own Grub) event. The cook time, not to mention the food bill, would be incredible.
I did fuck all today. I think i will go see a movie this afternoon. Deadpool 2 or Solo? Which one?
i dunno, but if you are still an all-dayer at your age maybe you should juts buck up and do porn and make some real money.
LOL, I was going to say or just stay home and watch some Stormy Daniels.
Solo!
I have a feeling Deadpool 2 sucks
Im sure someone posted about the Indiana school shooting already, but i if they haven’t…..i had saw it on the new in our break room but forgot to mention it. This shit stupid out of control, i actually had misheard them at first and thought it said Iowa, and i went back and searched for Iowa School Shooting and got a hit from 2018 but the date was February. Thats how fucked up this is, even when you mess up the state, you still find results.
23 shootings that have had injury or death associated with them, we are in week 21 of the calendar year.
It’s becoming an epidemic and all people do is debate guns laws and the NRA as if they’re the ones doing the killings. No wonder nothing gets done in this country, we can’t get on the same page about anything.
Punctuation is so important. an comma or a hyphen can make all the difference.
Fuck-all (as in nothing)
Let’s eat grandma!
Let’s eat, grandma!
Help your uncle Jack off the horse.
Help your Uncle jack-off the horse
Do you mean eat grandma as in cooke her up or in satisfy her? LOL
well, I guess that depends? Is she a Cindy Crawford grandma or a Depends grandma?
either way there is no cooke – ing involved.
Piggy i think Tim is basically saying the politicians are doing this for show and not really making attempts to fix anything. You are right as well, its an emotional topic and emotion drives change, but only if they aren’t just using it for political gain. I promise you with the fact they have no real plan in place, bringing those kids up there to do that is just for show, those children cannot help make legislation they can only help mold it. I too see this as a ruse, as no one has come to any sort of solution, the two sides havent worked things out enough with one another to be in a place that that arent just throwing these kids into the middle of a stalemate.
D, here’s a perfect example. As if these students have the answers. It’s all emotionally based, not based on facts.
Of course it’s emotionally based
It’s an emotional topic
So is every major legislation in America
I don’t get this argument at all
Don’t smear an argument bc somenone cares about something
Nothing ever gets done if no ones cares
You think students have the answers? Not from what I have heard. They spew the same leftist nonsense as the people bringing them in as interns. This is like the news asking people on the street what they think about a situation that leaves you saying WTF did they just say?
What about the “gun violence” that goes on everyday in cities all across this country that nobody wants to talk about because most the them are lead by leftist Democrats who have no idea how to clean it up. It’s so much deeper than gun laws and the NRA but let’s keep saying the same thing over and over that won’t correct the problem.
I can’t wait to hear the results of their prevention ideas, I’m sure it will be enlightening.
Tim that’s bogus
How can you say in a prior post no wonder we don’t get anything done and then saying something this antagonistic
Those things are in direct conflict with one another
Don’t belittle an argument as emotional and then say “no wonder we don’t get things done”. Come on really! You are adding to things not being done
Those kids have lived through shooter drills their whole lives. They have perspective our generation will never have. Don’t be dismissive because they are young .
People talk about gun violence in The city ad nasueum. I’m not sure what you are listening too where it’s not discussed and it’s certianly no reason to dismiss another argument to address mass shootings in public places. If you feel you have solution for inner city gun violence – go for it. Those are apples to oranges. Personally I feel more threatened by a maniac with an arsenal going into a bank, restaurant or public place I’m at that criminal violence in the inner city, but if you think that’s a legitimate problem and not just a ca red herring, don’t let anything stop you from addressing it. That post you posted isn’t preventing you from making an argument about the importance of stopping gun violence in the inner city.
I don’t teally care if people have different points of view or different solutions or different priorities – but I hate this kind of argument to undermine some one points of view.
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article211364274.html
What a surprise…..
Foot and ankle injuries have nothing to do with a lot of what Chambers said. Sometimes people pile on certain players when maybe he’s just not that durable to play this game. We’ll see.
Parker last season was just 52nd in the NFL in both receptions (57) and yards (670), 66th in yards per catch (11.8) and tied for 160th in touchdown catches (one). During one dreadful stretch over a couple games, four passes thrown to him were intercepted, with Parker and Jay Cutler sharing blame.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/barry-jackson/article211364274.html#storylink=cpy
Parker needs to step it up or step off.
Bust
Time to call him what he is
I don’t think Parker is a bust, he just hasn’t lived up to his draft projection and injuries have had a lot to do with it. He’s caught over 50 passes each of the past two seasons. He has made some big plays. Bust to me is none or very limited production. Let’s see what he does this year because he’s part of the team right now.
Ken – How are you feeling? it’s been a couple of weeks since your last treatment. Feeling any better?
Piggy, I’ll get back to you on the gun issue.
The Flying Pig says:
May 25, 2018 at 4:26 pm
…Those kids have lived through shooter drills their whole lives. They have perspective our generation will never have. Don’t be dismissive because they are young…
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You can’t be serious about 15, 16, 17, and 18 year olds having true understanding of how the world works. There’s a REASON why these school shootings are so emotional and national tragedies… they are mere KIDS!!!
These kids are being used as pawns for sympathy, yet they should have a say in writing legislation??? It doesn’t work that way… can’t have it BOTH ways.
I can’t BELIEVE I just got drawn into a political convo! I’m sorry, but what I’m hearing proposed is ridiculous. NO offense to my man Pig.
Of course I’m serious
Who else can tell us about their point of view
Are you going to?
They are not being voted into office
The threshold to express yourself, even too politicians who make law isn’t high
They are being invited to speak and have as might right as any citizen
The first amendment doesn’t have a age limit
There’s a reason for that
Every point of view matters
Donald trump invited some of the victims too
So let’s not have a double standard about it just bc you don’t like the substance of their opinion
Who here was upset when trump asked those victims to come to the whitehouse?
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Let’s face it. Objecting to them speaking about their experience isn’t a question of their age, it’s a thinly veiled attempt to attack the substance of their argument – personally I don’t buy that one bit
Who hear is old enough to have gone through the old drills?……under the desk with duck and cover. Not sure what good it would have done, but we did that like four times a year.
I am (no surprise). Therefore the President has to call me before dropping any bombs, because I’ve been through the bomb drills at school.
Old farts^^^
Okay well I’m not going to argue with the entire blog about the parkland students
Here is a better contemporary story we can all relate to
I mean who hasn’t wanted to be a genderless alien
https://nypost.com/2017/05/26/i-want-my-genitals-removed-to-become-a-genderless-alien/?utm_content=inf_10_2731_2&utm_source=tsefacebook&utm_medium=tsefb&utm_campaign=tse&tse_id=INF_f920f7305f5b11e8b8db0fa7e283781d
Hi Mike E:
I am starting to feel better. I still don’t eat that much but I am feeling better. I have more energy and less pain. I am going back to work June 1
The Flying Pig says:
May 25, 2018 at 5:12 pm
Of course I’m serious
Who else can tell us about their point of view
Are you going to?…
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What’s their POV… being shot at? MANY already know their POV, especially vets. I know their POV: I’ve been shot at. These mere children don’t OWN being shot at. nor their circumstances.
I’m just sayin’… a lot of the so-called ‘old farts’ know a LOT about this matter and how to combat it. It begins with prevention, followed by security.
These children are being coached-up to say, “BAN GUNS!!!!”. That’s NOT a solution… PERIOD. You know it, I know it, America knows it, and any country that has banned guns knows it. The violence will continue, so long as these video games, music, Hollywood movies, and TV programs actively PROMOTE violence.
The problem with kids today is most obviously stemming from the media, with everything our children are subjected to.
They aren’t coached up
If you have to argue that everything is a product of some nefarious manipulation it reflects lack of substance of a counterargument
At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what’s driving some one anyway
It matters whether they are right
And whether they are persuasive
If you spend so much time smearing people there it’s no argument at all
I also don’t know that banning guns is not a solution
And frankly no one does
It’s just not my solution. I actually did not think any of those kids have said that either which brings me full circle to my point
https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/ncaafb/former-southern-illinois-football-player-shot-three-times-stopping-indiana-middle-school-shooter/ar-AAxOfcD?li=BBnba9I
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HERO
YESSIR! I read that earlier, and he IS a HERO!!!
He went from the gridiron to a science teacher… BRAVO!!!
I think everyone knows where I stand on gun control. In regards to the Parkland kids being invited to intern, it’s just a publicity stunt. Not like they are inviting all of them, just those who support their aim. Not all the kids, not even a majority, are yelling for gun control. The republicans could invite the the kids supporting the 2 nd amendment to do the same.
The issue isn’t guns. It’s the hive mind that society, thru the media and entertainment, has come rated that leads children to think that violence is the answer to every slight and perceived injustice. That notoriety is the cure. We don’t teach our kids to deal with life.
come rated = created. SMH
I’ll get into this more later, but the entertainment industry and Hollywood couldn’t be more hypocritical and yes partially responsible for these shootings because they glorify “gun violence” constantly! They even make killing people funny. I’ve been saying that for years and now they’re finally getting caught for sexual harassment and just wait until the pedophilia accusations come out in droves.
Hollywood is a fucked up place.
And not to belittle their point of view and opinions, let’s put their POV into perspective. How many kids attended school in the USA last year and how many were shot at? While any is to many, the odds are minuscule. Without trying to throw out a straw man, teenagers are far more likely to die from any number of things other than guns.
Tell that to the parents of any kid shot in school and see how they put what you said into proper perspective. I know what you’re trying to say, but its not relevant.
It’s never going to relevant to the victims or their families. Nothing is. And that’s why their voices are not necessarily the ones to listen to when looking for a solution.
Ken says:
May 25, 2018 at 5:15 pm
Hi Mike E:
I am starting to feel better. I still don’t eat that much but I am feeling better. I have more energy and less pain. I am going back to work June 1
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Thats awesome Ken, just getting back to the daily normal should be helpful to you as well. Glad to hear you are progressing, baby steps lead to bigger ones, hopefully you are running full tilt before too long.
D says:
May 25, 2018 at 6:24 pm
Piggy, my interpretation of what Tim is saying is the politicians are doing this for show and not really making attempts to fix anything. You are right as well, its an emotional topic and emotion drives change, but only if the politicians arent borrowing those emotions for political gain.
I promise you with the fact they have no real plan in place, bringing those kids up there to do that it is just for show. Those children cannot help make legislation and mediate bi-partisanship. I too see this as a ruse, as no one has come to any sort of solution, the two sides haven’t worked things out enough with one another to be in a place that that aren’t just throwing these kids into the middle of a stalemate.
I personally think bringing them there at the appropriate time would be very beneficial, if the politicians were closer to a compromise then these kids help seal the deal, they bring a real would perspective to the finalizing of the compromise but it has to be after the sides are stopping their agenda game of right to bear arms vs gun control. When they put that aside and start talking how to we protect the children from lunatics/emotionally disturbed classmates then they galvanize the changes with their emotional appeal. Right now, to me it looks like they are being used.
Whether it’s a spectacle or not is irrelevant
THe NRA is an organization that only exists for less gun regulation advocacy and ues theatrics all the time
They have their own freakin TV Station
The parkland kids are just a countrratgument
And I’m pretty sure those kids know exactly what they are getting into to
Spend less time thinking about their motivation and more time on the substance of their argument and there will be a meeting of the reasonable minds
But the smear tactics employed by the right are pretty despicable if you ask me
Alex Jones is being sued newton parents for claiming it was a hoax to further gun control advocates agenda – that’s he bottom of the barrel
But the arguments I hear about parkland kids are not much better
People can’t debate substance anymore
They gravitate to superficial mudslinging
That’s why we are divided as a country
And if you ask me – I think that trickles down from the top
But that’s a whole different can of worms
Ken says:
May 25, 2018 at 5:15 pm
Hi Mike E:
I am starting to feel better. I still don’t eat that much but I am feeling better. I have more energy and less pain. I am going back to work June 1
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Thats awesome Ken, just getting back to the daily normal should be helpful to you as well. Glad to hear you are progressing, baby steps lead to bigger ones, hopefully you are running full tilt before too long.
Phelon,
I think you like to butt heads with me at times (LOL), and perhaps I deserve as much. But at the end of the day, and outside of foosball, I really DO respect you, sir.
You could have left it at “You like to butt heads.”
🙂
The Flying Pig says:
May 25, 2018 at 6:55 pm
They aren’t coached up
If you have to argue that everything is a product of some nefarious manipulation it reflects lack of substance of a counterargument
At the end of the day it doesn’t matter what’s driving some one anyway
It matters whether they are right
And whether they are persuasive
If you spend so much time smearing people there it’s no argument at all
I also don’t know that banning guns is not a solution
And frankly no one does
It’s just not my solution. I actually did not think any of those kids have said that either which brings me full circle to my point
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I dont think they are being coached up per say but i do think they are being manipulated into having a different argument than is their intent. I think they are right in their intent, i think they are right with their message (the original one not the manipulated one), and i do hope they persuade people to put more attention to school funding for the purpose of enhanced security that will prevent more school shooting, but if it devolves to more debate about gun control, they have lost, and it seems very much like that’s what the politicians are bring them there to debate. If the politicians were backed off that bullshit, then we debate the real issue, and there in lies my skepticism and thats why i think the timing of this does not bode well for the cause at all.
As long as he is gone from the Keys. I’ve been tracking him as I am going down soon to snorkel and fish.
Hey All
So Albert Wilson played QB at one of the local HS in the city I live
One of my neighbors of the last 20 years has a son that also played LB as a rival in the area and is the sane age as Wilson…
They are good friends, gonna get me an autograph and/or invite me over when he visits,
GIGGITTYYY!!!
GOFINS!!!
Come over here where I live…
Between my left neighbor, my right neighbor, the neighbor across the street from me, and the neighbor right behind me… I’d ‘guestimate’ that we have over 300 guns, collectively.
And guess what? We have NO crime here, on our block. $#!t, even with the opioid epidemic going on here, NOBODY wants to funk wit us. And no, I do NOT live in a gated community.
If ya want to get shot up, live in a “gun-free zone”… see Chicago, LA, or NYC.
Nyc is very safe
The difference between the density in population between where you live and nyc is astronomical
It’s not the guns that are keeping you safe
It’s the fact that there are no people to threaten you around
Try comparing those cities to other cities like St. Louis, Birmingham, Baltimore, New Orleans and Indianapolis
Those are some of the most dangerous cities in the country
And they have little to no gun restrictions
B-more and New Orleans are very restrictive when it comes to guns. Maryland, in general, is one of the most restrictive states in the union.
Maryland really?
That surprises me
I’m assuming you mean New Orleans the city and not Louisiana?
One of the problems with city legislation is it means nothing if the state legislation doesn’t match it
That’s also an issue with regional stuff which I think explains Chicago since most of the guns come from Indiana
The northeast is probably the only little section of the country with any kind of consistency in this issue
MF13; THAT GREAT WHITE SHARK does a TERRIFIC impression of my first mother-in-law!!
LOL!
-Okay well I’m not going to argue with the entire blog about the parkland students
Here is a better contemporary story we can all relate to
I mean who hasn’t wanted to be a genderless alien
https://nypost.com/2017/05/26/i-want-my-genitals-removed-to-become-a-genderless-alien/?utm_content=inf_10_2731_2&utm_source=tsefacebook&utm_medium=tsefb&utm_campaign=tse&tse_id=INF_f920f7305f5b11e8b8db0fa7e283781d
TIM: –I’m confused. First, you said the CTE suit “was BS.” Then you said “but the NFL is responsible for the medical bills.” Well, which is it?? –It’s my understanding the suit WAS ABOUT THEIR MEDICAL BILLS INCURRED FROM CTE. I do not recall any awards for “pain and suffering” or payments just to punish the owners. But maybe I’ve got this all wrong??
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KEN–SO GLAD you’re going back to work!!! Maybe you could clear up this CTE lawsuit situation??
I never discussed these issues.
SORRY, TIM, it was STEVE CCNV who raised these issues. So, STEVE, can you clear this up???
pheloniusphish says:
May 25, 2018 at 6:17 pm (Edit)
I think everyone knows where I stand on gun control. In regards to the Parkland kids being invited to intern, it’s just a publicity stunt. Not like they are inviting all of them, just those who support their aim. Not all the kids, not even a majority, are yelling for gun control. The republicans could invite the the kids supporting the 2 nd amendment to do the same.
The issue isn’t guns. It’s the hive mind that society, thru the media and entertainment, has come rated that leads children to think that violence is the answer to every slight and perceived injustice. That notoriety is the cure. We don’t teach our kids to deal with life.
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I’m a little less concerned about arguing the merits of gun laws at the moment than why we shouldn’t be smearing the parkland kids or being condescending to their point of view
But I will go with you on this one
You might be right about he psychology of children today
And even if you are wrong about the generalization (and it is a generalization) the idea certianly applies to the crazy shooters that we’ve seen
But none of that really helps us remove the weapons from their hands or remove the immediate threat to all of us
I don’t really think a analysis of the psychology of the people who are doing the shootings is going to give us immediate relief that we need
Long term it might work or it might not
But short term, the threat is around all of us and it’s not going away even if we can pinpoint the motivation. So I think just thinknot makes a lot more sense to take the weapons out of dangerous hands rather than to change dangerous minds
Or just do both
I doubt making guns illegal will provide immediate relief either.
Agreed, because they can always find guns. The problem is mental health, and many cases caused by bullying.
The first case of action, should be to put a stop to bullying. One thing that might help is increasing the punishment. Schools should start having mandatory bullying classes, like we have sexual harassment classes.
Something like 2nd offense, which is clearly stated in the class what constitutes bullying, gets you time in juvi or some type of in school punishment.
It depends what you mean by that
But I think you make a good point
I do think some fairly simple legislation concerning guns can have a big impact immediately
People sometimes forget that there has been federal legislation banning assault rifles (from 1994 – 2004) and it didn’t take anyone’s guns away
It also was relatively ineffective being that it was riddled with loopholes – but I would say that’s better than nothing
One thing to take away from it
There were studies to show that there were actually less assault rifles available on the streets or black market during the legislation which I think undermines the argument that if you ban guns, only criminals have guns
But to understand why, rather than looking at the legislation, you can look at economics
There was a jump of sales when it passed
Far more than manufacturers expected
So the supply was unable to match demand
And that lead to less guns being passed down to the streets
People cling to the guns they had already in fear that they couldnt replace it
The gun mfg eventually produced more and the numbers eventually leveled off
But I think it’s interesting to look at how economics effected the availability of guns
I do think gun legislation works and can be effective
I just think it has to be narrowly tailored and very specific
And you got to get the gun lobby on board to participate in the legislation
And frankly – I don’t think that’s the mindset of the nra
I think they are balls out against anything remotely affecting gun sales
I don’t think people who value guns ownership are hurting reasonable legislation
But I do think the nra is killing it
MF-13, They have this new wet suit made from kevlar, it is Shark Proof. they need someone to test it out, the pay is great!
Wouldn’t you love to frolick around with Hilton?
LOL!
Only way I do that is as my alter-ego: JANGO FETT!
Jango….great movie
Volunteer hours duerve
That’s one lazy shark
Can’t even bother to turn around
Well—Yep!
Ahh Friday before a long 3 day weekend
Beautiful weather
Sitting on my terrace
Drinking a bourbon mule
Arguing with jerks 😜
Getting ready to take the new Jeep to long beach tomorrow
Long Beach? Surely you don’t mean LONG BEACH, another gun-free zone??? LOL
I’m just bustin’ on ya, Pig! 🙂
Long Beach NY m13
Piggy, I’ve been listening to a lot of people discuss this “gun violence” issue since Parkland. The stats don’t point to gun ownership or the NRA. People I know and respect including law enforcement and military including our own Phish, have laid out the stats. But they are ignored for political purposes.
What is the profile of these shooters and why are the red flags ignored when warning signs were out there?
Solutions:
1. Increased security at schools and be prepared to pay more taxes because children’s lives matter.
2. Increased gun/weapon training and psychological testing before being allowed to purchase a gun/weapon – at the customer’s cost. Just like obtaining any license.
3. Guns are not going to be banned, but you 2nd amendment gun peeps need to budge a little.
One of the biggest issues I saw was right after the Texas shooting – people were claiming AR-15 again when that was not involved in this shooting. It was a shotgun, handgun and potential explosives. Why is the truth so difficult, why make stuff up? That’s agenda driven BS!
I think that’s reasonable Tim
But some other time
It’s the first day of summer and I’m ready to enjoy
Are you going to the shore for the weekend ?
Nope, the house won’t be ready until after the 4th of July.
Piggy, just saying the first day of summer is not until June 22.
Due to their well known short term memory problems, pigs don’t know the seasons.
Many people call Memorial weekend the start of summer.
But it’s not well into triple digits in Vegas, so…
A lot of people consider Memorial Day weekend as the kickoff for summer. I know the season officially starts June 21, but I always feel like memorial Day weekend is the beginning of summer
where i come from it’s summer almost all year long, I hate the summer! too hot!
I think FLA has 2 seasons – Summer for 3/4 of the year, and then Steamroom the other 1/4
Ocala has good weather although it gets real hot here as well, i’ve heard we’re down in a bowl like portion in the center of the state, mid summer is sweltering here, no wind, but there are seasons here unlike s fl, it avg’d in the 70s since the end of November here.
i think lake Okeechobee has a lot to do with a lack of seasons in s fl, when the seasons change or a front hits the lake it somehow stops it from going south.
Actually, Florida summers aren’t as hot as the ones I’ve experienced in San Antonio, Austin, Tucson, Phoenix and Las Vegas. FWIW, our first of 16 summers in central Ohio featured six consecutive days in triple digits!! And I have NEVER experienced triple digits in the Tampa area in my entire life. However, there’s no denying that the heat plus the humidity can be very tough on people who are not used to it.
i don’t think the titans or the raiders will like s fl weather in September at 1 pm
For a long time prior to Ross eliminating 1pm games we were the best team in September at home. due to the HEAT!
I’m glad to see them back
It was 94 here in Nashville yesterday and hot, nothing like Vegas hot, but…
O-rob, I will be kind of over your way next month. My boss and I rented a house at Keaton Beach which is SW of Perry, FL. We are going to spend 5 days there snorkeling for scallops, fishing, drinking and playing cornhole.
Kool, still a good 2 hours from me, i’m sure you’ll love the Gulf
College kicking stats are quite different than a QBs completion %. While they both use the smaller college ball, FGs often have wide angles.
Sanders reminds me of the Rams kicker Zierlein, big leg, but can have some accuracy issues. It’s huge though to have a guy that can hit from well over 60 at the end of a half or game.
It’s summer to me
That’s all that matters
Love pigs in a blanket, but somehow they don’t look like that . . .
Or love you
Rob, I live on the gulf here in Pensacola but scalloping is not good here. Keaton beach is awesome. We get our daily limit of scallops within an hour. Water is beautiful and clear. Sometimes we are a half mile offshore and it’s only chest deep.
It’s about 90 here today so okay I guess we can call that summer. 😉
Low tide and sandbars can be really nice.
Can you get a double of bourbon at a sandbar?
yeah…. the Bull Sharks love’m
My nephew and i went scalloping over there one time, he brought his friend, we were scalloping and had quite a few, we were in the boat and the friend was still searching for scallops, i told my nephew we wont want to deal with these when we get home, let’s throw them back, he said ok so i dumped them all over board, when the friend swam back to the boat he started finding them under the boat! he was bobbing up and down saying we had landed on a gold mine! every-time he would bring some up i’d throw them back! i never laughed so hard in my life! we were encouraging him saying what a scallop hunting ace he was! when he finally found out he wasn’t too happy.
That’s funny.
That is funny right there!
LMAO
Hilarious OKD !!!
The house we rent every year has an air conditioned cleaning shack. We set up an assembly line. Two of us open the scallops and use a spoon to scrape the muscle off the top shell then pass to next guy who has one of those mini shopvac’s that fit on a 5 gallon bucket. He carefully sucks the guts from around the muscle then passes it to the last guy who scrapes the muscle off the bottom shell and puts it in a bowl of ice water. Only takes us about an hour to clean 10 gallons (in the shell). We have another 5 gallon bucket with an old potato sack and pour all the scallop guts in it and put ice on it. Have lunch, pack beer in the coolers and head out fishing for the afternoon. We put the scallop guts over the side for chum and it really brings the fish in. Come back clean fish, shower, drink and play cornhole while we hoot (we don’t take our wives) at all the other boats (bikini’s) coming in the channel.
One time we put out a sign saying “Cornhole Tournament win prizes” as a joke. A boat of only women (2 were REALLY nice) came by, stopped and tied up to our dock. They wanted to party with us. We are all very loyal to our women so we all kind of looked at each other all saying the same thing in our minds, “Uhhhhhhhh, what do we do now?” and “OK, who’s going to be the jackass who tells his wife about it.”
LOL
“””” Where’All’Da’White’Women’At “”””
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Ken – Saw your reply the next day – Glad to hear you’re feeling better, and hopefully soon, you’ll get your appetite back, and taste for food as well.
Ken needs a nice juicy burger with whatever sides he likes.
Ken needs a beer 🍺
That too. Glad you’re felling better. Hoping you’re back to yourself soon.
Okay it’s officially summer when I put in the A/C units. Can’t wait until we convert to central air which will be soon. I hate putting these fuckers in. Especially dealing with those old fucking windows with two pains of glass and a screen with the little slides and the lock points. Nope I’ve never hurt or cut my hands with those fucking things. Nope never. LOL
Stanger, just found out we can’t make the fest this year as it conflicts with birthday weekend. Mimi and Poppy are expected to attend, and Mimi expects Poppy to be there.
We might try the Thursday game in Houston, however. Anyone planning on that game?
I’ll make sure next time I vote for the “free” weekend after 10/15.
I am thinking about it!
But a mid week game will be hard for me to swing!
Krishna — you will be missed…..and sorry that took a while to say, but assume you’ll get the new reply thing.
You know who might be a surprise this year, Isiah Ford. He’s kind of forgotten because he got hurt early on last year in camp and never got going. But he’s a tall, lean WR who can get down field with sneaky speed. He’s another guy who could push Carroo for a spot. The competition at WR should be good.
Fucking Brewers just got the 2 point conversion, it’s now 16-6 Brewers
This team is a mess with some very good players but really no direction. I don’t see it getting much better this season.
Go Brew Crew!!!
I just stumbled upon this out of the blue. This is Miko Grimes on September 21st, 2016, talking to VladTV (a hip-hop culture venue). As such, it’s not like she was talking to a beat writer, NFL writer, or anything related to the football. She’s talking about life in general, how she met Brent, how their relationship works, etc.
If you cue the video to 13:18, she begins talking about how it went down with the Dolphins (HER take, of course). Interesting nuggets in this interview that I don’t believe have been covered before. If want to see what a b!tch she is, watch the full interview. If not, just go to 13:18.
Brent is SUCH a little puppy dog made of clay, being manipulated by her all the way. SMH
Omar wants to do her.
I’d be willing to bet that Omar DID her.
Funny how Omar’s divorce happened right around this time.
And so, I think it’s GRAND that Tannehill shut this b!tch up with his performance in the 2016 season!
I really hope Tanny can pick up where he left off!
Armando has been VERY kind to me over the years. So when Miko made some serious threats to him, I tweeted her back sayin’, “Classy Miko… REALLY CLASSY”. She blocked me after that.
Success is the best ‘revenge’… and I’m wishing Tannehill ALL the very best!
I have to say as trashy as Miko can be, she’s intelligent and articulate. She’s a free spirit and I know women like her. I have a different view of her now.
But her view on Tannehill is disrespectful. You don’t have to like him or believe in him but come on. STFU sometimes.
Oh by the way Brent left after 2015 and Miami made the playoffs in 2016. What’s up with that? LOL
Confession: Miko is VERY sexy in a LOT of ways (that’s why she’s a name outside of even football discussions)!
But I’m not sure I could make it through a first-date with her. Yes, she IS very intelligent and articulate (LOVE that about her!)… but she’s just TRASH in my eyes. Back in my college days, maybe a ‘one-night stand’.
But now that I’m all grown up, I can’t stand her, her potty mouth, nor her ego. She takes ‘confidence’ into realms of race-baiting, sex-baiting, and juvenile delinquency. She’s GREAT to look at, but VERY difficult to listen to. JMO
Let her eat cake
So moving right along, moving away from Miko (and her DESPISE of Tannehill and our Dolphins), and my personal beef with her…
If Tannehill is 100% (reports sound VERY good!), if our O-Line is improved (LOVE the additions on our interior, albeit north of 30 years old), if our running game can translate from paper to in-game production, and if our receiving corps can collectively compensate for the loss of Jarvis (NO reason that they CAN’T!)… our bloody Offense is looking VERY good to me!
A lot of if’s, but doable.
I hear ya, Krishna! If the ‘if’s’ translate, this could be a VERY GOOD team this year.
This is the year that the wheels fall off the NE bus and it will be Miami loosening the lug nuts.
I very much hope you’re right, especially when we play head-to-head. Yes, there is REAL hope in ’18. And if Jordan Phillips can up his game this year against the Patsies*, I’d predict we can SWEEP them.
We were in the 20s two weeks ago here in PA, and today we were in the 90s. There’s no such thing as ‘Spring-time’ in PA.
To echo the thoughts of others (though June 21st IS the first day of summer), it’s now SUMMERTIME!
There is no climate change. There is, but there isn’t. 😉
Ken says:
May 26, 2018 at 8:52 pm
Let her eat cake
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LMAO!!!
😆
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😍 America’s Game 72 Dolphins tonight/Sat 10 pm est NFLN
SET DVR
GOFINS!!!
SEE OUR BELOVED ’72 PHINS DO SOME SERIOUS ASS-KICKING AGAIN!!!
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WHY are the ’72 Dolphins the greatest team of all time??
YES, they had the NFL’s best offense in 1972.
YES, they had the NFL’s best defense in 1972.
But THE BIGGEST REASON the ’72 Dolphins were the GOAT
is because they WENT 11-0 in games started by a 38-year old quarterback
they signed for the waiver price of $125!!!!!
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TELL ME the greatest Steeler teams, the greatest ’49er teams, the greatest Cowboy teams could have run the table with a 38 year old BACK-UP QUARTERBACK!!
TELL ME the best Cheatriots team could have run the table with a 38 year old
back-up QB starting 11 games??? Hell, those teams could NOT RUN THE
TABLE with Bradshaw, Montana, Staubach or Brady starting at Quarterback!!!
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WHEN ANY OTHER TEAM runs the table with a 38 year old backup QB
starting 11 games, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!!!!!
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UNTIL THEN, the 1972 Dolphins ARE the GREATEST TEAM OF ALL TIME!!!
70’s Steelers should be extremely thankful for the
WFL of one year existence that destroyed Miami’s opportunities at potentially 3, 4, 5, 6 Dolphins SB’s !!!
Loved what you said Old dolphin!!!
GOFINS!!!
BE SURE to pay special attention to the second Jets-Dolphins game of 1972, played in November in the Historic Orange Bowl. With Miami trailing 17-14 in the 3rd quarter, Earl Morrell took off and scored on a 31 yard touchdown jaunt, the longest running TD for the Fins, up to that point in the season! THAT GAME, in my humble opinion, was the greatest game of the ’72 regular season. It STILL gives me goose bumps every time I think about it!! It was at THAT POINT that I really believed a PERFECT SEASON WAS WITHIN MIAMI’S REACH!!
THANK YOU, 13kv.
Wooo HOOOO, LOVE THIS EPISODE, GOFINS!!!
YEEEEHAAAAA!!!!
“””Still gives me goosebumps!!!
MEEEE TOOOO 😅 !!!!
Woww Manny Fernandez actually intercepts the QB to RB hand-off, (NOT a Lateral), a HANDOFF, what a play!!!
Beat the RB to the spot, burst through the landfill speed And runs between QB & RB to take hands-off in full stride, CRAZZYYY!!!
Burst through “”” line full speed “””
Tim Knight says:
May 26, 2018 at 9:14 pm
There is no climate change. There is, but there isn’t. 😉
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I hear ya, Bro. Climate change is cyclical, not man-made… though, we had better be good tenants of our only home… Mother Earth. THAT’S REAL
I have a good friend who has been a true environmentalist since I’ve known him, he’s a few years younger, he’s my friend’s younger brother but we became friends as well. I’ve mentioned these two guys before, their parents came here from Castro’s Cuba in the 60’s.
My friend Carlos was one of the first people I remember making recycling a priority when he was a teenager. He is involved in climate change chapters out west in California not for far left political reasons, but for reality reasons. He is like you and I on this issue, whatever it is that causes drastic climate change, be open to the data and adapt to it. The truth.
I think we can all agree that humans pollute the shit out of this planet. I’m sick of it!
Friendly reminder… it used to be 136 degrees Fahrenheit on AVERAGE in the Cretaceous age. REAL science will remind us of as much. Our orbit around the galactic center (the middle of the Milky Way) is in constant change. And one day, once again, we’re going to be in peril of astronomical bombardment.
We see our own Moon’s pocked surface. We see Mars’ pocked surface. We’ve seen in our lifetimes comets and asteroids impact the likes of Jupiter (the GREATEST defender of ours in our solar system!). We see our own Earth’s pocked surface, from the Chicxulub crater, to Meteor crater, to recently discovered deep-ocean craters.
We’re about to enter a new age… or shall I say, REVISITING an old age. How very arrogant of humans to think that we control the climate. And on top of that, we experience ‘Ice Ages’ every 10,000 years or so. And with ensuing melts (BEFORE man invented “man-made climate change”), we get the Grand Canyon.
Plate tectonics and volcanism have both destroyed and created land… NOT man. And man had no say in either the creation or division of Pangea. And when sulfur and ash gets ejected into the air via HUGE eruptions, man didn’t wave the trade-winds to make it cover the Earth, so as to mask all life from the sunlight for many months, if not years.
Our Moon controls the tides, not man. Plate-tectonics control the land, not man. Gravity controls much (the NEXT frontier: electro-magnetism), not man. Our orbit to our sun constitutes sunrise and sunset, not man.
Humans are fucking idiots… they really THINK they control EVERYTHING. Guess what… NO!
Vaya con Dios
Hmmm… what about the floating man who just appeared and created everything? LOL
LOVED the replay of Morrall’s 31 yard TD run vs. the JETS!! Loved the whole show!
I doubt we’ll ever again see another PERFECT SEASON!! —
WHAT A THRILL FOR THIS YOUNG DOLFAN!!!
Gase should take entire tramp theatre
To watch that PERFECT EPISODE!!!
Lotta Lessons to be learned for a team from those
1972 MIAMI DOLPHINS!!!
A young Gase team of new Dolpins could instantly become proud of their franchise, a lil more determined, and WOULD ENJOY WATCHING THAT, I can hear’Em now “””Woww this, Wowww that”””!!!
GOFINS!!!
He appears to be putting a team together that is do your job and don’t worry about personal glory.
I was a Landry fan, but 112 receps at 8.8 YPCA doesn’t blow me away. No way am I paying $15+M per year for that.
Dammit , tramp is TEAM, Jimminny crickets spell check fat fingers tiny buttons schiish