This was somewhat of a beleaguered group last season. Tony Lippett was out for the season with an achilles injury, and we had to sign veteran CB Alterraun Verner, who played in 15 games for us with 2 starts. Rookie Cordrea Tankersley was pressed into action, and had some good moments and some bad ones, starting and playing in 11 games last season. Only 2 CB’s on the Dolphins current roster played in all 16 games last season, Xavien Howard and Bobby McCain. As far as consistency goes, McCain was our best CB last season. Xavien Howard had a stretch at the end of last season that was All-Pro caliber. There is definitely promise in this group, and one such promising figure is 2017 UDFA Torry McTyer, who has been opening eyes in training camp. Here’s the lowdown on all of our CB’s.
Xavien Howard CB – 6’1 192 – 25YO
“X” ended the season with a flourish. He had all 4 of his INT’s in 2 games, 2 in the Denver game, and 2 against New England, and one against Denver was for a TD. That was his breakout, and although he didn’t get an additional INT, he was playing as close to shutdown corner as you can get. He finished the season with 48 tackles (42 solo), 13 passes defensed, 1 sack, and 4 INT’s (1 for a TD). So we know who one of the starters is, as X will be one of them. If he can continue his strong play from the end of last season, we’re going to have a very strong secondary.
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Cordrea Tankersley CB – 6’1 200 – 24YO
Our 3rd RD pick in the 2017 NFL Draft (#97), the Clemson product was forced to start 11 games last season due to injuries in the secondary. He was up and down, showing flashes of good play, and then as expected, looking lost at times too. His spot is definitely up for grabs, he has no such “lock” on the spot opposite X. He’s going to have to be more consistent, and also find the football. In 11 games starts, Cordrea had zero INT’s. He did finish with 31 tackles and 7 passes defensed. Competition is coming for that spot, so Cordrea is on notice!
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Bobby McCain CB – 5’11 192 – 25YO
Good ol’ Bobby McCain had quite the season last year. He was so consistent playing mostly in the slot, that the Dolphins rewarded him with a 4YR/$27M contract. According the depth chart the Dolphins released, he’s opposite Xavien Howard, but I don’t pay much attention to that. Bobby is a slot CB, even with rookie draftee Minkah Fitzpatrick, who does the very same and a lot more, I think McCain will be on the inside almost exclusively this year as always. The 2015 5th RD pick has done well for himself, an excellent draft pick for sure.
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Tony Lippett CB – 6’3 192 – 26YO
Lippett had a very nice 2016 season, but then missed the entire 2017 season with an achilles injury. Lippett showed great ball skills in coverage, finishing the 2016 season with 68 tackles, (45 solo), 10 passes defensed, and 4 INT’s. The tall, former WR played the ball very well as if he were the intended receiver. It’s a long recovery though, and Lippett left scrimmage the other day with an ankle injury. I’m not sure how much Lippett can contribute this season, but I’m pulling for him. If he can get healthy, I think he can be an impact player, but I’m not sure how much that injury has robbed his speed and cutting ability. Time will tell, and we’ll see if he get himself whole again.
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Torry McTyer CB – 5’11 188 – 23YO
So far in the 2018 Dolphins training camp, he is the darling of the secondary. The 2017 UDFA who was signed by the Dolphins last May is really showing well early on training camp. The speedy UNLV product played in 7 games last season for Miami, mostly on ST’s. At the moment, he is listed 3rd on the depth chart the Dolphins put out before the preseason. How much does that matter? According to McTyer, it doesn’t. He’s going to keep playing hard, taking nothing for granted, and making the most of his opportunities. Although slightly shorter than most of the other Dolphins CB’s, McTyer has good speed, equal to or better than all of them. We’ll see if Cinderella can continue to shine.
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Jalen Davis CB – 5’10 185 – 22YO
Davis was an UDFA signed out of Utah St. The former All-American CB was a non invitee to the NFL combine, a snub that reportedly fuels Davis. He showed well at his pro day running a 4.4 40, putting up 11 reps and soaring to a 36″ vertical. The 4 YR starter at Utah St. finished his college career with 11 INT’s, 4 FF, and 4 TD’s. He will have to battle to make the roster.
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Cornell Armstrong CB – 6’0 185 – 22YO
The Dolphins drafted Armstrong in the 6th RD of the 2018 NFL Draft (#209). A 4 year starter for Southern Mississippi, he finished his career with 5 INT’s, 1 for a TD. Armstrong has had a slow start so far in training camp, and as we all know, he better pick it up, or he will find himself handing in his playbook sooner than later.
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Taveze Calhoun CB – 6’1 188 – 25YO
Signed originally by the Bears as an UDFA then released, and signed by the Saints. The Saints released him in December of ’17, and the Dolphins signed him to the PS. In January, Miami signed him to a future/reserves contract. Another cornerback from Mississippi, but Mississippi St. in this case, totaled 6 INT’s in 3 years, also forcing 3 fumbles and recovering 1. Another longshot to make the roster, he faces an uphill battle. Tavese (pronounced Tuh-VEZ) had 2 INT’s in practice and a fumble return (60 YDS) for a TD, so don’t count him out quite yet.
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So that’s where we’re at with the CB’s. I wouldn’t count Tank out of starting opposite X, but I also wouldn’t be surprised if Lippett was on the PUP to start the season. I just have a feeling he might not be ready. I hope McTyer keeps pushing, and pushing hard, that will make Tank earn it if he wins that battle. I also hope X keeps balling, and doesn’t rest on his late year success. I also realize that I haven’t included Minkah Fitzpatrick in this group, because he’s the guy who will be playing everywhere, including both inside and outside in certain situations as a CB. Basically, he’s going to be a matchup guy, so Minkah will be everywhere. Good ol’ Bobby McCain is steady as can be, and I hope he continues in that vein. next up, safeties!
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back up qbs all looked pretty damn good, Petty is right there, will be interesting to see who gets number 2
Liked some of what Petty did,
But looks like a side armed guy,
Reminded me of (with slight exaggeration) submarine pitcher Dan Quissenberry
Liked some of his completions a lot, TD and play before (both to Ford) were things of beauty!!!
Baker looks like the real deal
the only one who seemed dissapointing was geysecki
that was a great pass thrown to hin in the endzone and he couldn’t come down with it.
It was overthrown, had Gesicki made that great catch, he’d have landed outta bounds!!!
“””Couldn’t come down with it”””,
None here coulda touched/caught it with a 10 foot long pool cleaning net!!!
Him just touching that ball was farrr from “””disappointing”””!!!
vintage Drake
1-10-TB 48
(13:40) (No Huddle) 32-K.Drake right end to TB 46 for 2 yards
“””Vintage Drake””” was ALL is other runs!!!
He also got the ball on a 4th and one with his shoe half off,
AND CONVERTED!!!
LOL @ Vintage!!
I heard nothing about McMillan, how’d he play?
He probably played a couple of series and that’s all. Tough to really show a lot if that’s the case
He got one tackle. First team D wasn’t in there long. And they were pushing a lot of stuff outside.
Fitzpatrick did well manipulating McMillan, but he’ll be fine/great!!!
The players that stood out to me were Minkah, Baker, Wilson, and Ballage but then am a notorious ball watcher. And man did it look clear Fales was gonna be the #2 QB, but have the same concerns about him as Moore when it comes to the real deal when teams game plan around what you can do best. Just don’t see the arm.
You can gameplan around Fales to win the games you’re supposed to win, but he won’t get you a ring, so the hope is he can hold down the fort while your starter is out a minute. Osweiler has the skillset to get you a ring, but the consistency to frustrate you.
Wasn’t a good night for Osweiler and they were alternating series so no who was playing with the better guys involved.
Sometimes not noticing a player like McMillan is a good thing.
“The protection was awesome. Ryan was back there peeling an orange.”
— Gase on the starting OL last night.
Lol, nice!
Lol, he certainly has a way of putting things
I saw #52 and #55 around the ball together a few times. The thing with PS games and especially the first one is there are so many substitutions you don’t get a feel for any unit. But then again it’s a “practice” game.
The hardest part about judging things in a preseason game is the motivation of the coaches. Jackson for Baltimore last week didn’t look very good, but it was obvious the Bears were intent on stopping him.
We’re a depth heavy team, so to say our 1s vs their 1s wasn’t good therefore we’ll suck doesn’t tell the whole story. If we can move the ball and score the D will hold off our opponents enough to get us to where we want to go. I’m not talking about record setting just play complimentary football.
When the O is having issues the D needs to step up and vice versa.
Your first point was spot on. We don’t know what the coaches want to see. Winning the game in the preseason is not the goal. They want to evaluate players. If winning was the goal you don’t inactivate some of your top players. For some reason people can’t wrap their head around that.
For years friends of mine would say who cares, the starters only play a series or two. I always say, I watch for the opposite reason to see the rooks, young guys expected to take that next step and to see which bubble guys step up.
Totally agree with Knight X’s two!!!
Omar’s stock up and stock down.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-dolphins/fl-sp-dolphins-stock-report-20180810-story.html
Skip my first one below, go directly to second pasting that I fixed for easier read, if so inclined…
Damn page always seems to turn right after I post…
Page turn must be set to whenever KV post, LOL!!! 😝
Here’s some of what I saw previous to page turn…
Had to copy paste from Shout, copy/paste takes forever here from phone..
Ignore edit, time, reply stuff..
What a catch by Grant even though he landed outta bounds, best catch ever, tight tight coverage streaking down sidelines, (pass interference called, and Grant still did a superman snatched the overthrow back half of the ball with octopus suction cupped fingertips, Woww what a catch!!!
Right before the EZ overthrow to Gesicki that almost was a great catch in itself,
but even had he caught it te QB/Fales overthrow had him landing outta bounds too…
THill worked through a 1St & 20 hole for a first down!!!
Man, we were in 1St & 20 a lot in o17, and rarely overcame!!!
Thought that Amendola (had he just kept running)
would have had a better chance at that THill ball he dove for off ten fingertips
at the 10 yard line… End result, missed FG
I thought the O did a lot of good things under all QB’s,
D too for that matter, think that Fitz & Baker moved closer to starting,
Looking forward to a great season!!!
GOFINS!!!
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Suggested in starting roster projection piece,
If he can’t get TJ off the field,
Start Fitz opposite of X for SHUTDOWN CB TANDEM!!!
Love Tank, but Fitz blows his doors off!!!
GOFINS!!!
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Lotta guys that I wanted to do well, did well
Ballage/Eric Dickerson
Owusu (Parker stature clone)
Cornell Armstrong (great tackler), led team in tackles
All the RB’s did well!!!
And been saying since get go, for more than the obvious reasons, I’m getting me a jersey that says BAKER!!!
Lotsa GOODSTUFFF from a lot of guys!!!!
GOFINS!!!
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So I finally got to see the Fins first D play,
And see that Fitz STARTED at Safety up tight/LOS vs slot receiver,
same side as X, with Tank on other side vs no receiver.
Ball was completed by a fingernail vs X
Second play Fitz blitzes from S position
Both plays (just before snap) looked like a 4 – 4 moreso than a 4-3
If not for knowing Fitz number, I’d a thought it was 4DL & 4LB,
10 guys were in frame, only TJ was back..
Wonder how its gonna go when Rashad is active??
Really wanting Jones, TJ, & Fitz on the field together more than not!!!
Shoot, throw in Baker too, GOTTA NEED FOR SPEED !!!
GOFINS!!!
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PS…
Jarvis NEVER made a catch like the one Grant made
(though outta bounds due to overthrow)
@ 4:39 remaining in 1St quarter !!!!!!!!
GOFINS!!!
Ohhh Yea,
First play of game THill rolls out right and throws 15 yard strike to Stills !!!!!
Completed first 4 attempts, hair off on other two though they hit receivers fingers…
First & only THill drive went well, other than holding penalty to force 1St & 20
which ended up with a first down, and then the drive ending missed FG..
There, easier read minus all the edit, reply, avatar that copied with previous entry… IGNORE previous, tough read!!!
What a catch by Grant even though he landed outta bounds, best catch ever, tight tight coverage streaking down sidelines, (pass interference called, and Grant still did a superman snatched the overthrow back half of the ball with octopus suction cupped fingertips, Woww what a catch!!!
Right before the EZ overthrow to Gesicki that almost was a great catch in itself,
but even had he caught it te QB/Fales overthrow had him landing outta bounds too…
THill worked through a 1St & 20 hole for a first down!!!
Man, we were in 1St & 20 a lot in o17, and rarely overcame!!!
Thought that Amendola (had he just kept running)
would have had a better chance at that THill ball he dove for off ten fingertips
at the 10 yard line… End result, missed FG
I thought the O did a lot of good things under all QB’s,
D too for that matter, think that Fitz & Baker moved closer to starting,
Looking forward to a great season!!!
GOFINS!!!
Suggested in starting roster projection piece,
If he can’t get TJ off the field,
Start Fitz opposite of X for SHUTDOWN CB TANDEM!!!
Love Tank, but Fitz blows his doors off!!!
GOFINS!!!
Lotta guys that I wanted to do well, did well
Ballage/Eric Dickerson
Owusu (Parker stature clone)
Cornell Armstrong (great tackler), led team in tackles
All the RB’s did well!!!
And been saying since get go, for more than the obvious reasons, I’m getting me a jersey that says BAKER!!!
Lotsa GOODSTUFFF from a lot of guys!!!!
GOFINS!!!
So I finally got to see the Fins first D play,
And see that Fitz STARTED at Safety up tight/LOS vs slot receiver,
same side as X, with Tank on other side vs no receiver.
Ball was completed by a fingernail vs X
Second play Fitz blitzes from S position
Both plays (just before snap) looked like a 4 – 4 moreso than a 4-3
If not for knowing Fitz number, I’d a thought it was 4DL & 4LB,
10 guys were in frame, only TJ was back..
Wonder how its gonna go when Rashad is active??
Really wanting Jones, TJ, & Fitz on the field together more than not!!!
Shoot, throw in Baker too, GOTTA NEED FOR SPEED !!!
GOFINS!!!
PS…
Jarvis NEVER made a catch like the one Grant made
(though outta bounds due to overthrow)
@ 4:39 remaining in 1St quarter !!!!!!!!
GOFINS!!!
Ohhh Yea,
First play of game THill rolls out right and throws 15 yard strike to Stills !!!!!
Completed first 4 attempts, hair off on other two though they hit receivers fingers…
First & only THill drive went well, other than holding penalty to force 1St & 20
which ended up with a first down, and then the drive ending missed FG..
GOFINS!!!
LOL KV — you and the page turn have a serious cage match going on….but you won this time. 🙂
And yeah that catch/not catch by Grant was awesome, but then Wilson looked great to. Surprised me on the routes he was hitting….was heading to the outside. He might not be that one trick catch and dash pony was thinking.
LOL Stanger!!!
Yea, I guess when ones an aggressive poster,
he’s bound to get a “””roughing the page turn””” penalty..
Yea, my home boy/PSL Wilson did good !!!
GOFINS!!!
Good to hear that Baker looks good. Don’t be surprised if he gets Anthony cut if he keeps it up
Don’t see Anthony anywhere near getting cut,
Hull went down with what looked to be serious!!!
OK, I didn’t see the game. Still, he might push Anthony to 2nd string
Yea, definite possibility and eventual definitive!!!
Gotta get me that #55 BAKER on my back !!!
Might even have it customized to honor both he and McMillan via (THEE OS which means nothing to me),
but think it’s pretty cool that they’re reunited in Miami!!
52 on front, 55 Mc’BAKER on back 😜
GOFINS!!!
In the PS you look for execution and assignment recognition. Were guys in the right spot and making the right adjustments? Were players disciplined in their responsibilities? Were there a lot of penalties? Did the new guys look lost or like they knew what to do? And at the end….avoid injuries while you hopefully develop a little confidence in what you’re doing. It’s a starting point. Keep building.
Agreed !!
KV – I heard Armstrong laid some good wood on someone last night, is that true?
Yea Mike, got a stinger out of it, and they forced him off the field against his wishes, led the team in tackles, (been saying since drafting him),
he’s the best CB tackler I ever saw/remember coming into the league!!!
The same with Howard, he tackles and hits like a safety.
For those of you who couldn’t catch, set your DVR to the NFL net at 6:30 AM tmrw (assume EST).
“NFL Preseason Game” – Preseason Week 1: Tampa Bay Buccaneers vs. Miami Dolphins (from 8/9/18).
Tuesday at 4am too!!!
I set for all 3
Lucky too, cuz a severe lightning storm messed up last night recording..
Got home 2 hours later than the planned 6pm est,
Had a rough day, cursing & swearing from 4-8 pm cuz it became obvious that I wouldn’t make it home on time for pre-game rituals…
Then the minute I got home from working in triple digits all day,
a nice cool storm rolls in, and just as I finally sit down to watch the last 2 minutes of the first half a lightning strike knocks out my power…
Took like a half hour to get TV going again, and though I had connection, a connection problem warning was taking up half my screen (so I was cursing/throwing a fit for another hour to total 5 hours), and though I made sure to reset record, nothing after the last two minutes of the first half recorded…
So after watching the second half live,
I went back to watch the whole game in its entirety,
low & behold, I ended up cursing/throwing a fit till midnight,
8 hours of frustration, worse than my actual day if work…
Schiish, been waiting/planning for that game for 8 months,
And couldn’t get there, nothing went right for me yesterday,
Probably cuz the higher powers knew how excited I was,
and just wanted to F with me, MANN THEY HAVE A LOUSY SENSE OF HUMOR!!!
I’d suggest pre-setting DVR for all replays!!!
GOFINS!!!
Even though I don’t think kneeling during the anthem will have any impact on anything, the players who do it are not kneeling to protest the military and vets. It’s to bring awareness to injustice. Again, I don’t think that the impact will be what they’re looking for, but that’s their decision. Too many people have made it out to be something that it’s not. But we shouldn’t be surprised, people argue over everything these days even when they don’t know what they’re talking about.
Enough already the media needs to stop covering it and people just need to put it out of mind.
They got everyone’s attention, now shit or get off the pot.
Stills is walking the walk and actually involved with trying to bring communities together. I believe Michael Thomas is as well and I’m sure there are others.
But I agree with you that too much is being made of it and it’s time to move on. At this point people have made up their minds on what they think it means and are either okay with it or hate it.
I googled Miami Dolphins news and over half are stories about the FN kneeling. If these guys want to kneel let them, but stop covering it. I won’t read one of those stories.
REDICULOUS, Stills took one knee, and had his hand on his heart during pledge!!!
I have GREAT RESPECT FOR ALL OUR VETERANS, THEY ARE TGE BRAVEST OF THE BRAVE!!!
But forgive me if I think that many of them are extremely thin skinned on the kneeling thing!!!
THE KNEELERS ARE NOT PROTESTING OUR VETERANS OR OUR FLAG!!!
They’re protesting government, and who can blame’Em?!?!?!?
They’re protesting injustice – specifically racial injustice and police brutality. They are not protesting against all cops or just white ones. I have a problem with hot headed cops who think they are above the law too. There are wonderful officers and assholes and I happen to know of both of them. I know of cops who are racist and don’t have the level of tolerance needed to be a cop, but they are. There are bad people in this world in all walks of life and some are wolves in sheep’s clothing. That’s how evil works, they use deceit.
So did Mike Hull suffer a bad knee injury? It didn’t look good leaving on a cart.
Yea, looks that way Knight, goal line rugby scrum and big OL/DL fell on his standing knees from both sides, hard to tell which knee got tweaked, could have very well been both… Hoping it’s not as bad as it looked, but he was in serious pain, but upbeat inspite of it!!!
Not impressed with Osweiler at all. Don’t get why Gase likes him so much.
Watch the long completion to Owusu, Woww on both Oz & Owusu!!!
Owusu (Parker stature clone) did great,
shoulda seen the crazy catch that he almost made,
running right sideline at full speed, defender on him tight between Owusu and hash mark, ball under thrown just left of defenders nearest hash mark foot, Owusu at full speed contorts his body like Gumby and with a blind eye nearly picks it off of defenders shoestring, Wowww very impressive!!!
Had he made that impossible catch, he makes my 53 right then and there!!!
GOFINS!!!
HMMM..
Now that I read Congemi, maybe it was Fales with that threw that great thread of the needle to Owusu great tracking/focus on deep catch…
Storm had my viewing of the game all over the place, coulda swore it was Oz.. Never the less Oz had a few very good completions, but Fales definitely beat him out last night, no matter who completed that long one to Owusu!!
Osweiler is erratic. He can look really good and really bad. That’s why he is where he is in his career.
Yea Knight, Oz was indeed that last night,
10 of 21 for not near 100, and half his yardage was on the one amazing thread of the needle and Owusu great tracking/focus on the ball!!!
Just read Congemi who suggest it was Fales to Owusu on that amazing deep throw & catch to Owusu…
Owusu had quite a few, and I know that Oz had his share to Owusu, might have got that one mixed up though…
D, thanks for letting me camp in your old stomping ground! Why didn’t you tell me there were a bunch of mosquitos? It was beautiful there and will definitely go again. We walked back from the beach one day at 3pm and there were 2 deer in our camp site eating grass. One of them crapped on my outdoor carpet which wasn’t nice.
Wow Derrius Guice suffered an ACL injury last night and is likely out for the season. That sucks!
Yeah that does suck. I was looking forward to seeing what he would do this year. Not that i wish it on him, but sure would have been better if it had been Michel…. lol
BailBondMike says:
August 10, 2018 at 2:40 pm
D, thanks for letting me camp in your old stomping ground! Why didn’t you tell me there were a bunch of mosquitos? It was beautiful there and will definitely go again. We walked back from the beach one day at 3pm and there were 2 deer in our camp site eating grass. One of them crapped on my outdoor carpet which wasn’t nice.
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Lousiana and some parts of Mississippi are the only place i have been where its worse lol. Deer flies are really bad down there. Id consider them worse than mosquitoes. There are also these neon yellow colored flies down there that are kinda shaped more like a horsefly just not quite as big. They can lay it on ya. There are also horseflies, and yellow flies. A lot of costal Florida is like that. Hell, at Disney teh deer and yellow flies can make taking the Safari tour, the Jungle Cruise, and even the WDW Train ride around the park be a memorable (lots of welts)experience.
Our Deer are smallish, Florida Whitetail are small and they never get very big, 100lbs is getting into the “big” zone when it comes to the deer. There is a lot to d down there if ya like outdoorsy stuff. The scalloping season is a fun time,you can get buckets full of scallops if you get there before they have been picked clean. Plenty of blue crabs if you like crabbing. The bay is walking depth for miles so you can get an aluminum boat and just walk it out for a while and then paddle out further and sometimes catch some nice fish. Its an estuary too so you can see lots of different marine life. My favorite are the puffer fish, i like showing the kids those and the horshoe crabs, which i have never seen more of those, in any one spot, than there. Tons of fiddler crabs (which make great bait btw, and are free to scoop up). The sea shells off cap san blas are usually more intact than you will find the rest of the way around the gulf coast, wasnt long back i was still finding whole sand dollars.
Oh and if ya like fresh water fishing, just up the road in Wewahitchka there is some of the best bass fishing around, and really good for Brim too. Hunting is pretty good there too, lots of turkeys, deer and hogs.
That’s why we hunt close to where you live now (from Evergreen to Camden and over toward Grove Hill, LOL Bigger deer!
BBM, at least deer shit isnt hard to clean up, its pellets like rabbits. There are black bears around there too, that would have been worse shit to clean up lol.
LOL or the Hogs, they stink on the outside, imagine what your first experience of what they smell like inside would have been lol
Yeah right!
Colt McCoy, Skins #2 QB, looked good against the Pats #1 D. One thing I liked seeing in that game was the Pats #1 LB unit was having a lot of trouble covering the Redskin RB’s.
So just so I get this correct 2 people from this blog have visited my neck of the woods in the past couple of months and I’ve known about it either the day before or the day they are here? No time to make any plans, or get out of plans I already have. It’s like no one wants to meet me! 😃🤣😂🤣😂🤣
In my defense I didn’t find out about the trip until Tuesday afternoon and was only the yesterday and this morning. (I am in Charlotte on my way back to WPB now. Wish I had more time so I could have set something up to buy you dinner or something.
Where were you/where did you stay etc? And why were you here?
He was stalking you
Yeah I was a little late on that, sorry.
On our way into WV a Land Rover passed us with the Nevada license plate 1, it was the governor’s vehicle. I’ve seen several governors before, but that was odd.
Awww, poor baby,
Hey 12, lay on the softest mattress you can find,
Do absolutely nothing, let it get so stiff that it feels like a thousand pounds of bricks are on your shoulders, shoulder blades and lower back,
And whatever you do don’t lift with your knees,
That’ll fix it, 😜 😜
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000946990/article/injuries-tom-brady-dealing-with-minor-sore-back
herdfan says:
August 10, 2018 at 3:59 pm
So just so I get this correct 2 people from this blog have visited my neck of the woods in the past couple of months and I’ve known about it either the day before or the day they are here? No time to make any plans, or get out of plans I already have. It’s like no one wants to meet me! 😃🤣😂🤣😂🤣
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They arent 19 year old guys, they probably think they wont live up to your standards.
Right! 😂
Just so you know.
https://kstills.com/
Very cool! I’ve always used him as an example of players not making an empty gesture, and I’m sure there are more. I respect what he does, I really do.
I haven’t really had a problem with how he has handled himself with the protests, and I think continuing to do it is about whether he thinks that what he has done to move the conversation forward has enoug fuel to sustain itsrlf without the spectacle. No doubt about it, this part of the protests is the attention getter, not the solution maker. At some point the social change has to stand on it’s own merit and it will have to have enough people behind it to not need the attention grabber. This isn’t just so there isn’t continued tension, but also because that attention getter is going to lose it’s power. The article tells me he is doing his part with the other, which makes him infinitely more valuable to this cause than Kaepernick, but if he wants to recruit more to get on board and follow his lead, he has to increase his exposure off the field and not on it.
At’A’Boy Kenny !!!
My company is going to be remodeling the Embassy Suites down town Charleston next to the JC Penny and Iwas there to finalize the contract negotiations with the owner. My boss went to the initial job-site walk through, but I had to go back and bat clean up.
We are starting the demo in January. I will probably never have to come back to this job. I fly all over the country But all I ever get to see is the airport the highway and the hotel, the highway and the airport in reverse order. I am usually in and out in 24 to 48 hours.
That’s why you think NJ is a shit hole when you probably only see the industrial areas. We aren’t called the Garden State because of Newark or Fort Lee. LOL
We have this also. 🙂
Man you have shitty beaches…. 🙂
Well also because the Jets play there. 🙄
I do like the pastoral you posted, that absoly is not what I think when I think jersey. Really pretty shot
Mt. Laurel was nice.
D, you have to walk down the dunes where there is more beach. This shot makes it look like the water is right there. LOL
LOL @ sarcastic D
“””man you have shirty beaches”””
Hard to impress a Gulf Coast Floridian with beach pictures. I was being sarcastic, but our beaches, and probably all of Alabama’s beaches are uniquely beautiful. The sand we have can only be found in a couple places in the world and the waters here are calm, glassy, and just really beautiful.
Rock:
On what street is that? King Street? I was born and raised in Charleston, SC. Is that the one or were you in West Va?
WV
duh
just logged on without reading above.
NJ is the most densely populated state in the country and most of that is north and east. If you go central, west and south there are lots of woods, farmland and beaches.
If you fell asleep in a car for an hour or so and woke up in some areas you might think you were in Nebraska. LOL
and you have the Barrens area which are densely wooded, and have hillbillies lol, you’d think you woke up in WV… *grins at Herd*
Yes we call them pineys (pine barrens). That’s where the NJ Devil lives. LOL
At least you experienced the airport. Some people don’t like it but I love it, right in town basically and convenient. Not the longest runway though and if you run out of room you’re over the hill, literally.
http://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000946043/article/six-nfl-players-who-will-not-be-oneyear-wonders
We made the Top 9!
correction
Top 6
I’m having a bad day.
D, I haven’t experienced the gulf much but family and friends who live and have lived there say the same thing as you. They believe it’s superior to the east coast.
It is, though each of our costs offer its own sort of charm with its own set of things its superior to other coasts in. Sheer scenic beauty though, gulf coast, hands down.
Naples (incl. Marco Island) is the last American town South on the Gulf of Mexico.
(I consider Key West to be in the Caribbean, because it’s a coral reef, not a white sand beach.)
But it’s somewhat similar to Pensacola, which is 600 miles away.
Because the Atlantic is sooo much colder, even at the same latitude, and soooo much rougher in wave action, the Gulf beaches are very different from East coast beaches.
But I love them both.
Hey now, back off….we’re talking about my little town. lol
We have a lot of hospitals that we have our software installed at in WV. Its got its own charm too but there are parts of it that even being from the south scares the shit out of me lol. The parts that border KY and Ohio, and some of the southern parts of Virginia are pretty scary. The northern parts, especially those that are in that areas near Maryland and Penn arent as bad. As i take it you are more on that side of WV than the deep hill country hatfield and mccoy parts.
I grew up in the part that borders KY. My mom’s house it literally on the border because it’s riverside property and the river is the border.
So you better watch out with me…I might go all redneck with you guys at any moment.
LOL!
http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/24342005/maryland-terrapins-football-culture-toxic-coach-dj-durkin
I had heard about the football players death but i had not heard about the rest of this until now. This is disgusting. Coaches can be like that, there are some whose philosophy as coaches is exactly what you see here. My coaches in HS was like this to a degree, maybe not quite as over the top but definitely to a point of abusive.
I remember one time where it backfired on them. A coach was wanting me to do a walk through with him so he could instruct one of the other players on how to do something. I had pads, he didnt, so i came out of my stance cautiously so as not to hurt him. He demeaned me in front of the others, basically calling me a pussy for how i had hit him. He said go again, so i went harder that time but i still held back because, again, im going to hurt him if i go full force. Same thing again, demeaned me. He said seriously give me everything you got so i can show them how to do this, hit me like ya got a pair. So i did…. broke his glasses, sent him flying, grass stains all over his white shorts, busted his lip and nose. I do have to give it to him, when he got up i was expecting him to tear into me but he accepted the fact he had asked for it lol. It felt kinda good too lol.
That said, i never really was botherd by the demeaning, or the yelling and screaming they do. That a very military way to break individualism and get people to be part of a unit with one commander that the players will not question the authority of. I didn’t need all that though, i knew he was the authority figure on the field so i was already listening. Still i also knew it was a tactic that worked with some players so thats what he did.
That guy actually passed away recently, a day before my dad did. My dad and he had played football together in HS as well, and their coach was pretty much the same type of guy, as i understand it from my dad’s stories.
Either way, i think these coaches need to soften up a little. Football players do need to be touch, but there is a line where it becomes abuse, and also times have changed, its just not as effective as it was back in the day. Being that way towards the kids isnt going to change them or shape them up like they think it is. The culture is completely different now. I think what was done at the U of Maryland is pretty damn disgusting and i hold they hold them accountable for all that shit.
Athletes are still human beings. It’s a fucking game!!!
Tim Knight says:
August 10, 2018 at 6:36 pm
D, you have to walk down the dunes where there is more beach. This shot makes it look like the water is right there. LOL
You also have to walk through the used syringe is
No longer, that was years ago but disgusting though.
JBB man.
I hear ya.
Unfortunately the used syringes now are from addicts, not polluting. But that’s not exclusive to NJ, that’s a problem all over the country. Bad stuff!
Colts lost one of their rookies for the year as well. Deon Cain, who replaced Tankersly at Clemson when he was drafted this year also has a torn ACL, so Guice and now Cain. Stay healthy Dolphin guppies!
At least you experienced the airport
I literally was the line at security. Just me. 😀
I know…people complain about our little airport, want a bigger, regional one and I’m like you people are crazy. I can leave my house, get there, park my car and be inside the airport in 20 minutes, less if’ I’m running late. No long lines. Some people think it’s scary, landing in the mountains, want it moved to a valley location.
We really did land high in the mountains in Peru, on our way to Machu Picchu. Cusco is high in the Andes, the view coming in was amazing, largest mountains I’ve seen.
Ya know how sometimes you are searhing for things ont he internets and booom you are face to face with some shit you were not searching for. Well im just searching for blow up dolphins, like pool toys, and i hit the images tab and there is a guy hugged up to his xtra large tittied rainbow bright my little ponies blow up doll at a bronies convention i suppose because there was convention looking stuff in the background. Scary shit. Retinally burned in terrifyingly scary shit.
Sorry wasnt supposed to be a reply.
LMAO D !!! 😂
Hope that just this one Dolphin picture loads-up for clickless view!!!
If not, can someone steal the one picture, so I can re-steal, and have minus FB..
And (for obvious reasons) delete this post asap if my FB info comes with it, please.. Tried to get minus FB stuff, but not sure that just the picture will post…
Great Picture!!!
Guess it’s fine, if only it didn’t require a click!!!
Couple other pics are there, and everybody already knows my name..
But it’d be better if that one picture appeared automatically minus the extra click, and some FB info posted above..
https://instagram.com/p/BmUZU47AvqC/
Actually, PLRASR DELETE, looks like trouble makers can mess with some stuff,
STEAL PICTURE FIRST (If able), and delete my previous two post,
Please, Thank You, Sorry !!!
Is PLRASR a new ray gun or something? JJ/BB LOL
👾take me to your leader please, or else PLRASR..
MY BADD..
E & R too close on my phone
Everytime I say we’re #1
it says we’re #2..
WTF, LOL!!!
Been Doin everything from just phone for last two years or so, including articles which can be quite demanding..
I love the WPB airport, it’s small, never crowded at least when I have flown in there a bunch of times. It’s like a little mall and easy to get in and out.
I loved going in and out of Burbank. Took a cab one time and he was pissed we lived in Burbank, the small fare was Uberesque.
Best part was they allowed you to exit the back of the plane too. 5 minutes to the airport.
Was just thinking about the game last night and how much I loved the first offensive play with a play-action bootleg which is Tannehill’s strength. I want to see 6-8 of those a game. LOL
So you liked groundhog day 😉
Yes!
KV… deleted your link above, saved your pic to my Instagram and posted as a reply above. And you guys say that women are high maintenance! 😂
Thank You Boss !!! 😁
Can see your name & stuff below where pictures should be…
If others can see it, (sure that many would like it for their archives), don’t sweat it..
I have my copy of it in FB,
Someday I’ll figure out how to get it minus FB info 😏
It’s all good if others have access to it here!!!
Pic don’t work for me, but don’t worry bout it, don’t wanna be a PIA!!!
Just thought folks would like it and have it for themselves!!!
Couldn’t figure out how to get from my FB without FB stuff,
Thought I had it but guess not..
APPRECIATE THE TIME YOU TOOK to delete my FB access to some stuff at that link, didn’t want someone signing me up for messenger etc!!!
Thank You Lisa !!! 😁
You can’t see it?
No..
Might just be me or my phone,
Can anyone else see the pic that Herd posted for me??
🤔
Not sure what to make of that. I know they could see the pic of the deer I posted yesterday so they should be able to see your pic too.
See the post/picture frame but no pic,
Even if I click…
Could you see the pic of the white deer I posted yesterday?
Remembered reading that..
Just went back to see picture..
No, can’t see that one either
I don’t have instagram, so maybe that’s why??
Did others say that they could see it??
Maybe it’s my phone, my only access??
Dammitt!!
Replied again, but at wrong reply..
Most recent ended up just below where I said “”Thanks Boss””
Strained MCL for Hull will miss several weeks
AWESOME, thought Hull was done
Just got back from Sandbridge Beach, Virginia, after some much needed R&R, visiting with some of my military fam in the area. It’s a nice place, to those who’ve never been there.
I totally tuned out the internet (RARE, for me!) for several days, but to check the final score of last night’s game before going to bed. I’ve now read all your comments, saw all the stats, saw all the vids on NFL.com, read the beat writer tweets, etc… and I think I’m back up to speed, LOL
Sounds like we’ve got a PLAYER in Jerome Baker… GREAT to hear! Sounds like we’ve got a decent starting O-Line this year, too, at this early stage of the PS… NICE(!!!), because they’re only going to get better with more gel-time. And I’m MOST happy to hear that we didn’t incur any SERIOUS injuries (thanks, Son, for the update on Mike Hull: strained MCL… it’ll only be several weeks and not jeopardizing his season).
It was only PSG1, so I’m not going to read TOO much into things (DOOM or BOOM!), but it seems we’re doing alright and on schedule. I’m just hoping my guy young Jalen Davis can make the team (even as a PSer).
Thanks for your comments, ALL!
GO PHINS!!!
HELL YEAH!!!
Welcome back to YOUR humble abode MF 😎
Former LB Channing Crowder has a radio show down here and does a great job..
He said everybody saying that Baker had a great game this and that..
Crowder said he had an OK game, as he knows what an LB is supposed to do/where to be on this or that play, and Baker could have done much better, and will over time/reps..
KV, yes others could see the other pic I posted. I think you’re right about Instagram being the issue with you.
K, Thank You Lisa, & Toba 😃 !!!
I saw both deer and KV dolphin pic … i dont do Instagram, Facebook or Twitter … im on a IPHONE?? Maybe that … i dunno
Then I have no idea. So much for me being techie. 😂
Sorry to burst yer bubble 🤫
Probably my phone, it been giving me issues,
think I have a bug or something that I don’t know how to exterminate.. 😏
You like pic Toba ??
Pretty sure that Lisa seen it before when she occasionally hung at Shout,
As I posted with article everytime we played NYets, and/or had it as my avatar on Nyets week…
So you folks that were streaming the game last night..
Did that work out??
Can’t wait to see everybodies thoughts after seeing recorded replay tomorrow!!!
Grant outta bounds catch, Gesicki EZ attempt,
Owusu catch, and almost impossible catch/non-catch,
but extraordinary attempt via Blind Gumby impersonation,
Fitz, Baker, Armstrong, Ballage/all RB’s, QB’s
THill first/only drive, etc, etc
Looking forward to your observations!!!
GOFINS!!!
Soooo I’ve been doing 2 jobs at work for the past couple months, paid for one. The person who did payroll at the company I work for left and since that position reports to me I had to do my job plus that one. We hire a new person, I train her on how it’s all done….and I kid you not she has been found ASLEEP at her desk by several people at different times the past couple of weeks. I’ve not caught her myself being I’m so busy trying to do my own job when I’ve not been working with her. WTF???
Millennial thing???
LMAO… sorry but its Kinda funny.. you fire her for sleeping and ya end up doing her job anyways , true conundrum
Exactly. 🤯
Interesting names in CFL Coaching ranks:
Hamiton HC June Jones .. DC Jerry (the man in black) Glanville, THAT shocked me when i saw Jerry..
Montreal HC Mike Sherman, traded to get Manziel , started him after 4 days practice..
Game 1 stats 2 rushes 4 yds, 11-20 passing 4 int
Game 2 tomorrow ..
Toronto HC Mark Trestman, came back to CFL last year and won Grey Cup
BTW Sherman’s Als record is 1-6 .. boy i miss him for Fins !!!🤓
KV yes i enjoyed the Pic 👍👍
I too must plead tech ignorance… i cannot cut and paste with i phone, thus i dont even bother trying to post pics .. if i find something really cool and or interesting i will log into the PC and do it there .. i do enjoy the huge arsenal of Emojis though 🤡🤪
Used to be able to copy IMs or pics from IMs and forward to other IM contacts , but lost the ability a few UP(cough cough) Grades ago
LOL, I can relate 😏
I’m watching a condensed version of the jets at Fins 2016. The first 3 times Ajayi ran it on 1st down he lost 2, 2, and 5. His next first down run was a 20 yard TD, but that one doesn’t count 😁
Lmfao… nicely done
Ajayi also had 2 runs on 1st down of more than 10 yards to run the clock out, but…
Lol
Ballers season premiere Sunday night ….
Large thanx to whoever posted Game reply tomorrow am.. i looked earlier and soonest I had found was Tuesday 1:00 am ?? That was gonna be nutz
Just a landmark,
so I’ll know where to start reading tomorrow’s game replay reviews
GOFINS!!!
Sometimes I see pics on here sometimes I don’t. When I don’t it’s usually a completely blank post or a link. The blank post took me awhile to figure out what was happening. I thought people were just changing their mind saying something or just putting their name out to say “hi”. LOL
Really strange how all camp long the D dominated, then in the game they play an egg other than a few individual performances and the run D 73 yds ar 2.6 per.
Then the O has no problem moving the ball, over 5 yds per rush, a little trouble getting the ball in the endzone though.
Besides the score, if you could swap out one result for another which would it be? For example would you rather we gave up only 200 yds passing, but 160 yards rushing?
Pre season, mostly scrubbs in there on both sides
So you’ve never seen any trends that carried over to the regular season? What about 1.8😁
D
The guy who got hurt at Indy is Deon Cain … a WR.
He sorta replaced the guy who went to Chargers … Mike Williams, although Cain is not that large.
So if you are Adam Gase, what would you think of the TB game?
What would be your focus next?
Was the run D on that opening drive all Raekwon’s fault?
or Stephone Anthony’s?
was X bad or was he just not quite turned on fast enough and Fitzpatrick found DeSean like two old pros, but they could not have sustained that for a whole game?
Would Reshad and Wake have made the difference on that drive so it was not so easy for the Bucs?
I didn’t see what kind of coverage we were in, if it was zone, then I’d never use zone with X, if it was press I wouldn’t be worried, because hes a vet, we know what he can do.
Last year our run D was hot or cold based on when in the drive the run took place, early hot late cold. This year expect to see nothing special in the run D, then when you look at the stats say we weren’t that bad 28 carries for 100.
agree with both parts
TB completed 37 passes against us. All 3 of their QBs had no problem finding open receivers.
They threw at least 47 passes, and we were never close to an INT.
I thought our 3rd string DBs allowed way too many completions, including on the game-losing drive.
That’s what happens when you dont get a rush, you dont game plan, its preseason and you’re mixing and matching, and Wake not playing.
agree it was a vanilla D and we did not play Wake nor turn Quinn loose.
Is Jakeem Grant officially the smallest guy in the NFL?
KC guy Tyreek Hill ??
I remember TBaum suggested to Boss Ross when Ross said I want that Grant kid
TBaum said, but he can walk under this desk without stooping..
LOL!!!
RB Frank Gore and RB Brandon Radcliff are the exact same size but 10 yrs. different in age.
5’9″ 212 and 35 yrs old vs. 25.
LB Hull and LB Ginda are exactly the same ht and wt but Ginda just turned 21 y/o. in May.
Amendola and McCain are the same ht 5’11” as Torry McTyer and the kicker Jason Sanders and all weigh within 6 lbs. 186-192, but McCain is the heaviest by 2 over Amendola.
When you have 90 guys on the roster some are going to have similar height/weight measurements.
I bet if you too a bag of dicks and started measuring…😁
What are you trying to say by posting them?
It’s interesting that Danny and Bobby are so evenly matched and go up against each other and have had their feisty moments from back when he played for NE.
We have had some large kickers in the past but this guy is one of the smallest on the team.
The size of their dicks never entered MY mind.
lol
Another matchup of the exact same ht and wt is Kenny Stills and Minkah Fitzpatrick, both 6’1 202.
Doesn’t Stills seem slimmer?
Have to ask those that shower alongside of them…
All we see is the face,
In uniform, DB’s wear far bigger shoulder & hip pads than receivers
While DB’s have to be stronger than WR’s so there usually more muscular
WR’s are usually faster, quicker because they’re leaner, they don’t need or want to be a receiver debilitating bulky
Maybe Stills is bigger boned, has a bigger brain, or what Steve suggested ,or all the above to match Fitz’s (bigger padded) larger appearance
Quite the conundrum, gonna keep me up all night 😏,
I tease 😁
Big, Fast, Strong, Quick, Muscular, Lean, Smart, Love Football,
GOFINS, ONE & ALL !!!
REshad Jones and Leonte Caroo exact same ht and wt 6’1 215
You are going all OCD on this Naples. But how you fill out the height and weight count….. otherwise would be an NFL CB. 🙂
lol…oh my.
sorry I do not follow the meaning of your post stanger.
Naples,
Thanks for posting the size comparisons. While others may not find it interesting, I do… for these are all fine-tuned and in-shape athletes. The only differences are reflexes, speed, hands, study-skills, and football intelligence. I find what you post to be most interesting, actually!
thanks … you explained it perfectly. They would never put two boxers in the ring who are such different sizes as say a TE at 255 versus a DB at 202.
^
Anyone see Owusu’s Blind Gumby impersonation on that deep right sideline at full speed tremendous attempt when he almost picked a severely underthrown ball off the defenders far foot shoestring ??
I did and I loved it. I wanted to keep Owusu last year. He has a clip out there from college called catch of the year.
Yea Krishna, he’s been my 6 since last year too,
As he is the only (stature clone to Parker),
and I think we need a clone to/for Parker rest instances..
Opps, Naples…
Musta got crossed up!!!
Phone bounces all over the place when refreshing here
WOWWWW, WHAT A CATCH,
KEEP THAT DUDE!!!
Though I really want a 4th TE !!!
Maybe Hull who’s likely out for at least the entire PS,
gets the 8 week regular season IR tag to start the season
Which could leave room for a 6th WR & 4th TE???
Or maybe Hulls absence gets Poling or some other young LB on the 53 ??
WOWWW, WHAT A CATCH VIA OWUSU !!!
GOFINS!!!
Owusu May very well be a skills clone to Parker as well as stature clone
Appears to be with all I’ve witnessed from him!!!
Should probably find a way to keep him on the 53!!!
I found it interesting and funny….
The apparent stream of consciousness was funny to me as Naples rolled it out. Stangerx’ OCD comment was a good/funny way to put it, too, imo.
The interesting thing to me is that they DO match up….size matters. A 5-9 corner most times will lose against a 6-1 wr and vice versa…..just saying most times as a big body is just bigger and can block out. Gronk is a terror, can Gesicki or Smythe be? Minkah has size and speed, better match-ups on the other side, too.
I think we have better size and speed on both sides of the ball this year, and maybe in a long time. Not saying we’re there, just better. We shall see in when we go live.
Until then, it’s practice, and practice makes perfect.
Dont tell Grimes, hes too small to cover Calvin Johnson. It’s about position, if Johnson has a step and the ball is thrown so that Grimes or someone short has to first get to the receiver before jumping, he doesn’t have much of a chance, but if hes in good position…
yeah I’m OCD about most things … very mathematical analytical which = boring to most people.
So several things interest me about ht and wt in the NFL. ppl think of them as alll huge or all the same size or we forget how huge some of these guys are.
Also the size disparity some of these guys face. Most RBs are 100 pounds less than the DL that they are running into. Most DTs run about 305-315.
I’m that way too, I was just wondering why you were posting ht/wt and what the relevance was.
Right now I’d say Ford and Owusu are competing for that 6th WR spot and I think we might keep that many WRs.
agreed and we should keep 6 if we can unless we need both 4 RBs and 4 TEs.
The QB position is also a problem this year with the danger of Ryan being hurt again. Should we keep Petty and Fales both on the 53?
Since we did not draft a late rounder, we have no QB who can go on the PS as an emergency.
A PS QB is not a good thing. LOL
Hey Stanger … did you see that the 10 millionth Mustang rolled off the assembly line the other day? What a great run that car has had.
I also like to compare these guys to my own ht and wt just to get some scale for the TV and to try to imagine what it would be like to move that fast again after all these decades. I’m 6’2″ 225, so I’d have to run a 4.6 40 to even get a tryout in the NFL.
Not this millennium.
Sounds like you are ready to join the Fest OL with Bookman, Son, and Orob, even only blocking involved is on a waiter to get drinks. And the OCD thing was just an adjective…. my own wife (who I encourage you not to mess with) has a mild form.
here take a sip or two
http://www.phinmaniacs.com/news/offensive-line-holds-strong-for-dolphins-against-buccaneers
very cool, especially that Kilgore push.
Tim
well say we only want to keep 2 QBs…if we’d have drafted say Lauletta late, he could’ve played in preseason games and gone all the way through camp so as to know the playbook and personnel … but still be safe to stash on the PS.
That way if our #1 went down, we’d play our #2 and bring up the young guy as our new #2.
If we thought he could not be trusted, there are usually some vets hanging around to sign.
Ryan is our best option. He either elevates his game or he doesn’t and we move on. Late rounders, journeymen or scrap heap options aren’t the answer. Sometimes it happens but it’s not the norm.
Roland Howells says
I’ve said it a hundred times… Gase’s offense is just another version of Philbin’s offense, and Burke’s defense is just as ineffective as the defenses run by Joseph and Coyle. You’d think that after the Philbin regime was a complete failure Ross would have learned his lesson. But NOOOOO! Ross hires a guy who wants to run basically the same thing on offense and defense. It didn’t work for Philbin, and it won’t work for Gase. Ross needs to sell the team, or let someone else make all of the personnel decisions (starting with firing Gase, Grier, and Tannenbaum).
DEAR MR. HOWELLS: You’re a couple of years late but welcome to the party. Maybe Ross’s fan club on this site will prove us wrong. But, until that happens, Ross remains 65-81 over his first 9 seasons with ZERO playoff wins.
What if we traded Parker and Caroo for a DT and kept Owusu and Ford on the 53?
I still think we should trade TE Duarte and TE Derby for DT Corey Liuget.
The Chargers have lost 2 TEs and have had salary negotiation problems with the DT.
Why would the Chargers trade Liuget for those 2 turds? They might be able to wait until cuts happen and pick up more talent from that pool.
Fales has his short comings but I see Keenum similarities. He’s like a pitcher who doesn’t throw in the 90’s and has to be crafty. Play your game.
Hey Mike, John Tudor. He was before Tommy Glavine. Same idea. 🙂
So,
First play from scrimmage
Parker left & Still right are wide, Gesicki at TE position, Stills gets 15 reception
2ND play
Stills lines up semi-wide right
Parker also right where Gesicki lined up on first play
Amendola semi-wide left
Gesicki wide left where Parker was on first play (7 yard completion to Drake)
On crossing pattern trailing Parker crossing pattern, both were wide open
at some point of their route
Loved the variety of options displayed on just the games first two plays!!!
GOFINS!!!
Gesicki can be such a huge weapon that elevates this offense. No doubt!
He will be a Red Zone beast. We’ll see about the rest…. and he is fast, even if thinking in the long strider way.
He was a productive weapon at PSU being 6-6 250 – fast, athletic and can jump out of the gym. He will make plays, I really believe that.
Have a lot of hopes for him too, but he is still a rook. And the blocking aspect means he really has to show it a receiver other than in the red zone. We have lots of good targets.
Rockphin says:
August 11, 2018 at 3:28 pm
here take a sip or two
http://www.phinmaniacs.com/news/offensive-line-holds-strong-for-dolphins-against-buccaneers
———————–
IMO this is the best news out of PSG1 (along with no major injuries). We’re only a couple weeks in with a month to go before opening day. These guys should continue to get better together. We may finally field a consistent oline.
If our oline is stout, I have confidence in our QB and playmakers ability to move the ball. Add a real (potential) RZ threat in Gesicki, which will also open up the running game in the RZ, and it’s easy to be excited about this offense.
“”””The QB position is also a problem this year with the danger of Ryan being hurt again.”””
Other than wrong place wrong time,as with any QB in the league..
I wouldn’t think that THill is any more likely to be hurt than any other QB…
Though over the immediate long-term,
I believe we should keep 3 QB with
17, 8, 9…
But believe that it’s 17 or bust in o18
While strongly believing that
THill will continue to progress forward
From where he left off, before being folded up like a stubborn lawn chair!!!
GOFINS!!!
Naples you’re the same size as Baker. I bet you’d look bad-ass in the 55. He sure did.
I dig the size comparison stuff. It’s funny to look at the size of the interior linemen on both sides back in our day vs today. C/G were 250 at the most.
Manny Fernandez, a beast in his day, was 6’2 – 250!
Considering how McMillan was lost for the season in o17 due to minimal contact
with his own loan team mate..
Compared to Hull apparently having just something minor with an
OL & DL X’s 2 falling into the side of each of his knees while in the standing position…
MAYBE OUR LUCK IS POINTING UP ???
GOFINS!!!
Mann, TB OL #60 fell hard at a pretty good speed into the side of Hulls planted left leg, while others were trying to push Hull from the other side, that left leg was planted in trying toehold his ground, looked ugly, you can see it bend severely ins direction it’s not meant to, then others are falling on it has he’s trying to get it back from under #60…
Yikes, how he got off with minor stuff is beyond me, (Yea Mike Hull)!!
I wasted both my knees in a single snow skiing accident,
NO FUN WHATSOEVER !!!
My measurements are more like RB Brandon Radcliff 5’9″ 210 (I’m 5’10” 206) but I’m not chiseled the same. LOL
Im Albert Wilson 5-9 186. We could be Twins Man 🤡
I used to be 5-11 175 but I quit smoking and now I’m 211…..I WILL lose mostbof that by the Fest I am adimant
You shrunk 3 FT ??
LMAOROF Toba, absolutely hilarious 😂 !!!
I’m in great shape.
I think this shape is great
I’m 4 ft, 500 LB’s, but I’m “”chiseled””
Not really…
And I’m approximately the same size and weight of Brent Grimes.
Guys, please don’t be dissin’ my man Naples. He’s talking about PLAYERS… which none of us are.
Dr told me to watch My weight, so I put it ALL out in front, where i could see it
O wait , that would require me to see a Dr…
WOWWW Jordan Phillips on first play after 1St half 2 minute warning!!!
Suh Who ??
On cue as announcers are talking about Phillips,
1St/15 burst badly beats G up the middle,
rag-dolls RB into QB, forces QB out to left
where Taylor & Phillips finish him off,
Phillips destroyed that play single handed!!!
He a had the solo sack had Vincent not been anywhere in the area
(5 yards outta pocket)!!!
2ND & 25…
GOFINS!!!
Taylor was quite impressive himself on that same play too,
Big, Fast MoFo !!!
Back to back great plays for Taylor,
Then Rookie DE Jonathon Woodard from DE position
tackles RB from behind between the T’s for 1 yard gain..
Woodard and/or Malveaux are two more guys of which I’m hoping to keep somehow, someway !!!
Mann, we’re gonna have to cut some good talent this year!!!
Schiish, according to some of the talent we have, or experience that we don’t have…
I’m really liking
4 RB’s (Perry was impressive)
SEVEN WR’s (Owusu & Ford)
4 TE’s due to lack of experience with (Gesicki & Smythe)
I got Grey with them, but feel a need for Escobar experience/12 TD’s on just 30 career catches,
or Derby…
And I want to keep, Malveaux and/or Woodard
And 3 QB’s
I KNOW ALL THAT IS IMPOSSIBLE,
but I sure do like all those guys!!!
Armstrong & Poling too, schissh,
Hope to at least keep all those guys
in the mix somehow, someway!!!
Preseason or not….didn’t see a lot of winning one on one battles
Today’s TAMPA BAY TIMES rates all the starting QB’s in the NFL. The first reporter rates Tannehill 24th out of the starting 32 QB’s; the second reporter rates Tanny 28th out of 32. —-While I’ve never believed that Tanny is the next Dan Marino, I’ve always thought that he’s suffered from playing behind below average to horrible offensive lines. Will things change this year? Will the latest O-Line created by T-Baum and Gase actually develop into a top 10 NFL product?? The early (VERY early) returns are encouraging as Tanny was well protected in his brief appearance against Tampa Bay. We got a brief glimpse at what the future MIGHT have in store for unhappy Dolphin fans who’ve been waiting 17 years for just one playoff victory. But, remember, that was the BUCCANEERS we were talking about, NOT the Eagles or the Patriots.
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ANOTHER DETERRENT to Tanny’s overall rating is the recent performance of Miami’s DEFENSE, which has allowed too many NFL offenses to march up and down the field and control the game clock, particularly when the game was on the line. You can’t lead the Fins to a come from behind victory when you are sitting on the bench. And, too often, Miami has seen winnable games get away from them as their weak defense floundered in the fourth quarter. SADLY, that trait appeared again in the game against Tampa Bay as their patch work O-Line dominated Miami’s defense. BUT, it’s still early. Perhaps Raekwon, Minkah, and the rest of the defense can rise up in what’s left of the pre-season.
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If BOTH of those issues are successfully addressed, I believe Tanny can rise to the middle of the pack as an NFL starting QB, or, perhaps, even a bit better than that. But, before that can happen, this team must SHOW ME. From ownership to the GM to the scouting department to the coaching staff, this franchise HAS FAILED TO SHOW ME for the last 9 seasons. —Maybe, just maybe, this will be the season that changes all that!
Great Optimism OD.
I’m also cautiously hopeful for this season.
I’m hoping Gase and our new coaches game plan better, adjust better during games, and refrain from snorting coke off strippers’ butts between film sessions. After that,
It just depends on our blockers, RBs, new WRs, rookie TEs, and rebuilt QB on offense.
On Defense my main concerns are the DTs stopping the run, getting enough pass rush, our rebuilt LB corps, and getting way more INTs out of our DBs.
Of course, we have to hope that our unproven Kicker doesn’t lose us any games either.
If so and the weather holds and no one gets hurt, we should have a playoff team.
NAPLES: YOUR COMMENTS on our FG kicker should NOT be taken lightly. We HAD perhaps one of the VERY BEST available kickers in 2017. He only missed, I believe, ONE FG ATTEMPT THE ENTIRE SEASON!! His reward?? ROSS & T-BAUM thought his pay raise demand was “unrealistic,” so they brought in TWO kickers, NEITHER OF WHOM has tried as much as one FG in the NFL!!!
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I BELIEVE THIS ONE MISTAKE will cost us AT LEAST ONE GAME durING THE 2018 SEASON, AND i hope i’m wrong!!!
Sanders 8-8 with two from 61 today/Sunday
PRACTICE, MAN, THAT WAS JUST PRACTICE (Per Allen Iverson).
Anyone notice that Joseph KO when he was told go for the coffin corner ??
He shanked it into the sideline stands,
Yikes that was ugly,
Gave’Em the ball at the 40…
Entire first half TB had extremely short field,
and we had a long field…
Second half was basically the opposite,
though not everyone of our possessions were short
field, but evened out a lil..
Think that wayyy outta bounds KO ended the K competition, and that it Sanders job to lose…
Like his mug better anyways
How the hell does a pro K shank a KO that horribly??
YOUNG STANGER; Enjoyed our convo about the coming season. So glad to hear that you and your wife are doing well. The opening game will be a good measure of just how far the Dolphins have advanced as a team. This is just the kind of game WE HAVE TO WIN if Miami is to compete for a playoff spot this season. As you remember, Jarvis Landry had a field day the last time these two squads met during the regular season. I’m SURE the Titans are glad they don’t have to deal with him this year.